I'm in Love

...with Cai Guo-Qiang.
it's for real.

I've been watching this series on 21st century art by PBS, art: 21.
It's contemporary artists mostly in their own words. It's very empowering as you can see the range of what "artist" means and how the people who do it feel about doing it, and it fractures the myth that artists do only one kind of thing. The definition is broadened to general curiosity. It's all about observation and asking questions rather than a definitive synthesis of meaning. It's rather like a junior high school science project where each person makes their own rules for the scientific method.

Here is a short list of contemporary visual artists that interest me:
cai guo-qiang so dreamy
kara walker
sally mann
tom friedman
barnaby beese whitfield
oh and arthur ganson
{in making that list, it was hard to keep to living people and folks who primarily do gallery work. I think that's why it's so short. rules.}

Solo Gallery Show

GROUNDBREAKING NEW DRAWINGS BY ZEA BARKER
September 4th - October 4th
c i t y f e e d a n d s u p p l y
66A Boylston Street, Jamaica Plain
one block north of the Stony Brook T
and for Jamaica Plain Open Studios
September 29th and 30th

So I've been sitting on this new technique for a year and am psyched to be able to premiere it at my favorite (and most frequented) gallery. Stop by any day and see'm. They'll be available for purchase too. (gotta go out and buy some red dot stickers...)


Also...

some stirrings moving in the direction of a new movie piece. I will say only that it may be in our best interest to buy stock in heinz. (bwah haha)

Shiny and New

I revamped the lil half of the website (the Zea side too a month ago, if you weren't hip to it).

Also, I've been asked to join another video site formerly called Grouper.com, now called Crackle. The carrot on the end of the string being they are partnered with Sony Pictures. I cut a new Distraction trailer for the occasion. Creation one is done too. Check it out.

Also, also, the unveiling of my new drawings in my solo show will be the wee days of September. I will let yous know more as it gets closer. But, it's fun to frame stuff up pretty.