The Monkey Puzzle

Monday, October 26, 2009

Hello Kitty*

Holgaroids from the insanely successful Hello Kitty show Thursday night in Culver City. Ran into old pals and deffinately made some new ones (hooray for that):

So, I just got an amazing refurbished Nikon D90 (thank you Sammy's) to shoot artwork. But feel like I should take it out more. So, Saturday night I was literally learning how to use it properly while shooting. Trial by fire.
Saturday started at the Giant Robot show in Little Tokyo. A group show with amazing talent like, Souther Salazar and James Jean. Ran into a million people I haven't seen in a long while.

Then it was off to Lola Gil's new place for a housewarming celebrating Travis Louie being in town for a few days. Wall-to-wall famous art folk. It was the textbook version of a classy time.

then the night finished off at Malo for Tomi Monstre's birthday at Malo. All-in-all a really great night of catching up with thousands of people (atleast felt like it).

Anti Christ..

had the absolute pleasure of seeing Lars Von Trier's 'Anti Christ' Friday midnight at the Nuart.
It's brutal, it's harsh, it makes women out to be demons and it dares the audience to enjoy it (the Nuart-ers were screaming) but that just made me like it more. Would I recommend it? No way. I don't want to be strapped with the burden of angry friends coming out of it ..but it does make Top 5 for my own personal list this year!

here are some gorgeous stills (it's a crime this film won't get nominated for cinematography):

Sunday, October 11, 2009

UCB's ULTIMATE COMEDY BASH: SOLVANG

Friday night comedy up North was amazing. Laughed so hard my head hurt a bit after. Haven't been using the Holgaroid lately so my cropping kinda sucked on some of these. Oh well. ( I need to get back on stage too -*ug )

Friday, October 9, 2009

Piiiink.

here's a new one..!

The Perfume Fire
12" x 24"
cel vinyl on wood

price? you tell me.

ENLIGHTEN! show.

here's my lamp for Enlighten! One Night of Light ( http://www.enlightenshow.com )

from the site: Enlighten! One Night of Light is a group exhibition of table lamps featuring printed shades with artwork by an eclectic roster of over 85 fine artists and illustrators working together to support arts education for children in Los Angeles. Each artist’s lamp design will be sold in a limited edition available for one night only. In addition, some artists will also create one original, handmade shade for a lamp that will be featured in a silent auction.

Saturday, November 21st 5-11 PM
Helms Bakery Building
8723 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA

ciao!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The INDIA Show at CHG..

hi there.. so here's the show from a month ago. Truly a big job but I learned so much. When I did my Natural History show 2 years ago I was really excited 'cause I thought, "Wow, a solo. Now I have an excuse to really learn this craft and do it 24/7." and that's exactly what happened.
On INDIA it really was another big step. The first couple of pieces I was feeling kinda rusty and a bit apprehensive that maybe I was taking on a subject that was beyond my skills but by the end I really got in a groove and on the last piece ( Rama Hanuman) I really felt like I had total brush control.
Seeing 'em all in one room (or on one internet page) is a bit crazy for me to see a year of my life in image form. Each painting brings a chunk of time back into my brain.
I'm developing the next two gallery shows right now and know what's most important is to not get rusty again and to keep painting.
I can't thank you all enough for your continued support but all I can do is promise the next two shows will be a progression of my skills and hopefully you want to take the ride with me. I'll let you know when the next show or event takes place.

ciao*

Carlos Charles Ramos