The Worst News I Have Heard Ever!!

Starts like this...
Artist/Designer Andrew Reichold posts on facebook:
Dolls that look like wrinkly old men are kind of cool.
ESTHER DE GROOT


Me: Super cool! They look like ET dolls.

Also, I sent the link to my buddy, artist, Steven Hudosh

Steven:

they don't have wieners.



Me:
old men don't have wieners steven...I hate to be the one to tell u that....

Steven:
This is the worst news I have heard ever!! HOW LONG DO I HAVE UNTIL MINE FALLS OFF???!!!!!!!

Happy New Year!

Funeral Wreath

+ a dead rat = a threat on your life. Pretty sure.


Click HERE or HERE to read examples of a Funeral Wreath used as a threat.

Trial Run

Here is us doing a few tests for the final piece.

Slow Dance

Artist Carrie Schneider has an awesome video piece, Slow Dance, at the MCA's 12x12 space.


Above, a quick homage to the piece by Steven Hudosh and myself.

Snowy Chicago Rush Hour

Museum Day, Part 2

Amazing show, Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008
November 14, 2009 - February 14, 2010 at the MCA.



Lucio Fonatana's installation, Ambiente bianco (spaziale), which translates into office environment (space), looks like two long and narrow holes in the wall with light spilling out. They look thin, too thin to enter through, until you see someone pop out of one of them. Upon entering you find yourself in a bright white maze, and on one wall in a room toward the middle is a signature Fontana slit. - Gapers Block

Museum Day, Part 1

Above, amazing show, Freaks & Flash, at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. Below, a pic of their Henry Darger Room.

Pixies Doo Little

Pixies play DooLittle front to back at the Aragon Ballroom. They made my night by also playing, Wave of Mutilation, Something Against You and- yes people - Where is My Mind.

Milwaukee Avenue

The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009

The Evolution of the Hipster
2006: The Mountain Man
He seeks working-class authenticity, taking pride in his full beard and the fact that he’s often mistaken for a homeless person.

Below, my buddy Steven.
He sent me this link saying, "This is bullshit!" Steven insists that he is NOT a hipster. To prove this point, we took a photograph of Steven in a similar pose. As you can see, there is only a very slight resemblance...

Sgt. and Mrs. Polk

My mother's parents.


Glenn Polk 1916 - 1982