ART BATTLES
POP-UP SHOW ON BLEEKER ST.
FRIDAY JANUARY 13, 2012 - 159 BLEEKER STREET, WEST VILLAGE, NY
Artists battled it out in the West Village this week. Art Battles held down a massive venue for four days as artists dueled and earned hanging exposure at Pop Up Space NY on Bleeker Street this week. 300 Pieces of art, 30 Artists, representing 3 countries (US, SPAIN, FRANCE). What are Art Battles?
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LOOKING FOR ART
IN TIMES SQUARE
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11, 2012 - TIMES SQUARE, NYC, NY
While Molly was taking in the heights of theatrical arts, I was wandering around one of my least favorite parts of the city, in search of anything in the visual art realms that wasn't overtly tourist driven.
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THE FAILE MURAL
ON HOUSTON STREET
MONDAY JANUARY 9, 2012 - NY, NY
The Brooklyn based art duo of FAILE recently completed a large mural on the wall on the corner of Houston Street & Bowery in Manhattan which was made popular by the original Keith Haring mural.
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ILLUSTRATION PORTFOLIO
COJO ART VERSION 2.0
MONDAY JANUARY 9, 2012 - NY, NY
Although I'm doing a shit-ton of painting and blogging right now I'm still gonna make time in 2012 to continue drawing for magazines, newspapers, and the occasional ad agency, or clothing line (right now I'm working on a piece for Guitar World Magazine).
My illustration portfolio CojoArt.com has been recently revamped and now is fully functional on the ipad, iphone, laptop, or desktop. You can touch (or click on) the large image and it will cycle through to the next image, or you can touch (or click on) any of the thumbnails on the right and start cycling from there.
If you haven't seen my commercial work, check it out and let me know what you think. It was hard editing it down because I had a lot of pieces to choose from, having been professionally cartooning and illustrating as a full time freelancer for the past 14 years!
Oh, and I also revamped my Client List and have done the math. I'm proud to say that I have worked with over a dozen fortune 500 companies, and I've also had clients starting with every single letter of the alphabet (except for Q).
Thanks to Thomas Dougherty of GamersAndMusic.com for the programming help.
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SHOOTING A WHITE RHINO
AT JOSEPH MONTGOMERY'S VELVETEEN
SUNDAY JANUARY 8, 2012 - LAUREL GITLEN, 261 BROOME ST., L.E.S., NY
IIt was after I made a lap around Laurel Gitlen gallery snapping a few shots of the pieces in Joseph Montgomery's new show Velveteen, when I noticed legendary art critics Jerry Saltz and his wife Roberta Smith come in from the cold and walk right into frame.
After years of attending art openings, fairs, and galas I had never actually seen them in the flesh. Much like a white rhino, or the elusive Yeti, I was wondering if I would ever catch a glimpse of them in a gallery setting. Yet, here they were, right in front of me at a Bud can reception, on the lower east side, ON A SUNDAY NIGHT!
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NEXT TO THE SEA
DAVID HOCHBAUM AT MUNCH GALLERY
SUNDAY JANUARY 8, 2012 - 245 BROOME ST., L.E.S., NY
The "photo constructor" David Hochbaum's new show at Broome Street's Munch Gallery combines photos, handwritten typography, neon, etchings, boats, paint, massive Polaroids, and miniature sculptures.
Most fascinating to me were the large scale Polaroids. Decades ago Polaroid produced 5 prototype large format cameras for the World's Fair. The cameras, unlike their portable counterparts, were giant and had to be moved on wheels. They also shot original Polaroids that were 20" x 24". Hochbaum got his hands on one.
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FLUX FACTORY GALA 2011
AND NOT-SO-SILENT ART AUCTION
TUESDAY DECEMBER 20, 2011 - 548 WEST 22ND ST., CHELSEA, NYC, NY
With large prints by artists SWOON, Duke Riley, & The Yes Men up for auction, a night of art buying and perpetual hors d'oeuvres grazing was had at the former DIA Center in Chelsea to raise money for non-for-profit artist residency organization Flux Factory on the Tuesday before the holidays.
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<< ART JUGGERNAUT UPDATE JANUARY, 18 2012
The Damien Hirst Spot Paintings - NYTimes
The Obliteration Room - LaughingSquid
Sopa Protest Internet Blackout - Politico
Creative Hall of Fame Class of 2012 - OneClub
Tarantino's Favorite Films Of 2011 - Complex
An Artist Films 2011 In 365 Seconds - Huffpo
Britto And Fazzino "Art Luggage" ? - Heys
Diet Coke Releases New Fashion Cans - DesignTaxi
Tom Waits: The Fresh Air Interview - wbur
Deaf Sound Artist Christine Sun Kim - Nowness
Cancun Has An Underwater Museum - Aquaworld
Diego Rivera Murals For Moma - Moma
Art Patron Buys 10K Non-Visible Art - Geekosystem
How Damien Hirst Took Over The World - NYMag
Get The Art Juggernaut Update By Email - ArtSucks
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POP GOES THE BIBLE
MARK DeMAIO CARTOONS CREATIONISM
DECEMBER 23, 2011 - 136 WEST 13TH STREET, WEST VILLAGE, NYC, NY
I unfortunatly couldn't make it to the opening of artist Mark DeMaio's satirical and controversial take on religious iconography titled Pop Goes The Bible at Synchronicity Fine Arts, but to my good fortune I got to meet up with the artist himself a few days later for a private tour of the work.
It's not often I get to drink wine with an artist in an empty gallery. Being that we both are painting in line art styles we talked a lot about technique and the learning curve that comes with painting slick lines on canvas.
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BORED TO DEATH
A TRIBUTE TO HBO'S LATEST CASUALTY
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 - NY, NY
Bored to Death was one of my favorite shows on TV. Earlier this week HBO dropped the axe on it, as well as another good NYC based show How To Make it In Amercia. Today we pay tribute to a great show about a writer, a patronly father figure, and his freelance artist friend by highlighting five articles about Bored To Death I've written over the past three years. The writer, the actors, the inspiration, and the art are all covered in photos, art and words.
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WHAT DID ONE SNOWMAN
SAY TO THE OTHER SNOWMAN?
WINTER HOLIDAY CAPTIONIZER: NEW YORK, NY
Back in 2006 on the TV show Lost, there was a Christmas riddle that only the person who was supposed to take over the Hatch would know:
"WHAT DID ONE SNOWMAN SAY TO THE OTHER SNOWMAN?"
The answer to the riddle, as revealed on the show, is seen above in cartoon form.
I didn't follow LOST and was posed the riddle by a friend who did. I came up with a bunch of other possible solutions and when I was told the actual answer I liked mine better. Let's see if you are funnier than me and TV's Lost!
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HOW NOT TO
MAKE IT IN AMERICA
THURSDAY DECEMBER 22, 2011 - NY, NY
Looks like Crisp jeans won't be coming back into style in 2012. This pisses me off. Here we have two cool HBO shows I can identify with, How To Make It In America, and Bored To Death getting canceled on the same day. How often do you find really well written TV shows about young people, artists, writers, designers, trying to make a living in New York City. These aren't sitcoms, they are filmed on location in places I actually go to, work, and live.
They have problems, rivalries, and deal with real issues.
How To Make It In America also had one of the best tv opening songs ever, when you combine it with slow-mo video, quick cuts, great photos, and a solid white stacked Helvetica type treatment.
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<< ART JUGGERNAUT UPDATE DECEMBER, 23 2011
"Work Of Art" Winner's Show - Brooklyn Museum
Sculptor John Chamberlain Dead at 84 - Huffpo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Auction - Meltdown
Good Art vs. Bad Art - PalmBeachDaily
Captain America Co-Creator Dies - Times Standard
Spider-Man and Batman Posers Released - Deadline
Selling Out For Art's Sake - Current
Drake Forehead Tat Artist Talks - Vice
Frank Gehry Designs Grammy Poster - LaTimes
Warhol Authentication Board Blues - Artnet
Monster Engine Fuels Kid Art - theChive
Leaked Whitney Biennial Roster - AFC
Jay-Z Occupy All Streets? - Huffpo
Really Sick 3-D Painting - Complex
Louis C.K. Honors George Carlin - YouTube
NY Grafitti Artist "NEO" Was NYPD? - DailyMail
Artist Residency Program in L.I.C. - WooLoo
Pearl Harbor - Life Mag Pics - Time
Pics From 2012 Pirelli Nude Calender NSFW - Fashionista
Does This Mean That Batman Wins? - CBR
Get The Art Juggernaut Update By Email - ArtSucks
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BUSHWICK HOLIDAY PARTIES
ALL NIGHT ART CRAWLING IN BROOKLYN
FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2011 - BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NY
I was going to be out of town but a fortunate change of plans kept me from leaving, so I was able to crawl around Bushwick to the various spiked cider art affairs that were happening on this nippy pre-Christmas Friday evening. The night, like many of my art crawls took some interesting turns.
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DACIA GALLERY
ANNUAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION & OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY DECEMBER 15, 2011 - LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC, NY
I got there late, the wine was already gone, but I managed to take some pictures of a bunch of the art in their new exhibit HYPERBOREANS. I like Dacia gallery a lot because they work with emerging artists as well as established artists, and they are right next door to Lambert Fine Arts, so you can check out two shows for the price of one if you are art crawling in the neighborhood. Afterwards I went to the cast party of Shiemiel whereI wolfed down undercooked chicken skewers and goat cheese quiche with F. Murray Abraham, yes, Salieri himself!
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FREESTYLE ART OPENING
A SHOWING AT JOE BALLWEG'S STUDIO
DECEMBER 10, 2011 - RIDGEWOOD, QUEENS, NY
The artist studio two doors down from my own studio was having an opening with fourteen artists displaying their work. Joe Ballweg has only opened up his studio as a pop-up gallery once before in the past year and I was out of town, so considering mapquest told me I'm literally 1 second away I had no reason not to schlep over and see what was going on.
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ROBOTS WILL KILL & FRIENDS
2ND ANNIV. OPENING @ MIGHTY TANAKA
DECEMBER 9, 2011 - DUMBO, BROOKLYN, NY
Having recently returned from their show at Fountain Art Fair as part of Art Basel Miami, Mighty Tanaka maintaining that travel fueled momentum with what turned out to be a packed-house-opening of their second anniversary show "Robots Will Kill & Friends" featuring ChrisRWK, H.Veng Smith, and a cadre of high and lowbrow artists.
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identity CRISIS CLOSING PARTY @ LAMBERT FINE ARTS
DECEMBER 9, 2011 - LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK, NY
A fter the beer in the keg ran out at the Mighty Tanaka Opening of Robots Will Kill & Friends, artist Gigi Chen was leaving to go to a show in the Lower East Side and invited us to come. She assured me I would like the work. It was the closing party for artist, studio mates, and collaborators Brandon Friend and Jason Douglas Griffin's show identity CRISIS at Lambert Fine Arts.
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BRANDON FRIEND'S
IDENTITY CRISIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
DECEMBER 9, 2011 - LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK, NY
While enjoying some very intense beverages prepaired by professional mixologists I was introduced to Brandon Friend at the closing party for identy CRISIS at Lambert Fine Arts. His work, and the abundance of collaborative work he and Griffin created for the show was impressive. The giant crowd that turned up for the closing party made it hard to really take it all in.
A few days later I caught up with Brandon Friend and got to talk with him about the show, his artwork, and the beauty of collaboration.
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PHILLY FIRST FRIDAY
ART CRAWLING OLD CITY
DECEMBER 2, 2011 - 2ND AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA
While all of the art world (including all of the art writers and art bloggers with a budget) were down in Miami this week kicking off the opening of Art Basel, I was catching a bus bound for Philadelphia for their beer and wine fueled First Friday art crawl. I've attended at least a dozen Philly first Friday events, but this would be my first in over a year.
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<< ART JUGGERNAUT UPDATE DECEMBER, 5 2011
Art.sy's 'Genome' Predicts Your Painting Prefs - Wired
A Comic Book Sold For $2,161,000?! - NYTimes
Do You Like Linking Lists Like This List? - AckAckAck
Shepard Fairy Marked As The 1% @ Basel - Animal
The November Foreign Vogue Covers - ambushU
FILM: 'The Artist' Nod To B&W Cinema - TONY
Wacom's 'Inkling', The Digitizing Sketchpad - PopSci
Basel Week in Miami: First Look - Arrested Motion
Knoedler Gallery Closes Aftr 165 Years - NYTimes
Matisse - Color vs. Drawing - ArtContrarian
The Leaked Coachella 2012 Lineup - GuestOfAGuest
Hyperrealistic Paintings Of Comfort Food - MocoLoco
Pepper Spray Cop In Art History - Hyperallergic
Poetry & Art: Poets In The Galleries - QMA
Best Of Miami Basil - Pop-ups / Galleries - Artlog
The Comix Art of HBO's 'Bored To Death' - TripCity
Stanley Kubrick's 1940s NY Photos - Flavorpill
Maurizio Cattelan's Guggenheim Show - TheWorleyGig
World's First Int'l Sex School opens in Vienna - Vibe
Scumvember: Worst Nov. Movies - RollingStone
12 Disappointing Facts About Pop Music - Buzzfeed
Loony Toones Biblically Crucified - NyDailyNews
Get The Art Juggernaut Update By Email - ArtSucks
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