Brendan Monroe will be signing copies of his recently published monograph this Thursday March 12, 2009, 7 – 10 pm at Park Life in San Francisco. This event will also unveil the special edition of the book (limited to 50 copies), and there will be an exhibit of original work.

This is the first inclusive monograph of Monroe’s work including over 70 paintings, 15 sculptures, and installation shots.

Buy the book here.

View photos of the book after the jump. [Read more]

With the recent rash of semi-anonymous dating blogs, it seems like someone is begging us to redefine the terms of online dating. So, what if match.com fails, and Nerve, and Chemistry and even JDate—is I Bang the Worst Dudes (Sorry, Mom) the best we’ve got?

The most remarkable thing about the sometimes gruesome, mostly funny tales of user tested, mom wouldn’t approve men (accompanied by their faces covered by black bars to hide their identities) is that the stories actually aren’t that remarkable. In fact, I came up with better stories when I was 13 and wrote in fake tell-all’s to Cosmo with my friends.

He wanted to listen to DMX because the sound of dogs barking got him off? He made you crawl in through the window? He ate 3 cheeseburgers and farted all night? Sounds about right…

This isn’t a case of dating the right guy at the wrong time, it’s the problem of dating the wrong guys all the time. These aren’t DABA girls, and Dating a Hipster Anonymous just doesn’t have the same ring to it. There are no book deals or Hollywood screenplays here. Sorry mom, all I got was the clap.

Today’s reason not to look at food blogs during lunch is the Bacon Explosion- basically bacon, rolled in bacon, with sausage, covered in bacon. I don’t even like bacon and I want it.

Today is Chinese New Years, which happens to be one of my favorite holidays.  The Year of the Ox is upon us, meaning a year of prosperity through hard work. People born under the year of the ox are born leaders, dependable, and modest…you know, like an ox.
I was born in the year of the tiger, which according to the zodiac makes me magnetic, intellectual, and funny. Which is, of course, all true.
So, happy Chinese New Year and head to China Town for some dumplings, red envelopes filled with pennies, and a really cheap massage.

Images from the February issue of Vogue Paris that Carine Roitfeld dedicated entirely to her favorite model, Lara Stone, have finally hit the internet. The editorials shot by the likes of Hedi Slimane, Patrick Demarchelier, and Steven Klein have gotten mixed reviews, but there are no complaints here. Stone is once again smoking hot.

To see more shots go here and here.

If you are lucky enough to be going to Sundance this weekend, be sure to catch one of the screenings of “Asshole”. The short stars Gavin McInnes of Street Carnage and is directed by Chadd Harbold of Last Pictures. Last Pictures is a super talented production company and the strategic partner to StyleCaster.com. Go here to see the screening schedule and to see more information about Last Pictures, check out their site.

PrettyLoaded is a great web archive of preloaders. It also has one of the best site names I’ve seen in a while.
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Researchers over at Harvard University have figured out the carbon cost of using Google. According to physicist Alex Wissner-Gross, every time you plug something into everyone’s favorite search engine it creates about 7g of C02. This means that two searches translates to the same energy it takes to boil a kettle of water. Google has refuted this claim on its official blog, but either way it makes Let Me Google That For You just that much less funny.

Over the past few weeks, MTV has been airing endless commercials to remind us that it’s not all about The City; that’s right it’s about Brooklyn too. Move over Laguna, forget those hills, and fake fashion jobs, this is about what happens when people stop being polite and start getting REAL. Really? Sort of.

As Real World Brooklyn begins, the cast meets up in various locations all over New York (the Coney Island Boardwalk, on a water taxi…) to converge upon their Red Hook warehouse. In New York, would that be an 8 bedroom converted? As we are introduced to each member through their audition videos they set themselves into two categories: “They seem like a really cool person I can just chill with…” and “I know they’re hiding something.”

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Copperpot here with the November surf report.  So far so good.  The forecast is looking pretty solid for the rest of the week and upcoming weekend.  More pics to come….

KQED Art’s Gallery Crawl has a video of the exhibit A Moment for Reflection: New Work by Lydia Fong at Ratio 3. Lydia (aka Barry McGee) has some interesting observations about the show, including why he assumed the Lydia persona and his obsession with trying to create a traditional gallery show. Peep the video.

If you haven’t yet made it over to Electric Works to see Jason’s Jagel’s solo exhibit, be sure to swing by this Saturday, Oct 11th. An artist walk through kicks off at 4 pm, and from 6 – 10 pm there’s a book signing party and night of DJ’ing – the inimitable Egon, Kamau Amu Patton, Aaron Terry, Jäges and Ala Ebtekar will be spinning.

Be sure to pick up a copy of 73 Funshine, which by a stroke of coincidence, costs $73 with tax. This artist monograph weighs in at over 200 color pages and is accompanied by a 10” vinyl record with 3 jazz tracks by Madlib. The book focuses on Jägel’s endeavors since 2001,  the year that music took hold as a driving force of Jägel’s narrative gouache paintings. Check out pics of the show.

If I lived in New York instead of San Francisco, I’d definitely be hitting up photographer Bernie DeChant’s opening reception for Still Life in Japan at the Fall Cafe in Brooklyn, NY this Fri, Sept 19, 7 – 9 pm.

The title of the exhibit pretty much sums up the work – a collection of quiet still moments in Japan, with most of the photographs focusing on a lone solitary figure or object. The exhibit will consist of 5 pieces on canvas (2 at 30×30″, and 2 at 30×45″), and 9 smaller prints at 14×20″. I hear that the Zeppelin (above photo), at 30 x 45, has a silverly look to it in person. [Read more]

In the August 2008 issue of Juxtapoz, Adam Wallacavage interviewed Andrew Jeffrey Wright and made the observation that “He’s just been 15 since 1986.” That’s a good summary to describe the art on display for Wright’s solo exhibition “Art for Corporations” which opened at the Luggage Store on Fri, Sept 12.

Wright’s works in this exhibit are intended to “provoke and provide a satirical and absurdly humorous social commentary on corporate infuence on life and popular culture.” Included in this irreverent exhibit are a trashcan full of Furbee’s (as well as a rogue Furbee tweaked out by Barry McGee), fake dog poo, an E.T. constructed out of stones, and a photo of someone with Bart Simpson shaved into the back of their head.

View photos of the show

You may have noticed the recent proliferation of Obey Giant street art around San Francisco, and for good reason. Shepard Fairey was in town to open up his solo exhibit The Duality of Humanity on Friday, Sept. 13 at White Walls.

View pics from the exhibit at sketchypad.com

Peep a slideshow of the show (with detailed shots) and a short review over at sketchypad.com: click here.

The first time I saw Jason Jägel’s work was at the inaugural Bay Area Now show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts back in 1997. His large narrative drawings were some of my favorite works in that show, which is saying a lot considering fellow participating artists included Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Chris Johanson and Rigo.

Jason’s paintings have a story telling quality to them. His works on paper combine text, flat color, shapes, and images to create a narrative that exists in the present. September is a busy month for Jason, as he has shows opening back to back in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as the book launch of “73 Funshine”.

To read an interview with Jason and to learn more about his upcoming shows, head on over to sketchypad.com [ Read More ]

Andrew Schoultz’s solo exhibition “In Gods We Trust” opens on Thurs, Sept 4 at Marx & Zavaterro. The exhibit will feature paintings and an installation of sculptures including scales of justice, splintered telephone poles, and debris of broken bridges. His work has always had a socio-political underpinning, and this exhibit is no different – Schoultz will be exploring the multifarious global issues that plague the world today.

This show promises to be one of the best in San Francisco this year, and has already garnered quite a bit of press:

• billy o’callaghan’s preview photos of the show [ flickr ]
• Art Adventures: Andrew Schoultz [ sfgate.com ]
• Schoultz, Andrew: Murals With Morals [ stark guide ]
• Schoultz weighs in on globalization in new show [ sfgate.com ]
• Andrew Schoultz: In Gods We Trust [ Happenstand ]

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Multitalented artist Thomas Campbell recently launched a brand spanking new website featuring a slideshow of his work, news, and even a store where you can purchase original artwork, t-shirts, prints and books.

Be sure to catch him on the big screen in The Beautiful Losers movie which debuts in San Francisco at the Landmark Lumiere Theater on Fri, Sept 5. Buy tix here. He’s also participating in a workshop at VASF on Sat, Sept 6, Noon – 4pm, where he’ll be leading a class on assemblage.