PROOF

Hey y'all.
Hooray for getting into my first show on the west coast.
The show is PROOF at Southern Exposure, and the most exciting thing about it? SoEx is one of my favourite galleries here... It is #2, actually, second only to a gallery that is open so rarely I may have made it up.
Here is the website for the gallery!
Everything SoEx does is interesting and new. No cupcakes here.
I don't have an actual picture of the piece? I made it just for the show, and just forgot to take a picture of it before dropping it off. But here are some pictures H-Bomb! took at the opening:
Mine is the book, not the photograph above it.
My fan base.

If you get to go, kiss the feet of Glitterfoot, aka the best thing in the show XOXO

-Uu

Hey! Guess what? I've been published! One of my favorite drawing professor's was asked to submit some student work to be considered for publication in the fourth edition textbook Drawing: Space, Form, and Expression by Wayne Enstice & Melody Peters. I actually own the first edition because I bought it for school. Five students, myself included, were chosen from Kent State and hundreds more from all over the country. It's really exciting and there are some really beautiful student drawings throughout the book. Plus, they sent me a free copy! So, that saved me $100 w00t!  

Thar she is!

Oddly enough, one of my least favorite drawings of the semester. Who knows how words are formed!

Anywhooooo, I have some work to do. Byeeeee!

Roni!

Artist bio

1. Anna L Bihari received her BFA from Kent State University. She has chair, desk, dark blue curtainsdamnit, I just started writing down exactly what's in front of me...
2. Anna L Bihari got her BFA at Kent State University and red string safety pin, fuck.
3. Anna B as in BFA as in KSU as in 88.5 was doing a pledge drive all day.
4. Be hairy.
5. Too late to nap, too early to go to bed. I have the day off tomorrow.
6. linder was born and bred in suburban new york. she lives and works in brooklyn and buffalo, ny.
7. Anna L Bihari was born and bred in suburban Ohio. she lives and works in San Francisco and San Francisco, CA.
Done and done.

Classy

It's really unlike me to get political. I admittedly don't pay enough attention to make an informed opinion. When it comes to 9/11 I find it really difficult to become involved emotionally no matter if I want to or not.  Don't get me wrong, I know what happened and how terrible it was.  But, as a person not in NYC I really think the tragedy has been exploited...or, i can't think of the right word, made into a spectacle?  I've been to NY many times since it happened and I really just wanted a place to explore and feel like I learned something but was met with construction fencing.  This want for some sort of place to connect left me really worried about the memorial...this could be amazing or a spectacle. A few years ago, an international design competition was held to find a perfect memorial. Most of them were too big, too showy...many were taller than the original towers.  It was too much.  There is a reason the Vietnam memorial is so spectacular.  These designs were throwing subtlety and respect right out the window. So, I stopped paying attention. Until today! Today, I went to the 9/11 memorial site to see the damage and was pleasantly surprised (that's an understatement) to see images of a gorgeous park.  No really, it's breathtaking. I could describe it in detail but I'll just make a few points and post some images. First things first. The footprints remain intact and are featured. This was an important detail that I think was absolutely necessary to impressing upon the viewer the gravity of the event. Most of the designs covered them up.  The waterfalls are genius. Not only are they lovely but the crashing water is a nod to those who saw it happen.  Last but not least, the entire site is LEED gold certified.  How do you like that? Bravo, NY!

Right now, there is still a lot of construction happening around the site but hopefully that will clear out soon so visitors can get the full experience.  I look forward to that.  Here are some of the architect renderings:

While your at it check out these videos by story corps of a few of the victims families. For me, these are what hit home, all the talk about patriotism and catching the bad guys doesn't really do it for me.  When you want to remember a loved one, you think about them...not how they died. Not a dry eye left in my apartment. Geeesh!

http://www.youtube.com/user/storycorps

-Roni!

Schutz, Schutz, Schutz

I was perusing the newest issue of Art Forum today during my lunch break and saw a review for Dana Schutz's upcoming exhibition, "If the Face Had Wheels," at the Neuberger Museum of Art.  I haven't thought about Dana Schutz since fall 2006 when I saw her exhibition at MOCA Cleveland.  She's actually a graduate of Cleveland Institue of Art (BFA, earned her MFA at Columbia). So, it's awesome that she is doing well. Anyway, her work.  Her work is...crazy? Delicious? Visceral? All of the above, I'll say. Her work explores the depths of her infinite imagination and censors nothing. You can tell she's trying to tell you something but then you get distracted by the literal big picture.  Despite the primitive painting style she packs so much detail and visual interest that I have to explore before I even attempt to decipher the meaning. The paint usage and thick brush strokes are delicious.  It's the only way to describe it. Whenever I see a painting like hers I wanna scoop all the paint off and plop it into a cone, or on top of a cake. Yummy. The subject matter, though generally disturbing, are presented in a way that feels more curious than serious. The interviewer in this MOCA review elaborates on that idea. Enough of me making no sense. Here are some images:   

Happy, 2004

Presentation, 2005

Sneeze, 2001

The Breeders, 2002

Ladders, ladders, ladders, I win!

Roni!

If that diamond ring don't shine...

Just in time for summer to end, I got a new (old) bike! It's a vintage Royce Union that I took to Joy Machines to get all spruced up.  They were extremely helpful, nice, and the price was very reasonable. It's crazy cute and I made it even MORE cute by adding blue grip tape. The bike guys made it extra fancy by giving me blue brake cables, instead of the standard black. It has some rust but rides great...took her for a 14 mile test ride yesterday. The bike definitely did better than I did but, I still had lots of fun!!

Fancy

Majestic

Stylin'

Woooo!

Roni!

...momma's gonna buy you some turpentine.