"Make Me Pretty" is my latest 11"x 14" x 8", sculpture that explores youth and human aging. So many of us hate the fact that we are getting old. Including me. Our society has such a fixation on beauty and youth, that millions of people surgically alter-themselves to try and cheat the effects of aging. A wrinkle here, a sag there, and our lives are all over. No bones about it, some day we and everyone we love are ALL going to die. If your lucky, you might live past 90, but at that age, our bodies are certainly not what they used to be. Maybe within the next 20-40 years, surgery and bioengineering technologies will be advanced enough to give us a new face, or possibly even a new body. The question is, what will we have to give up in order to do be young again? Is youth worth selling your soul?
The Hive's Master Blaster Sculpture Show IV
Once again The Hive Gallery in downtown LA is holding it's fourth annual sculpture show. I managed to finish a new piece in just the nick of time for them. Check it out if you are in LA. OPENING: November 3rd, 8-11:30PM FREE Show Runs: November 3rd-December 1st Guaranteed to be a heck of a show with some amazing sculptures!
Walking Dead Escape 3D
This past weekend I was lucky enough to get into Comic-Con and be a survivor in The Walking Dead Escape. Both events were a lot of fun. The Con was not as packed but it was still pretty damn packed! Above is some footage I managed to get with my new Gopro 3D camera while tearing through the Walking Dead course. Hope to do more with that cool little camera involving sculpture and animation! Oh and the girl on the right is eating a dead dog. Enjoy!
Allentown
Hi Everyone,
I recently took a little trip with my family to the East Coast to attend a Museum show opening in Allentown PA which my one of my sculptures is in.
The show is called At The Edge Art of the Fantastic.
Here is a little description of the event: The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is pleased to showcase an exhibition that will introduce contemporary fantastic art to the museum setting. At the Edge: Art of the Fantastic will not only be the most comprehensive exhibition of fantastic art to date, it will also be the first time that this discipline has been presented on such a large scale. Sometimes labeled as science fiction or fantasy art, such imaginative realism distinguishes itself from other forms by portraying ancient myths and legends, modern day fantasies in the form of divine interventions, the imagination, the dream state, the grotesque visions and the uncanny as common objects.
Here is a link to the Museum: http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/
For me, this was a must see show. Many of the artists that have influenced me all my life were a part of this. Artists like H.R. Giger, Frank Frazetta, and the Hildebrandt brothers take the viewer to different worlds or alternate realities. They dare to imagine beyond the scope of reality.
In the video above, my Technological Crucifixion shows up at 3:12.
At the Edge: Art of the Fantastic
Thanks to my friend Thomas Kuebler, I've been invited to participate in a HUGE fantastic art collection at the Allentown Art Museum. I'm so thrilled and honored to be a part of this AMAZING collection of art from 1860 to the present. Many legendary works of art will be in this 175 piece collection. Art from H.R. Giger, Frank Frazetta, Hildebrant brothers, will be on display just to name a few... I still can't believe that my work will be among such big names in the art field! Click here for more info.