Autumn Piñata
Oil on Panel
36" x 24"
2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Brilliant Pebbles
crop of a photo by Adam Hoff
The lady friend and I shot and edited a live video for local Chicago band Brilliant Pebbles. Fronted by Monika Bukowska, a "hyperactive immigrant from Poland", she roars and chirps through a hyper-emotional and theatrical mix of new wave, prog and disco while clad in day-glo and encrusted in cheap party jewelry. It's a mixture made even more unique by the video game sounding keyboards of Samuel Ng, "a classically trained alien from Hong Kong".
This was their last show with their fantastic rhythm section that included Philip Montoro, formerly of Lozenge. I wanted to capture the great dynamic that the group built for themselves over their couple years of playing together. The new line-up will be more beat and sample orientated.
Brilliant Pebbles has a new self-released EP out now. Go to their (unfortunately massively cluttered) Myspace page for more info and songs.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Cake & Polka Parade: Chicago Field Recordings
The latest episode of my podcast on WFMU features field recordings from Chicago...thugs, drunks, firecrackers, sirens, late-night conversations, neighbors fucking, a brass band and many other audio oddities. Go here to listen to it.
image by flickr user kswcu05
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Erupted Teratoma Lounging with Glamorous Wig
Erupted Teratoma Lounging with Glamorous Wig
Oil on Canvas
12" x 12"
2009
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Squirming Pile
Squirming Pile
Oil on Panel
28" x 24"
2009
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Pics from the Fleischeslust show
Here are a few pics from the Fleischeslust show in Berlin. It is up until July 11th. Thanks to anyone who attended the opening...I'm sorry I could not make it. For more info, go to Bongout.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Fleischeslust - Gregory Jacobsen & Myriam Mechita Exhibit
Fleischeslust - Gregory Jacobsen & Myriam Mechita Exhibit
June 4 - July 11, 2009
at Bongout Gallery / Showroom
Torstrasse 110
Berlin, Germany
"Opening: Thursday, 04 June 2009, 7 pm
Organs, entrails and genitals leading a life of their own, heaps of flesh interacting with creatures with mask-like faces, fleshy and wrinkled skin and open wounds, which, despite bearing human traits, look as though they had escaped from our worst nightmares. Shining strings of pearls are flowing from a deer’s open neck, as though the animal’s bowels were spilling onto the floor, intertwining and forming mysteriously glittering shapes.
Despite obvious differences, the works of Gregory Jacobsen (USA) and Myriam Mechita (France) have in common that they turn reality upside down. Bringing the inner life of things to the fore, their near-surrealist stagings make visible that which usually lies hidden.
“Dance of the Retarded Girl Slumped Sideways”, “Massive head, foul smelling”, “Choked off Clotting Lamp” – Gregory Jacobsen’s song titles could just as well apply to his oil paintings, which he executes in the style of the great masters. Whether he makes music, paints or stages performances, the Chicago-based artist creates disquietingly grotesque atmospheres, which are partly owed to his creatures’ facial expressions: they look happy and satisfied, and not in the least affected by their physical impediments or state of decay.
Myriam Mechita has scattered body parts and cut-off heads of animals throughout the exhibition space. These physical remains are clad in polished surfaces, a coat of shining lacquer, and glass beads. The contrast between the mutilated body parts and the glistening materials creates an almost unbearable tension. The mirrors and the glass reflect the light and the surrounding space, producing distorted perspectives that challenge the viewer’s perception. Mechita’s sculptural elements seem caught in the moment – before everything starts flowing again."
more info at Bongoût
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ruptured Abscess Pear Tower
Ruptured Abscess Pear Tower
Oil on Panel
36" x 24"
2009
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Ritualistic School of Errors - Sweat Stained Fancy Heaps for First-Rate Ladies
The new CD from my musique concrete/sound/noise/performance project Ritualistic School of Errors is now out on Resipiscent. The packaging includes six panels of artwork. $10...order here.
Here is a preview track...it's one of the more "song" orientated pieces...a waltz!
Ritualistic School of Errors - Pancakes Soaked, Started Bucking
from the Resipiscent website:
"Witness avant-garde maestro Gregory Jacobsen’s fetid funland here rendered in sound. Prepared piano, cranberry sauce, strangled throat, flamenco guitar, a quivery accordion succumbs to squeak toys that feather into operatic soprano as a teetering pipe organ ushers in teutonic chorales. Music this cakey rich can only be the culmination of long, scarily obsessive years. The result, a vaudevillian feverish horror complete with narrative threads that tug at abject fear then unspool in puerile fantasy. If you dare to know where music can go, this is one orgy best entered at home and alone. Contributors include members of Cheer Accident, Black Bear Combo, and Brilliant Pebbles. Six-panel digipak features Jacobsen's wretched paintings!"
Monday, April 6, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Images from Maternity Nursing
Went to the thrift store today and found a nice old textbook on maternity nursing.
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