“In 1981, artist James Gurney brought his sketchbook and tape recorder to the pier in Santa Monica, California. He did a pencil portrait of two guys there and then asked them to describe themselves to the tape recorder. For the first time, their faces and voices are brought together in a talking portrait.”
It’s really worth subscribing to THE THING, especially since the upcoming artists in this subscription cycle are Tauba Auerbach, Ben Marcus, and John Baldessari.
Painting from imagination, and artists building off of each other. This new video from Colin M Day explores the relationship between Mars-1, Damon Soule and Oliver Vernon, who together, have a show at The Petaluma Arts Center in Northern California. For those out west, tomorrow night (4/26) Colin will be screening a bunch of his short films at the “Video Night” at PAC. For more information on the event, click here.
A large retrospective of Keith Haring’s work focusing on the diversity of his socio-political iconography. The exhibition—which was made possible in part by Citizens of Humanity—is on view at Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris through August 19th.
Photos courtesy of Angelique Groh and The Keith Haring Foundation