On of my formative corruptors, Editrix Abby, interviewed me over at Carnal Nation. CN: You’re also a burlesque performer. Tell us about your decision to come out from behind your easel! MC: Well, I believe you discovered me, Madame Editrix. I remember my first performance taking place on the Mondo Porno stage to “A tisket, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Press'
Interview on Saatchi
July 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Press
JF: Do you feel that art can and should be taught in a formal class-room setting? MC: Formal classroom settings are great for some people. Myself, I learned better from bugging artists I admired until they shared their gessoing skills. I’m very opposed to the credentialization of art though. Study in an art school if [...]
Tags:
Chinashop + Interview + Last Rites
July 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Events, Press
+ My portrait of Amber Ray is in Jason D’Aquino’s group show, Lead Poisoning, at Last Rites Gallery. It opens this Saturday in NYC + New article on Chinashop, “Confessions of a Yarn Bomber”, about a fascinating street artist I met in Amsterdam Do you think art is a luxury or a necessity? I think [...]
Tags:
DIY Handpainted Sneakers
July 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Press
I spent today making sad and happy ladies on this pair of Etnies sneakers for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Party tomorrow. While I’m unsure about the durability of these babies, handpainted sneakers are pretty easy to DIY. You need *white leather sneakers *acrylic paint in your desired colours *a superfine sharpie *(optional) a [...]
Tags:
Press: Lookbooks + MyItThings
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Press
Rockstars Hilary Beck and Yuli Ziv were kind enough to cover my tshirt launch at Atrium. Check out their writeups on… + Lookbooks + MyItThings
Tags:
Press: Karin + Raoul
June 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Press
Damon Dash’s Karin + Raoul magazine did a four page spread on me, shot by one of my favorite collaberators, Aeric Meredith Goujon. We took over an abandoned church. Half these photos involved me clambering over beams in a pair of Louboutins, thinking I was about to die in a very exciting way. They were [...]
Tags:
New Puppet Makers + AMB Press
June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Art, Press
We’ve got a new page of Puppet Makers, in which we meet our unlikely hero. I too wish it would update more briskly than one page a week, but them’s the breaks. Extra pages added. Thanks Zuda! Plus, the Art Monkey’s Ball got some sweet writeups that will cause you to vigorously kick yourself if [...]
Tags:
Press: Comic Book Resources
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Press
Did a fairly extensive interview with Tim O’Shea over at Comic Book Resources. Dude asks insightful questions… O’Shea: When you’re steampunking history as you are with this story, is there still an amount of research to be done on the front end? Do you or collaborator John Leavitt do the bulk of the research (or [...]
Tags:
Press: French GQ
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Press
Last month, Valerie Dray shot me for her series on creative New Yorkers in French GQ. Dray’s work is all lilac and light and evocativeness, and I loved every minute of posing for her. I’m rocking dresses by ModCloth, Alexander McQueen and H&M, and the feather hairpiece of doom is by Amber Ray Accoutrements.
Tags:
Press: Huffington Post
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Press
“the chicest community organizer since Obama” -Andrea Chalupa. Molly Crabapple’s DIY Empire: A How To Thanks so much to Andrea Chalupa for this lovely profile of me on HuffPo!
Tags:
Glass Bottles for The Box


