Aren't You Jealous?

Chris Fitzgerald and Christopher Robin - Immediacy
click here to read Donahue's article in the CA

Greely Myatt in Art in America

greely
putting memphis on the map
click here to read the article
be sure to go and buy a copy as well

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Dear Super Bowl Commercials,

You really all sucked dick.

thanks

dwayne
m.o.

Oxford Day II

okay
the first sentence
out of my mouth
after the first question
on the experimental panel
was fuck fuck fuck
it did break the ice

the films were good
some were bad
i did notice that i had three or four typos
people that i left them on purpose
uh
yeah okay

the after party was good
i di not win an award
other than the satisfaction
of being able to attend
the wine they served there
sucked dick hole
way too sweet
my mom would have loved it
they did have lazy magnolia beer
that is really really good
in fact i am drinking one now

alcohol is really cheap in oxford
good news for me
and the students of ole miss
but
there sure is a lot of confederate flags
and white people

i walked on the red carpet
that was cool
it was for the line to the bathroom

Pigskin

Dear Peyton Manning,

Please die of a heart attack in the next six hours.

thanks

dwayne
m.o.

Oxford Day I

we arrived in oxford around 6:45
we were at the bar at 7:45
the food was not great
bad burger
worse hot wings
but the oysters
were as fresh and delicious
as i have ever had
we did not do anything after that
came back to the room

there is no jacuzzi
oh well
there is always forever

going to look for a breakfast place
that is not a denny's
ihop
or ck's
my film screens at 1:00pm
so
plenty of time for you to get here
in oxford
and check it out
excited about several films
for the rest of the day
sweetness

tonight is the awards ceremony
i brought my wing-off trophy to carry around
it really is the only trophy that matters

sorry i missed all the great openings last night
missed the on the street show
sorry i missed the nashville folks
oh well
there is always forever

more later
after my film

Angelbert Metoyer in the CA

click here to read Bill Ellis' article

Ted Faiers and Lynn McCarty at David Lusk

Forlorn Friday Night take II

Memphis College of Art Presents Forlorn

Memphis, TN–Memphis College of Art presents Forlorn, new works by MCA papermaking and book arts professor Cynthia Thompson, through February 7, 2010 at on the street, MCA's downtown gallery located at 338 S. Main. A closing reception, rescheduled from an earlier date, is Friday, February 5 from 6-8 pm. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday, 4-9 pm and Saturday from noon to 5 pm. The exhibtion and reception are free and open to the public.

Forlorn continues Professor Thompson's exploration of the body through personal investigation and various techniques of art making. Thompson addresses her body-centered interests through the processes of papermaking, book binding and letterpress printing; which individually and collectively reveal veiled meaning and metaphor.

Caseworks - Nashville Artists take II

click here for more images

the opening is Friday 5-7 at AMUM
good times people
good times
and good work from nashvegas

Ole Miss

i am going to oxford this weekend
i have an opening at the art museum
and i am in the oxford film fest

pretty sweet all around
i get to do it in a hotel in oxford this weekend
that is exciting

i do not think i have ever had sex in oxford
that i can remember anyways

if the hotel room
happens to have a hot tub jacuzzi
we may never come back
we may never leave the room
those kind of things
hot tub jacuzzis
gets the georgia naked easy
good new for me

i get to see cigarette girl finally
excited about that
i am even making a video
while i am there
a video that will mention
larry brown
one armed men
one legged women
tow trucks
ex-girlfriends
come to think of it
i need to plan a camping trip to mississippi
i like to play horseshoes while camping
and eating ribs
drinking beer
and watch nutbush
cram as many marshmellows
in his mouth as he can

i do not think i have applied to a job in mississippi
this go around
come to think of it
i have not applied for a job in
hawaii
south dakota
delaware
puerto rico
nevada
minneapolis

i know that puerto rico is not a state
it should be

i am running for county mayor

Broken Dreams

click here to read an article by Michael Donahue in today's CA.

It is True

i am an artist
and i live in memphis
so
you could say
i am an artist in memphis
i have invested much
into this cities visual art scene
more than most
not as much as some
let me be the first to say

at least to say it on this blog

do not turn the pyramid
into an art museum
bad form all around
you might as well put it
in the lobby of paragon bank
or at doggie day care
or perhaps
even better
at america's nails
i would prefer it at the fairgrounds
at the medicine factory
in the building MCA just purchased
for their new grad center
it would be better next to the dog track
in west memphis
then at the pyramid

Rip Torn Needs Me as a Drinking Buddy

click here to read the article
Gordan Gartrelle said it best
that is why i am stealing this from him

Forgive Your Enemies

Elisha Gold’s metal sculptures are all around Memphis, the latest -- the huge socially-conscious flowers in My Big Backyard at the Botanic Gardens.

“I use the human face so the viewer can have a more personal experience with the sculpture…In my work I express the relationship of soul and machine working as one…the complexity and compatibility of objects working simultaneously to achieve a sense of frozen motion or an over all loud silence.”

Come see what happens when Eli puts down his torch and picks up his brush.

Eli's Coming! "Forgive Your Enemies" opening reception: Friday, February 5th, from 5 til 8. For more information, call 276-1251 or go online to www.galleryfiftysix.com.