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Here’s just a few suspects. Joe Hahn, David Choe, Albert Reyes. They’re messing with aerosol and having fun. Below you’ll see James Jean. Did you know he has can control? Most don’t. Here’s a shot of Dave painting inside.
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Here’s Trailer number two. Yes it was actually raining that day in LA. Hope you like it. The trio of figures was conceived a while ago. What’s the point of having a show without the collaboration of these artists. I think making something “site specific” is always cool and that’s what I hope to do and show as much as I can.
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That’s Mari Inukai! Guess which one? Quickly made it to The Human Eclectic: An Exhibition Curated by Kent Williams at Merry Karnowsky gallery. Included in the show is: Peter Liashkov, Barron Storey, Jon J Muth, Kent Williams, Aaron Smith, Dean Karr, Mari Inukai, Chris Anthony, Jennifer Poon, Jason Shawn Alexander, Kevin Llewellyn and Sara Escamilla. Here’s the link. Mari will be in the Biennale starting this saturday. Barron Storey the sensei Ayako Fujitani and Kent Williams stand in front of the painting from the postcard image from the show. That’s a Mari Inukai painting.
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This is a bit heartbreaking, although it doesn’t diminish the power of the image, the campaign, and all that. Read all of the parts, if you’re that into it. Either way, it seems like Shepard erred somewhere, and has come out to talk about it and fess up. It’s a bit nuts, and in the end, it seems like he really didn’t need to mess around. His case was fine as it was. Wasn’t it? This is the AP side of it at the link below. I still think the AP should back off, or else come to a realistic agreement with Fairey or charge him for a license and not try and take portions from his sales which were all put into the campaign. Then again, I’m sure the AP is seeing dollar signs from him. They’re only going after him because his rendition was iconic and made money. The other hundreds of Obama images which came from other images, which I’m sure include AP? The planet needs to be consistent.AP
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Tad Nakamura. Ran into him at a Quiznos. For some reason, this dude reminds me of so many people wrapped up in one. But for now, he’s in SD with his film, A Song for Ourselves. It’s also showing soon in Hawaii. (HIFF). See aSongforOurselves.com I also nominated him as an influential Asian American under 30. Bananaman… Remember the dude named Nguyen from Starry Kitchen a few posts back? Here he is promoting White on Rice to no end, which will also be in Hawaii. (HIFF). That’s David Boyle, the director of White on Rice. I think he takes a few lumps, but people like his film. whiteonrice.com Leonardo Nam. His name backwards? Leonardo Nam? Man, O’ Drano El! It sounds like a sentence. Maybe it is. Bahia restaurant in SD. I tried this. The cheese was intense, but I was feeling like Nacho Libre. I had to try it. I still like my corn plain, but this worked. Mark and Cyndi again. They ordered too much food and almost finished it. This Homie is strange. A snife and a side of beef that looks like a wig. I’m amazed at how long all this has lasted.
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