in progress...

photo composites and makeovers courtesy of g

that's the title of my students' work in the drawing center exhibition. here's the link to info on it http://www.drawingcenter.org/exh_upcoming.cfm?exh=735, the press release is linked to that page.

i'll write about this experience soon...

 

too much sunlight in the studio/too much fever in my body to take better photos, these will have to do for today. maybe later when the sun goes down i can take better ones...

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el museo del barrio/new york, 2007 (?)

this video was filmed by giovanni ciccia, i have a version of it with a lou reed song that i now want to find...

someone posted one of my artworks without even asking me, not the first time and i know it won't be the last. i wonder how she knew about my work...

http://buttercupzine.ning.com/profiles/blogs/vulva-art

 

i'm not sure what this box is about, it's happening by itself and it's still an experiment. the wooden box comes from junk of course (i will never get tired of that place) the clear box contains a golden condom, the razor blades are self explanatory and the piece of wood comes from my recent visit to coney island. i'm trying to work with very little color, as soon as i made the box the thought of it being cornellish but punk came to mind. i like that...

i have been and still am so sick with a nasty and unforgiving cold. however, i have tried to work through it and not let it take over so it doesn't become a full blown bronchitis and also managed to work a little on the serge jacket which i think is almost ready. now i'm debating whether to do something in the front or not and also wondering how much i should price it at. i want to upload it to etsy but need a model to take a photo of it on a human being. not sure when i'll see a human being that fits the jacket, we'll see...