what i did in mexico

i went to a where's waldo convention with my pigeon friends



went to Tonala: a place where arts and crafts are sometimes sold at almost wholesale price


had some Pedro Infante sightings (sell out!)


the end. i did more but you know...

you think its tough now? come to mexico

im in mexico right now. i been here for almost a month. i know understand the whole day of the dead more seeing how there is so many accidents and dead people everyday. Everyday it seems we (my family) hear about some muertito from somewhere. and then there is a tons of pollution here...and i been watching my gradma´s novela which is hella campy but whatever. oh yeah and the theme song was sang by Sergio Gomez from the band K-Paz de la Sierra, who surprise, surprise recently died...i mean killed.

Ofrendas...tu sabes

Ofrendas @ Tropico de Nopal
November 2, 2007

day of the dead, one of my favorite "holidays" besides from new year's and recently thanksgiving. anyways, i had fun if not an akward time but isnt that way day of the dead is all about: facing akward situations? no, i know thats its not about that but you know what i mean. now some art aka installitions aka altars.


this was my favorito, i guess cuz of the floating candles and the pillows.flowers
monitos con cereal fruti lups

flores y un colchon
mis favoritas artistas


you see how the light catches the essence of the mood?

damn jenny, you grew up!

this is my bbf from 6th grade. damn, i knew she was pretty but she grew up to be hella hot. and i'm only saying hella alot because once i go back to LA i'm going to guess my ass kicked for saying it. so hella! hella! hella!

anyways, image above by Marco Patino. and i guess he is having a show, reception nov 19 at lightspace at the brewery blah blah...

*image used without permission. if it bothers anyone tell me so i can take it down...

Wow, hasta de donde llega ese tatuaje!

*pic of a day of the dead carro

i'm up in san pancho visiting friends, going to a party, some art shows and eating chicken tikka masala. back in LA i went to two day of the dead celebrations. at the first one i joined a group of dancing folks parading around Hollywood Forever with hotdog in one hand and beer on the other.needless to say i got mustard all over my dress. we were all sweaty at the end of "parade". i'm trying to find out from what part of Mexico they are from but all i get is something about pacito durangese. then on the actual day i went to see some altar installations but more on that later.

i have this song stuck in my head:

lo que se perdio Mitsy

this was a crazy night. No, this was a weird night but i guess it was fun. it had everything music, art, and a movie and a discussion panel. so i guess you just had to be there. and if anybody wants to buy me a new camera for x-mas i greatly appreciate it.

artist exhibited: Daniel Gonzalez, John Miner, Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Txutxo Perez, Jesse Xeroxed, germs, and Joan Zamora.








mines



girl in a coma



see i need a new camera


the end... sorry for the misspelling earlier.

escape to darlingtonia

Camille Rose Garcia @ Merry Karnowsky
October 20, 2007

so i went to the camille rose garcia and it was hella crowded so i freaked out and left. the art was good though...look, look, look:


camera phone bitches!
buy me these two



my favorite

colors so beautiful they make your eyes bleed



polar bear...

September 15: Barry Kinky

the day started at city hall...funny, i never been there. so we heard some man give a speech or two, or three i lost count...then afterwards, like a couple of hours later and a bag of chex mix all over someone's car:

Barry McGee at REDCAT showing his Advanced Mature Work (which is still up until Nov 25)





oh those crazy kids...





checking out downtown



later we saw mis boyfriends: Kinky, sorry for the blurry mess



?desde tus pies?



regaining composure the next day



damn, that was a good day.

Shizu Solo Show @ Tropico

Shizu Saldamando Solo Show @ Tropico de Nopal
August 4 - September 1 2007

The show was good...to say the least this was a crazy night. I really like her work.