Experiments in art : digital : life

And this one will take a long time.

A diptych, this painting touches on a lot of aspects of our work, including both the history of performance and its live element, The Cover Artists, factory work + labor, and the relationship between digital and analog.

I hope to post various iterations as the paintings progress, but for now, here is the digital sketch of the LHS canvas. Both canvases measure 30 X 40 inches and are each comprised of 10,800 1/3 inch squares that will be individually painted.

“I try hard never to forget that art is essentially a game of signification, and that in our capacity as artists, we always endeavor to ask questions, to search, and to play.”

- Joseph Kosuth

We’ve been in Kansas City for nearly two months now. The Organic Art Factory itself is taking off in new directions. Most recently, we completed two commissioned paintings for the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, and have begun work on a series of paintings entitled, The Air with Variations.

Cherries in Spring, 2010

Teaching is going well at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

We’ve also been writing a column as Lilika Ruby entitled Art & Sex for the online magazines, The Faster Times, and Ovi Magazine.

Stay tuned for details about an upcoming show…

Bittersweet, it is. Leaving Chicago.

Lots of good friends, and good times, and good laughs.

But then there were the winters, the hangovers, and the joblessness.

So that’s that.

As a farewell, we decided to stack all our stuff up in the windows of Fishbowl.

Enjoy.