theevil
Sunday, June 27th, 2010so remember the “pit of ultimate darkness” skits by the kids in the hall? the simon + manservant hecubus ones? the “pick a card, any card” “no!” “evil!” ones?
that’s sorta what visiting this gallery was like.
hey, there’s an art show coming to LA, it has paintings and prints by blake, crowley, anger, cameron, laffoley, and others. let’s check out their website
what’s this? a flash-only splash page? evil
the entire front page is images, no text? evil
the press release for the show is just a scan of the handout? evil
hours not listed anywhere on the site? evil
it’s on sunset blvd right by beverly hills? evil
once you get there, the only thing to mark it as the place you’re going to is small white print on the black glass doors? evil
absolutely no names, titles, or numbers description next to any painting? evil
programs hidden at the back of the gallery? evil
program not containing anything but author names, titles, and mediums of paintings? evil
no way to link which painting is which in the program other than by guesstimating position from ones you recognize? evil
actually displaying crowley’s slightly kindergardenish painting skills? evil
yes indeed. yesterday i looked into the face of evil, and it was slightly confusing and inconvenient.
and for those (like me) who wondered how laffoley gets text onto his painting-like things, he uses sticker letters that he then clearcoats over
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also, amber got me an octopus in a jar. it’s sitting across on the other audio speaker across from the civet skull
