"Occupied at 30000 ft" by LG Williams

Sasha is 9 today and this is his Jaws cake

ASU film production program: FALL 2011 Capstone Film Projects

Last night young ASU film makers from the school of theater and film were showing their wares. The works ranged from Andric Booker's music videos to longer features. There was an expected amount of gore (in two of the movies hands were severed (only strengthening the victims, of course), there was a mandatory sweet killer set, and a couple of vampires praying on illegal Mexican immigrants-a local twist. By far the most coherent murder narrative of the night was Heyley Kosan's witty and beautifully produced musical comedy feature "The Understudy" in which a devious, yet adorable young actress murders the lead so she could take her place. She triumphs, briefly, until she herself succumbs to behind-the-curtain villainy of another understudy. Produced by Bret Leviton with original score by Neal Schrodetsky.

Friday afternoon in Tempe, AZ

Huffington Post Article on Alice Neel

My article on Alice Neel's remarkable "Thanksgiving" painting from 1965 posted yesterday in Huffington Post Arts section.

Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965, Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in (c) The Estate of Alice Neel, Courtesy David Zwirner, New York, Collection of Jonathan and Monica Brand

ARTFORUM CRITICS' PICKS: "Juan Downey"

Here is a link to my review of Juan Downey's exhibition The Invisible Architect at the ASU Art Museum. 

Remizov at the Courtauld Institute

Next Thursday, November 24th, I will be giving a book talk at the Courtauld Institute in London. Please come if you are in town!

SF airport, Wayne Thiebaud, back to Phoenix

Robert Bechtle, San Francisco Nova @ SF airport

Wayne Thiebaud, 18th St. Downgrade @ San Francisco Airport

Wayne Thiebaud, 18th St. Downgrade @ San Francisco Airport

LG Williams/Estate of LG Williams Work Shown at Artissima 18 Garners Attention from La Stampa and Grazia

La Stampa, which is according to the Wikipedia one of the best-known, most influential and widely sold Italian daily newspapers just published an article by Rocco Moliterni that ends with an unambiguous praise of LG Willams' "impertinent" work. If you can read Italian you can check out the original article here.

Grazia.it posted another work by the artist (Happy People #1, 2007, 72 x 108", mixed media on canvas) in the line-up of featured works for the article by Sara Shifano. The article is posted here, scroll through the images to see Williams' work.

Circle K

Chuck Close Blum & Poe

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Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

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Brown & Nye

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Tim Nye was behind the "Venice in Venice" show that was one if the satellites for this year's Biennial. The inaugural exhibition of his new LA space features some of the same pieces shown in Venice alongside some other classics (Chris Burden's police suit and Judy Chicago's painted hood), and a few finish fetish like works by younger artists.

Culver City galleries

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William Daniels at Mark Foxx ((tag; Mark Fox, William Daniels))

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ACME gallery

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