Now: Here: This May 26, 2006
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Anthony Gonzalez
Washington Heights, New York City
untitled
Scotch tape collage and Photoshop
The internet has been abuzz lately with commentaries about political
art. I hope this is more than just another artfashion trend in the marketplace.
I've had my heart broken so many times. The art world has been dragging
its feet when it should be leading the charge. Even those who may be against
the war and Bush's rein of error are typically not passionately so.
I am perplexed by the general lack of outrage in response to daily news
reports of corruption in high places, government lies, atrocities committed
by our men in uniform, etc. I suppose that is what may be expected from
society at large. But I (perhaps naively) expect/want artists to be more
enlightened and engaged - truth tellers - bladder prickers - wrench throwers.
"They remind me of happy Germans who didn't want to be told what was in those cattle cars rattling through their cities at night."
Micah Sifry - writer/activist
Peter Ferko
Washington Heights, New York City
untitled (Williamsburg)
scanned negative
Keeping with the theme of extemporaneous creativity, I gave free reign to my sagitarian nature (half man, half horse):
~ gallop on the L train to a favorite field;
~ keep out a sharp eye;
~ indulge on the tasty findings.
PP
New York City
Zoom In
cartoon clipping
Newsprint dots that are off-registration make me happy. Off-registration seemed to be the norm in old cartoons. I do it on purpose, but when I was a kid it was very important to color inside the lines. I didn't know how to tie this into the bigger picture, so i googled "color inside lines" and got this oddity: Why color inside the lines when art has come to this? BERLIN - A Berlin couple plan to have their first baby at an art gallery, the gallery owner said on Saturday, confirming a newspaper report. “It’s a gift to humanity, a once in a lifetime thing,” Bild newspaper quoted Winfried Witt, partner of mother-to-be Ramune Gele, as saying. Johann Novak, manager of the DNA-Galerie in central Berlin, said the artistic couple wanted to challenge conventional norms. “It’s a bit of test to see if society can cope,” he said in a telephone interview. About 30 people are expected to attend the birth, scheduled for April 24, 2005. They would be told to come to the gallery as soon as the 27-year-old Gele’s contractions became regular, Witt was quoted as saying. — Reuters How does that strike you all?
Maggie Hernandez
Washington Heights, New York City
Pistacio Nut
24"x24” acrylic on wood
I was thinking about my favorite ice cream flavor at YUMLICIOUS, where I’ll be showing during the ART STROLL 2006
Nick Holliday
Great Barrington, Massachussetts
untitled
brush and ink
"They were very good to me, Joe and his family. I was on crutches,
I was pretty helpless. Just had to sit around. So to give me something
to do, try to make myself useful, I started what became a sort of school.
The pupils were Joe's kids, along with some of their friends, and we held
classes in the parlor."
--Perry Smith
Claire Adas
Lambertville, New Jersey
Under the Railway Bridge
digital video
The most important thing is peace. And I'm having trouble finding it at the moment.
Sky Pape
Inwood, New York City
breathe and float
digital photograph
Every so often I do what is called for: Steal a few minutes to stop everything, lie on the floor, and just be.
(Then the aliens call me back to the saucer...)
Rosa Naparstek
Washington Heights, New York City
Wired
digital drawing
I wasn't a child when I was a child,
I wasn't a Hippie in the 60's
but now I wear fringe jackets,
streak pink in my hair and
finger paint with a mouse.
But I still believe in censorship
and told Peter he could exercise his
because this comes too easy.
Karen Greene
Washington Heights, New York City
untitled
photograph
I have been dealing with my mother's death and the clearing and sale
of her home of more than 50 years. I have tried to find new homes for
household objects, her clothing, fabric, books, etc. In the process I
have discovered things I never knew existed, like a complete set of china
which she refused to use, and which was kept in a closet not five feet
from the dinner table, or the set of 20 ruby glass cups and saucers, and
two plates, found in a dusty closet on the top floor. There is now no
one to ask about the stories of these things. Was the china a wedding
present from an old boyfriend? or from an old girlfriend? Was it her mother's?
Did someone break all the rest of the ruby glass, leaving just the cups
and saucers or were they obtained at the movies or bank as a incentive,
and my mother stopped going for some reason? I will never know and now
there is no one to ask.
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