December 2008
76 posts
November 2008
89 posts
“I liken American Apparel to mobile phones—how did we all cope before?”
– Frank Strachen.
“…the challenge seemed like handing the artist John Currin a can of Krylon high-gloss and asking him to spray paint a piece worthy of auction at Sotheby’s.”
Alex Williams made this wet noodle of an analogy in a non-art-related Sunday Styles puff piece today, and aside from exposing his lack of talent for name-dropping, I thought it presented quite an interesting challenge for...
Send me your address, I'll send you a card.
Once again, the leaves have fallen and we’re bundled in our flex fleeces, ready to spend hard-earned recession money on those nearest and dearest to our hearts, and even spend a little quality time with them if we’re lucky. As a token of my love, I’d like to send you one of the collage cards I make every year. Just send your address to blog.ohcarlos [at] gmail [dot] com, and...
While reading a Kara Walker profile in "W"...
(It bears noting that, though the mainstream media has used “the n word” instead of “nigger” since the O.J. Simpson trial, Walker appears to find such editing a naive nicety. In a public talk with New York Times art critic Roberta Smith in January, Walker boldly spoke the word and at one point noted—on the off chance that someone in the audience had been asleep—“I’ve said ‘nigger’ twice now.”...
“Art is the new gold. Art is going to save the world — it’s becoming like...”
– Hunt Slonem, October 22, 2008.
KELLY: this girl is like a world of warcraft players wet dream
KELLY: she has her masters from oxford in something like renissance fairy tales
Last night, I went to see an "installation" in a...
“We want to use whatever connections to get a great Basquiat painting in the...”
– Jeffrey Deitch, on getting another black man into the White House.
WatchThe winsome progeny of a certain high-profile museum director, enjoying Hot Chip on my iPod. Not only does he have excellent taste in music, but he can already tell the difference between a Philip Guston and a Basquiat.
“I love how you use the same beautiful language to describe a hoodie as you would...”
– Roman.
Happy Birthday, Björk. And Graham, too.
Watch(via allimetall)
I was using the Google Maps/Tumblr feature to browse blogs in Reykjavík, and I came across this incredible video, shot by a bunch of friends in Iceland. Whomever is in charge of tourism really should get the rights to this video and the MGMT song and put this out there to bolster tourism and the economy. What an amazingly beautiful country.
The fall of the semen artist?
This is exactly the kind of thing we’re hoping the recession will wipe out: the class of artists like who sell use their personal juices in the art—and sell it for a lot of money! It isn’t punk. It isn’t Dada. Freud would have a helluva lot to analyze—unless you’re just hard-core mercenaries. But! These artists can’t do it alone—they need enabling dealer/gallerists...
“I’m just addicted to being thin.”
– JC, on celebrity post-rehab gym obsession.
Design by Charles Kalpakian. →
I basically want him to design my life, or invite me to live in his. Also, whomever did his website is a genius. It’s absolutely phenomenal.
Finally, good layoffs. →
Focus on the Family, the official religious arm of all that is wrong and bad in America, is laying off 149 hateful scumbags. That’s 21% of their workforce! (via Gawker)
“I prefer white, but if you’re hoping to get action from yourself later,...”
– Finelli, connaisseur du vino.
“Even if people don’t find me attractive, even if they don’t find me...”
– Finelli, drunk and justifying her $400 emotional spending spree.
Small confession...
I’ve been watching the first season of 30 Rock… and I kind of want to gay marry Lonny Ross.
“Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit; to become delightful...”
– Georges Bataille.
Thank you, Google: New Google Video Chat! →
