i make art and i'm not smarter than you... @ ArtSPACE New Haven

I have and exhibition running from May 5 - 31, 2012 at ArtSPACE New Haven (50 orange st. New Haven, CT 06510). There will be four or five new sculptures and a new multiple in the show, and the opening is on Saturday night! Also, i would be remiss to not mention that the space will also be open on Sunday May 6th from 12-6 (normally they are closed on sundays), due to the fact that Yale Open Studios is happening at the same time, so anyone who is commuting for this event gets to kill two birds with one stone. Actually you should eat a Miya's while you're in New Haven, thereby killing three birds.

and now some things from the press release:


I wasn't exactly raised by wolves, but I didn't have a whole lot of supervision either, what I did have was rules, lots of them, and I hated the rules. I was allowed books, which allowed escape from the rules. Lacking supervision and having a rich internal life I developed a notion of the man I would grow into, an internal father figure, and I grew up to be that, kind of. The problem arises when you become what you thought was cool when you were ten, and now you're a grown up and some of that is kind of silly, because being everything that you learned from Bruce Springsteen's three minute record doesn't quite add up to a life. At the same time that inner child is still kicking around in there, and needs your attention the same as ever. So I guess I'm still trying to impress and care for myself at the same time. I'm building a lego model of a motorcycle that I'm going to have when I grow up.

"your thoughts aren't real things, and neither are your feelings..."

molecular model of psilocybin

bowling balls and black iron pipes

dimensions variable, approximately 6'x10'x8' in this installation 2012

"there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in"

sheetrock, steel studs, corner bead, spackle

80"x18"x16" 2012

"but especially from the back"

plywood, spray paint, wiring, bulbs, aluminum flashing

40"x200"x6"  2012

"i learned that love was out of my control"

novelty comb, steak knife, chemical bonding

2"x2"x9"  2012

"thank you for the items that you sent me"

waste wood, waste aluminum, milk crates, guitar parts, electronics

48"x60"x24"  2012

"i smile when i'm angry..."

                                           "i smile when i'm angry..."
                                           wax, wood, matches, hardware, motors, found objects 2012

"even damnation is poisoned with rainbows..."

                                          "even damnation is poisoned with rainbows..."
                                          OSB, plexiglass, motor, lights, cowbell, paint 2011

it ain't exactly prison @Rusalon in Greenpoint Brooklyn

                      "a blessing come from heaven,
                      i was healed, and my heart was at ease"
                      Bodega bags, cigarette pack foil, glue, tape 2011

 

                         "it ain't exactly prison"
                          Motor, wax, wood, paint, aluminum, hardware 2011 

                          "it doesn't matter how you worship"
                          Dartboard, lights, paint. 2011

                         "i'm broken from bending..."
                         Xmas lights, 2011

@ Sala Diaz: Git a Rope: TOP PICKS APRIL 7-14, 2010.... more press

JOHN WAYNE AND PAUL RUBENS

fri 9 Art Opening

Sometimes, when we open press releases, we're pleasantly surprised to find all of the pertinent details, typed in a sensible font, accompanied by a to-the-point description of what to expect from the event. I love that story. Other times folks use ALL CAPS to demand that we list their appearance THIS FRIDAY at some place they failed to mention. In this particular case all we have to go on is an imaginary, joint interview with John Wayne and Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman). Sala Diaz's Hills Snyder encouraged us to "take what we could" from the press release and avoid relying on gossip leaks and sneaky research. OK, imagine for a moment the life-sized cardboard cutouts of "major collaborators" Reubens and Wayne watching two bad-boy artists (from out of town) using whatever's lying around to make "8th grade reading level conceptual art" in the type of disaster area that would give any parent a serious panic attack. (Wayne to Reubens) "Look Pee-wee! That varmint's making a tower out of sliced bread." (Reubens to Wayne) "Cool, John! It kind of looks like a pecker!" Or, of course, the exhibition could have that ever-popular "theme" that complicates sending out a logical press release: we-haven't-made-anything-yet. Free, 7-11pm, Sala Diaz, 517 Stieren, (210) 852-4492

I promise you we had nothing to do with this cover, but we wish we did:

For Woody Guthrie on My Birthday

@ Sala Diaz: Git a Rope: Drawings!!!! basically by all dave lukowski