The 29th Annual Stupid Parade!

Sunday April's Fools I went to the Saint Supid Parade thrown by the The First Church of the Last Laugh. The parade was really funny. It ended at North Beach's Washington Square where the question was asked: "What is Benjamin Franklin doing in Washington Square?" Funny. Of course the guy who is always naked was there, and everybody with their stupid signs and chants...duh!

some pics:

"No, more chanting! No more chanting! No,more chanting!"



jesus christ superstar



the end is near!



12 Galaxies! Frank Chu spoke, of course...

Galeria Mason Gave Me Rug Burn

Last week, Friday night, I had an art show in my small studio in downtown San Francisco. Why?... Why not? The art show was scheduled from 6pm-9pm. By 6:15pm I was freaking out thinking no one was going to come. I don't remember when the first guest came or the last one left, but before you knew it my wee little studio was jammed packed with people and art…of course. There were 17 contributing artist with 60 art pieces on display. The funniest part of the night was this random girl that walked in, went into the restroom, did some coke, walked out and came back five minutes later all "spunky and what not". The next day I woke up with a rug burn on my elbow and two empty boxes of 2 Buck Chuck everywhere. Thanks to everyone who came out, and contributed. And special thanks to Sara G for helping me curate. The end.

Here are some pics.

some art...abridged.

art goers

someone got claustrophic...my closet, where i stored my "belongings".

artistas

the hostess...color coordinating the clothes with the drinks

more art..."kinda" blurry.

sing along

now really the end...for now.

Ewww...there is a maggot in my art

Gross, gross, gross. I was supposed to see an art in the Mission about whales but no!!! Somehow I mess up on time and was unable to because I had dinner plans with my friend. My friend noticed I was a bit disappointed so trying to lift my spirits he suggested we check out the gallery across the street from our restaurant.

Surprise! Maggots on display at 20 goto 10 Gallery and it was for one night only so if you missed out too bad! But here are some pics...



Oh yeah and there needles of some sort and a microscope to look at the maggots up close all moving...ewww. Hmmm, time to eat some Thai food.

Protesting is Hard to Do

I woke up hung over, and after settling on a "protesting outfit" I headed to Civic Center to check out the protesting. When i got there no one was there except the vendors. There is vendors in protest? I thought, and apparently so...even a Paletero Man.

I was about to doze of on the grass when suddenly out of nowhere there was protesters everywhere.

Anyways, check out this multimedia piece done by the Golden Gate Express on the protest. It definitely captures the energy of the day...Good job Kresta!

Sensacional! Mexican Street Graphics

After the vivienne westwood "ceremony" i headed to the yerba buena center for the arts in SF where they had "sensacional:mexican street graphics""celebrates the vernacular design of Mexico, where a rough, idiosyncratic beauty arises from a mom-and-pop street economy". Or in another words, street signs, a giant luchador, posters, novela book covers,etc. It was really funny...here are some stolen shots. Shhhh...dont tell the ybca.

the only bad part about the exhibition was that they had this video showing in the same space which was weird because in the other room especially dedicated to just videos. i guess they figure since it had to with mexicans it was okay...lame. But this is still good.

Vivienne Westwood Stalker

It was Vivienne Westwood weekend. Went to the "Couture and Cocktails: Exhibition Opening Party for Vivienne Westwood" friday at the de Young...people were overdress. The show ended and we ended up at Delirium...It was too early and we were too dressed up to say goodnight.

The next day I saw Dame Westwood get her honorary doctored from the Academy of Art. I have to say she made me laugh till no end. She reminded me very much of Mr.Lydon.
She pretty much said there is no talent out there, to stop buying stuff, and she never compromised anything because she always did things her way. I like her.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Oakland Fun

My art was up in the all inclusive/saloon-style Over Hung 3: Well Hung at Boontling Gallery in Oakland. I must admit I actually freaked out at one point by the amount of people and the lack of space there was...But it was fun. Afterwards we went to a bar a couple of blocks away with the most "diverse" group of people I ever seen....in a bar at least.

crowded claustrophia!



ahhhhhh!



what are you doing sitting on the floor there?



what? at the bar...

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Chicano Art Magazine Release Party

The month of January was crazy. I left LA to go to SF the first week. Two weeks later I was back, and this time I actually needed to get some work done. Which was good I was back because I was able to attend this party.

Have you ever been to the fastest burger king in the country? I have.



As it turns out he washes his hair at the gas station.



And now The Chicano Ar Magazine release party and art show, with Oscar Magallenes on the cover.



Some art: Marcos Zamora



nice shoes lady...he he he



Z is for Zorro



Shizu Saldamando



time to go home

Monday, December 4, 2006

Nothing beats seeing your x-boyfriend with his new girlfriend then waking up in Oakland

Now i must admit i had a hunch i was the gentleman tonight but lets face it: The City is 7x7 (miles square). So unless i intended to never go to another art show again this was pretty much unavoidable. And besides, I had two shoes to go to!

First show: The Dispossessed, Monica Canilao Solo Show at Needles and Pens.

upclose...

bird prints and instillation

installation, people looking around

I ran into someone from work...kind off and was invited to a party in Oakland. Of course my first reaction was: hell no! I dont want to die! So I said maybe and headed to White Walls and the Shooting Gallery in the TL...


Second Show: Water Under the Bridge, Sam Flores Solo Show @ White Walls Gallery

fucking beautiful but i must admit i'm not a fan of sunflowers...

"The Puppies"

I was ready to go home but it felt too early to go home. Of couple of phone calls, and many hours later...


How do I get home again? well at least I had my bike with me.