12ozProphet

its hard to believe Company Flow’s “Funcrusher Plus” came out 12 years ago.

i sometimes miss the excitement of waiting for a record to come out, buying it at the record store, bringing it home and playing that shit over and over again for months. i guess thats why we call our past “the good old days”.

good friend and frequent collaborator Michael Genovese has a big show opening in Miami (where he has been living for the last year) this week at OH-WOW. expect some interesting installations and rumors of an obstacle coarse…..........

Mike Genovese
It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humility
June 13 - July 25, 2009
3100 NW 7 Avenue / Miami / Florida / 33127

and a little blurb from the press release…..
For his premiere solo exhibition in Miami, Michael Genovese releases a recent body of work that will include site-specific installations, sculpture, and paintings.

A Chicago native, Genovese instinctively carries a metropolitan dialect and acumen into his work. An early exposure to multiculturalism joined with his professional training as a sign painter led to a socially inspired vehicle of expression. Creating work that makes use of his technical abilities and familiarity with specific materials, Genovese’s ability to open a communal discourse ultimately became his trademark style. Through public murals and installations, his deft handling of type and unorthodox use of industrialized media further cemented his status as one of today’s most promising contemporary artists. His latest work exemplifies his focus on community and its influence, but also digs inward and begins the process of reconciling his public works with his personal journeys.

Michael Genovese has recently exhibited at the University of Texas, San Antonio, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Chicago Cultural Center. His work was recently published in New American Paintings; The Upset: Young Contemporary Art, Art Lies Contemporary Art Quarterly and Dazed and Confused.

if you happen to be in Basel, Switzerland this week, feel free to stop by Andrew Rafacz gallery at Volta5 and check out some new drawings and paintings….....

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Chicago artist and friend Jeff Zimmerman recently completed this huge mural in Memphis. its titled “A Note for Hope: Turn the Page”. Jeff is an interesting guy and an amazing painter, you can see some of his other public projects if you check out his Website.

another day at HOT DOUG’S.....

Andrew had the Mandarin Orange and Teriyaki Chicken Sausage with Sweet Chili Sauce and Crispy Fried Onions and the Taco Pork Sausage with Jalapeno Mayonnaise and Habanero-Jack Cheese.

i tried the Bacon Cheeseburger Pork Sausage with Coca-Cola BBQ Sauce and Serendipity Cheese.

epic…...

heres an image of my piece from the RECORD TIME show curated by Refill in Sydney, Australia.
they took each artists work and laser etched it into vinyl records that were also clocks.

they are available in a limited edition of 24 via the Good Folk site.

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chicago’s graffiti blasters are at it again. this time illegally buffing a commissioned mural by artist Gabriel Villa. the mural depicted 3 police department surveillance cameras (which are common on that block) along with a deer head, a skull and a crucified christ. the mural was on private property on the side of a tavern owned by the mother of Version Fest organizer Edmar.

you can read and listen to more of the story HERE.

the cover i did for isue 22 of Monster Children magazine arrived at the studio today.

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found this on you tube. this one brought me back a bit.
fast eddie used to be my shit.

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since i moved back to the north side i don’t get to go to Manny’s much, but it is my favorite sandwich in town. it’s been open since 1942 and has what i think is the best pastrami in town. stopped there on the way to the Hyde Park Art Center to work on my installation “Lets Do Some Living After We Die”, it’s a 6 month long installation where i will go back every month or so and add to the piece.

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