Culver City Visit

http://www.vielmetter.com/index.php?site=exhibitions&action=past&e_year=2010&e_id=293

http://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitionpages/dunham10/index.html

http://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitionpages/blunk10/index.html

http://www.anglesgallery.com/ssp_director/locations.php

http://www.honorfraser.com/?s=current&eid=31

http://www.cherryandmartin.com/exhibitions.php?id=&page=1

http://western-project.com/Exhibitions/2010/ConstructionZone2010.html

http://www.robertsandtilton.com/currentexhibition/

http://www.georgebillis.com/galleryLA.html

http://www.koplindelrio.com/content/bill-vuksanovich

sonic and Grisha Maslov

Yosuke Ueno: "Scissors and Butterfly". 05.06.2008

Final Statement for TDL

Life is absurd and full of irony. If the world is a dark and twisted place, a sense of humor is essential for survival. With the terror around us the easiest thing to do is laugh your head off. If you’re going to die, you may as well die laughing. The works in “They Died Laughing” confront the human condition not with pathos but with levity.

TDL exhibition statement

TDL. I like that! Haha!

Humor is not just a tool of the juvenile or the idiot. Humor can present ideas that slide into awareness, revealing a depth unexpected. The works in "They Died Laughing' may be humorous but a subtle sense of irony or sarcasm belies the social agenda.

TDL - Exhibition Statement

Our death is inevitable, and if we should  die laughing, which happens so rarely, we might as well die laughing. But then again wishing is always nice and magic works everytime. Wake up, in this reality and nobody dies laughing. All we could do is just pretend. 

ALLISON SCHULNIK

Sandra Low: Body-bag series

Here are some of Sandra Low's drawings that I talked about. The rest can be seen here
--> CLICK ME. She has said that she has most of these available on hand for us if we do include her in the show.




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Some other works for visual inspiration:

Dave Burke


Robert Lebsack

Work In Progress - He Died Laughing By Raul Esparza

LBCC ART - Student Exhibition Card Design

They All Died Laughing-political statement

When I think of the Enron scandal, the tycoons on wall street, the banks, the oil industry and all of the corruption in government...those who lead our country only to pocket our hard earned money...what I think about is that they must have all died laughing...because we blindly follow and allow them to take from us and deceive us with our own greed.
It might be an interesting topic to consider these misuses, but may be a bit too political for us. Also a bit hard to find artists that focus on the political aspects.

they died laughing

Humor irony sarcasm apathy
Ways in which we deal or don't deal with the problems of the world...in the end will history say "say "they died laughing"?

They Died Laughing Exhibition Statement

Here is what I was thinking...

The world is a dark and twisted place. A sense of humor is essential for survival. If you’re going to die, which we all are, you may as well die laughing. The works in “They Died Laughing” confront the human condition not with pathos but with levity. Life after all is absurd and full of irony.

Thoughts on the theme + Ex Card

I know we didn't really talk much about the theme and the meaning of it, but an idea I had was to take an ironic look at it. Such as, people who seemed happy even though they were dying. A piece in the faculty show, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, seems to me to fit this. The old man is homeless -- a social death, perhaps -- but he is shown as smiling.

Another play on the theme would be the meaning of death. There is psychological and emotional death, as well as physical. Perhaps even alternative meanings of "laugh"? Just some thoughts.

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Also, I don't know if this is exactly...uh...what we were looking for as far as the Student Show exhibition card but...here it is. (See Habib! I told you I had something!) Can we do color?

Change of locations

Tuesday, April 13, Refine Exhibit Statement

Thursday, April 15, Change of location to make up for Sat. Mar. 27^th opening of Rot

Thursday, April 22, Change of location, instead meet on Friday, April 23

Friday, April 23, meet in Culver City at 10:30 AM

Address: SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES PROJECTS

6006 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232, phone 310.837-2117

Thursday, May 6^th, Change of location, instead meet on Friday, May 7th

Friday, May 7th, meet in Chinatown at noon (12 PM)

Address: Kathryn Brennan Gallery Los Angeles

955 Chung King Road Los Angeles, CA 90012, T 213 628 7000

Tomas Ruller

http://www.ruller.cz/pre_sent.html

Banksys Exit Through the Gift Shop

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

Marina Abramović. Portrait with Flowers. 2009. Black-and-white gelatin silver print; photo: Marco Anelli. © 2010 Marina Abramović.

From MOMA Exhibition Description:

"This performance retrospective traces the prolific career of Marina Abramović (Yugoslav, b. 1946) with approximately fifty works spanning over four decades of her early interventions and sound pieces, video works, installations, photographs, solo performances, and collaborative performances made with Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen). In an endeavor to transmit the presence of the artist and make her historical performances accessible to a larger audience, the exhibition includes the first live re-performances of Abramović’s works by other people ever to be undertaken in a museum setting. In addition, a new, original work performed by Abramović will mark the longest duration of time that she has performed a single solo piece."

Amusing commentary from Carolina Miranda from WNYC.

What is performance art?

Breaking Code by Betsy Lorer Hall

5 hour performance piece using egg shells to spell the many names of god in morse code. Soundwalk October 2006

Alchemy- A Time Lapse of a Painting by Betsy Lohrer Hall

Ideas For Final Projects

Ideas For Final Projects

Process - The order in which an artist's process and material control the outcome of the piece.

Street - Artists influenced by all things urban grafitti.

The Art of Letting Go - Hopeful thoughts to heal a broken mind.

Reflection - To portray the images of artful description.

Dreamcatcher - Our dreams.

Departing - Physically, emotionally, spiritually.
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Rain - Physical and Metaphysical State; anything that can be seen as rain--good or bad.

Rhythm - The few many sources to life; rhythm; Power movement by the art influence. Delivering a message through art.

They Died Laughing Received the most votes

Mobiles

Vanishing - people places things ideals

Religion

Order & Chaos

What If? ____ (artist fills in the blank & represents that concept)

Dream Green - Artist's concept about a "green" world / living green

Intimate - Works that invite secrecy; works dealing with the private or relationships

Humanity - The essence of life; machines; things that evoke a sense of living

Fluid - Smooth / with grace

Flow

Idea's for next show

Idea's for next show....  I was trying to think of the opposite of rot soo.. maybe

Fluid, (smooth , with grace)

Flow 

Fine lines

Sorry I can't be there I'm going to pick up my new used car! and return my rental before they charge me for another day!!!!