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Inspection time. This is a preview shot of the new poster for Shipping News. The artwork is always by Jay if he’s printing it, and it features a multicolored, geometric abstraction image that’s more fine art than ever. He’s using gradients and they come out perfect with a nice transition of color. Jay’s an amazing artist from Chicago and it was great to see his studio. Jay is sort of an eco dude. He’s growing sprouts outside the studio door. That’s Tim Hugh who runs the Asian film fest in Chicago. Jay in his front room where the magic begins.
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Murakami might be in Brooklyn, but Cai Guo-Qiang is at the Guggenheim. Two of Asia's finest artists are doing insanely well in the world market. I don't need to say much about Murakami, who's going the Louis Vuitton thing in Brooklyn as well, and Cai Guo-Qiang did his exploding car thing as well, and showed his stuffed animals and boats with arrows. He also showed his explosion paintings as well....
Murakami might be in Brooklyn, but Cai Guo-Qiang is at the Guggenheim. Two of Asia’s finest artists are doing insanely well in the world market. I don’t need to say much about Murakami, who’s going the Louis Vuitton thing in Brooklyn as well, and Cai Guo-Qiang did his exploding car thing as well, and showed his stuffed animals and boats with arrows. He also showed his explosion paintings as well. It’s amazing that two artists from Asia can make an impact in perhaps the leading city for “high” art in America at once. If you’re in NYC, I’d highly suggest you check out Cai Guo-Qiang. I last saw his work at MassMOCA, and it’s great that he’s also going to do the fireworks for the Beijing Olympics.
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The thief struck a Giant Robot art exhibition in SF. Know who this is? This person stole a piece by Susie Ghahremani. Notice the lack of fear or any kind of hesitation. This person is bad person. Could you do this without any hesitation? Would you even think about it? And would it eat you up later? It's sad to say, some people just don't care and won't hesitate to steal from a young artist. Sad...
The thief struck a Giant Robot art exhibition in SF. Know who this is? This person stole a piece by Susie Ghahremani. Notice the lack of fear or any kind of hesitation. This person is bad person. Could you do this without any hesitation? Would you even think about it? And would it eat you up later? It’s sad to say, some people just don’t care and won’t hesitate to steal from a young artist. Sad times and a sad world we live in. Imagine that this is a stolen art piece, and not a murder, terrorism, war, or anything like that, and yet, this person still has to fuck up something that’s fairly pure. The next video I shot while on Virgin America. Did you know they’ll let a passenger play the sax in an aisle? I’d much rather see a gymnast do flips, or maybe a stripper doing her thing, or how about a skateboarder pushing mongo-style? Virgin America is a lot more open minded in letting people entertain themselves on a plane which is shocking since eventually it’ll cause some kind of problem or complaint. I remember after 9/11 they didn’t want people getting out of their seats. If you hung around near the bathrooms, it meant bad things. Maybe it’s great that we’re more lax, and security is improved to the point that we can fly with a smile and more comfort.
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