~CHIEF MAG/TAYLOR McKIMENS/MAYA HAYUK/CORY ARCANGEL/PAPER RAD/MATT FURIE/KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS
PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAGAZINE
artlovers cherry picks CHIEF MAGAZINE, as of: OCT 12, 2007:
FIRST UP: TAYLOR McKIMENS – CHIEF MAGAZINE – ISSUE #9
INTERVIEW: STEPHANIE PORTO / PHOTOS: ERIN LYNN WELSH
. . . what it’s like to grow up and wanna be an artist – in the southern USA (cultural) wasteland and border towns (of COLORADO & ARIZONA) – where, even after you’ve grown up & come to understand contemporary art goes on past Andy Warhol – your acclaimedcomic book – ‘THE DRIPS’ – still weirds out your family!!!
. . . a quote from the interview: “I know there’s a lot people from New York that grew up with being exposed to art and their parents used to take them to museums and stuff. But all I really had was weird paintings of cactuses and coyotes…”
. . . bye the way, that’s GALLERI LOYAL – not ROYAL – in STOCKHOLM.
. . . 2 nice pix of TAYLOR – but super GREAT, as in g-r-e-a-t !! photos of his work !!
. . . here’s a few samples:
TAYLOR McKIMENS/PHOTO: ERIN LYNN WALSH/COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY TAYLOR McKIMENS/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY TAYLOR McKIMENS/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
GET THE REST of THE INTERVIEW & PIX: here !
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NEXT UP: MAYA HAYUK – CHIEF MAGAZINE – ISSUE #9
INTERVIEW: RYAN GAJEWSKI / PHOTOS: TOD SEELIE
. . . “WHEN SHE was a kid, MAYA HAYUK as obsessed with RECORD COVERS . . .”
. . . “I GREW UP in Baltimore, but since my parents were from the UKRAINE, studying the language, making crafts, going to summer camps…”
. . . “I WANTED to be involved in everything, was super into school , and obsessed with time travel, parallel universes…”
. . . the interview flails at intervals & is overly long – but make it thru midpoint and there are some interesting comments about BARNSTORMERS – by this artist – whose work we first saw an atm summer show (2006) curated by TAKA KAWACHI – see: Art Lovers Photos 2006-09-26/row 8 – and who had one of the best drawings in the JAN 2007 BALLPOINT DRAWING SHOW – curated by RICH JACOBS at CINDERS, see: Art Lovers/THE BOMB
. . . here’s a few samples of the photos & art work:
MAYA HAYUK/PHOTO: TOD SEELIE/COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY MAYA HAYUK/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY MAYA HAYUK/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
GET THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW & PIX: here !
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NEXT UP: CORY ARCANGEL – CHIEF MAGAZINE – ISSUE #9
INTERVIEW: A.P. SMITH & ED ZIPCO / PHOTOS: ED ZIPCO & COURTESY CORY ARCANGEL
. . . “ON A Wednesday afternoon, Cory invited us to his studio in Brooklyn to talk art, computers, comedy and sports…”
. . . “I MOVED into the city in 2000. So I’ve been here almost eight years, which is crazy. It seems like a week, or like a couple of months ..”
. . . it’s kind of a real boy thing talk – but it turns very serious and informative at every corner – its SUPER (MARIO) FUN TO READ !!
. . . P.S. – “PERMANENT VACATION” was the name of a very early & now very famous, JIM JARMUSCH Indie Film, from the early 80’s – back in the day!
. . .here’s a few samples of the great pix that accompany the quick paced interview:
CORY ARANGEL/PHOTO BY ED ZIPCO/COURTESY/CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY CORY ARCANGEL/”sans.. simon”/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
FOLLOW THE CHAT & GET THE REST OF THE (GREAT) PIX: HERE !
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NEXT PICK: PAPER RAD – CHIEF MAGAZINE – ISSUE #8
INTERVIEW: UNACCREDITED / PHOTOS: ED ZIPCO, ADAM BEEZER, PAPER RAD
. . . “WHEN WE planned for this interview, we half expected Paper Rad to give us animated .gifs as answers to our questions. And that would have been fine…”
. . . starts out with …”how did you guys meet” . . . quickly gets to …’Let’s animate a website” … but not before the amazing reminder that they all met before the Internet existed (!) …to “Touch-Dog” .. “East Coast Vibe” .. and the “FAKE BOOK” !! MOMA and the MoMA security guards.
. . . “BEN: ‘We’re like the caretakers of this dog but the dog is totally out of our control. I mean , we’re .. I don’t know.'”
. . . “JACOB: ‘Well, no, I mean, other people can walk the dog.'”
. . . NUFF SAID !! – read on ….. super read – & – super, as in SUPER G-R-E-A-T PIX of Paper Rad at their recent MoMA performance & lots of great as in SUPER G-r-e-a-t pix of their artwork !!
. . . here’s a few samples of the pix:
PAPER RAD at MoMA/PHOTOS BY ED ZIPCO/ADAM BEEZER/COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY PAPER RAD/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ARTWORK BY PAPER RAD/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
GET THE REST of the COLORFUL BIO & PIX: here !
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MATT FURIE – CHIEF MAGAZINE – ISSUE #8
INTERVIEW: UNACCREDITED / PHOTOS: UNACCREDITED
. . . “MATT FURIE has exhibited in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and abroad … ”
. . . “Here we talk about toys, cartoons, music and his girlfriend…”
. . . they meet thru FECALFACE>COM, and he listed ns to The KNIFE … interesting story; great, great illustrations & photos.
. . . here’s a few samples of the pix & illustrations:
MATT FURIE/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
ART WORK/ILLUSTRATION BY MATT FURIE/PHOTO COURTESY:CHIEF MAG
ARTWORK/ILLUSTRATION BY MATT FURIE/PHOTO COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
FOLLOW THE story and dig the rest of the illustrations: here !
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last but not least, KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS – CHIEF MAGAZINE – ISSUE #8
INTERVIEW: UNACCREDITED /PHOTOS: ERIN WELSH
. . . “HAILING FROM the suburbs of Chicago, Kiersten now lives in Brooklyn…”
. . . it’s a good narrative, a little melancholy – just like the work. Good Q & A – REALITY CHECK ! – maybe ? though not necessarily – for every young artist… who comes to conquer New York.
KIERSTEN definitely marches to a different, though strikingly – inner directed … drum roll!
here’s some pix:
KIRSTEN ESSENPREIS/PHOTO BY ERIN WELSH/COURTESY/CHIEF MAG
ART WORK BY KRISTEN ESSENPREIS/COURTESY: CHIEF MAG
read her story & check out more pix of her work: here !
if you didn’t catch the link to her website – on which she collaborated with her brother, she never does give him a name – he does the web work/she does the drawing – then – here’s a 2nd chance – www.youfail.com – don’t miss it – !! it is strange & wonderful !! in a funny kind of way – it’s sort of – the EXTREME polar opposite of Paper Rad!
and, . . here’s the artlovers report on her recent (Spring 2007) 2 PERSON SHOW with JOHN ORTH
at CINDERS – artlovers PHOTO REPORT: 2007-06-07 – scroll down to ROW 11 !!!!