The Grindhouse show is online at Hyeana Gallery! Featuring my Mosquito and Spider cutom Butterfly Trapped in Spider’s Web. Check out my contribution to this collaborative project with Scary Art Collective founder and artistic madman Nicolas Caesar celebrate the upcoming release of his new comic book Mosquito and Spider along with a collection of B movie inspired paintings.
02
Nov
09
Grindhouse Show Opens!!!
Butterfly in Spider's Web - $75.00 - Mixed Media 9"x12" at Hyaena Gallery
Recently I was invited to participate in a collaborative project with the Scary Art Collective founder and artistic madman Nicolas Caesar to celebrate the upcoming release of his new comic book Mosquito and Spider. Several artists were invited to incoprporate Mosquito or Spider figures into a custom art piece. I created Butterfly Trapped in Spider’s Web, which will be on display as part of Ceasar’s exhibit Grindhouse at Hyaena Gallery. If you’re going to be in the area you should check out the show, I guarantee you’ve never seen anything like it!
“This November I have a solo show at the Hyaena Gallery in Burbank
, CA. This show is very personal for me, being raised on KTVU’s Creature Features with Bob Wilkins and John Stanley, I’ve painted my own tribute to such cult classics as: Matango, The Wasp Woman, Creepshow, Evil Dead 2, The Fly, Clash of the Titans, Trilogy of Terror, Attack of the Beast Creatures, Angry Red Planet, Frogs, Terrorvision, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Sugar Hill, Heathers, Darjeeling Ltd., Creature from the Black Lagoon, Return of the Living Dead, and From Hell It came!
I’ll also be showcasing Mosquito and Spider Customs. As many of you know I’ll be releasing a comic book called Mosquito and Spider soon. In short it’s if Ren and Stimpy were written by Hunter S. Thompson, David Lynch, and Andy Kaufman. To celebrate this I’ve invited several of my artistic friends to customize figures. To see who did what you’ll have to tune into Hyaena on Nov 1st! Also there will be hip giveaways from Video Search of Miami! Oh yeah, and there will be the booze! So it’s a cheap date.” - Nicolas Caesar
From now until mid November you can check out my six new 6X6 inch Halloween themed altars available for only $66.60 each as well as a collection of hand made greeting cards at Side Show Studios in Sacramento!!!
12
Oct
09
Scary Art Halloween Show
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- Mim at Halloween Show
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- Installation View
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- Another View
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- Frida Altar – $55.00
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- Ghost Story – $85.00
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- Ghoul – $40.00
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- Haunted House – $60.00
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- Hungry Ghost – SOLD
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- Luvskull – $55.00
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- Pirate Skull – SOLD
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- Portrait of a Corporate Zombie – SOLD
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- Potion – $55.00
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- Skull – $85.00
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- Skully – $85.00
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- Trophy Altar – $65.00
Pictures of my installation at the Scary Art Collective Annual Halloween Show at Bodytribe in Sacramento California. The show runs through Novemebr 13th, I’ve priced all work to sell so you still have time to see it for yourself and pick up some Mimart. If any of the works interest you and you can’t make it to Bodytribe please contact me texturama@yahoo.com .
06
Oct
09
Side Show Studio’s 666 Art Show!
I will be breaking my year long exhibition hiatus with two shows in October. Sideshow Studios is hosting it’s 666 Halloween show, with artists contributing 6 artworks that are 6×6 inches. I just completed the attached piece “Blue Moon” for the show. Side Show will be having a Second Saturday gallery reception on October 10th and a larger costume party and showing on Saturday, October 24th. The Sacramento Second Saturday artwalk is one of the nations largest urban art festivals with galleries, retailers, and restaurants hosting art openings for the evening. Experince food tastings and live music while viewing a new collection of my works at Sideshow Studios 5635 Freeport Blvd. Suite 6 and Bodytribe 920 21st St, both in Sacramento, CA.
06
Oct
09
Halloween Art Show!!!
My first exhibit in a year, and it’s part of the Sacramento 2nd Saturday Artwalk ! Every month, art galleries in the Sacramento metro area stay open late and invite the public to the Art Walk. People from near and far come to walk from gallery to gallery, enjoying the latest and best of the region’s vibrant art scene. There is live music, and an immense variety of art and activities behind every door. I’m very excited to be showing with the Scary Art Collective and created new pieces all priced to sell. So come on by Bodytribe and say hi, show runs until Nov 13th.
30
Jul
09
Image of the Day “Windowpane”
Windowpane is a continuation of the Ghost Town series I’ve featured all week. Ever since I was a small child I’ve been fascinated by open windows and doors, to this day I find myself sneaking glances when I walk past. I know I shouldn’t look but I want to see what’s inside. It’s a delicious tension as I believe people deserve their privacy and that opening a window or door is not an invitation as much as a necessity of life. So when I have the rare opporuntity to explore an abandoned place I let my voyeuristic tendencies run amok. Windowpane captures this tension by enticing us to look and then presents a murky mystical realm where we cannot understand what we see no matter how much we stare. The Ghost Town series is an homage to the voyeur in us all, who knows we shouldn’t look, but just can’t resist.
Enjoy!
Mim Weisburd
29
Jul
09
“View”
View is the fifth image from the Ghost Town series I recently shot in rural Georgia. View is a close up of the upper right panel from yesterdays image Window. Which in turn was a close up from Monday’s image Interior. For the past two days I’ve blogged about the incredible depth of Interior and how that depth pulls the the viewer further and further into the scene. Discovering the composition and complexity of View hidden in the scene of Interior was like coming accross a wonderful burried treasure.
Enjoy!
Mim Weisburd
28
Jul
09
Image of the Day “Window”
Window is the fourth image from the Ghost Town series I recently shot in rural Georgia. In Window the viewer looks out the glass to an etherial and otherworldy outside scene. This picture is a close up from Interior, yesterdays Image of the Day. In yesterdays blog I wrote about how intrigued I was by the incredible depth of Interior and how that depth pulls the the viewer further and further into the scene. When working with Interior I discovered that the more I explored the image the more mysteries revealed themselves. I’ve been documenting mysteries for years and years; cemetaries, industrial sites, abandoned buildings, cracks in the sidewalk, bark on trees, rust . There’s something satisfying about capturing the unknown and unknowable and simply sitting with the questions…
Enjoy!
Mim Weisburd
27
Jul
09
“Interior”
“Interior” is the third in the Ghost Town series I recently shot in rural Georgia. I was down south for a family emergency when I stumbled across this abandoned treasure. My creative spirit has always sustained me through the most difficult and challenging times in my life, as well as providing a venue for reflection and integration. If it hadn’t been for this incredible find I don’t think I could have stayed grounded and clear while facing some of my worst fears. I had to go very deep to find the strength, patience and perserverance to deal with the situation. This picture also has an incredible depth. I love the way this image keeps pulling the viewer further and further in. You enter through the threshold into the room, cross over to the window, peer through the glass, and get lost in the view outside. Over the next few days I’ll be featuring several images created from this shot that explore the depth of this interior.
Enjoy!
Mim Weisburd
