Spent a couple days in Joshua Tree and 29 Palms a weekend ago. I love the desert culture and the whole mindset behind spending time there. I took some photos while I was there:
Head over to http://chrissilva.net/JT/ to check them out!
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New paintings debuted at “Courbet is Better Than You” shown in Gallery 479 @ UCSB
“The Possibility of Life After the Death of the Mind of Someone Living”
Glue and glitter on stretched canvas
20” x 24”
and
Glitter, plastic, stretcher bars
36” x 48”
2012
Prices on Request
Participating in BYOB LA this weekend
http://www.byobworldwide.com/post/22134407787/byob-moca-la
BYOB MOCA LA
Organized by Rafaël Rozendaal,
Felipe Lima, & Family Bookstore
Saturday, May 5, 2012
8 – 10pm
Free to public
Presented by Imprint Projects
Part of Mike D’s Transmission LA
MOCA Geffen
152 North Central Ave 90012
Participating artists:
Adam Harms, Albert Samreth, Alex Bogdanov, Andy Bruntel, Anita Fontaine, Beau Johnson, Bennett Williamson, Bret Nicely, C. R. Stecyk III, Chris Silva, Christopher Richmond, Daniel Rehn, Eugene Kotlyarenko & Ben Noam, F. Myles Sciotto, Guthrie Lonergan, Hazel Hill McCarthy III, Jeff Baij, Jessica Ciocci, Joel Fox, Laura Matsue, Lucy Chinen, Mark Essen, Marlous Borm, Michael Ray-Von & Bedros Yeretzian, Michael Reich, Mike Manning, Natalie Rodgers, Nick Loewen & Rimas Simaitis, Parker Ito, Pascual Sisto, Ross Harris, Ryan Bulis, Sterling Crispin, Steven Schkolne, Susanne Melanie Berry, Tim Brown, Van Tran, Wade Ivy.
The most expensive piece of art I’ve ever created
Currently on Display @ Left Coast Books in Goleta, CA in a group show called “I am curious” until May 16th of this year.
Titled: “The Winning Ticket”
30×32″
Digital Print, black glitter
Unique, never to be reproduced.
Priced at $640,000,000 USD
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Cai Guo-Qiang Sky Ladder @ The Geffen MOCA in LA
Went to this last night, needless to say, I jumped a little bit…and yes, all those rockets flew into the crowd!
Cai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese contemporary artist who is most known for his pyrotechnic displays of art.
Here are a few more videos from his performance installation mark making events:
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Vandenberg AFB Rocket Launch
Took a trip out to Vandenberg Air Force Base yesterday and witnessed a rocket launch (Delta IV) carrying a classified payload. We were ~3mi from the launch site and it was something to behold. The sound was like a slow motion tearing of a piece of paper and the speed in which it happened was awe inspiring. Anyways, here are some photos:
Prints are 32″x18″ (Archival ink printed on archival matte paper), inquire for pricing.
UPDATE
My colleague Rimas Simitas also recorded audio of the launch if you want to take a listen!
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Some photos from central coast California HWY 1
Took a drive up HWY 1 yesterday from Morro Bay to Monterey, here are a couple photos from that experience:
Prints are 32″x18″ (Archival ink printed on archival matte paper), inquire for pricing.
Thanks for all the likes! Here is another from that day:
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UCSB MFAs @ Family Business in NYC
(Hennessy Youngman holding Jared Flores sketch)
So 4 of us submitted work to Family Business in NYC and are currently a part of the It’s a Small, Small World Clusterf*ck show put on by Hennessy Youngman (aka Jason Musson).
Participating from the UCSB MFA program:
If you are in NY, check it out!
The New MFAs of UCSB + UCDavis
Now open at the Jane Deering Gallery in Santa Barbara!
www.janedeeringgallery.com/exhibitions
March 6 – 27, 2012
Opening reception Friday, March 9th . 6-8pm
The artists exhibiting in this show are pursuing the Master of Fine Arts degree, an intensive endeavor of creative commitment designed to allow students to fulfill their artistic potentials. MFA programs have become renowned for playing a significant role in the formation of the contemporary creative environment, and this show presents an insight into the students’ output from the various stages in the program.
The gallery will present art by eighteen students from UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis and offers an exciting chance to view a wide range of work including: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, installation, ceramics and conceptual work. The broad spectrum of practices is testament to the exciting new work being produced through creative programs on University of California campuses and reveals the unique sensibilities of each artist.
Come tour the gallery-as-art-lab and enjoy an opportunity to purchase work by these emerging talents :
Andrew Armas . Alexander Bogdanov . Daniel Brickman . Ryan Bulis . Kyle Dunn . Jason Engelund . Danielle Galietti . Alison Ho . Evan Jose . Sarah Julig . Andrea Munoz Martinez . Terry Peterson . Erika Romero . Christopher Silva . Erik Sultzer . Jared Theis . John Tronsor . May Wilson
