October 30, 2008
Being Alex Diamond, next phase.
Entering the next phase in the mammouth project that this one called "Being Alex Diamond" turns into... the first large prints are in the studio, below a first view of an almost finished re-worked/cross-painted/drawn over portrait of Alex D.. (80x80 cm lambda-print, acryllic paint, polychromos pencils ... )
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and ...
... more soon ... the first two finished artworks of this series will be shown in December in Miami at the SCOPE art fair, heliumcowboy artspace, Booth 255.
October 24, 2008
Art Bastard: great site, nice interview
Ever checked out Art-Bastard.com? Only half a year in existence, they already got together a huge amount of great talents on their web-based Urban Art platform. Now featuring an interview with Alex D. as well, read it over here.
October 14, 2008
The next big thing.
First test results from a new series (or much rather: project) I am working on. "Being Alex Diamond" is the name of the thing, and below you find a hint at the direction it may be taking. These two examples are just doodles and sketches over lambda-prints in a format slightly-too-large-for-my-scanner to test out the materials.
But see how nicely I've shaven my legs for the photo shoot! With the hair in my face and on my head, that's another issue... and don't even get me started on the tentacles ...
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October 06, 2008
Contemporape Dept.
Messed around with the cover of DGV's great new book about young contemporary artists (awesome book, here's more info about it (The Upset). Painted over the cover (by Mark Ryden) 'cos the heliumcowboy's asked me to personalise their present for spanish wonder-boy Antonio Santin, who turned 30 at the opening of his show in Hamburg with them and they gave him the book and cake and flowers and (from what I heard) too much to drink.
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