Princess Die: email
dieCurtains is made up of cardboard skull and removable usable curtains.
the curtains may be placed in window to protect from an unpleasant
bloody death.
the skulls ward off demons, monsters, and negative energy, turning any
location into a safe place.
dieKnives is a ritualistic shrine honoring princessDie and the
infinite dimensions, worshippers have created technique of throwing the
knives to obtain truth and wisdom of the sub continuous
dimensions. created in the 7th dimension, it is said that the
cardboard knives link the 2nd dimension to the 3rd obtaining the vision
to see the 4th dimensional tunnel of time. to this day other
intelligence is still trying to figure out the methods to open this
dimensional portal to see beyond the 3rd dimension to gain insights of
the universal truths and power of ten, only princessDie and her
minions know the true secrets.
Robert Frashure
The Young Turk Spirit
My paintings aim to relocate people who have been displaced by society, with
a particular interest in the ongoing political saga for gay men in
Massachusetts. I have decided to express a frustration with the political
realm by creating a fresh take on a very old practice. By focusing on the
landscape—one of the most traditional genres of painting—I am able to draw
upon a long history of painting influences, including Edward Hopper and
Fairfield Porter. The figures encountered in these paintings are searching
for a place to call home, and they wholly embrace the spirit of challenging
the laws of the land.
My paintings function on the premise that it wasn't until humanity's primal
relationship to nature had been disrupted by urbanism, commerce, and
technology that mankind even needed to paint a landscape. My approach ranges
from the philosophical to the quirky, the playful to the horrific—all in the
spirit of questioning how modes of representation mediate individual
experience. It is my hope that they challenge you, as well, in seeking a
holistic experience of the world.
Raul Gonzalez: email
The Miracle Five are LaCobra Verde, Cerebot,Boutet
Lobsterclaw, Ortegacy, and Princess Die. Their collective efforts aim to
shun cynicism and passivity in art and celebrate all things
sensory. If requested to do so by concerned parties, The Miracle Five
will embark on magical missions that aid those of other dimensions.
However the Miracle Fives major responsibility is the harmony and
happiness of earth.
Rebecca Hesketh: email
As a female artist, I’ve always been fascinated by women and the ways
they use their physical beings to express themselves. Through facial
expression, dress (or lack thereof) and posture, I show unconventional
ladies’ vulnerabilities, pride, sadness, charm, and brevity. I create
images of these ladies to assert my opinion that what is true and
beautiful in a woman has nothing to do with the ridiculous standards of
beauty, achievement, and state of being that American women are often
times measured up against. In my self-portrait I’ve drawn myself in an
unapologetically sexual nature to show that, despite insecurities and
pain, I refuse to be anyone but myself. I know it’s impossible for me to
be the perfect young American lady, and I have no desire to be her.
Scotty Liberatore: email
My photo project is on the inner city youth that surrounds me. These are
not just pictures of people, these are stories of people. I wanted to give
answers, not just "who" but "why." I feel like I have been doing this
project my whole life and these images were a step in a whole new direction
for me. I often stress about trying to get perfect photos but when I think
back to every picture in this body I realize all my best work was taken when
I wasn't even trying. I had a lot of fun doing this project and more
importantly I learned a lot. I plan to take what I've learned from this
project and make better photographs because to me, thats what its all about.
Milo
Mellow: email
I’m young as the artist Milo Mellow, a toddler, and
stuffed animals from the Goodwill are my actors. They
address, anger masked by big eyes, this theme on one
postcard:
FEMA functions well. So do education, news,
Greenpeace/Sierra Club, & every advocate we think we
have. We get what lords pay for. Grrr.
I am part of no party because all partisan activity I
see is professional wrestling, a distraction. All
visible groups ignore obvious eventualities. For
example, addressed on one postcard(google: plushtown
chicken):
W.T.O. talks broke down recently over U.S. farm
subsidies vs. European tariffs. Remember similar
stories in past years.
In the late 60's we were told we had 3 years'
food supply, mostly grains. We now have a few days.
Why not put the subsidy money to the same land to grow
food to be stored in strategically and economically
chosen rural areas? Why not put aside the food we pay
for and resume trade talks? Europeans might not need
tariffs as much if they put aside more food too.
Pharaoh dreamed of 7 fat cattle eaten by 7 lean. What
do our leaders dream of?
Brandon Michael Nastanski: email
This current body of work has been an exploration into the sculptural body
as surface. I have been making figurative plaster casts now for about 6
years and along side i have been doing obsessive human anatomical drawings
mixed with fictional anatomy, numbers, flowers, and pattern. The joining
of these two mediums is what we have here. Many of my more simple
monochromatic bodies have become another place to apply my drawings.
Sculpture as surface, the idea that i get to have two beginnings in one
piece. First the creation of the physical body a presence in it's self,
then also a whole new surface a blank canvas. My drawings that were once
separate are now been joined to a three dimensional object. The pieces
have
no strong political overtones other than the idea of feeling overwhelmed
with an obsessive amount of information, the idea of there being so much
going on right now in the world, war, the destruction of the environment,
violence in our streets, and the feeling of helplessness that goes along
with that. Ultimately i create art for the image, i want to make something
that will be visually enjoyed, at different times these pieces might mean
something different to me, they are a parallel to life.
Dave Ortega: email
y devil-dog-pigs icons are like reverse corporate logos and mythologies. They
are the many oppresive forces that keep third-world countries poor and that
have turned the rich into the super-rich.
Skye Kismyth Schulte: email
After September 11th I was appalled at the way people of Arab or Middle
Eastern decent were maligned in the media (and still are today). This led
me to join the Saudi/American Exchange Program to experience the region
and the people first hand, and to bring that personal understanding back
to the United States. While in Saudi Arabia, I had the opportunity to meet
with government leaders to foster cross-cultural understanding between our
two countries, and represented the program on The Today Show. Since that
experience I have sought ways to use my passion for art to express that
experience - to show people here in the United States a different
perspective than they might otherwise see. "Good Night and Good Luck"
illustrates my frustration with the media and the often one-sided reality
and sensationalism we see in our news. It is hard to know what is true and
what is not. So, I seek to show that just like the Red Scare of the
1950's, we are now moving dangerously close to repeating our previous
mistakes. The public must once again demand that truth and justice prevail
in order to prevent more bloodshed. The black and white sections represent
the news media, with the intense red evoking the anger, resentment, and destruction that have occurred.
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