art basel: take two

i'm back from my second annual trip to art basel: miami beach! this year was as good and wild and light on sleep as last year. i had the honor of painting a wall in the kohn compound alongside street art and graffiti giants who have been painting longer than i've been alive, and i'm coming back with renewed passion and drive to make more and bigger and better work before i go back for art basel 2012.

special thanks to court mccracken and miranda maynard, my two tough laybirds, for all their help. and thanks to josh kohn for putting together a great group and for being the best host and facilitator imaginable.

a couple pictures from 217 NW 24th street:

glamour shot by estria:

and a video from art primo (watch for 1:43):

vines mural

mural finished in my apartment. at home now in memphis, cataloging the nineteen million things i'm thankful for!

from my sketchbook

a few drawings from a much larger stash:

mural video

i've secured a wall to paint this year for art basel: miami beach, and i'm in the process now of working up sketches--new shapes, more organic lines. trying to rise to the challenge of designing something that looks natural in a hard-lined, concrete and metal space. here's a little video i shot of a practice wall i'm working on in my apartment:

miscellaneous

i'm posting this video that richard green shot for "around carolina" because there is some great footage of the rites mural. but maybe watch it with the sound off because i don't say anything very interesting or profound.

also, here is a great article on suzy philips, the force behind the gypsy queen cuisine food truck that i painted in asheville this summer. keep fighting the good fight, suzy.

in st. louis news, i'm leading an art class tomorrow at the contemporary and our guest artist is jonathan bogarin, who made a movie called invisible murals. i haven't gotten a chance to see the whole film, but i love this clip:

Invisible Murals Movie from Invisible Murals on Vimeo.

Noël Skrzypczak

work i wish i could see in person by australian artist noël skrzypczak:

Tom Fruin

Tom Fruin's latest installation in Copenhagen, "Kolonihavehus":

LAAFF poster

i did this illustration for the 10th anniversary commemorative posters of the lexington avenue arts and fun festival, my favorite festival in asheville: september 3-4, held downtown.

saint louis

states i have been to/through in the past month:
north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, virginia, west virginia, maryland, delaware, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, new hampshire, connecticut, and maine.

garth, corinne, me, and adam on vinalhaven, maine

the summer has been full of new places, good food, great people, and big changes. after being out of town more days than i've been home for the past two months, i have decided that it's time to uproot a little. so at the end of this month, i am relocating to saint louis.

!!!

more to come soon....

shirin neshat

iranian-born artist/videographer shirin neshat: