July 16, 2008
East San Jose bike builders create rolling sculptures
Samuel & Matthew in their East San Jose studio, 2007
A great (and long overdue) article came out today about our compadres, Sam & Matthew Rodriguez, aka Shorty Fatz. They've been busy since their "Lowrider Arcade" exhibit of custom made lowrider bikes in May 2007.
"Lowrider Arcade" exhibition at Anno Domini, 2007
When it comes to lowrider bike culture, these two are a bringin' it to a whole new level. Shorty Fatz opened a new studio just outside of downtown San Jose a few months back. Check 'em out and get your orders in!
East San Jose bike builders create rolling sculptures
by Joe Rodriguez, Mercury News
posted: 07/16/2008
Read the article
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June 19, 2008
Juxtapoz exhibit at Laguna Museum opens June 22nd
This is worth a road trip south! 150 amazing artists including past exhibiting A.D. artists: Dalek, Emek, Shepard Fairey, AJ Fosik, Sylvia Ji, Saber and Andrew Schoultz! The list is long and impressive, and some choices a bit curious which creates even more anticipation as to how it's all going to come together. For the full artists' list, visit the Laguna Art Museum website here.
from the press release: In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor is an exhibition that presents the work of approximately one hundred and fifty artists and posits that there has been a huge, but unacknowledged, art movement taking place in this country for the last forty years. Since 1994, this ground swelling of lowbrow, surrealistic, pop, figurative, and narrative work has coalesced and found a voice in the pages of Juxtapoz magazine published in San Francisco. This "rag" has become the most widely read art magazine in the U.S. It is an influencing force on the aspiring artists of generation Y and the millenials, who are now enrolling in art schools in numbers never before seen.
Juxtapoz magazine was founded by Los Angeles artist Robert Williams. The :Juxtapoz aesthetic or lowbrow art" is almost always figurative and is inspired by movies, TV, advertising, black-velvet painting, psychedelic posters, pulp porn, sci-fi and horror, carnival art, comics books and all things lower and middle class. The magazine has and does provide a voice and validation for a brand of artist, like Williams, who has not been accepted traditionally by the typical art-world infrastructure of collector, curator, and critic. However, since its founding, it has been the inspiration for the creation of its own infrastructure supported by Juxtapozian art galleries (in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York), collectors, critical attention, and museum exhibitions at adventurous institutions. Since the mid 1990s, with its growing success, Juxtapoz has been a major contributor to the acceptance of painting again as a valid practice for artists, countering forty years of art school canon, which focused on the conceptual practice of context, collectivization, and dematerialization of the art object.
For the last decade the art establishment (collector, curator, critic) has argued that the idea, or construct, of an art movement is outmoded. This exhibition explores the idea of the "Juxtapoz Factor."Is it an organized movement operating under a singular manifesto? Or is it a wave of talented overlooked artists who decided to reach out to the public and create their own canon?
Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Summer Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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June 05, 2008
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky at A.D. Friday, June 6th, 7pm
"For the maverick rhythm scientist Paul D. Miller, sound is liquid; it spills over and slips under categories, firewalls, case law, and legal codes to find us and move us. In the same way, his important collection of sound thinkers and sound ideas calls us to remove the fake 'security' imposed on us by capital and state, and, more crucially, to reimagine freedom and reclaim our creativity." --Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Come meet Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid at Anno Domini, First Frdiay June 6th at 7pm as he discusses his new book Sound Unbound. Free and open to the public.
Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician living and working in New York City. His artwork has appeared in the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennale for Architecture, the Andy Warhol Museum, and many other venues. His written work has appeared in such publications as the Village Voice and Artforum. He is an editor of the magazine 21c and the author of Rhythm Science (MIT Press, 2004).
Anno Domini, 366 South First Street, San Jose
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April 16, 2008
AK Press is Hiring
AK Press is a worker-run anarchist collective, which publishes and distributes books and other media. They are looking to hire two new collective members for full time positions.
Their politics draw on the rich heritage of anarchist, anti-authoritarian, and left-communist thought and action. AK Press publishes around 20 books, CDs, and DVDs per year, and distributes 4,000+ other titles from independent presses and publishers to the book trade, individuals, radical spaces, and other outlets.
If you're interested, visit their site here.
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March 29, 2008
New Phantom exhibits in SoFA
We're very pleased to announce we've acquired two new locations for the Phantom Galleries project in the SoFA District. We are grateful to the owners of the buildings for their participation which gives exhibit opportunities to our local artists and enlivens our district.
486 South First Street - Long time Duke of the Art Car brigade, Philo Northrup (pictured above) exhibits his personal assemblage artwork. On view through May, 2008.
480 South First Street - Lori Gordon's watercolor text paintings are part of the current exhibit This Show Needs You at SJICA. On view through April, 2008.
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February 19, 2008
Glory Boy Days at Cinquest
While in a SJSU screenwriting class, Paul Encinas conceived and wrote Glory Boy Days and it's showing at the Cinequest Film Festival on March 7th & 8th.
It looks amazing and there's alot of favorable reviews for it's story, cinematography and writing....from the Cinequest site: The pain and ecstasy of being young glow like ember in Glory Boy Days, one of the most extraordinary debuts at Cinequest.
On the day he turns twenty-one, Lando takes stock of his life so far and looks ahead at what the future holds for him. He may be worried about going to college and standing up to his stepfather, but to his friends finding a good party is the concern of the day...
Local friends and former classmates make up the cast and crew, and local hangouts make cameo appearances as well. Glory Boy Days debuted at Slamdance Film Festival, one of only 29 films selected out of 1200!
Congratulations Paul and to everyone involved!
View trailer here, and buy tickets here.
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February 17, 2008
How To Impress Girls Vol. 3: Dancing (according to Andy)
In addition to being a great painter, our good friend Andy Gouevia is a great dancer as this video that's spreading across the net captures in How to Impress Girls Vol. 3: Dancing. You can watch the video here.
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February 10, 2008
Bruno 9Li on the cover of WAVE 02.11.08
Hitting the streets tomorrow, Feb. 11th, is a new issue of WAVE Magazine with Bruno 9Li's work on the cover, and a nice shot inside of Barron's current exhibit, to illustrate their feature story about how to start an art collection. If you need any help in that department, you know where we are.
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January 26, 2008
Bruno 9Li at Fashion Week Sao Paulo!
Bruno 9Li (2007 A.D.) had been working like crazy the last four months on graphics and designs with fashion designer Ellus' 2nd Floor line for Sao Paulo's Fashion Week which happened a week ago. From coats, to shirts, dresses and tights, Bruno's iconic mark is everywhere in the line. To view the line click here, and to see Bruno working behind the scenes, click here.
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November 30, 2007
Tokyo-based PingMag interviews Bruno 9li
Bruno 9li (2007 A.D.) was recently interviewed by the Tokyo-based publication PingMag. It's a poignant and inspired conversation, shedding much insight into the vision and creative process that drive the young, rapidly emerging, brazilian-based artist. Read it here.
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October 02, 2007
Graffiti Research Lab in San Jose!
GRL in Rotterdam, 2007 (Watch the movie)
James Powderly and Evan Roth of New York based Graffiti Research Lab drop in to San Jose this Wednesday as part of the FUSE lecture series. Powderly with his background in aerospace robotics and Roth emerging from coding, architecture and web design come together to develop new methods of self-expression. Their technological efforts have emerged back on the streets that inspire them using the transitory urban canvas as their showroom. Perhaps it's the ephemeral nature of their work, combined with their authentic voice, tools and open source idealism that has made their artistic efforts embraced on the many streets they have travelled to around the globe. Hope you can make it out. We highly recommend this lecture!
FUSE lecture series
featuring Graffiti Research Lab
Wednesday October 3rd, 7pm
San Jose City Hall, Council Chambers
200 East Santa Clara Street (at So. 4th St)
San Jose, CA 95113
The G.R.L. has embarked on a mission: to revolutionize tools and languages of urban artists with cheap technology and open knowledge. The lab is dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source tools for urban communication. The goal of the G.R.L. is to technologically empower individuals to creatively alter and reclaim their surroundings from commercial and corporate culture. G.R.L. agents are currently working in the lab and in the field to develop and test a range of experimental technologies for the state-of-the-art graffiti writer. Their website documents those efforts with video documentation and DIY instructions for each project. < http://graffitiresearchlab.com>
James Powderly is a maverick hobbyist dabbling at the fringes of robotics, chemistry, writing, pyrotechnics, graffiti and art. As a Fellow in the Eyebeam R&D OpenLab for the last year James has developed experimental creative technologies and media for the public domain. Powderly was anengineer and the Director of Technology Development at Honeybee Robotics, and a Manhattan-based NASA contractor. He worked on developing the Mars Exploration Rover's Rock Abrasion Tool and built a wall drilling robot for Diller + Scofidio's retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Powderly has been awarded numerous grants, fellowships and awards, including an Award of Distinction in 2006 from Ars Electronica for his work with the Graffiti Research Lab. His work can be found on the surface of Mars and other people's walls throughout the U.S. and Europe. In the Spring, he will begin teaching a class at Parsons Communication Design and Technology program called, "Disruptive Home Economics".
Evan Roth is a recent MFA graduate from the Design Technology department at Parsons where he was his class valedictorian. He is the creator of Graffitti Analysis video, a project that uses motion tracking, computer vision technology, and a custom C++ application to record and analyze a graffiti writer's pen movement over time. Evan's media experiments also include Explicit Content Only, Postal Lables Against Bush video, and Graffiti Taxonomy.
If you can't make it physically, you can catch the G.R.L. in Second Life, the talk will be streamed live to Ars Virtua in Second Life.
Sam Gould of Red76 and Matthew Coolidge of CLUI's lectures are available as podcasts:
the rss ( for subscription with iTunes and such)
FUSE: conversation
cadre/montalvo artist research lecture series
in collaboration with ZERO1.
co-sponsored by the City of San Jose Public Art Program
FUSE: conversation is a series of lectures by renowned artists addressing some of the most pertinent issues of our time including globalization, sustainability, censorship, human rights, social responsibility, human centered design and the next generation of cultural production.
http://cadre.sjsu.edu/fuse
October lecture schedule
3 Graffiti Research Laboratory
12 Kevin and Jennifer McCoy
18 Natalie Jeremijenko
23 Rosina Gomez-Baeze Tinture**
26 Mongrel
Lectures are presented as part of FUSE:, a CADRE-Montalvo artist research residency in cooperation with ZERO1. One artist proposal will be selected for development in residency and featured at the 01SJ 2008 Biennale.
Unless otherwise noted:
Time: Lectures start at 7:00 p.m.
Location: San José City Hall Council Chambers – 200 East Santa Clara Street,
San José, CA 95113.
The lectures are free and open to the public. Please visit
http://www.sjdowntownparking.com/parking_map.php for information on parking downtown.
Lectures will be simulcast into Ars Vitura, a Second Life arts and media center.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seventh%20Eye/6/77/48
To request an accommodation or alternative format for City-sponsored meetings, events or
printed materials, please call Brooke Jones at 408 277-5144 X 18 or 408-294-9337 (TTY) as
soon as possible, but at least three business days before the meeting/event.
* At San Jose City Hall Room 118/119
**At San Jose State University, Art Building, Room 133, from 5-6 as part of the Tuesday Night Lecture
Series
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September 29, 2007
Cool hunted
TheCoolhunter.net (THE reference point of choice for the latest in what's hot tomorrow) has posted Bruno 9Li's Mysterium Tremendum exhibit. They included many large images along with the following text:
"Artist Bruno 9Li is an artist of extraordinary talent, who works and lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Bruno's work is inspired by alchemical imagery, his surrounding neighborhood and the Art Nouveau period and feature amazing ink on paper works which are remarkably unique. The work is incredibly vibrant even though only a handful of colors are used. Bruno's work seems to re-use the same colors in his latest range. This in no way limits the variety of the work itself, as each piece is wonderfully unique. Geometric form coupled with an illustrative foundation is the springboard for this work. "
Thanks to The Cool Hunter and be sure to visit their site!
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AJ Fosik by William Buzzell in Juxtapoz
image: AJ Fosik, from Parts and Labor
The current October issue of Juxtapoz has a few of our past exhibiting artists in it as well as one coming up! Kevin Earl Taylor is a feature profile with text by Shepard Fairey (2000 AD); Kevin will have the whole gallery to himself in November! AJ Fosik was interviewed by his good friend Will Buzzell (2001 AD & 2004 AD with Monster Project ) in which they discuss their NYC days together and moving from the street scene to the gallery scene. And Michael Sieben (Friendmakers 2004 AD) is on the cover with a full interview inside.
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September 18, 2007
ANP Quarterly #8
The latest FREE issue of ANP Quarterly is in the gallery now while supplies last!
Inside Issue 8 : "Brendan Fowler sits down with cover star, writer/theorist/band-singer (Nation Of Ulysses, Make-Up, Weird War, Cupid Car Club)/talkshow host/historic character Ian Svenonius, while Aaron Rose has an in depth talk with New York artist Rita Ackerman about art, life, music, fashion and the power of youth. We travel to Topanga Canyon to interview legendary performance artist/sculptor/living-legend Chris Burden about his life's work while Lisa Eisner shoots awesome photos of his studio. We also check in with photographer and publisher Sophie Morner, Ed Templeton writes on his favorite secret photo book shop in Paris, we hear from the beautifully damaged Soiled Mattress and The Springs, peek into Workshop Houston, take a look back at the amazing early '80s punk zine, No Mag, and give artist Josh Lazcano four pages to go nuts just for us. And you."
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September 10, 2007
Shepard Fairey "One Man Army" opens Sept. 14th
Shepard Fairey (2000 AD) will present ONE MAN ARMY with opening receptions on Friday, September 14th & Saturday, September 15th, 7:pm till late each night at the ToyRoom gallery in Sacramento. It promises to be an overwhelming array of past and present prints and original works.
(from the press release:) With Shepard Fairey's & Obey Giant's meteoric rise in popularity, it is easy to forget that Shepard has been working for nearly 18 years with the focus and dedication normally associated with that of the old masters. Bringing us a carcophany of styles, reminiscent of a mix of Russian post industrial design, art nouveau inspired rock posters, photocopied Punk Rock flyers, he expresses his take on the the follies of war, greed and loss of freedom among other subjects of concern in what can only be perceived as a society gone awry."
TOYROOM , 907 K Street , Sacramento
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September 07, 2007
"The Ghost" by Richard Colman at White Walls
Richard Colman (2006 AD) opens his new exhibit The Ghost, tomorrow night, Saturday, September 8th, at White Walls in San Francisco. His narrative style continues to both remain familiar and evolve with the likes of inverted bears, masked men, regal queens, slithering serpents and bat-winged boys. It's like running into a friend you haven't seen in a while; life's changed them a bit on the surface, as you might expect, but you'd recognize them anywhere. Definitely check it out! It's on view through October 6th.
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Jessie Vala "Tortuous Veil" at Motel Gallery
Jessie Vala (2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006 AD) has a new exhibit on view now, through October 27th, at Motel Gallery in Portland. Jessie's work is always beautiful, insightful and dreamlike. We highly recommend it!
From their website: The title of the exhibition Tortuous Veil refers to Isis' veil, the thin and mutable barrier between the conscious and unconscious worlds. Drawing heavily on ancient myths, Vala explores the fears, powers, violence and destruction associated with four archetypes, the Werewolf, the Zombie, the Shape-Shifter and the Vampire. These conflicts serve as critical allegories for the real-world issues of environmental degradation, over-consumption, mob mentality and political instability.
Vala is fascinated by the menacing and violent side of the human imagination and begs the question, "Why are humans so attracted to brutality and destruction?" In intricate yet minimal drawings, she depicts female heroines caught deep in their interior landscapes, facing the embodiment of their inner demons.
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September 06, 2007
9li's "TORMENTA" Exhibit Opens in Barcelona!
9li & "ASTAR" from TORMENTA series
Bruno 9li (2007 AD) hits Barcelona with his solo exhibit, TORMENTA, opening on September 12, 2007. The exhibit at ROJO Magazine's art space runs through October 10, 2007 for those of you lucky enough to be running around Spain at that time. BUSCA!
Photos from 9li's TORMENTA exhibit in Barcelona.
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September 02, 2007
C'alma Solo Exhibit in Sao Paulo
While in Sao Paulo this last July visiting Bruno 9Li, we spent alot of amazing time (and adventures!) with Stephan Doitschinoff, aka C'alma. His imagery is a meeting between elements of the sacred arts and alchemy to urban art and the pop culture.
He's native to Sao Paulo although he's been known to move around alot. Just before we hooked up with him in July, he had spent several months in Bahai, a poverty stricken village with the intention to bring a little life and light to their neighborhoods with his murals.
We'd like to congratulate him on his solo exhibit (although he's had solos internationally, this is his first in Sao Paulo) at Choque Cultural, a great gallery in SP. The body of work is based on his perceptions of the Divine Comedy, a series he did as a commission for the band Sepultura. Check out his work and then come meet him in person when he has his debut US solo exhibit here at Anno Domini in May 2008!
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Space 47 gallery opens in SoFA
We're very excited to welcome Space 47 and owners Binh Danh and Anjelica Muro, to the SoFA District! They had a preview over the weekend of their inaugural exhibition Some Parts of the Whole by James Tantum (he "documents his existence through graphs, interviews, calendars, and intimate personal videos"). We now have seven galleries on South First and we hope it'll inspire more people to open up that gallery they've always dreamed of!
SPACE 47, 47 E. Williams St., downtown San Jose
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August 19, 2007
Titus Kaphar - Studio Museum Harlem Exhibit
Aftermath, Artifact by Titus Kaphar
Congratulations to Titus Kaphar (AD 2004) on finishing up his Artist in Residence at the Studio Musuem Harlem!
The culminating exhibition entitled "Midnight's Daydream," features Titus and his two fellow residents: Wardell Milan II and Demetrius Oliver. There's a lengthy review on their exhibit in the NY Times which you can read here.
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June 20, 2007
Lots of new stuff in the gallery store
Fushigi Circus, is a 128 pg hardcover, clothbound collection of Mark Ryden's paintings. This Japanese language book features newer works, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix, and a survey of 55 of Mark Ryden's most impressive works from past shows to the present. ($35.00)
The best of Banksy's work -- old and new -- is collected here in a big, fully illustrated color volume. This softcover edition has 10% more crap! "There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover." -Metropolitan Police spokesperson ($22.95)
These four disturbing dolls come from the brain of Camille Rose Garcia (The Saddest Place On Earth). Each scary/cute little girl is pulled straight from Camille's paintings. ($240. set/ $60. ea.)
This large, lavishly produced hardcover serves as the catalog for Camille Rose Garcia's first solo museum show outside of Los Angeles, here in San Jose. Tragic Kingdom surveys her work with an emphasis on her most recent creations, showcasing paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, prints, and more. ($39.95)
PLUS trexi series 02 is equally lethal! Two of the hottest artists today TOUMA + Joe Ledbetter team up for this series. Made up of 14 designs including 10 (basic) + 2 (rare) + 2 (super rare). ($7.00/ea.)
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The Wandering Choe
David Choe's latest Thumbs Up! (Episode 11) was just released at VBS.TV. If you haven't been following it, Thumbs Up! is video journey of David Choe and Harry Kim hitchhiking across the U.S. (thus far). Rumor has it that the journey may take them abroad after they've run out of tracks in the states.
Episode 11 documents the journey from Little Rock to Memphis introducing us to a couple Arkansas troopers and a Palestinian cafe owner in Memphis. Oh, and just for the record, that cool little moniker on the train David points to is the work of BuZ Blurr. Some of you freight fans already know that, especially if your familiar with the work of documentary film maker Bill Daniel and his film, "Who is Bozo Texino?" that took us along on a great search for the truth behind the legend of the Bozo Texino moniker.
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June 19, 2007
Three great movies you should see
With summer upon us, it's tough to find the kind of movies we like, but there are a couple out right now that are amazing.
Brand Upon the Brain is a feature film by Canadian Guy Maddin. It's an eerie, suspenseful, for the most part silent film tale of a childhood lived on a lighthouse island turned orphanage. The main character, also named "Guy Maddin", has an overbearing crazy mother, a beautiful rebellious sister, and a work obsessed father. If you enjoy the likes of, say, surrealist films by Jean Cocteau, you'll appreciate the artistry and weirdness of this movie.
We also highly recommend the anime PAPRIKA. Therapists are able to treat people's reality dysfunctions by entering their dreams. The technology that enables them to do this is stolen, and all hell breaks loose. Keep in mind that this is definitely an anime for adults, it's rated R.
And finally, Day Watch is the follow up to the brilliant Night Watch (2004) both directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Set in present day Moscow, it's part two of the trilogy tale of the truce between good and evil and trying to keep the delicate balance from breaking down completely. And if you haven't seen Night Watch, they're pretty good at bringing you up to speed so you can enjoy Day Watch on it's own and know what's going on.
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June 16, 2007
"The Splasher" in NY Magazine
SWOON after the "Splasher" hits it. (photo via Streetsy)
Sam Anderson has a super length feature in NY Magazine on the "Splasher." The jerk that's been vandalizing some prized street art (yes, it's a vandal vandalizing vandals...that's what makes for the controversy.) All I can say is, I feel sorry for the guy when he gets caught.
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June 14, 2007
Shepard Fairey in NYC & DUMBO
E Pluribus Venom - New Works by Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey is gearing up for a dual location exhibit at Jonathan Levine gallery in NYC and in DUMBO opening on Saturday, June 23rd. The new works are entitled "E Pluribus Venom" which means "From Many, Poison." The Levine gallery reception is from 5-9pm, and Dumbo is from 7-11pm, RSVP only. Judging from the "free cash while supplies last" and the DJ lineup, which includes Shepard, I'd say the DUMBO reception might be the one to check out. More info here.
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Bansky's "Art of Worship"
Banksy in the Guardian.co.uk
Banksy just installed a porta-potty stonehedge entitled "The Art of Worship" at the site of the Glastonbury festival which takes place on the summer solstice, June 21st (which is fitting with the Stonehenge mysteries.) He's been known to put up signs around museums that say "Mind the crap.", which seems to be his message here in terms of his own art. One interesting note, it was mentioned in the Guardian article that they have an exclusive photo of the artist himself installing the work. Is he ready to be known? One of my favorite "Bansy-isms" is Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was. Hope that doesn't change.
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Barron Storey live on CiTR radio today from 2-3 p.m.!
This will teach you to check our updates more often... Just got word that Barron Storey will be live on Vancouver's CiTR radio from 2-3 p.m. today. He's being interviewed on a program called Inkstuds hosted by Robin McConnell. You can catch the stream from your desktop.
If you don't already have a copy of Barron's latest book "After Black" we highly recommend it as an addition to your collection.
More info about Inkstuds:
Inkstuds is the Citr's answer to the wonderful world of comix. Hosted by Robin McConnell and rotated cast of sidekicks, Inkstuds explores the underbelly of the comic world, interviewing some of today's top creators. Inkstuds focuses on underground and indy comix from publishers like Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Drawn and Quarterly and more. Each week, we interview a different creator to get their unique perspective on comix and discuss their own interesting and upcoming works. No creator too big or too small to be interviewed. The talent interviewed, ranges from the legends of alternative comix, to some kid who has only put out a couple of mini's, all with something new and interesting to share to the reading public. Inkstuds is on Citr Radio on Thursdays between 2:00 - 3:00pm.
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June 13, 2007
National Gallery puts art out on the streets
ThisIsLondon.co.uk has an article today on the National Gallery of London taking their art out onto the streets in an effort to remind the passersby what the NG has to offer. There's 44 full scale reproductions, they'll stay up for 12 weeks, and even has a call in tour recording.
The most interesting part of this is story is the reference to Banksy. In the title of the article: "Now that's street art, Banksy", and an art critic's quip ""Anything Banksy can do, the National Gallery can do better." The Banksy reference is interesting in that it seems to indicate that it's a competitive response to his hanging his work in several museums (not to mention the tons of press he received as a result).. Banksy's museum pranks seem to be causing some serious conversations behind closed doors...is street art really becoming a competitor in providing people's art and culture needs to the point that it is hurting attendance, charitable contributions and relevance?
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June 03, 2007
Joe Claus' Portrait Project
Bob at Circle A by Joe Claus.
Joe Claus is a SJSU photography student that just completed a compelling project of small business owners' portraits. (I'm in there but that's not why I like it.) I like this series because some of our most favorite people are in there....those men and women that against the mainstream, and their better judgment, are the proprietors of our favorite shops and hang outs that we frequent so we can feel connected.
Joe's "tribute to the smaller side of American business" will be one of the featured exhibits at KALEID on August 3rd along with paintings by Mary Medrano.
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May 21, 2007
OMG! San Jose in the NY Times?!
It's true, be it through the back door of an article on San Jose in the Travel section, we're happy all the same that AD, KALEID, Phantom Galleries (though not by name but description) & the SoFA district (mentioned no less than SIX times) received a little ink in such a highly regarded and well read national paper. Perhaps San Jose's thriving art and culture image is at a tipping point.
This is the opening line of Josh Sen's article:
"ACRONYMS applied to up-and-coming urban neighborhoods often hint at grungy hipness, suggesting the presence of cutting-edge art galleries and underground nightclubs, with the promise of lattes and live-work lofts to come. So it is with SoFA in San Jose."
And then: "In a city that nurtures its art institutions, an underground art scene has also taken shape. Vacant buildings, which still blemish many downtown blocks, have been transformed into temporary exhibit space for local painters and sculptors, attractive place-holders until permanent tenants arrive.
The best established of these spaces, an airy, engaging gallery called KALEID, sits on South Fourth Street. Along with a collection of other downtown galleries, it stays open until 9 p.m. on First Fridays , a kind of roving art reception held on the first Friday of every month."
It's a well rounded snapshot of what San Jose is really up to lately with many worthwhile establishments getting the cred they deserve. Read the entire article here (It will appear in the Sunday, May 20th NY Times paper edition.)
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May 16, 2007
Bruno 9Li on KQED Arts & Culture site
Kristin Farr wrote a very nice review of Bruno's work on KQED's Arts & Culture website. She spent a lot of time asking questions and forming her own opinions which makes for a well rounded visual journey of Bruno's exhibit. Clik here for the review.
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May 04, 2007
"Too Many Robots!" by Attaboy
"Too Many Robots!" was created and directed by our good friend, bay area artist and co-publisher of Hi Fructose magazine, Attaboy. It premiered on the Disney Channel on April, 20th 2007 and just made its debut on YouTube! It's also available as a free download here on iTunes. Give it a look!
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February 14, 2007
Daniel Jesse Lewis featured on KQED's "Gallery Crawl"
KQED stopped by Anno Domini and MACLA two weeks ago for a new arts & culture segment, "Gallery Crawl". The project sheds light on the two galleries in downtown San Jose's SoFA district and takes you on a journey through the currently featured exhibits via the voices of the artists themselves. You can view a video of what they found.
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February 07, 2007
Power Up with ANP's Sixth Quarterly Issue!
RVCA's quarterly publication, ANP issue 6, just arrived at Anno Domini. As usual it's packed full of inspiration... from '60's pop-art nun, Sister Corita Kent, to the folks at PAPER RAD. Drop by the gallery and pick one up while they last!
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January 22, 2007
M dot Strange at Sundance
M dot Strange talks with the audience at Sundance after a screening of his film "We Are The Strange." To view full size on youtube click here.
"Strange DIY Film Hits Sundance"
by Jason Silverman, WIRED News
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January 19, 2007
"We Are the Strange" premiers at Sundance!
San Jose's M dot Strange hits the big screen tonight at the Sundance Film Festival with his feature length animation, "We Are The Strange." Mista Strange, as he's known around town, has been creating this labor-of-love for the past 3 years locked in a basement somewhere beneath the streets of San Jose. Some notable local artists that lent their talents to this incredibly creative effort include David Choe, Sean Boyles, and Mitsy Ovalles. Congratulations!
If you can't make it up to Sundance this week for one of the four screenings, fear not, your next opportunity to meet the professor of Strange himself is just around the corner at Cinequest in San Jose. Anno Domini will present an exhibit in conjunction with the festival featuring art from the making of "We Are The Strange." The artists' reception will be held on First Friday, March 2nd, 2007. See you downtown!
"We Are The Strange" a film by M dot Strange
Blue is a young girl navigating the streets of a terrifying, sinister fantasy world all alone. When she meets Emmm, a fellow lost soul, she joins him on a quest for some ice cream. Upon arriving, they realize the ice cream shop has been taken over by dark forces, and the whole city is teeming with evil. Bizarre monsters surround Blue and Emmm on all sides until Rain, a sadistic hero, arrives to rescue them and exterminate the source of the evil.
We Are the Strange is its own imaginative and immersive universe. M dot Strange spent three years painstakingly creating this film, using a range of animation techniques: traditional, stop-motion, computer, and his own unique blend of 8-bit graphics and anime, dubbed "Str8nime." The stunning visuals are complemented by a soundtrack that is both beautiful and harrowing. The end result is a freaky technocarnival ride that climaxes with a momentous battle between innocence and darkness.
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January 05, 2007
Andrew Schoultz - new book!
New in the store: Andrew Schoultz has a new book out full of his latest paintings. Andrew's work has become incredibly detailed and narrative over the past two years and has been doing well with exhibits all over the nation, and rightly so!
The book is titled: Ulysses: Departures, Journeys, & Returns: The Artwork of Andrew Schoultz features 180 pages of Paintings, Drawings, Murals, Photos, and Sketchbook Material and is his first monograph. It's $29.95 and you can snag a copy here, or come into the gallery.
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December 14, 2006
For all you Culture Vultures
New products are in including the Get Small series (pictured above) with David Choe, Jeremy Fish, Coro and Sam Flores. We also have the 14" vinyl toy set of Camille Rose Garcia's girls, David Choe's AD exhibit tshirt (limited 250), Demano bags (made from art banners in Barcelona) and alot more books!
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All the greats were there...
Great photos on Fecal Face of Miami Basel (including the one above of David). Fosik (2001, 2004), David Choe (2002, 2003, 2006), Dalek (2001 ), and Richard Colman (2006)!
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December 12, 2006
WORKS San Jose moving to SoFA!
It's official...just announced today, Tuesday, December 12, 2006, that WORKS San Jose will make their new home in downtown San Jose's SoFA district. Their move will bring back to life the former ICA location at 451 South First Street. If SoFA keeps up the momentum, the district's acronymn, which for years has translated to South First Area, may soon find new life as the South First Arts district!
Congratulations and welcome to the neighborhood!
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October 05, 2006
Metro's "Full Coverage"
Very cool article by METRO's Gary Singh about the upcoming Full Coverage exhibit by NSK. clik here.
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SJ Arts & Education Mayoral Forum
To take a quote from the recent film "All the Kings Men":
"If you don't vote, then you don't matter!"
We hope you will all attend the mayoral debate posted below, artists should be there in force or they won't think it matters!!
The San Jose Mayoral Candidates Forum on THE ARTS & EDUCATION
Candidates: Cindy Chavez & Chuck Reed
Monday, October 9, 2006
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose
7:30pm sharp
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October 04, 2006
Biters Beware!
It is an ongoing debate as to whether or not unsanctioned art on the street (paste/stick ups, graff, street art, etc) is copyrightable or not. There's also a line between "inspired by," "tribute to" or "nod" and the blatant rip off of an artist or designer. It is someone's creation and skill then, permission or not, it belongs to them. Corporatations trying to attain street cred should partner with, not steal from, artists. My favorite line these companies are quoted as saying, when caught, is "oh the designer did it....we didn't know." So this is a heads up to designers and ad agencies as well.
"Make the shame more shameful by making it public" is just what YouThought We Wouldn't Notice.com does. So if you see injustices, let them know and they'll post it. And if there's a company on there that is biting artists, boycott them. The best form of activism is where, and with whom, you spend your money!
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September 01, 2006
Fan Ho Exhibit & Book Signing
Next Friday Sept. 8th, the award winning legendary photographer and film maker, Fan Ho will have a booksigning and exhbit featuring 100 of his vintage photographs of 1940 -1950 Hong Kong. Fan Ho can frequently be found at the local galleries supporting the artistic community and this is an excellent opportunity to return the support.
Sept. 8th, 7-10pm (on view thru Nov. 2nd)
ModernBook
494 University Ave
Palo Alto
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June 28, 2006
Congrats to the MUMLERS!!
We just got word that the Mumlers won the Bleeding Edge juried competition (by curators Robert Crouch and Brett Allen). They will perform at the all-day music event on August 13 and receive up to a two-week recording session and residency at SnowGhost Sound Studios in Whitefish, Montana.
Additional winners that will perform are: Morning Benders, Canned Corpus Callosum & Obelus. (There were only going to be 2 winners, but the curators liked these four so much they made extra spots for them in the lineup!)
We have a limited supply of Bleeding Edge Festival tickets here at AD for $40 (that's $10 off!). Get 'em before they're gone!
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New Arrivals
Lots of new stuff in the AD store....Poketo Artist Wallets have arrived in full force. We have new books too: Shepard's Supply & Demand, Michael DeFeo's Alphabet City, Art of Rebellion 2, Fusion and more! There's also a zine by Filjio that he hand delivered all the way from Croatia!
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May 25, 2006
Art Ark run down
Jack Fischer has a good run down of the new "Art Ark, Artisian Village" on his blog here. Equally important are his comments regarding the need for more projects like this in SJ to keep our artists here.
Check it out and if you're an interested artist, contact the developer soon as acceptence is first come first served to those that qualify.
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May 23, 2006
William's Great Books OPEN
We just visited a new used book store on the second floor of 330 So. Third Street in downtown San Jose. It's called William's Great Books and the owner, William Curdton, says he has 9,000 sq ft of books in storage to sell in his 800 sq ft store space (from what he told us, he has the left over inventory of the former Twice Read Books on San Fernando that closed down last year.)
There were quite a few "vintage" sci-fi books, old magazines, art books, etc. Most seemed pretty well read over, but there were a few better condition books in his glass case, and a shelf dedicated to his ebay listings. We noticed a pretty good range of prices from $1 - $40. We're happy to have him in the neighborhood and wish him the best!
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May 18, 2006
Porous "Best Cartoonist"
For those of you that picked up a Porous Walker artpiece for 5 bucks at our 2004 Fresh Produce (only to find your 5 bucks returned to you in an envelope on the back!) did real good....Porous was just named "Best Cartoonist" by SF Weekly's Best of San Francisco 2006 issue. Well deserved PW!
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April 18, 2006
Artist & Craftsman pulling out
The San Jose Merc reported that Artist & Craftsman Supply is giving up it's downtown location after three years. We are sad to see them go. In their first months they had partnered with Phantom Galleries in marketing efforts and it seemed to work... when they first opened up they had a record store opening of any of their other locations. But as the store changed managers,
we heard from many artists that they were less and less friendly and not as competitive price-wise (fewer discounts).
On the other hand, it does not seem unreasonable to ask the Redevelopment Agency for a 10-15% reduction in rent to keep a viable and much needed retail store here in the downtown core, especially when the promise of surrounding tenants has gone unfulfilled. (What's the other option? Yet another restaurant?! Another bar/club/ultra lounge? UUUgghh.)
I doubt there's any saving A&C, they've already made it clear that they want out of San Jose, and RDA probably doesn't appreciate the media spotlight on the situation so they will make no effort to concede. A&C will go about their business in other cities, and RDA will go about their business of building... well, buildings instead of communities. We're the only ones that lose in all of this.
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April 09, 2006
SoFF in the Santa Cruz Sentinel
Nice article, and photo of Misha, in the Friday, April 7th The Guide section of the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Read it here.
"No longer is San Francisco the only destination for art enthusiasts wanting to sip wine while experiencing various art selections scattered throughout a neighborhood setting."
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March 18, 2006
Jack Fischer takes a look at Jennybird and Misha
Jack Fischer (of the Mercury News) visits AD's new location and shares his insight in his art blog here.
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March 17, 2006
Save the Merc!
Recent days have brought dizzying change to the San Jose Mercury News. In quick succession, the Mercury's owner, Knight Ridder, was sold to the McClatchy Co. which has announced it intends to sell the Mercury News.
The pending resale puts the paper's ability to cover the community at risk. An owner more interested in increasing profits than in fulfilling the paper's responsibility to the community likely would impose severe cutbacks in news coverage.
Please join the employees of the Mercury News and voice your support for preserving this vital civic institution.
We encourage you to visit the Save the Merc website and Sign the Support Statement.
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December 19, 2005
Stolen Susies
On Dec. 16th, someone stole six paintings by Susie Ghahremani, right off the walls, from the Giant Robot store in San Francisco. Keep on the lookout for these pieces and contact Susie if you have any information that could help her. susie[at]boygirlparty.com
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September 28, 2005
ANP Magazine - Issue No.2
The second issue of ANP Quarterly magazine arrived today! Chalk full of great stuff... ALIFE, Earl Parker, Gents of Desire, Wynne Greenwood, Thumbsucker, Raymond Pettibon, Bill Burke and The Rock & Roll Camp for Girls. It's a collection of stories, interviews and photo-essays channeled through the inspiration and vision of a few of today's most noted cultural antropologists; Brendan Fowler, Aaron Rose and Ed Templeton. Big props to RVCA, their sponsor. Stop by A.D. and pick one up while they last.
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World War 3 Exhibit
World War 3 Illustrated is having it's 25th anniversary issue exhibition at Exit Art in NYC. WW3 is the longest running zine in history and the new issue "Neo Con" #36 is edited by Ryan Inzana and Peter Kuper. Barron Storey is in the line up of prestigious illustrations and comics included in the new issue and exhibit of original art.
WW3 Release Party:
Thurs., Oct 6th, 2005, 6-8 pm
Exit Art, 475 10th Ave. (at 36th St.), NYC
On view through Oct 27th
The new issue,"Neo Con" #36 edited by Ryan Inzana and Peter Kuper, includes a wraparound cover by Sue Coe and art, articles and comics by "the usual gang of agitators" including Eric Drooker, Seth Tobocman, Sabrina Jones,Mac Mcgill, Ryan Inzana, James Romberger,Chuck Sperry, Nicole Schulman (who co-edited a recent book on the history of the Wobblies ) plus a 9-11 strip by Zap comix
luminary, Spain written byJustin Wertham , Joe Sacco's account as an embedded journalist in Iraq, Princes Of Darkness an article on the history of Neo Cons by Eric Laursen as well as comics and illustrations by Steve Brodner,Tom Tomorrow, Sam Weber, Barron Storey, Barry Blitt, David Rees, Knickerbocker,Matt Bors,Tauno Biltsted,Sam Evans, Felix Sockwell and Thomas Fuchs.
For the first time in our history WW3 includes a color section with a new installment of Peter Kuper's Richie Bush and Penny Allen's WAR IS HELL a "Fumetti" (photo comic) assembled with photos by an American Sgt. in Iraq with his running commentary.
Please join us.
visit our website going live next week: www.worldwar3illustrated.org
About World War 3
Founded in 1980 by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper, World War 3 is the longest running zine in America. A labor of love,the annual magazine has been run by a collective of artists working with the unified goal of creating a home for political comics, graphics and stories. The rotating editorial board has included over the years along with Seth and Peter,Sabrina Jones, Scott Cunningham,Kevin Pyle,Nicole Schulman,Eric Drooker,Susan Wilmart, Christopher Cardinale,Ryan Inzana,Paula
Hewitt,Fly,and Chuck Sperry among many others.The magazine could never have survived without this collective effort and the contribution of so many other artists and writers who have donated their talents.
If we had a manifesto (which we don't) it might say if you're going to talk about changing society, a magazine's not a bad place to start.
There is a lot going on in this world that can be examined, exposed and addressed through art. World War 3 is a document of our collective history from the shadow cast by Ronald Reagan to Iran Contra, the Tompkins Square Riot, The Gulf war, 9-11 through the corruption of George W. Bush' administration. WW3 isn't about a War that may happen, it is about the ongoing wars our so-called leaders have been waging against people around the world and on our very own doorsteps.WW3 also addresses the war we wage on each other and sometimes the one taking place in our own brains. We have been publishing for 25 years and this is only the beginning.
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September 26, 2005
We're No. 2
Best of Metro
We wanted to thank everyone that voted for Anno Domini as "Best Place To Look At Art."
We came in as Runners Up to the SJ Museum of Art. Not bad considering our budget probably equals their toilet paper fund per year!
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September 24, 2005
Beyonder Benefit Update
nOah, Ide & Yoshi 47
Thanks to all the artists, DJs, sponsors and great crowd that made last night's Beyonder Benefit a successful contribution to Habitat for Humanity.
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September 01, 2005
Artist Targeted Scams
We get these emails now and again from "buyers" in Nigeria that are interested in buying, distributing and selling our "artworks." We never respond, but apparently some artists fall for it. So just a heads up - here's some good info on what to look for.
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August 10, 2005
A.D. Voted Best Art Gallery!
Special thanks to the readers of The WAVE Magazine that voted Anno Domini "Best Art Gallery" for 2005. Pick up the new issue to see the full listing of the Silicon Valley Readers Choice Awards.
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July 26, 2005
Faber's Bicycles
Alex LaRiviere - test riding
We spent the better part of a day at Faber's checking out all of the vintage bikes Alex has out back. Housed in an old saloon, there are amazing cruizers, parts, signage and interesting characters all about.
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July 22, 2005
Bike thieves strike outside A.D.
Our good friends Anabella and John had their bikes stolen just outside A.D. last night during Barron Storey's speaking event. We've posted an image of the two cruisers and description below in case you should see them over the weekend downtown or at the bike swap this Sunday.
The Red one - girl bike - has a XL sticker (like the ones that come on shirts) under the seat , the seat is very old original Schwinn/faded, the body is CANDY APPLE RED!!
The Blue one - girl bike - Is and Old English made Bike, the handle bar grips, say made in England (cream color), has a yellow sticker under it's seat too ... really old and rusty, nothing like it in SJ, that's for sure!
Please contact us with any sightings via email or the studio line 408.271.5151, and we'll pass it along. Go get 'em!
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July 21, 2005
Singh sees it
Gary Singh's current "Silicon Alleys" column in the Metro talks about his high hopes for A.D. downtown. Our favorite line: "Downtown is in a constant state of remodeling and Eder, along with his partner Cherri Lakey, is moving their Anno Domini art gallery operation into the old Camera One building - a perfect return of counterculture to the SoFA district. It's about freakin' time."
We couldn't agree more.
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July 03, 2005
Rick Tharp Memorial
For those of you that knew, and loved, Rick as we did, there is a memorial planned for July 14th at the Los Gatos Opera House from 5 - 8pm.
For more information, please visit WADC.org.
Recent Tribute Article about Rick on Creative Lattitude's website. (via PhoenixDataCenter.)
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June 30, 2005
Barron Storey in the Metro
Metro's Gary Singh wrote a nice piece on Barron's exhibit in today's issue so pick up a copy for some insight. (One small correction, Barron resides in San Francisco, not San Jose.)
SAVE THE DATEs:
Saturday, July 9th: Barron will reunite with world reknown Osseus Labyrint for a performance at Anno Domini.
Thursday, July 14th: Bill Daniel screens his hobo grafitti culture film "Bozo Texino" at Anno Domini.
Thursday, July 21st: Barron will give a talk on his work and process of his current exhibit "Black Iraq."at A.D. This is also the closing of the exhibit.
Check our website for more information.
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June 09, 2005
Sony Bites LOMO
As any of the million plus Lomo lovers will tell you, one of the Golden Rules of Lomo is, and has always been "Don't Think. Just Shoot." It's on all of their literature and it's the title of the Lomo coffee table book
Translated from German via Google:
Thursday, 9 June 2005 ADVERTISEMENT NEWS homepage Sony: New advertisement and Plakatkampagne [ 06/06/2005 ] "Don't think. Shoot." The new advertisement and poster campaign of Sony set completely on Spontaneitaet and intuition. Whether when filming, photographing or with the music down load -- to try goes studying over. Principal item of the new Sony campaign are the in-usual advertising messages "Don't think. Shoot." for the photography range and "Don't think. Connect." for mobiles music pleasures. The main messages: Mach of snapshots in each situation in life, and connects you at any time with the unlimited music world approximately around the Sony MP3-Walkman and the InterNet platform Connect. The campaign beside the poster notice is unrolled into larger Swiss cities in public means of transport via hanging cardboards with Dispenser, by means of supplement in the Sundays press and over a specialized trade brochure. Parallel to it also TV Spots are driven to the new DVD Camcorder. At the POINT OF Sale is led the werbekampagne consistently further and creates so clear recognizing at the consumers.
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May 30, 2005
A.D. Downtown
Yes, it's true. After five of the best years we could imagine in a former iron works foundry throwing monthly art happenings, Anno Domini will be moving into the former Camera One Theater building on South First Street. Thanks to friends, artists, audience and city agency folks that believe in A.D., we have finally signed a lease for the new location to bring the gallery smack in the middle of the heart of the city.
It's a passing of the torch really... in the early 1970s there was no place in the South Bay to see quality independent or international films. James Zuur, Jack NyBlom and Dennis Skaggs, aspiring filmmakers and major film fans, used to make the long drive to Berkeley several times a week to see movies like Children of Paradise, 400 Blows and Casablanca. But after a few years the drive became a bore, and in 1975 they, along with two other partners, opened Camera One in downtown San Jose. We hope to continue the legacy of art and culture that these pioneers began more than 30 years ago.
So Barron's show will be the closing of the current location (what a way to go!). The work is coming in and it's intense, beautful and you'll never forget it. So come by his opening (06.03.05), meet Barron, get inspired and reminisce about the 55 exhibits showcasing hundreds of artists from around the nation and all those DIY performers that made the trek to SJ to share their talents. We should be in the new space by the fall to start it all up again.
And what's to happen with A.D.'s current space? Well, it would be a shame to lose an art space to gain one, so we're going to launch KALEID, a new gallery specializing in local artists. You'll be hearing more from us about that soon.
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May 18, 2005
METRO 20th Anniversary VIP Party
We wanted to thank METRO Newspapers for having us provide "Real Culture" for their recent 20th Anniversary party.
To all the Artists, the DJs: Cutso, Nui & Jeremy, Matthew & Sam for the lowrider bike exhibit and to Abe for the photos- THANK YOU!
Clik "Continue reading" for photos of the artists.
ADRIAN
DEE JAE
JASON
MARISSA
RATHA & FREDI
ROXANNE
SAM
SEAN
TIM
YOSHI
DJs CUTSO & NUI
MATTHEW & SAM