Category Archives: art

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The four types of growth

Posted on July 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Original – Original growth means that we continue as we have been doing the last five years at least and let the developers do whatever they want whenever they want which in the instant matter means more office space downtown, … Continue reading →

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Buff Monster Ice Cream green zombie resin head

Posted on July 13, 2014 by markweiss86

I put a $20 token into a gum ball machine at Geffen MOCA in L.A. and got a green zombie resin head ice cream from Buff Monster. (Not to be confused with green-wash net-zero pseudo-choice of four types of unstoppable … Continue reading →

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Maria and Popovi versus Maria Popova

Posted on June 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Maria and Popovi are a mother and son set of collaborators who made some of the most coveted San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery from New Mexico (as we call it), mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. I found a bit from … Continue reading →

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deus ex machina: sugimoto in sf LAST DAYS

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

I chose to interpret this as the invisible hand of God coming down to bring my monumental, but unfinished Last Supper to completion. Leonardo completed his Last Supper over five hundred years ago, and it has deteriorated beautifully. I can only be grateful to … Continue reading →

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Nin Filip photography & philosophy

Posted on June 27, 2014 by markweiss86

In Nan Goldin’s work, it is, redemptively, one of its central themes. Goldin’s art is filled with a generous attentiveness towards the lives of its subjects. Although we might not be conscious of it at first, her photograph of a … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Teen Sniper

Posted on June 26, 2014 by markweiss86

There’s no hostages that I can see, only about 475 meters of open courtyard between me and Cherry G. The shot will be a tricky one: the bullet will become wobbly and transient as it moves through different temperature zones … Continue reading →

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Proposed monument at 261 Hamilton in Palo Alto in the shape of a giant Good Humor bar with alphabet spelling BUILDING ENVELOPE?

Posted on June 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Being a concert promoter turned land-use watch-dog, with forays into arts advocate and blogger has the weird effect of sometimes imagining a parallel world in which all my ideas come true. I am posting this while listening to a public … Continue reading →

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MIRV in Palo Alto, fall, 1995

Posted on June 22, 2014 by markweiss86

The posters for the Cubberley Sessions (also known as Palo Alto Soundcheck) were conceived of a series by Lane Wurster and Chris Eselgroth, the two-man art department for Mammoth Records in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which eventually was sold by … Continue reading →

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Aaron Vanderhoof goes all out for art tribute to fallen friend

Posted on June 19, 2014 by markweiss86

    I did chat up Aaron and Michelle for quite a spell Wednesday, and his tale about producing the runner statute is quite impressive, methinks. I will have to edit to add later. Meanwhile, here is what I had … Continue reading →

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From one old school First Amendment dude to — dear God — another

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

  I happened into our Police Chief, Dennis Burns, today in front of City Hall and pigeon-holed him on this topic. He gave me his card, so I didn’t want to lose pace hence: mark weiss Today at 3:33 PM To … Continue reading →

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