REMINDER: There will be no FIRST FRIDAY Art Walk in July. Please join us for the next South FIRST FRIDAYS event on August 7, 2009!
Anno Domini is closed for Summer break through August 6th. Please join us August 7, 2009 for the Opening Reception of Pjota from Sao Paulo, Brazil. This will be his debut U.S. solo exhibition.
Opening Reception: First Friday, August 7, 2009
8pm til late, free and open to the public
Music TBA
Surreal Night at the San Jose Museum of Art is an impressive mid-career retrospective of Todd Schorr's contribution to the "Pop Surrealism" scene (of which the likes of Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Ryden and Gary Baseman are members.)
On Thursday, July 16th, 7-10pm you can meet Todd and attend a panel discussion (w/ Camille Rose Garcia in attendance?) at 7:30pm.
This Hi-Fructose sponsored event also includes a book signing, sounds by Streetlight Records and specialty cocktails.
The latest from our favorite kimchi lovin' artist, David Choe...
"This extremely limited print is of the legend Jimi Hendrix, in all his glory and inspired madness, there will only be 27 editions of this giclee' print, at $600 plus shipping, all signed numbered, and left handed guitar drawn on some of the prints, I already gave 8 of them away to friends and family, so really there's only 19 left. This print would not be for my ex-roomate ,You will really have to like Jimi or have manic depression for this one, my largest print to date, the print will be reproduced the same size as the original 4 foot painting on, Breathing Color's Elegance Velvet Platinum Edition, It's a high end digital water color paper at, 44" x 51 5/8" . Longtime family friends the namba's, will be producing this bad boy, 30 years in the business with top secret custom silk screening techniques, look for totally mental prints in the future. For this JIMI print Contact bobby namba at bnamba [at] live.com, the prints are huge so expect at least 3 weeks for delivery. He will be handling all orders and sales . he's in l.a. I'm in new york, Don't email or call me, I cant help you."
"Erwin Wurm started out as a painter and sculptor, then swallowed the whole world digesting all its pompous grief and absurdity so as to spew out terrific sculptures, hilarious installations and stunningly grotesque pieces of spatial art and architecture that all have one thing in common - dead serious funny lightness in heavy doses. Unlike many of his professionally melancholic fellow specimen who got deliberately f***ed to become pregnant with meaning, the art of this decent great man from Austria makes us laugh, think and wonder. Although not necessarily in that order. Thus, meeting him in person in his studio in Vienna was an enlightening experience which you might like to share with us by watching the latest Gestalten.tv podcast." (via Gestalten.com)
"There is not one rule which says this is art or this in not art. I think everyone has to define it by himself. I think art is something very important because it gives us the possibility to create a new reality or a parallel reality." ~ Erwin Wurm from his interview with Gestalten.
I joined the opening night mayhem for last weekend's "Bailout Rally" put on by the San Jose based club, Mopedhead. These photos are from the Friday night ride that left downtown SJ and headed up Mt. Hamilton. You should come out and join the fun next year.
AJ Fosik's exhibition "There's Aliens in our Midst" opens tonight at White Walls in San Francisco. Opening reception from 7-11pm. If you can't make the opening be sure to visit the gallery before it comes down on July 10, 2009.
THE BAILOUT RALLY "If You're Not Broke, Then Your Moped Will Be"
We missed this the last couple years, but looking forward to the moped/scooter rally this weekend. Things kick-off today, June 12th, with meet and greet from 3-6pm at 327 E Saint John Street in San Jose. Around 6pm-ish mopedheads aim for the hills for the Mt. Hamilton Ride (word on the street is we may be dining up on the hill so bring a few dollars with you). 8-9pm-ish riders should arrive at 4th Street Bowl (San Jose) for beer, bowling and other fun things.
On Saturday June 13th the rally heads for Mt. Madonna (DON'T FORGET YOUR GAS CAN!!) for an overnighter and returns Sunday late morning.
Bruno 9Li sent this album to us by way of our friends John and Bella that had lunch with Bruno in Sao Paulo while on their 4 month travels around South America (thanks guys!!). It's exciting to see Bruno's art in the album format and even more exciting that the music is really great! The EP was released by Planet Mu this past April, you can listen to it here: http://www.planet-mu.com/discography/ZIQ212
This spring, our good friends and intrepid FOUND road warriors, Davy and Peter Rothbart are climbing
back in the tour van for a 55-city cross country odyssey to celebrate the release of FOUND's brand-new book, Requiem for a Paper Bag. At each
exhilarating show, Davy (FOUND's plucky point guard) will share the
latest magnificent and mesmerizing finds that have landed in the mailbox over at FOUND HQ, plus hilarious found tales from contributors to the
new book including Seth Rogen, Chuck D., Sarah Vowell, Devendra
Banhart, and Wire creator David Simon.
Meanwhile, Peter (FOUND's international heartthrob) will dazzle us with
a glittering constellation of new breathtaking songs based on FOUND
notes. Davy and Peter will be joined by L.A.'s angel-voiced Watson Twins at Anno Domini. Come on out and join us for the party!! Please bring your finds to share, and be sure to let your friends
in other cities know that FOUND is headed their way!!
June 16, 2009 San Jose, CA >
Anno Domini, doors at 7 pm, 366 S. First St., 408-271-5155 [ with The Watson Twins; sponsored byThe Onion and Decider; tickets are $5 at the door ]
Kick
off summer with SubZERO, a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno-mashup
where street meets geek presented by ZER01 and South First Fridays.
From dusk 'til midnight between San Carlos and Reed Street, you'll find
two stages of entertainment plus 100 artists, performers, and musicians
celebrating the indie creative spirit. Test-drive a custom low-rider
bike, try your hands at stop motion, bear witness to urban
yarn-bombing, travel back to the future for a nineties-look at cyber
fashion, watch a little subversive TV and listen up for spontaneous
acts of percussion.
