75 posts tagged “culture”
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It is new, streamlined, and now anyone can leave comments without having to be a Vox user. Sadly I did lose years of comments on posts thanks to Vox not having a way to export them -- what can you do?
See you on the flipside.
11x14" oil on panel, I wish you could see the details in her black hair, but it is very subtle and didn't photograph well. Anyways, finally was able to make up a bio for her...
Lady Eugenia (1480-1544)
Daughter of a little known diplomat and his stage actress mistress; she
had published her first novel at age 15, thus becoming an amusement of
sorts within literary circles at cafes and parties. Her short marriage
to a Lord and travels to their many homes around the Continent provided
the material for what would become her second novel - fortunate for the
Lord he died of consumption before reading the unflattering portrait
she portrayed of him. After many failed affairs with renowned writers
more than half her age, she retired from writing after her 9th book,
and fled to Scotland where she purchased a small cottage. She never
wrote again, and instead collected stray cats
Just another quick update of various exhibitions and shindigs going on...
Saturday, July 11th: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Knitgrrl Studio / Arabella Proffer Studio @ The Screw Factory 13000 Athens Ave. 2nd floor, suite C288 Lakewood, OH 44107 Phone (216) 712-POOP Come out to our official launch party for my new space with Shannon Okey. What's the space all about? I needed a painting studio without cat hair and the distractions of watching daytime court TV. Shannon needed a new space to teach felting, spinning, dyeing and messy stuff. We're both going to be selling things, and you’ll be able to see the stuff I’m working on for my upcoming show in the D.C. area. In short, it's going to be fun with drinks and all, so come check it out.
Friday, August 7th: William Rupnik Gallery in Cleveland presents an exhibition that will be a one-night only event "Oh, That Is Sooooo Last Year". This will be an amazing group show with Derek Hess, Chris Ryniak, Tes One, BASK, Mallorie Freeman and Andrea Heimer and more. There will be a reception at the gallery 7-10 PM.
Saturday,
August 15th:
"Innocence and Arrogance" a dual solo show with painter
Brandi Read @ Art Whino Gallery in National
Harbor MD. I'm doing more surreal work for this show, but be sure to
expect from both of us plenty of punks, goths, muses, models and royalty.
Opening Reception 6pm - midnight with special guests DJ Rick Taylor
(We Fought The Big One) and DJ Sequential (Screen Vinyl Image)
Friday, August 28th: "The Tattoon Show" a group show about tattoos and cartoons @ Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito CA.
September
15 - Oct. 10th: "Splendor & Safety Pins" a
solo show @ Box Heart Gallery
in Pittsburgh PA.
Opening Reception on Saturday, September 19th from 6-9pm
As always, more info and updates can be found at www.arabellaproffer.com
This is just getting ridiculous: http://dlisted.com/node/30891
The Neverending Story? Really? And let me guess, they'll cut out the traumatic swamp scene just to keep it PC or some crap like that. My mother took me and a friend to see this movie when I was 4 or 5, and truly, a whole generation was traumatized by that scene -- slower and more painful than Bambi's mom getting shot. But, I am a stronger and better person for going through it at such a tender age. Okay maybe not, but still.
Ideas, originality? What are those again? Hollywood, you really are going to so many new lows. The old saying of nobody went broke in Hollywood by underestimating the intelligence of America may be true to an extent, but this is just getting retarded and lazy. Just do an updated All About Eve and get it the hell overwith! That re-make of The Women translated so well to modern times, didn't you think?
This brings me to a question: how would you like it if people started to re-make classic albums? Seriously. I had this discussion a few years ago with Troy Gregory of The Witches/Dirtbombs fame, and he said, "you know what? I'm going to re-make James Brown live at The Apollo". Brilliant! Just to prove a point, what would happen if you rounded up a bunch of musicians to do this? How would you like Kanye West to remake Thriller? How about Coldplay remaking The Velvet Underground Peel Slowly and See? They could get Pink to be Nico for a follow up, amazing. Dark Side of the Moon would be great if Kenny Chesney had a hand in re-making it, don't you think? And the MC5 Kick Out the Jams should be re-made live as it was by The Jonas Brothers as I'm sure they could totally pull it off.
What other ways can we ruin the memories of your youth? Come on, we can think of something!
I guess I'm on the right track, according to the New York Times at least. Truthfully I think the painting of Selma is awful, and really, before you a get portrait done, you need to realize it won't be like a photo.
I've seen photos from both the "Yum Yum" show and "Forgotten Saints", amazing stuff. If you missed the black carpet opening for the "Forgetting Saints" show you can view it here in the pics section.
Next California exhibit is in April @ The Alternative Cafe & Gallery who have been doing some fab shows as of late (Bansky, Shawn Barber, Chet Zar to name a few). In fact, you should check out the "This Is The End" exhibit my friend Josh is curating on March 6th if you can.
Also in April as you know is my dual solo show w/ Andrea Heimer here in Cleveland. I've leaked 4 or 5 new baby paintings I've been doing, but that's all you are getting. I gotta be good and keep a lid on the rest. You can view some of what to expect here.
I wish Karl Lagerfeld would start a newsletter, because I would subscribe to it. I've always loved what he has done for Chanel, but never really knew much of him other than that he is clearly into S&M (you think those clothes and rings he wears everyday are comfortable?).
I went to visit a friend of mine at a hospice center -- only I -- can make a hospice visit a party full with Vanity Fairs, Vogue's, and the Karl Lagerfeld documentary it would seem. I'm such a Queen. We had wine, were laughing and screaming, all while doing German accents. The nurses joined in the fun, and although there were dead bodies and terminal people on morphine surrounding us, the staff seemed so happy to have us making a party and it lightened the mood. Something they were not used to at all in this place. So indeed, this was a strange environment for me to see this film for the first time.
I won't go into all of the various quotes and proclomations, but I like Lagerfeld's attitude towards everything. The jist being that if you dwell on the past, the good old days, and things were better then than what is now, you may as well give up then. His mantra in almost all interviews is essentialy: I have no past and no future there is only NOW. That everything is unfair, you are here and celebrated and then you are forgotten. Oh so German don't you think? He likes to mention several times that you can fall down the stairs or get hit by a bus at any time. What a character, and a wonderful weirdo. If there is anything he cannot stand it is the bouguoise, and the cliches of life. Appearantly two people living together as a couple is too bouguoise for him. Like Garbo he wants to be alone, but don't start in on cliche's about lonliness with him, that would make you a bore, darling. But don't be fooled, he does have a sense of humour as you will see.
If you are a creative person in any capacity I suggest you see "Lagerfeld Confidential", I loved seeing his workspace and the clothes and everything. Did you know he shops for his own cosmetics? Estee Lauder is his preference for face powder, who knew?
The Bay Area News was nice enough to run this about the show at Eclectix Gallery. Pretty cool since that gal done got herself sold on opening night. The past two weeks I have sold a butt load of work, not that I'm trying to be all braggy, but in this climate it makes me wonder what's up? I'm actually going to admit right now that I'm running out of paintings to give galleries, it is truly weird. Obama-mania perhaps? I suppose art is better and lasts longer than a Range Rover if you are the splurging type. But after talking with several people we have found that the art market in the traditional sense is doing badly, (Frank Stella, Julian Schnabel and Picasso, that kind of work) but that this whole "Pop Surrealism" and "Low Brow" movement has been steady, especially considering the prices are not as inflated. But even that doesn't matter at times; look at what Mark Ryden and James Jean have sold for recently and you'll see what I mean. These are strange times, so for the moment I am putting my art sale money back into making art and furthering my graphic design education in case I have to go back to working like a normal person. Okay, I did buy a Michael Kors leopard print dress, but it was $90, how do you NOT buy that?
I finally finished my Saint for the Forgotten Saints show in L.A. next month, she is Saint Lorelei the Patron Saint of High-End Haircare Products...
At a young age Lorelei was apprenticed to a
hairdresser to learn her craft rather than marry. She became known for
her prayer, charity and humility. Her documented miracles are many; she
had once chased the devil out of a possessed salon, and created both
anti-frizz creme and volumizing hair mousse after God had spoken to
her. Since her mysterious death from a chipmunk bite in 1785, she has
appeared in visions and given inspiration to many, including Vidal
Sassoon, Paul Mitchell, and Frederic Fekkai. To keep a picture of St.
Lorelei reminds one never to be tempted by evil, and purchase Suave or
Herbal Essences products.
Other than that I am doing a whole mess of miniatures and work for my show in April at Artchitecture Gallery. But I can't show you yet, it is a surprise.
Finally after over a year of traveling and being thrust into various hands and 2 wait lists that fizzled: The curse of "The Duchess Beatrice" has ended. Someone finally knew what was good for them and nabbed her. Probably because they knew she would class up any room she hangs in -- damn right!
I have a bunch of new shows coming up, most in California, so go check 'em out here as I'm sure something will be happening at a gallery near you! I just realized, I have two rather large dual solo shows, and one solo show, coming up between now and September...crap, I better get busy!
I've made a new policy that I will no longer donate artwork to charity auctions of any sort -- with the exception of one Cleveland institution -- so from henceforth I will refuse all begging, pleading, and annoying guilt trips trying to get free work from me. I have had one too many annoying/exhausting/bitter experiences, so best just to stop them altogether.
I finally finished the later unedited volume of Cecil Beaton's last batch of diaries, verdict: what a bitch! Does it say something about me that I know all too well the people he speaks of in passing, or makes fun of? People most American 30 year-old women would never know? I think my pal Shannon is the only person I know my age who the names Mitford, Manners, Sert, Wrightsman, Bruce and Pope-Hennesy actually means anything. Maybe it means I'm just a big old Queen trapped inside my little queen body? Or perhaps I just retain completely useless facts easily. If there were ever a quiz show just about Hollywood history alone, I'd win it probably.
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I'm still pretty bummed about The Stooges guitarist, Ron Asheton, dying yesterday at the age of 60. Although the way he lived, I can't say I'm that shocked about it. I grew up in Ann Arbor, the home of The Stooges, but never quite got into them until I was about 15 years-old. Ron Asheton was one of my many odd crushes I developed as a teenager and it continued that way through the years. Right before I moved from L.A. to Cleveland, my husband and I befriended Angela and Micheal Davis (of the MC5), Angela said she could arrange for me to meet Ron -- actually I had a few people in Ann Arbor offer to do the same -- but I declined because I didn't want my image of him to be ruined. I wanted to remember him as he was from his younger days and keep my distance as it was. I have missed out on the newer Stooges shows the past 5 years or so, but I've gotten rather sour on reunions so I'm not beating myself up about it too much.
In 2002 I did a large painting of Ron, which years later was published alongside an interview with him in Plan B Magaine for The Stooges new album release "The Weirdness". I thought it was funny and sort of coming full circle with my strange interest in him. Totally by chance, the magazine's art director came across an avid Stooges fan and fellow Ann Arborite all because the photographer punked out.
Another baby painting, 5x7 inches oil on panel...
I've been in a pink-haired phase lately, I don't know why. When I was a little girl I hated the color pink -- hated it. I'd look at the color pink and just think "Pepto Bismol" in my head, or just plain "puke!" But now, I could totally live with a pink interior or something like this and not be bothered.
