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San Francisco based artist / good friend of mine Jessica Wassil has launched her new illustration site Yelp Yack. She also has a new portfolio site up at jessicawassil.com. Yelp Yack is “a blog where each illustration is based off a brutally real, random, and anonymous Yelp review.”
Thirty Days NY is a project that I’ve been helping out on for months now (with our crew from We Love You So and new people) which launched today. Dallas and Graham did the heavy lifting but I am behind the scenes helping and adding to the amazing content with artist interviews, music, and more. It’s been magical to see this all come together and if you’re in New York you have to check out what’s going on there.
Here’s what Graham posted on Future Shipwreck about the project:
“Following the release of Spike Jonze’s robot love story, I’m Here, Absolut Vodka and TBWA teamed up with Spike and the rad dudes behind Family Bookstore, David Kramer and Sammy Harkham, to create a live gallery space for one month only in New York City. But more than just a gallery, it’s a performance space, bookstore and an artist studio– and all the events are free! Located at 70 Franklin Street, Tribeca, Thirty Days will feature weekly performances, symposiums, and showcases from contemporary artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers from all over the world.”
Dallas Clayton and I were tasked with creating the online presence for Thirty Days, and it’s evolved into so much more than a blog. In addition to providing daily coverage of live events at the gallery, the site will host loads of original content including exclusive interviews with No Age, Little Joy, The Morning Benders, Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony, Sumi Ink Club, and many more. There are so many awesome people contributing stellar content for the site, from We Love You So’s Molly Young to photographer Bryan Derbella to Matt Wolf, the filmmaker behind the stunning Arthur Russell documentary Wild Combination, who’s been shooting a ton of original video content to the site.
Among those participating at the physical space are some of my favorite artists, like Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Ben Jones of Paper Rad (whose designs are all over the space– check out his bookshelves on the upper left of this post), Andrew Jeffrey Wright and SNL’s Fred Armisen, Albert Maysles, Shana Moulton, Matthew Thurber, and Lance Bangs. Take a peek at the full schedule and stop by if you’re in the area! I’m flying out tonight for the opening event on Thursday, which will include sets by the amazing Aska, Brian Degraw of Gang Gang Dance, and a psychedelic light show by Joshua White and cartoonist Gary Panter.“
Go view (and purchase) the amazing work from Mike Perry’s most recent exhibition Lost In The Discovery Of What Shapes The Mind at the MCAD Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. Also check out his blog where he documents setting up the whole thing. I would like one of everything from this show so feel free to hook me up.
Travis Millard has launched his long awaited new site for Fudge Factory Comics. Check it out at http://fudgefactorycomics.com.
My talented friend Mike Perry just released the newest issue #4 of Untitled Magazine, curated by photographer Anna Wolf. This is the biggest issue yet, presented as a perfect bound b/w 176 page book full of beautiful artwork by many artists I love.
Featuring:
Brie Harrison, Byrony Lloyd, Keith Newton, Scott Massey, Charlie Duck & Joel Garcia, Anna Wolf & Brigitte Sire, Andrew Ackermann, Erika Somogyi, Nicolas Haggard, Porous Walker, Stephen K. Schuster, Juan Betancurth & Riley Hooker, Ahndraya Parlato, Deanne Cheuk, Aliki Braine, Tom Bubul, James Mahon &Micah Lidberg, Ana Laura Perez, Agnes Montgomery ,Cedric Bihr, Aurelia Lange, Hanna Terese Nilsson,Georgia Kokolis, Hanna Waldron, Heather Culp & Francis Parrilli, Jacqueline Di Milia, Lizzy Stewart, Lober Nogen, Alex Witjas, Meredith Jenks & Kate Wolf, Ida Borg.
Get it now: http://www.untitled-a-magazine.com
Head on over to Paper Monster who have some original works by Mike Perry up on their site. I’m sure they’ll go fast and feel free to get them all for me.
Paper Monster also asked Mike Perry to pick a friend to do a drawing with back and forth, each drawing for 1 minute at a time. Mike picked London based artist/friend Jim Stoten to collaborate with. You can see the whole project by going to Paper Monster’s site. You can also purchase the final product over at Mike’s site by clicking here.
Check out more work from Mike Perry here and check out the illustrations from Jim Stoten here.
The Insound 10 Classic is a visual narrative of 20 years (1977-1997) of punk, new wave and indie rock, designed by my friend and amazing artist Mike Perry. Check out the limited edition t-shirts, hand numbered posters, and bags available. (thanks Brad J.)
I’ve posted about artist Mel Kadel on here before but she’s got a new site up with new work and news. So go check it out http://melkadel.com.
Deth P. Sun will be signing copies of his book I See It All this Friday April 24th at Giant Robot in San Francisco.
If you can’t make it, you should pick up his book online over at Little Paper Planes.
Friday, April 24, 2009
6:00 pm-8:30 pm
GRSF
618 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
http://gr-sf.com
Thanks to the LPP Blog for the info.
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