Photo by Catarina Gushiken
Tomorrow night, I’m leaving Sao Paulo for New York’s illustration salt mines. But what a fabulous half-week its been. I’ve toured hip design stores and seen my work bling out iphones and lectured at the oldest university in Brazil. Met so many amazing new friends- including artist Catarina Gushiken, whose hyper-detailed work and entrepreneurialism make her feel a bit like my Sao Paulo soul sister. I also got to show my work with New York expat Dan Goldman in Brazil’s first exhibit of Digital Art
Thank you so much to the rockstars at Elo 3 for treating me like way more than the guttersnipe I am, to 3M for sponsoring the exhibition at MacKenzie and to Zupi Magazine for being my biggest Brazilian advocates.
Can’t wait to come back!
Categories: Art ◆
My dear friend and muse Kim Boekbinder has been slaving for months on her first solo album. Well comrades, the first chapter is out! If you spring for the $10 order, you can get a limited edition of the above paper doll poster, where you can dress Kim in impossible accoutrements.
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Tomorrow, I’m leaving for Sao Paulo, where my friends, the art rockstars at Zupi Magazine, have a full schedule plotted for me.
*exhibiting work at the Digital Art Show at University MacKenzie
*teaching a workshop on “How to Rock Pen and Ink”
*cohosting a 1,001 Arabian Nights themed Dr. Sketchy’s
The folks at Zupi are true power players in the Brazilian art scene, and I’m honored with all the support they’ve given me. Last year, I got to speak for 1,500 art kids and be in Playboy Brazil and MTV Brazil!
I’ll be documenting my adventures for Chinashop.
Categories: Events ◆
I’m totally honored to be throwing a special Dr. Sketchy’s at the Brooklyn Museum, in tribute to a huge influance of mine, Andy Warhol. The last year has seen me speaking at an increasing amount of museums- from MoSex to MoMA, and I can’t wait to give you all gesture and anatomy pointers on Saturday
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This Saturday, August 14th, from 2-4pm the Dr. Sketchy’s NYC group will be at the Brooklyn Museum putting on a very special life drawing class!
Featuring models Dame Cuchifrita and Delysia La Chatte, we will be doing a tribute to Andy Warhol, dressed as Warhol superstars.
Our event has been covered by the NY Post (article here) and promises to be a fantastic time!
Taking place from 2-4pm, Molly Crabapple will also be giving a lecture on figure drawing, including anatomy and gesture during the session.
Guests are required to register online at the Brooklyn Museum website or in person as the Museum’s Visitor Center. Registration is $15. A limited number of free tickets are reserved for Museum Members on a first-come, first-served basis.
Our session is sponsored by the fabulous Whitelines® notebooks and sketchpads. Whitelines® is generously supplying our artists with books of their unique paper to draw upon during the session! Come to the Brooklyn Museum and check us out!
Dr. Sketchy’s NYC Andy Warhol tribute runs from 2-4pm and is located at:
Brooklyn Museum
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY
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Portrait of Bambi Galore and Her Wife Heidi
I wanted to issue a hearty hell-yeah for the repeal of Proposition 8! Here’s a piece I did for the Manifest Equality show in Hollywood, which helped raise money towards Prop 8′s repeal.
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After months of work, years of big talk, and my assistant Melissa’s poor metacarpals, we’ve finally launched the brand new DrSketchy.com, v2.0!
Each one of our 100+ Dr. Sketchy’s branches (from Akron to Zagreb) has a profile on our site, where you can check out their schedule and read blogs about their adventures. “ The site is fully searchable- you can now easily find Dr. Sketchy’s branches near you without wading through 124 myspace pages.
We are so proud of our sparkly new site, and how you like it just as much. If you’re a blogger or journalist who would like to cover it, don’t hesitate to drop me a line.
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Photo by Najva Sol
My friends at Haute Macabre are giving away a prize pack of Dirtee Hollywood shirts. Get thee over there and leave a comment to win.
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My collaboration with photographer Najva Sol, “Impossible Couture” (recently written up by Vice’s Creators Project!) is jumping off the screen and onto the gallery wall. You can buy original prints of our altered photographs at SF gallery Femina Potens, as part of their “Queer Couture” show.
‘Queer Couture’
Visual Art Exhibit + Events
August 7-28, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, August 7th, 7-10pm
Femina Potens Art Gallery
2199 Market St @ Sanchez
San Francisco, CA 94110
Hours: Thurs-Sun, Noon-6:00pm
415-864-1558
www.feminapotens.org
Categories: Art ◆
Metromix has some swank photos from Gemini and Scorpio’s Lost Circus party, including ones of my photobooth art installation.
Someday, I hope to grow a garden of these evil creatures.
Categories: Art ◆
Photo by Zoetica Ebb
I love going big. At Lost Circus, thrown by Brooklyn’s mistress of decadence, Larisa Fuchs of Gemini and Scorpio, I’m creating giant photo booth installations of my art. You can truely step inside my paintings. Come check them out, along with the cavalcade of awesome that exists at any Gemini and Scorpio party.
Sat 07.31 – The Lost Circus
Saturday, July 31, Littlefield, 622 Degraw, Gowanus, BK
11:30pm-4am, $15 w/RSVP; $20 without
RSVP now | Event on Facebook
The Circus is said to have started in ancient Egypt when the court entertainers of an immortal Pharaoh escaped their slavery under a midnight moon. They have traveled the globe for centuries, gathering talent from every great empire as the empire itself begins to crumble: Istanbul, Saint Petersburg, London, Berlin…and now they have made it across the sea.
At the stroke of midnight, discover a circus long lost. With music from times gone by or times that never were: dark string fusion by Brooklyn’s own Copal and bohemian cabaret in 13 languages by Vagabond Opera – our special guests from Portland, OR.
The circus unfolds to the bands and in between: mind-bending contortion by Jonathan Nosan, aerial dance by Madeline Hoak; tribal fusion bellydance by Lauren Robbiani and special guest Rio; fire & gorgeousness by Ali Luminescent; gypsy fortunetelling by Kai Altair; an original installation & performance by artist (and Minsky Sister) Kristen Rhea van Liew. Beautiful costumed creatures perform feats of fire in the courtyard. Dusty circus visuals set the mood. DJ sophybot fascinates your ears with a renegade circus tent soundtrack. With your ever-dapper host, steampunk author G.D. Falksen. Fanciful body artistry by AMBodyArt. Photo-op custom art installation with works by Molly Crabapple and Kathleen Green.
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