LowCaliber

Here is an interesting piece on Birmingham artist Walton Creel. He uses a gun to draw/make marks with. Evidently there is a history of guns in Art. An actual critical platform for discourse in "gun relations". I see a relationship with irony myself, in the fact that this artist is from Alabama, I'm not sure if the relationship is pro or con in favor of being ironic.

Qbertiostasis

Rare gallery N.Y. Dulocrayy

endfall08mainhall

more to come, sorry bout the angle I had to shoot it on my sons toy vid cam.

Hardtimes

This is a print by JAY CORRALES
It was part of a project where by he used old Folgers coffee tubs, painted them a terra cotta color and wrapped these cellophane prints arround them. This is the Die Hard tribute print. According to him It was part of a series involving major Hollywood action movies and the myhtos they generate. Jay will be a part of the BFA graduate show in the Crisp Ellert tonight!

design2

Design 2 paper, wire, adhesive project Fall 2008.

Contracts

On the "Bad at sports" website(Chicago area art podcast and discussion board)the subject of Gallery Contracts came up---Gallery Contracts: Here is a good start :
http://labweb.education.wisc.edu/artcommunity/artisttips/gallerycontracts.asp
My own experience was that a gallery used their credit card machine to register a 100$ dollar sale and when it came time to settle up the owner of the gallery had no idea what I was talking about. Get it in writing, hold your own reciepts stay on top of it , or just give your stuff away. They also talked about getting into galleries. Sage advice for sure. You can listen to this conversation here.