L.M.'s Top Ten List of 2007 art things.
1. Fastwürms, DONKY@NINJA@WITCH @AGYU
What the fuck's wrong with Harwood, he has them at number four on his list and Sandra Rechico doesn't do much better by giving them a number three spot. And what other Canadian artists can draw so many people to their opening, that you actually have to avoid half of the crowd, ...because ...well ...it's complicated, trust me ...very awkward.
I really thought enough time had passed. ...I suppose I'm expected to apologize.
2. Rebecca Diederichs in Persona Volare's Granite Club, The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Whenever I was in her studio this past summer, she would show me a humungous amount of painted clothes pins, and yammer on about something or other to do with the painting of a humungous amount of clothes pins. I'd nod a lot, and wonder what the hell is she doing anyway. The finished installation was gorgeous. (I am not worthy to even hold her ladder steady, only Chantal Rousseau is.)
3. Julie Voyce at Tom Thomson in Owen Sound, Ontario
Even though she's all grown up now and no longer frames her work with mismatched dollar store materials held together with drywall screws and staples, the crazy still shines through with the rigour.
4. Chris Ashley's HTML Drawings.
5. Favourite jpegs that have appeared on this site (finally side by side as they should be)
 
(It looks to me like Allyson Mitchell's Hungry Purse has totally vanquished T's Michael the Archangel)
6 The Walrus for publishing and PAYING for work from amazing artists like Kate Wilson and Shary Boyle among many others, plus their recent issue on the Arctic was brilliant in every way.
7. Artfag 
 Tangerines in Red Net Bag
Simpleposie 
8. The Royal Winter Fair plus Rob Cruickshank's GIF of our sexy friends at SEMEX™
9. I continue to love VVORK.
10. My Fucking Dog, yes my fucking dog.
Who turned out to be even more fun than this image of him that I first saw on a Lab adoption site six months ago. Bigger too. (and his breath doesn't stink anymore)
Please note that I had to make a jpeg of Ashley's piece because I couldn't render it properly in HTML, (it got all screwy in firefox) So basically I've stripped it of all it's artistic integrity, but hey, some of us do just fine without it.
im honoured, thank you
me too!
Please note, Anthony, that I do use the Spiral of Mental icon beside your link.
And thanks to Rob's GIF, Sally & I have retained the corporate sponsorship of SEMEX™ during these difficult times when so many other art blogs are suffering shocking financial setbacks.
They always come through.
i perfer to think of that as the spiral of visinary prophecy
Or the Spiral of Bonkers.
very very honoured ... especially about being side-by-side with B-Boy! and you other stellar folks and animals and spirals.
p.s. if anyone wants clothespegs ... please ... do, let me know.
I thought that since I performed in Fastwurms show it might seem a little bit too close to home to list it at #1!!!
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L.M.'s Top Ten List of 2007 art things.
1. Fastwürms, DONKY@NINJA@WITCH @AGYU
What the fuck's wrong with Harwood, he has them at number four on his list and Sandra Rechico doesn't do much better by giving them a number three spot. And what other Canadian artists can draw so many people to their opening, that you actually have to avoid half of the crowd, ...because ...well ...it's complicated, trust me ...very awkward.
I really thought enough time had passed. ...I suppose I'm expected to apologize.
2. Rebecca Diederichs in Persona Volare's Granite Club, The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Whenever I was in her studio this past summer, she would show me a humungous amount of painted clothes pins, and yammer on about something or other to do with the painting of a humungous amount of clothes pins. I'd nod a lot, and wonder what the hell is she doing anyway. The finished installation was gorgeous. (I am not worthy to even hold her ladder steady, only Chantal Rousseau is.)
3. Julie Voyce at Tom Thomson in Owen Sound, Ontario
Even though she's all grown up now and no longer frames her work with mismatched dollar store materials held together with drywall screws and staples, the crazy still shines through with the rigour.
4. Chris Ashley's HTML Drawings.
5. Favourite jpegs that have appeared on this site (finally side by side as they should be)
(It looks to me like Allyson Mitchell's Hungry Purse has totally vanquished T's Michael the Archangel)
6 The Walrus for publishing and PAYING for work from amazing artists like Kate Wilson and Shary Boyle among many others, plus their recent issue on the Arctic was brilliant in every way.
7. Artfag
Simpleposie
8. The Royal Winter Fair plus Rob Cruickshank's GIF of our sexy friends at SEMEX™
9. I continue to love VVORK.
10. My Fucking Dog, yes my fucking dog.
Who turned out to be even more fun than this image of him that I first saw on a Lab adoption site six months ago. Bigger too. (and his breath doesn't stink anymore)
- L.M. 12-31-2007 7:01 pm
Please note that I had to make a jpeg of Ashley's piece because I couldn't render it properly in HTML, (it got all screwy in firefox) So basically I've stripped it of all it's artistic integrity, but hey, some of us do just fine without it.
- L.M. 12-31-2007 7:38 pm
im honoured, thank you
- anthony (guest) 1-01-2008 6:08 am
me too!
- rob (guest) 1-01-2008 6:55 am
Please note, Anthony, that I do use the Spiral of Mental icon beside your link.
And thanks to Rob's GIF, Sally & I have retained the corporate sponsorship of SEMEX™ during these difficult times when so many other art blogs are suffering shocking financial setbacks.
- L.M. 1-01-2008 9:50 pm
They always come through.
- rob (guest) 1-01-2008 11:20 pm
i perfer to think of that as the spiral of visinary prophecy
- anthony (guest) 1-02-2008 7:44 am
Or the Spiral of Bonkers.
- L.M. 1-02-2008 8:42 pm
very very honoured ... especially about being side-by-side with B-Boy! and you other stellar folks and animals and spirals.
p.s. if anyone wants clothespegs ... please ... do, let me know.
- rad (guest) 1-03-2008 7:57 pm
I thought that since I performed in Fastwurms show it might seem a little bit too close to home to list it at #1!!!
- Andrew Harwood (guest) 1-08-2008 3:44 am