Thursday, January 31, 2013

Shameless Self Promotion - The Mountain and The Sea

Join Us Tomorrow:

Tamsen Wojtanowski & Christina Roth

at Napoleon

If you are in Philadelphia for First Friday, check out some of our new work in our collaborative show, One More Day...

One More Day displays a variety of mediums, from photographs to drawings to objects, to explore this life's cycle while considering the next.

The work speaks to the human ability to hope, dream, and to plan for our future in the face of great uncertainties.

"Desert Tent" by Tamsen Wojtanowski

"Dasher" by Christina Roth

THERE IS NO END IN THE BEGINNING.

Opening 1st Friday, February 1st, 6pm - 10pm

Napoleon is in the Rollins Building which houses other wonderful galleries such as

Vox Populi, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Marginal Utility, Practice, and Grizzly Grizzly - so come on out!

319 N. 11th St. 2L

Philadelphia, PA 19107

www.napoleonnapoleon.com

See you there!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Febraury 2013 @ NAPOLEON

Christina Roth & Tamsen Wojtanowski: One More Day: An Essay by Jennifer Zarro

Christina Roth & Tamsen Wojtanowski: One More Day An Essay by Jennifer Zarro I began writing this essay on December 21, 2012. As it was widely known, this was the last day of the Mayan Long Count calendar. The world didn’t end but a new b’ak’tun has begun. December 21st was also the day the NRA … Read more at Napoleon...

Friday, January 25, 2013

BeDazzle the World

We all know about yarn bombing...what if this evolved? A combination of glitter bombing your favorite politician and vajazzling - taking it to the street. Now we just need to find a battery operated glue gun.....

But I am off topic.

As an artist I sometimes get these urges, they amount to nothing more than daydreams really, to decorate the whole world out there.

This Etsy seller has gotten it started.

Sharing this from Buzzfeed:

Etsy merchant Cappysue has launched a service to make over unwanted gifts.

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For twenty bucks, she'll accept anything that can fit in a medium Priority Mail box and remake it into something different.

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Until a battery powered glue gun, and jewel holding tool belt are developed, I could get down with this.

Check out more Cappysue, while we wait.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Thursday didn't have a chance...

: Pizza Brain

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: Jamie Warren

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I had a lucid dream last night where local Food’lebrity Pizza Brain and Jamie Warren’s “Self Portrait as Lasagna Del Ray by thestrutny” had a baby, and it came out as Eat My Face!, well-known member of the Garbage Pail Kids Clan.

It took place in an all-night dinner on a long forgotten road, not unlike those photographed for Alec Soth’s series “Sleeping by the Mississipppi”.

I was sitting in a corner booth drinking all-night coffee, next to a pay phone that rang rang, but every time I answered it was just Roger Rabbit laughing uncontrollably on the other side of the line.