Some black Squares… From Serra, Rothko, Albers back to Malevich. Serra show at the JBG finally closed…

There was a gentleman who came in one day and asked me why this Serra work was considered contemporary. He said that Kandinsky was making black squares long before Serra. Who should care about this anymore, do you care about it? he asked me. 

Malevich always comes to my mind when I think of the black square. And so I brought him up. I thought I was correct. But then I found the work he was talking about. Kandinsky does have a black square. Several, actually. 

Josh told me last night that Nina said that there are actually 19 famous black squares. 

SIDE NOTE: Chris Brown to come at the JBG… The gallery is having an opening on the 2nd. Just in case you are interested.

THE STORY OF QUIGLEY

Some would say it’s a phenomenon, some a mystery, but sometime in the last million years, a cluster of hot blue and extremely luminous stars formed in the constellation Taurus. Not just any chance alignment, studies show the stars in this cluster to be physically related, meaning they move across the sky in the same direction, at the same rate. Chances of this alignment are roughly 1 and 500,000. 

When you look to the winter night sky from the northern hemisphere of Earth, there will be no question of to which cluster I am bestowing this prestige. In Greek mythology, the stars are referred to as the Seven Sisters: daughters of Atlas, a God who holds the heavens over his shoulders. The bible refers to them as Khima (Amos 5:8) and in ancient islamic literature, they are known as al-Thurayya. But today, the stars are most commonly known as Pleiades.

For a million years, we have tried to bottle the essence of the seven star cluster and extract its mystery. Trust me, pin pointing Pleiades’s story has been no walk in the park. But in 1990, something strange occurred. The pattern of seven dots appeared again in the form of a birth mark on the back of a baby girl born in the month of April, to two proud parents of Irish and Swedish decent.

Her name was Quigley, but to say she was from out of this world, would be a gross overstatement. In fact, her origins laid somewhere between Wilmar and Golden Valley, Minnesota. Her childhood consisted of experiences any normal 20th century female would have. She played dress up and hop scotch, and ran through sprinklers with neighbour kids in the yard. She loved her dolls, her blanket, and most of all singing “Baby Baluga.” Soon, a great love emerged between the girl, sound, and silence. Music became a language so rooted in her being, some said all she could exhale was melodies. 

On the 23rd day of February, in the year Twenty Twelve, for the first time, we bring those melodies to you. 

KillPop Records introduces…Quigley.

Frank Gaard

Marry Me on Market consists of the Unity Ceremonies of 36 people to myself on January 15, 2012 in front of San Francisco City Hall. The 36 participants were composed of willing men, women, couples, dogs, and a panda. A Unity Ceremony signifies two or more beings becoming one in modern western weddings. With conducting this ceremony I am not aiming to make any political statements or talk about the gentrification of Market Street. I aim to talk about human connection. Participants were sent our photo, at 3.5 x 5 inches, to mark the occasion. This record serves as a memento, one to help them remember a feeling of connection, real and falsified. To remind them that they are not alone.

Made possible by

Cal Volder-Dison

Sandesh Nicol

Jenny Odell

and Maria Sprowls for giving me the confidence to do the project. I had always wanted to and she had gotten married in the park last year. Which was totally awesome. 

I am doing a limited edition print for Valentines day (8 x 10 inches). This is what it might look like. Also, you can have a smaller one, and this is what that might look like (second photo, 5 x 3.5 inches). Going to try to press them tonight, with Luca. We shall see how this goes… 

ALSO, does anyone have any stones that could pass for a kidney stone? I have to see a specialist this week, but I dont want to give them the real stone because I need that for an opening… what to do?

Hans-Peter FELDMANN

http://www.initiartmagazine.com/interview.php?IVarchive=33

New Valentine’s Day Card! 

Hailey Loman’s knife drawing reminded me of this knife text that I had made for Karly Mossberg back when we were in school. So today, I made a second version for a Valentine. 

Two Talented Ladies:

http://whitemelt.com/

http://karlymossberg.com/

The start of “you tell me what I want to hear…”