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Arts and Culture

Leila Heller Gallery Presents Calligraffiti 1984 / 2013

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Art by el Seed
Art By el Seed (All Photos By Gail)

Geoffrey and I were in the thick of an exhausting Art Crawl last Saturday, trying to catch up on dozens of exhibits whose opening receptions we weren’t able to hit on September 12th — the official kick off to the NY Art Scene’s Fall/Winter Season — when we were drawn into the Leila Heller Gallery by the colorful graphic mural by Tunisian artist el Seed wrapping the gallery’s windows from 25th Street around the corner and down 11th Avenue.
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Favorite Word Art from Frieze Art Fair 2013

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the word art in prismatic mirrors photo by gail worlyy
Art! (All Photos By Gail)

I went to the Frieze Art Fair last Sunday and took over 125 photos of rad contemporary art! What a rush! Here are my Top Ten favorite artworks with a message — literally!

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Signs by David Shrigley at Anton Kern Gallery

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Don't Look at Me By David Shrigley
Don’t Look At Me By David Shrigley

Warped humor: I can’t get enough of it. Maybe that’s why I was so smitten by artist / cartoonist David Shrigley’s new exhibit at Anton Kern Gallery, entitled Signs. As the name suggests, the exhibit is comprised of various types of signage – from crude wooden plaques hung just a foot or two from the gallery’s ceiling, to brightly glowing neon, to minimalist slogans painted on the fronts of stuffed toys, to word sculptures and posters resembling eye-charts for the severely myopic, which Shrigley emblazons with quirky sayings just begging to be deciphered. It other words, the show is a sardonic, snarky good time.

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Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

Check Out This Fuckin’ Sale!

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Get 20 Percent off at this Fuckin Sale
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Not just a sale – a Fuckin’ Sale! These amazing photos of signs advertising a current sale (going on through Tuesday, January 9th!) were taken at Gallerie, a mall in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan. More information and hilarity is available at This Link! Continue reading Check Out This Fuckin’ Sale! →

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How Many Times Has This Happened to You?

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Office Window Door

This photo reminds me of the time that Geoffrey walked with full velocity into a glass door at a Chelsea art gallery, because the glass was so clean he thought the door was open. He was uninjured, thank god, but we still talk about it, because it was funny!