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Hitler Bad, Graffiti Ehhh . . .
2007-10-13 03:36:00 I?m not into graffiti. Wild-style has been run into the ground for a least a decade and tagging is about as interesting as the twelve-year olds that engage in it. Sure I?ve heard the argument that graffiti gives voice to the disenfranchised individual, but given its sheer volume in the urban environment I?d liken it ... More About: Graffiti , Hitler , Whatever
Steel-O-Man, the Slime Invasion and the Plastic Baby Doll Captives
2007-10-03 04:48:00 While purging my wallet of miscellaneous receipts, coupons and band-aid wrappers, I stumbled on a faded ATM bank statement with a few cryptic words scribbled on it; “Steel -O-Man.” As I best recall, a few weeks back I met a humble and unassuming middle-aged man working a table of assorted brick-brac at the flea market. In ... More About: Baby , Plastic , Invasion , Baby Doll
Forcing the Hand, pt. 1
2007-09-30 03:42:00 So, I’m thinking that Will’s not much of a people person. I’ve come to this conclusion after the latest in a series of slightly menacing late-night phone calls in which Will has implicated me as a key-figure in a conspiracy to sink his burgeoning dog walking business by collaborating with the Department of Public Works ... More About: Signs and Wonders , Hand
The Weight Room
2007-09-26 21:32:00 I snatched up a couple more newly uncovered Albert Beauparlant drawings from Bruce’s basement. The first piece is one of a series of drawings picturing scenes of a weight room. Evidently, the owner of the Jack Fischer Gallery has purchased number of pieces in this series and they hang in his house. I’d love to ... More About: Weight , Room , Weigh
Train Tripping: The Martín Ramírez Exhibit
2007-09-12 05:36:00 After procrastinating for weeks, we finally found time to make the pilgrimage to the south bay to witness the Martín Ramírez exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art. Our adventure started at around 9:45 outside the local Popeye’s franchise where the smell of sizzling oil only intensified my hangover induced nausea. The Labor Day ... More About: Train , TRAI , Exhibit
BBQ Season
2007-08-26 00:10:00 Saw this on a phone pole across the street from my house. The guy that posted it used to keep this huge oil drum grill chained to a tree in the parking lot of the local DMV until it (the grill, not the lot) disappeared one night. Now he’s pissed and ready to take on ... More About: Whatever , Season , Signs and Wonders , Seas
The Way it Could Have Been
2007-08-23 16:39:00 Pet portrait guy is at it again. Found at Stanyan and Waller. What else needs to be said? Share This More About: Signs and Wonders , Been
Country Time
2007-08-21 21:39:00 Recently I picked up an interesting piece of art that captured my fascination by way of it’s seemingly pure and uncomplicated imagery. While the vendor who acquired it didn’t have any information about the artist, he said it was purchased from an estate sale in San Bruno. The piece was signed in 1986 by an ... More About: Country , Time
Stand By Your Man
2007-08-21 00:22:00 Yesterday, I ran into el novio de Sara. Que Guapo! Share This More About: Stand
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
2007-08-01 22:20:00 One of my more interesting finds in the last couple weeks is a Mexican doll named Sara. Her tired, old body and vacant stare immediately caught my attention. I was told she had lived a hard life. Jobs were scarce and her small town offered little hope for a skilled laborer, let alone ... More About: Girls
The Impenetrable Fortress
2007-07-31 01:15:00 I can’t buy every strange piece of art I encounter. Sometimes the collectability and rarity of the work makes buying it cost-prohibitive. That was precisely the case with this strange 19th century diorama. Thankfully I was of quick enough to snap a few pictures so I could revel in it’s strange, enchanting beauty. At the ... More About: Whatever , Fortress , Fort , Tres , Pene
The Lingering Question Mark of Beauparlant
2007-07-30 00:19:00 Bruce is the vendor at the flea market who originally sold us the Albert Beauparlant drawings that have held our fascination us for the better part of 2 years. I sometimes stop by his table to see if he has any interesting items and check if any newly discovered Beauparlant pieces have surfaced in his ... More About: Question , Mark , Geri , Erin
Lady and the Tramp
2007-07-25 20:36:00 I know it may be hard to imagine, but once upon a time it was illegal to drink alcohol in this country. During this dry period in American history, the onslaught of conservative ideas extended beyond prohibition to all areas of culture. Provocative dress, music, and images were frowned upon by those seeking a return ... More About: Lady
Age Has It?s Benefits
2007-07-16 02:16:00 Today was another fine day of rag pickin’ at the flea market. Every where I looked were great pieces of folk art, antiques and vintage memorabilia. I was initially tempted to buy an amazingly strange, cathedral-like bird cage from New England, made of weathered wood and chicken wire. The seller was asking a pretty penny ... More About: Benefits , Benefit
Cheesy Rider! Rides Again?
2007-06-28 19:27:00 Following a reported sighting of a new “monkey poster” in the pet portrait series, I happened to stumble upon 2 more broadsides heartily taped to a Polk Street pole. Sadly there are no monkeys depicted. However, we do see for the first time a bear, winged cow, and a biker mouse named Cheesy Rider . What ... More About: Signs and Wonders
Herbie Gaines
2007-06-27 20:21:00 Divisadero Street. Or as those in the know call it, The Center of the Universe. Granted, those who might not be privy to the same kind of know that I’m referring to may insist on flippantly labeling this vital urban corridor The Navel of Creation or The Sweet Spot. Regardless, if you live in SF, chances ... More About: Herbie , Herb
Don?t Let The Tumor Stop Me!
2007-06-26 05:58:00 We’ve been trying to reach the artist responsible for the charmingly awful pet portraits for a couple weeks. However, after numerous unreturned calls, the artist remains an elusive and mysterious figure. Even more odd is the fact that we’ve come across two more posters affixed to telephone poles in our neighborhood. Why would he not ... More About: Tumor , Stop , Signs and Wonders
Don?t Let The Tumor Stop Me!
2007-06-26 05:58:00 Marcus has been trying to reach the artist responsible for the charmingly awful pet portraits for a couple weeks. However, after numerous unreturned calls, the artist remains an elusive and mysterious figure. Even more odd is the fact that we’ve come across two more posters affixed to telephone poles in our neighborhood. Why would he ... More About: Tumor , Stop
When Art Becomes Contageous
2007-06-18 01:00:00 There’s something great about Flea Markets. If you search long enough, you always find what you’re looking for. Today was just such a day. After my preliminary walk through the various isles of assorted trinkets and antique picture frames, I stumbled on a vendor starting to pack-up his wares. Stacked on a plastic bin next ...
I Love My Cat
2007-06-09 01:55:00 I love my cat. She’s small and scrapy (undoubtedly the runt of the litter), has one fang that juts out of her mouth at a fourty-five degree angle, and when I wake up to the sound of her retching up hairballs and Ocean Fish Entre I can almost always be assured that the mess ... More About: Love , Signs and Wonders
Ernie The Iron Worker
2007-06-07 23:21:00 I found these photos from my last trip to the SF Antique & Design Mall. It’s a hand-painted iron worker’s mask. I didn’t get in close enough to snap better pictures, but it’s an awesome example of the crude embellishments that probably added a touch of wit and personality to their otherwise technical and mundane ... More About: Iron , Worker , Ernie
Prosthetic Devices Research Project, UC Berkeley, Ca. 1942-1946
2007-05-23 20:24:00 I’ve labored over a suitable introduction to these photographs for too long, trying to find the right tone, the right thing to say about something that’s far beyond anything I’ve ever seen, let alone experienced. With no hope of easing into things gradually, I figure it’s best to simply relay the facts and ... More About: Research , Devices , Project , Berkeley , Device
God is in the Details
2007-05-19 21:23:00 I stumbled across a website called Interesting Ideas and in particular a page of the site dedicated to Outsider art. This site is home to a wonderful collection of exactly the kind of raw and uninhibited examples of artistic expression that fascinates us. Some of the more interesting images the author features is the rantings ... More About: Details , Tail , The D , Tails
Maps and Legends
2007-04-25 23:31:00 With the search heating up, we decided to venture to the Alemany Flea Market in an attempt to locate the man who originally sold us the Beauparlant artwork almost a year earlier. After browsing the aisles of knick-knacks, stolen laptops, and a pretty awesome gun rack, we found him and his name is Bruce. Amazingly ... More About: Maps , Ends , Legend , Legends
Mother, Father, Sister, Brother
2007-04-19 07:25:00 After the discovery of Albert Beauparlant’s father and his famous “House of 2,000 Candles,” I set out to uncover as much information as I could on his life. I had hopes of locating a child or relative, who might be able to give us more of his story (or at least an anecdote or two ... More About: Mother , Father , Brother , Sister , Roth
No Body Love Me
2007-04-14 23:41:00 I love old tattoo art. Thankfully, there’s the Paul Roger’s Research Center and it’s curators, who have published numerous books on the subject and offer a chance for the classic tattoo flash to be viewed in the context of traditional folk art. Here’s the work of one particular artist named Tino “Rosie” Camanga from Honolulu more ... More About: Body , Love
On the Shores of Wonder Lake
2007-04-10 02:18:00 Every now and then the work of an artist hits you and hits you hard, sweeps you off of your feet, even. You see it for the first time and suddenly you know that up until this point you’ve been waiting for it to be there all along. Like love at first sight, you might ... More About: Shore , Wonder , Shores , Lake
On the Shores of Wonder Lake
2007-04-10 02:18:00 Every now and then the work of an artist hits you and hits you hard, sweeps you off of your feet, even. You see it for the first time and suddenly you know that up until this point you’ve been waiting for it to be there all along. Like love at first sight, you might ... More About: Shore , Wonder , Shores , Lake
Behold Beauparlant
2007-04-07 19:58:00 Last year Marcus and I made plans to check out an annual neighborhood flea-market in Alamo Square. While wandering the rectangular perimeter of the park, where vendors laid out their wares we encountered a man with tables full of antique pictures and artwork. Many of the pieces displayed were not noteworthy, rather just random pieces ... More About: Behold , Beau , Hold
This is a Diorama
More articles from this author:2007-04-06 23:54:00 This is a Dior ama made of saltines, cheese, and weird vegetables I ran into on my block a few years ago. I think it was promoting some event. It made me stop and look. Share This More About: This , Diorama 1, 2, 3 |
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