Having painted The Guggenheim (twice), the Metropolitan (maybe finished?) and the Museum of Art and Design; The Whitney was on my hit list. This painting represents a modified approach to collage painting. Now, changing a creative approach is akin to a skateboarder tweaking a move; think – that 180 degree jack hammer rip was nothing compared to my double 90 degree jack hammer whip.
This beginning represents a hybrid of my more traditional collage paintings with the recent deviations I have developed during recent corporate commissions (which I haven’t posted due to client requests).
After the jump, awkwardly stroll across Madison Avenue and watch me work out of my comfort zone.
Upon returning from my leg break, I’ve been playing mostly goalie (for now). That said, the same question kept coming up – “how can you, an artist, not have a painted goalie mask?”
Fair point, so I decided to slap my mug on my dome. This wasn’t a traditional, sand the surface, airbrush, spray fix job. Rather, it was a quick, paint brush, paint brush fix situation. Either way, the result makes sense for my goalie style – strange hybrid. After the jump, more angles of my mask job.
Friend and fellow artist Jeremy Penn alerted me to a new art competition/exhibition entitled “The Peace Project”. About this initiative:
“What’s your vision of peace? Soldiers laying down their arms? The smile of a child who’s overcome the trauma of war? Picasso’s famous dove? Or something more abstract yet just as powerful?
That’s the challenge – and promise – of The Peace Project from The Whole 9, an international collaborative art competition and exhibition created to connect peace-minded individuals everywhere. Artists from around the world, working in diverse mediums, are invited to submit their creative interpretations of peace. This collective vision will be unveiled September 21, 2010 at a press event at Gallery 9 in Los Angeles, followed by an opening reception on Saturday, September 25. The exhibit will subsequently travel to San Francisco and New York in conjunction with a simultaneous online exhibition.
It’s no coincidence that the premiere date of The Peace Project is on World Peace Day. World Peace Day was conceived by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, who inspired the 192 member states of the United Nations to come together and celebrate this annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. In that same spirit of inclusion and collaboration, The Peace Project speaks to the power of art and the power of community to take a stand against the indefensible paradigm of endless war, torture and killing; of people fighting and dying for causes most don’t understand; of countries and families left in chaos.
The Peace Project aims to refute the notion that peace is no longer possible in an increasingly contentious world. More importantly, it seeks to inspire in people the belief that they can make a contribution towards achieving universal peace.”
Are you too, a suffering 3G iPhone user? Did you notice that when you installed the two latest iPhone updates, your 3G began to crawl like an infant? Or an elderly person approaching terminal infancy?
Well, you’re not alone.
After going to the 59th Street Apple store, an employee at the “Genius Bar”, cited, “Apple at this time has no remedy for the 3g situation, you are currently on the tail end of these complaints.” They told me to deactivate the entire Searchlight functionality (which I did, then restarted – my video was taped with Searchlight completely turned off.)
So, here’s the rub: the 4G prototype “gets stolen“, is then released prematurely, is full of problems, so to fix things, they release two updates which destroy the performance on the 3G. Instead of doing what Apple wants, and buying a 4G – I decided to make a video. Here’s my piece.
When I heard about a BRAVO art reality show, I applied through an open letter on this very blog (see photo below). Now that season one has been completed, I would imagine casting for Season 2 will begin shortly if the show is even renewed. After noticing some Magical Elves presence through my Google Analytics, I decided to post this video to share my thoughts about the show.
You will notice in the photo above, I was much thinner before I breaked my leg. Go figure.
FlyNY 2010 was a fine afternoon spent painting a kite filled sky. There were several photographers on hand, and here are some of the excellent shots sent my way. Above, professional photographer and part-time lawyer George Flowers really captures the scene.
FlyNY 2010 was a kite flying good times. In yet another “shake your head at this modern world” moment, I met FlyNY’s publicist Rachel Wells via Twitter. She then attended Painting Resurrected in May, my group show with Jeremy Penn and Ari Lankin. There, she met one of my hockey teammates Dave, that I myself had not yet met myself due to my broken leg. They have since stayed in touch, and through Rachel, I found out about FlyNY and decided to paint the event. Short story long, real people do exist on the internets.
Now, down to business. After the jump, you will see the stroke-for-stroke creation of my plein air FlyNY 2010 painting, as well as a photo recap of Friday’s soiree at the Center for Architecture. Enjoy, and keep flying high.
When I spotted this doozy on Gawker, I had to share. While crass, this Jordan Carlos joint does illustrate my reasoning for using New York Post headlines in my artwork (see the Guggenheim below).
Topical, from my About page: His work is comprised of collaged New York Post headlines, and layer upon layer of acrylic paint. Driven to capture the actuality of society, this series visually displays the paradox of love, lust, murder, sex, sports, betrayal, triumph, religion, rape and politics in one place… concepts any person reading a daily newspaper will see juxtaposed without a second thought.
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, people of planet earth – this very evening you will have the chance to get your paws on (a) Borbay.
One Neil’s Coffee Shop 18″X18″ signed fine art print will be under the gavel through FlyNY, as will an unpainted 30″X30″ plein air painting which will be created tomorrow, August 21 from 10:30AM – 4PM on Pier I at 70th Street in Riverside Park South in New York City. The resulting piece will have the look and feel of the Sheep Meadow painting (below). Since the event is invite only, if you would like to place a bid online, contact me by email ASAP and I will relay your bid to the committee. The sooner the better, because I don’t know how long they will be available.
For tonight: Designers, architects, artists and others are also encouraged to participate in the FlyNY Design Dialogue taking place this evening, August 20 6-8pm EST on Twitter. It will be a dynamic conversation which merges the FlyNY competition jury panel discussion with a broader, international design/architecture audience. Just log onto Twitter, follow @_FlyNY and tweet using the #designdialogue hashtag to participate. FlyNY will be posing design related questions and following along during the jury panel discussion.
John in Providence, rocking the Apple Store painting on his fancy new iPad, photographed by an iPhone. Apple on Apple on Apple, it sounds dirty, but really, it’s just right.
For good measure, the original (above) which now resides in a private collection in Japan. And for kicks? An iPhone pic of yours truly kickin’ it MOMA style from the mind of Paul Ryan.
