Hilarious! And Justin’s dad abides. He cracks me up regularly.
We interrupt the current Galveston pictorial with this breaking news story:
NEW YORK—HarperCollins Publishers announced Monday that 24-year-old Islip, NY resident Gerard Dillow has accepted its offer of $250,000 to publish his Facebook status from 56 minutes ago, which reads, “In it to win it, suckas.” “We’re confident that In It To Win It, Suckas will be a huge success when it hits stores next summer,” editorial director Edith Dalrymple said of the forthcoming hardcover, which will feature a 140-character forward by Shit My Dad Says author Justin Halpern. “The fact that Gerard’s status already has six ‘likes’ and seven comments—only two of which are from him—tells us this property has a solid built-in audience.” Dillow’s book will be released just two weeks after the film IKEA QUEEN BED FRAME AND BOX SPRING!!!!!!!!!! REDUCED PRICE!!!!!!!, which was optioned from the popular Craigslist post.
Chau combines common mediums and common means to create delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, gesture and form, resulting in works that combine egalitarian sensibility and minimalist restraint.
Her work touches on the value of Storytelling, Myths and its ability to connect us to each other through cultural and humanistic similarities. Chau’s current work drifts into new territory by exploring the periphery of the narrative, moments forgotten and faded, or too brief to retain.
El Colacho — an annual practice dating back to the 1600s that celebrates the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi & takes place in the tiny village of Castrillo de Murcia, Spain. During El Salto del Colacho (The Devil’s Jump) men dressed as the Devil leap over babies who were born during the previous twelve months while the babies lie on mattresses placed in the street. Origins of the tradition are unknown but it is said to cleanse the babies of original sin, ensure them safe passage through life and guard against illness and evil spirits. (Wiki)
Now that I think about it, there are hardly any practices from the 1600s that warrant condoning, in particular regarding “evil spirits”. You would think that THIS one would have been eradicated by common sense by now…
People who take great, artistic pains to get their children to eat? Maybe…I think it’s kinda cute too.
A new work by Elliott Arkin: Seedbed, which continues the artist’s practice of making art-related figurines with this Picasso lawn gnome. (via Eyeteeth)
