Antonio Estupinan
Antonio Estupinan, oil paint, the white mesh from the inside of my old swimming trunks, reborn art stretcher pieces, staples, 2011, 13 1/2″ x 7 1/17″ backside revealed 3/4 view
Month: August 2011
INSTALLED: Ben & Jerry’s
Installed and left This S Ur Brain This S Ur Brain On Drugs at Providence’s Ben & Jerry’s located at 237 Meeting Street.
INSTALLED: East Side Pediatrics, Providence
Installed and left Da Idea Of Oppression S Used 2 Obscure Transcendence at East Side Pediatrics located at 154 Waterman St # 3 in Providence, Rhode Island. My sons’ pediatrician works there — fine, fine people. Da Idea Of Oppression S Used 2 Obscure Transcendence, oil, green chile burlap potato sack, wood, staples, 2011,... Continue reading INSTALLED: East Side Pediatrics, Providence
INSTALLED: United States Post Office
Installed and left Consuela Jimenez at the United States Post Office branch located at 24 Corliss St # 100. I had been meaning to install a painting here for a while since my family and I frequent this branch quite often, but I always hesitated for some reason or another (too many... Continue reading INSTALLED: United States Post Office
INSTALLED: Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Past 0ld Friends R Better n d Left was installed and left at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island’s 6th floor family waiting room. I’ll never be able to gain access to this area to see how long it remained for as it is restricted to those visiting family or friends who have just... Continue reading INSTALLED: Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
INSTALLED: Providence Children’s Museum
“Keep and Clean Your Dirty Sex Fights” — Kevin Tocino installed and left at the Providence Children’s Museum Coming to Rhode Island exhibit. (installation view) “Keep and Clean Your Dirty Sex Fights” — Kevin Tocino, oil, ink, gamsol scum, clorox bleach, canvas, found wood, staples, 2011, 8″ x 4.556663239389298383929238292300329834282920320323293289320032932893203429239832932040432932093203293420903293290320″
Introducing Baby Dimas
We just had our second baby, yeah!!! Se llama Dimas Juan. He weighed in at 8lbs 13oz at 11:01 in the morning of August 5th — 10 fingers, 10 toes, great health, and we’re mucho mucho lucky to have him. “Dimas” comes from my wife’s grandmother’s brother who died when he was just a boy... Continue reading Introducing Baby Dimas
Fernando Lavenant
Fernando Lavenant, oil paint, my son’s old underwear Toy Story 3 edition – size 5T, old wooden stretcher scraps, paint residue, staples, 2011, 8 2/9″ x 4.0″ backside revealed 3/4 views
REJECTED: HousEART proposal
The HousEART Project, a Smith Hill Community Development Corporation initiative, denied my project proposal as pictured above in a digital mockup. Their website describes HousEART as “… a community-wide transformative art project. It connects artists with neighborhood volunteers in order to bring life and color to foreclosed, vacant houses…” Their “call for artists” specs granted... Continue reading REJECTED: HousEART proposal
Juan Leyva
Juan Leyva, oil, my son’s old underwear-size 3T, wood, staples, 2011, 8 1/3″ x 3 99/100″ backside revealed 3/4 views
Consuela Jimenez
Installed and left Consuela Jimenez at the United States Post Office branch located at 24 Corliss St # 100. I had been meaning to install a painting here for a while since my family and I frequent this branch quite often, but I always hesitated for some reason or another (too... Continue reading Consuela Jimenez
Proof Positive of Negative Results: “Life S Like a Bowl of Cherries, U Never No What U Gonna Get”
A month after the painting was installed outside the front of an abandoned house I realized it was finally gone; however, as I slowly drove by, I could barely make out a pinkish hue coming off the floor of the front porch. There it lie, tossed aside, my first proof of a negative encounter... Continue reading Proof Positive of Negative Results: “Life S Like a Bowl of Cherries, U Never No What U Gonna Get”