I picked this one up on a recent Cruise!
ABC No Rio By Dan Witz
Being a veteran of the Orange County punk scene of the late seventies/early eighties, I’ve seen my share of the cultural phenomenon known as the mosh pit. With his background as a musician in New York’s downtown post-punk noise scene of the early 1980s, the paintings of artist Dan Witz will surely strike a chord in the heart of anyone with a similar cache of experiences via his new exhibit, Mosh Pits, Human and Otherwise, up now at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. This vibrant collection features large-scale oil paintings on canvas produced by Witz over the past ten years.
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Multi-talented and wildly controversial artist Marilyn Manson has donated one of his original watercolors depicting photographer Grove Pashley’s infamous image of Damien Echols with his hand on the glass of the prison window during a visit. This original piece will be auctioned to raise money for the defense fund of Damien Echols (who is on death row), Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. — also known as the West Memphis Three (www.wm3.org) — who were convicted for murdering three elementary school children in 1994.
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Oh my, Bacon things just get more and more creative, as you can see by this lovely version of Vincent Van Gogh’s famous oil painting, Starry Night, as recreated in bacon and other delicious pork products. Learn how to reconstruct your own bacon masterpiece at This Link.
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Photo By Geoffrey Dicker
Saki the Sad Dog is the creation of artist Michael George. Michael sells Saki on tiny 3 x 3″ canvases from a table he sets up on either Spring or Prince Street (I found him on Spring just a few steps east of the former home of the Opera Gallery). Continue reading Saki the Sad Dog By Michael George