AMY WINEHOUSE SITS IN AT SEATTLE EXHIBITION

Late great Brit blues singer Amy Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) graces this free downloadable poster for Seattle's A Book About Death exhibition at the Almendra Sandoval Quetzalcoatl Gallery, opening on 11.11.11.

Poster by Angela Ferrara for A Book About Death Seattle.  Download the ABAD SEATTLE POSTER HERE.  

Artist Auctioning Off His Control Over His 7-Year Artistic Output on eBay

New York-based artist William Brovelli is selling control over his artistic output for 7 years, in an conceptual piece entitled "Seven Year Itch."  The project begins with an auction bid on his production on eBay.

The artist follows others who have used eBay to stir the art world pot a bit, generate buzz and and perhaps find themselves as endentured servants of the Art Review Power 100 for a period of ... years!  Christophe Büchel famously auctioned off his place at Manifesta several years ago.  Artist Sal Randolf bought the placement and created the Free Manifesta.

Brovelli writes: "This is an interactive piece titled: 'Seven Year Itch' in which I am offering the collector the right to suspend my creative output for a period of 7 years. This act of relinquishing control to the purchaser creates a scenario in which the collector becomes a primary figure in the forming of the history of the piece… as well as letting me off the hook for a while."  

William Brovelli participated in the global project, A Book About Death.  Click here to see his piece.

Bidding on eBay starts at: $1000.

Artist Website: http://www.williambrovelli.com/

Fluxmuseum ABAD Opens in Texas

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH THE EXHIBITION ARCHIVE: Fluxmuseum ABAD Opens in Texas.

Surrealestate: Art Call For Mobius

SURREALESTATE is an artist call for works to benefit Mobius, the Boston-based artist run cultural center.

Mobius Fundraiser and art bash for Mobius Artrages 2010 is looking for all sorts of artist-made post cards (4 x 6 inches) to go towards keeping Mobius in business.

DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2010
THEME: SURREALESTATE
ARTBASH/FUNDRAISER: MAY 8, 2010.



SEND WORK TO: Jane Wang
Mobius, Inc.
725 Harrison Ave, Suite One
Boston MA 02118 USA

Performances, installations and art goings on are promised for the evening.  The theme for Artrages 2010: SURREALESTATE was conceived by Mobius' board member, Lou Susi, a performance and visual artist.

Mobius is teetering on bankruptcy and the SURREALESTATE fundraiser a last-ditch effort to raise money/awareness to buy the space Mobius has been renting.

DETAILS ABOUT THE CALL:

A 4x6 postcard with one side containing your artwork and the other side with a handwritten or printed or typed word/sentence/phrase -anything you would like to say - in ANY LANGUAGE - related to Surrealestate.

Your handwritten signature somewhere would be greatly appreciated!

What surrealestate means to you is completely open.

The cards will be exhibited and then sold or used as prizes during Mobius Artrages 2010.

All materials will be accepted - the DEADLINE IS MAY 1ST, 2010 to allow a week to organize the cards for the exhibition.  No materials will be returned, the works will be considered 100% donations to Mobius, Inc.

In lieu of a blog, this public facebook page has been set up for all the cards submitted.

If you are a facebook member, please upload a photo of your work (just the artwork side) and tag your name and feel free to add any comments/links about yourself and your work - however again please to not reveal what it says on the "hidden" side of your card. This will be revealed at Mobius Artrages 2010.

If YOU ARE NOT A FACEBOOK member, please email a jpeg file of your work to

Jane@mobius.org
Subject: 4x6 SURREALESTATE Photo

and your photo will be posted.

PLEASE SEND YOUR POSTCARD (physical work of art) TO:

ATTN: Jane Wang
Mobius, Inc.
725 Harrison Ave, Suite One
Boston MA 02118 USA

QUESTIONS:
E-mail Jane@mobius.org or via FaceBook directly if you wish with 4x6 Surrealestate in the subject line if you can.

AND FINALLY: Please post this call on your own websites and invite any artists you know who might be interested in this call.

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH - THE MOVIE

Angela Ferrara, an artist based in São Paulo, Brazil, created this film 
for the exhibition A Book About Death. Angela, contributor to 
A Book About Death – see her art here – worked tirelessly to not 
only learn new software applications but to curate the original 
show into themes and sync it all to the beautiful music of 
Garry Schyman – his piece, Praan.
Visit The Music Of Garry Schyman

Praan
Bhulbona ar shohojete
Shei praan e mon uthbe mete
Mrittu majhe dhaka ache
je ontohin praan
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 3X)
Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde
Chittobinar taare
Shotto-shundu dosh digonto
Nachao je jhonkare!
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo am


Praan (English Translation)

The same stream of life
that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world
and dances in rhythmic measures.

It is the same life
that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.

It is the same life
that is rocked in the ocean-cradle
of birth and of death,
in ebb and in flow.

I feel my limbs are made glorious
by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages
dancing in my blood this moment.

Use of Garry Schyman's music for Praan – originally written for Where The Hell Is Matt? – has been generously granted by the composer.
 
Lyrics adapted from the poem "Stream Of Life" from Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore.

Music Credits: Music By Garry Schyman.  Drums and Engineering Dan Blessinger. Vocals Palbasha Siddique. Guitars and bass Kevin Dukes. Concertmaster Belinda Broughton. Orchestral contractor Ross DeRoche (DeRoche Music Inc.).  Vocal Contractor Melissa Nixon.

Queens Museum of Art : Poster For A Book About Death

Artist and curator Louise Weinberg asked me if I could produce a poster for The Queens Museum of Art.  Above is the result, with wonderful typography help from David Rager, a designer who produced one of the original posters for the exhibition at The Emily Harvey Foundation.  You are free to download and print this out; the high resolution PDF will scale quite large.

This image is from my series, A Perfect Friend.

If you are in Queens this weekend, please attend the opening.  More than 100 new works have been mailed in to the Queens Museum over the last week.  "And there are more coming everyday," said Louise.  Photographs of the installation will be posted soon.

In the meantime...

DOWNLOAD THE QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART POSTER FOR A BOOK ABOUT DEATH.

A Book About Death : A Short Film By Artist Jac Charlesworth

This film was made for A Book About Death by UK artist Jac Charlesworth. It was screened opening night, September 10, 2009 at The Emily Harvey Foundation in New York.  If you repost this on your blog, please credit Jac Charlesworth, A Book About Death and The Emily Harvey Foundation.

A Book About Death Posters : Free

Download, free, the 8 Posters for A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. Poster designs by Julia Hoffmann, Cecil Touchon, Robert Mars, Caterina Verde, David Rager, Osiris Hertz & Matthew Rose.

Exhibition opens September 10, 2009 at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, 537 Broadway, NYC, NY 10012.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE POSTERS.

Michael Jackson : RIP

MICHAEL JACKSON by Andy Warhol
Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
776.2 x 66 cm. Circa 1984
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NEW YORK

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH - CALL FOR ART WORKS

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH : ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE 500 POST CARDS EACH TO CREATE AN UNBOUND BOOK ABOUT DEATH. AN HOMAGE TO RAY JOHNSON, A CELEBRATION OF EMILY HARVEY, AN GLOBAL EXPLORATION OF DEATH.

NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS CONTRIBUTING. CDs, DVDs & OBJECTS ACCEPTED - SEND 500.

DO AN HOMAGE TO MICHAEL JACKSON, YOUR PARENTS, SOMEONE YOU KNEW WHO HAS PASSED AWAY. MAKE A DRAWING, A COLLAGE, A PAINTING, TAKE A PHOTO.  PRODUCE 500 POST CARDS, WRITE SOMEWHERE ON THE CARD: A BOOK ABOUT DEATH.  ADD YOUR WEB SITE AND SEND TO THE GALLERY.

EXHIBITION AT THE EMILY HARVEY FOUNDATION GALLERY IN NEW YORK CITY. OPENING: THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2009. EXHIBITION: 10 - 22 SEPTEMBER 2009.

TWITTER? PUT OUT A TWEET ABOUT THE ARTIST CALL!

CLICK HERE FOR ALL INFO AND TO SEE WORKS ALREADY SUBMITTED.

FREE IRAN

Contribute to : A BOOK ABOUT DEATH

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH OPEN CALL

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH OPEN CALL TO ALL ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS.

Exhibition in NYC at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery.  Opening 10 September.  Contribute, Participate, Distribute.