I'm not sure how legal this is, but it's funny. Im surprised Mr Hirst hasn't shut them down.
This fake Damien Hirst work of 44 peanut M&Ms is called "The fear of becoming fat expressed in the joy of being colorful"
Other works include Thoughts on eternal life by someone living a mundane life in a tiny flat, The price of being a virgin in the world dominated by people who's virginity could never be proven, and Snow White and the seven dwarfs without the seven dwarfs actually being the seven dwarfs. See more on the Damien Hirst spoof .
The 20 year old me would have been horrified at hearing that an artist has 120+ assisstants. (Thirteen years ago I also thought money was evil, politicians were looking after us, life was endless, and people were good.) But now I think it's absolutely amazing that one artist could sell enough work to support 120+ workers. The purist in me still wants to rant but I just don't go there anymore.
The with Jeff Koons in his studio about his current exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London and his studio/factory.
Here's a Q&A from the Art Newspaper interview..
TAN: It must be daunting running an operation of this scale. Are you ever tempted to go back to making work by yourself?
Jeff Koons: I used to make all my own sculpture, my paintings, but if I did that it would severely limit the range of projects that I could be involved with. I follow my interests in some way that feels profound to me, those that seem to have a deeper meaning. I feel completely free to do whatever I want to do. But I have to edit my work a lot, because of the process, the amount of time it takes to actually make things, you really have to make the things you want to make, otherwise you’re wasting a lot of energy.
Read the full .
The in London is showing until the 13th of September. It's a collection of paintings and sculptures from his Popeye series.
I was going to say that Jeff Koons also has one of the best websites of any super-famous artist, but he ruined it by using Flash. Now I can't even get past his splash screen. I click Enter and nothing. Artists have no idea with websites. I don't want moving, flashing, screaming, multi-colored, or cluttered artist websites. I just want to see art.. clever websites are just stupid. Here's a link to an as I just couldn't get past his silly welcome page.
I usually follow trends when they're about to die or years before they're fashionable, so this means that Twitter is about to die or I have finally become a good sheep and now run when the herd runs. It could be the latter as I have become quite a sell out lately.
I still haven't worked Twitter out yet, but here's .
has sued the famous photographer Annie Leibovitz over a sales agreement and a 24 million dollar loan. The portrait photographer needed the funds for "tax liens, mortgages and unpaid bills."
She first approached Art Capital in June 2008 and secured a loan in September, the company said, and drew down million of a million credit line. In December, Art Capital agreed to extend the line to million and advanced her another .9 million, it said. Leibovitz must repay the million, plus unpaid interest and other fees, by Sept. 8. Without sales of collateral, Art Capital believes “Leibovitz will be unable to satisfy their obligations on the maturity date -- a point that was discussed and acknowledged by the parties at the outset of the restructuring,” the company said.
I'm impressed that any artist could get a loan for million! Sure, she may not be able to pay it back and may lose her catalog of photographs and properties, but it's an interesting story to tell the grand kids. Here's some Annie Leibovitz photos on .
I'm in Sydney for a few days as a family member was passing through town and needed a place to stay. The problem was that he may have swine flu or at least a bad case of regular flu. Either way, I wasn't hanging around to catch any flu! So it was a great excuse to jump in the car and drive.
Today I went to the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney to see , which looks at Dutch artists after world war 2, including artists from the . Artists include Karel Appel, Gerrit Benner, Bram Bogart, Constant, Corneille, Edgar Fernhout, Willem de Kooning, Theo Kuijpers, Lucebert, Jaap Nanninga, Wim Oepts, Jan Riske, Jan J Schoonhoven, Bram van Velde, and Jaap Wagemaker.
It was a smallish exhibition, but one that got me excited. I had just walked around the whole Art Gallery of NSW and was seriously bored (apart from a few favorite paintings that I have seen countless times). It was Intensely Dutch that got me wagging my art tail and I was probably dribbling in front of a few of the works too.
I love line, paint, texture, and childlike abandon in painting.. and this exhibition has them all. I didn't take my camera with me and the art catalog had sold out, so I can't show some of the works that I liked most. While Karel Appel has never been on my top ten list of painters, I would give up my car and widescreen TV to own a few of his drawings!
If you're a lover of paint you'll love Intensely Dutch. If I had to complain about something I would say that it needed 50 more works hanging! Oh, and running out of catalogs is no way to run a business. It's on until the 23rd of August in Sydney at the .
I don't know if have started using real artist names or it's just a coincidence, but there is a scammer currently using the name Crystal Moll and there is an . They're two different people; One is a scammer, the other is an artist.
The name or email of the scammer isn't really that important as they just reuse the same story again and again. Just ask them to pay with or and you won't hear back from them as their scam doesn't work with these forms of payment.
Coming from an Australian that has never been to the USA.. are there any places that I SHOULD or SHOULDNT visit in October?? I have traveled outside of Australia but I have never been to a place that spoke English or had a considerable art collection. This trip is prompted by friends that plan to visit Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New York City (where I plan to hang around for longer by myself. )
So, are there ART places in LA that MUST be seen or are there places in NYC that MUST be seen? I want to be lazy and hang around for a while by myself in NYC but I also want to check out places that are VERY American. Eg, the Yankee Stadium even though I barely know what baseball is! I want the raw NYC and America, the stuff that I wouldnt see if I was a tourist (which I am)!!
So that I become, Art New York Blog instead of Art News Blog!!.. Even if it's just for a month or two.. I want to become a fast talking loud mouth blogger, if just for a month or two..lol Does the NY Met suck or should I leave the Moma and Guggeinheim in the movies?? Or is there an underground that is above the commercial bullshit?? Should I stick to hotdogs and the park??? I want something that I cant get from anywhere else.. I don't care if I have to kiss a flag or a eat a hot dog to get it, I just want the USA thing.. for just a little while.. whatever that is..
When I think of knitting I don't think of unicorns stabbing teddy bears and rabbits with carrots sticking out of them, but obviously someone does. A friend let me know about these disturbing little creations after she saw the . I couldn't find out who created them either, so I'll just link to the Flickr . It's called Knitting for Psychos.
Knitted cat with insides outside.. along with knitted blood.
Cute knitted bunny with giant carrot hanging out of it.
Knitted pink unicorn killing a cute little teddy bear.
I have previously mentioned too, which I thought was funny.. and a great idea for an exhibition invite.
Also, here's advertising the in the UK. I found myself feeling guilty for laughing at them. I promise I won't mention the death of cute little furry creatures again for at least a few months!
Remember the a little while ago? A couple people even wrote to me and told me that I was disgusting for posting them, but I think they just forgot to take their pills before writing to me. Well, I didn't know who the works belonged to at the time, but now I do (thanks to those who let me know).
The "crocheted" not "knitted" (another thing I learned from a reader) works are by the German artist . I visited her website to see some of her more recent works and saw Tweety below.
My first thoughts were "oh, she must create cute toys for kids too" but then I realized what is really happening with poor little Tweety! I'm a massive bird lover and the scene shocks me at first, but as a rational thinking (at least I think I am) person I can also see that it's just someone having a bit of fun. It's not a real bird boiling in a pot and is also probably an animal lover (with a weird sense of humor).
Lesson for today: have a sense of humor! Life isn't THAT serious.
One more thing, the "Who Killed Bambi?" . Even I went "awww, poor Bambi" lol
The with Jeff Koons in his studio about his current exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London and his studio/factory.
