Thursday, June 23, 2011

Nienke Klunder





Shown above are drawings by American-born, UK-based artist Nienke Klunder. Find her site here and a great primer on her work here (by Lauren Del Vecchio).

From top to Bottom: from the series Meltdown (1st and 2nd); from the series Struggling Sausages (3rd and last). Dates not found.

Chris Bracey





Here are works produced by British artist Chris Bracey. Find more about him here and here.

From top to bottom: Greed Is Good (2001); Love & Anger (2001); Crown (date not found); Pole Dancers (2005) in collaboration with David LaChapelle.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Bread Factory









From top to bottom: Chou; Chou; Chou; Sets*; Horse* and Getso*; Chou; Chou; Chou.
* circa 2010.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Neozoon





Here are recent works by the German group Neozoon. Find their site here.

From top to bottom: Big Game Hunter I; Big Game Hunter II; Big Game Hunter III; Big Game Hunter IV.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Jessica Thompson





Here are works by Canadian artist Jessica Thompson. Although mostly performance and participatory-based, but unlike most work of this nature, Thompson assures that once left alone they easily stand as sculptural works of art in their own right. Find her site here and see more here.

From top to bottom: Swinging Suitcase (2010); Swinging Suitcase, performance at p|m Gallery in Toronto (2011); Drawing A Line (Scajacquada), performance in Buffalo, NY (2010); Soundbike, performance at Art Basel Miami Beach (2005).

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Work In Progress






I'm painting a traditional bread factory this week for RAW architects who have been commissioned to redevelop the site. Fun days ahead!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Dirk Skreber





Above are works by German-born, New York-based artist Dirk Skreber. Find more about him here.

From top to bottom: Untitled (Crash 1, 2009); Untitled (2009); Untitled (Installation view, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2008); It Rocks Us So Hard Ho Ho Ho 2 (2002).
2002

Monday, April 18, 2011

À l'écoute

The Black Keys (Attack & Release) Nonesuch Records.

The Police (Ghost In The Machine) A&M.

Simian Mobile Disco (Attack Decay Sustain Release) Wichita Recordings.

Portico Quartet (Isla) New World.

Talib Kweli (The Beautiful Struggle) Rawkus.

The Streets (Everything Is Borrowed) 679 Recordings / Vice Records.

The Veils (Nux Vomica) Rough Trade.

Tears For Fears (The Hurting) Phonogram / Mercury.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Work In Progress







Shown above are recent works on paper.

From top to bottom: Untitled 4 and Untitled 6 (from Douglas Blue series); Pako study and Yikes study, details of both.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Work In Progress



Painted two weeks ago while in Sault Ste. Marie.

Fafi (Self-Portraits)





Above are self-portraits by French artist Fafi. Loads more here and find her site here.

In reversed-chronological order, from top to bottom: Wednesday March 31, 2010; Thursday March 25, 2010; Monday March 1, 2010; Saturday November 14, 2009.