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Several pueblo pots, mostly black, considered

Posted on October 13, 2015 by markweiss86

15 Pueblo pots, considered, or 16 artists and their work I recently became aware, or it drifted to the front of my mind, and to the top of my agenda today, although it took me until about 3 p.m to … Continue reading →

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Andile Dyalvane in Palo Alto

Posted on July 28, 2015 by markweiss86

Andile Dyalvane, an emerging artist from Cape Town, South Africa, who works in ceramics and painted, scarified leather, is in residency at the Palo Alto Art Center thru August 2, 2015. He is producing a body of work in conduction … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Perry w. Clyde Jones critter (Bynum, North Carolina)

Posted on June 20, 2015 by markweiss86

Lane Wurster took me once to visit with folk artist Clyde Jones, in his Bynum, North Carolina home (Chapel Hill area). I was at the meeting, and in fact shared a table with ex-Mayor Nancy Shepherd and current Mayor Karen … Continue reading →

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Edward Hopper on Native Americans

Posted on June 17, 2015 by markweiss86

and1: as is the nature of the internet, checking “edward hopper” and “native americans” sent me to this Robert Henri painting of a Santa Clara pueblo subject and a black bowl, 1917, at Ulrich Museum in Wichita, Kansas. In my … Continue reading →

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Perphelia’s Trailer (detail), 2008, Red Wing Nez

Posted on June 16, 2015 by markweiss86
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Altoon Sultan, ‘Angles and Bar’ w. ‘Dark Ellipse’

Posted on June 15, 2015 by markweiss86

Altoon Sultan, via her blog, describes briefly the relationship between two of her small recent egg tempura paintings, a couple years apart, “Angles and Bar” and “Dark Ellipse”. Both pieces are based on agricultural equipment she has seen near her … Continue reading →

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Cool public art in the pipeline for Palo Alto (Ala & Binta)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Ala Ebtekar and Binta Ayofemi (the blue tunnel thingy did not cut and paste from staff report, will update)  (you can find it here, in the staff report, if you scroll down) edit to add: Elise DeMarzo sent me … Continue reading →

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The Monkey’s got the main line sewed up tight

Posted on May 7, 2015 by markweiss86

Yesterday I posted to Palo Alto Weekly that I voted No on the school parcel tax as a protest against the political machine that chugs along a bit too easily here. Reading furthr into Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip” … Continue reading →

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Frank Hurley, 1915 >> Valerie Vagoda, 2015 and Shackleton

Posted on May 5, 2015 by markweiss86

>>> Or: Oh! There’s Frozen Chicken in the Freezer, Excellent!! I met Valerie Vagoda when “Striking 12” was at Theatreworks and “Passing Strange” was more current; PS actually might have workshopped at Theatreworks if Public Theatre of New York had … Continue reading →

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Hobbit howls in the 206

Posted on May 1, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add: I interviewed in short this guy later and he told me he has been a hobbit longer than he has been a musician. I was thinking “smoke-stack lightning” a howling wolf reference mixed with whatver it is … Continue reading →

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