Some photos from the Rebels Reform art show opening from last Friday. Plus a few photos of my cats, Batman and Uncle Pete.
I wan’t really going around taking photos, so there is a lot more really good stuff at the gallery, but I just gave my camera to someone to snap some things. I am heading down to the gallery later in the week and will get some more photos of the other work.
The work will be showing for the rest of the week at Studio 561 (Bloor and Bathurst.)
Gallery hours.
Tuesday: 11-5
Wednesday: 11-5
Thursday: 10-1
Friday: 11-5
Saturday: 10-5
Sunday: 11-4
Here are some photos of the newly made books (also at the gallery) hot off the press.
I am in this art show on Friday. If you are in Toronto you should come out, there will be lots of art and beer.
I will have 13 new pieces there as well as selling original posters. I also have copies of two of my poetry books, a novella and the first Menstrate magazine. I just received them today, all professionally bound. They look fantastic.
Made these paintings last night, not sure how, but they represent everything I think about birthdays. Fuck it, Siamese Dream time. Art show July 22nd. Coming up fast. Coming up HARD!! Click images for larger/detail.
I went to Montreal for two weeks, shot scenes for my movie, did a bunch of drugs, got obsessed with the word Triangle, came back to Toronto and made these paintings. Their shit.
It’s hard to size these images properly in this layout but if you click the images they will open at a proper size in a new window.
ALL MEN ARE FEMINISTS AND ALL FEMINISTS ARE DOGS - acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on bristol board.
HANS THE MATH HORSE – acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on bristol board.
TRIANGLES - acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on bristol board.
TRIANGLES 2 – acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on bristol board.
TIMMY AND THE TECHNOCRATS – acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on bristol board.
VENA CAVA – acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on bristol board.
A couple new paintings. Acrylic/spray paint on Bristol board.
YELLOWHEAD.
PARTY PETE (70$).
PIP PIP.
Here is how the bristol board looks framed.
HORSE FACE…..SOLD.
FAYDRA…..SOLD.
100 dollars no frame. 150 with frame.
Uploaded these quck clips from an extra interview on the Burden Of Dreams dvd.
A friend gave this to me a few weeks ago. It hangs on my bathroom door. DANGER!
These are some drawings I did on the train coming back to Montreal.
WAY OF THE HUMMING BIRD:
VELVET PANTS:
FOX WORM:
I decided I should try and figure out the anatomy of animals. So I went to the library and photocopied some so that I could learn to draw them on the train. I mainly just ended up getting locked into this picture though. I really like it, it might be the first thing I’ve ever signed my name too. I don’t like signing my name at all. I spill beer on things a lot. Wine not.
(Click for more detail.)
RABIEZ:
SCTV is the greatest show. And this is one of the greatest parts of it. The godfather parody, the network wars. I couldnt find it anywhere so I uploaded it.
This is from the cronenberg movie Scanners. The main actor is terrible, but the whole movie is a neat idea. The guy who plays Benjamin Pierce is amazing. The doctors good too.
The sculptures the loo loo bird makes are great. I’ve always wanted to know the story behind them. I assume Cronenberg came up with the ideas then had someone make them under his direction. But maybe some other artist came up with them with Cronenberg, what else does this person do. I dont know. And less likely so, maybe Cronenberg actually made them himself.
Its a little long, I just let the scene run out at the end because its good. I cant help but notice the black man seems to get his mind eaten out with more rhythm and style then the rest. Typical hollywood. Benjamin, we hardly knew you.
