Amy Crehore’s “Dreamgirls & Ukes”
Oregon-based artist Amy Crehore opens her solo show at Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, this Friday, February 13. Crehore has painted over a dozen antique ukuleles as part of this exhibit,…
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Julie Greicius
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Po Bronson is the author of two novels and three boks of non-fiction including What Should I Do With My Life? and Why Do I Love These People? He is the founder of The San Francisco Writers Grotto.
Machine with Abandoned Doll
“The intellect may be strong and the adult tormented as a result of it, but the child within dreams innocently.” —Arthur Ganson
Lost Love’s Artifacts
The Museum of Broken Relationships is coming to San Francisco just in time for the holiday that commemorates, lest we forget, the martyrdom of St. Valentine, who was stoned and…
Humor, Interrupted
Here on the Internets, we know narrative digression all too well as the “hyperlink.” Those of us who are accustomed to, and indeed savor, the buds of info that bloom…
The Rumpus Long Interview with Ron English
“…The day that you don’t have any Republican friends, or you don’t have any Christian friends, or you don’t have any Muslim friends, that you only have, like, artists-from-New-York-City friends,…
Lady Aiko, Solo
Since she broke from the international street art collective Faile that she helped to found, New York artist Aiko Nakagawa, aka Lady Aiko, is making a mark all her own.…
Terrifying Nixon-Era Children’s Books
Ever since shoving Bush into his helicopter with an expletive and fantasizing about letting go of Cheney’s wheelchair at the top of a long, steep hill, I find I have…
Beware of the Blog Superlink
Showcasing what you may or may not agree is the greatest video ever, Jersey City, New Jersey, radio station WFMU’s Beware of the Blog website has to be one of…
Impresario of the Inflatable
Jason Hackenwerth‘s balloon sculptures make the quick, traditional poodles and swords of children’s parties look like…child’s play. Works like his Orgasmoebic creation float gracefully in museums, or sometimes double as…
Someone is Trying to Tell You Something
Two years ago Axel Albin and Josh Kamler began photographing graffiti messages in cities around the world. At their website viewers can read, comment and submit their own message graffiti…
Farewell, Dickhead
Now that President Bush has made his final grope for the exit, The Rumpus asks a few artists, curators and friends to tell us which work of art best personifies…
Home Away from Home for the Stone-Cold Heel Fetishist
Designers and high heel enthusiasts INSA and Ben Rousseau spent three weeks carving a room at the legendary Ice Hotel in Sweden. (via Juxtapoz)