running with the devil

jean-michel basquiat in his studio

Rolling Thunder
Tuesday, November 2 at 9:30pm - November 3 at 12:00am

The Plaza Theatre
1049 Ponce De Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA

Rolling Thunder: Major Charles Rane, a Vietnam War prison camp survivor, sets out to kill a gang of thugs after they wipe out his entire family, dismember his hand and leave him for dead. 

Don’t miss your only chance to see this rare gem uncut and on the big screen in 35mm. This film is not available on DVD or Blu-Ray!

There will also be an art show before the film featuring Vietnam War/revenge/injury themed pieces from: lord Sabbat, Dorothy Stucki, Robert B. Stewart, Erin Bassett, Josh Feigert, Aaron Frye, Peco Dory and Ryan James. 

ART SHOW 8pm - FILM 9:30 pm

poster by Michael Patrick Keenan Jr.

YDC, Young Dead Celebrities band shirt, Ian Curtis of Joy Division.

Joy Division you Cunt!

Installation view.

GHENT.- The Cemetery of Reason is conceived as a mid-career survey of the American artist Ed Templeton. The S.M.A.K. has assembled into dazzling clusters of images the photos, paintings and sculptures he has done over the last fifteen years. 

The exhibition tells the story of a pro skateboarder, a photographer, a draftsman, a painter, etc. A story which, although it focuses on his own life and those of the people around him, transcends the autobiographical and exposes social and societal phenomena unhesitatingly but without pointing a finger. 

Ed Templeton’s (b. 1972) work cannot easily be categorised. He was brought up in Orange County, a suburb of Los Angeles, and spent his youth in a world of skateboarding and punk music. While still very young he became a professional skateboarder and at the age of 21 set up his Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, for which he did all the artwork. From an early age he was passionate about drawing and painting, and was enormously stimulated by the work of Egon Schiele, Balthus and David Hockney. Photography has also always been a constant interest. He uses an analogue camera and still prints the images traditionally. In the same way as he was never able to choose between skateboarding and being an artist – they fuel each other – nor has he ever been able to limit himself to one particular medium. Photos, paintings and sculptures complement each other, and are of equal worth, without hierarchy. Templeton often describes his drawings, photos and paintings by means of anecdotes, feelings and ideas that give a new, more profound interpretation to the images. When assembled in an exhibition, these images are deployed as parts of a broader story, but without losing their artistic independence. 

Templeton mainly documents his own life and that of the people around him. He portrays himself and his wife Deanna, friends, family and the many people he meets on his skateboard tours. The boys and girls who hang around near a skate park, the boredom of touring, the bloody falls, the late-night parties and the intimate encounters with his wife in anonymous hotel rooms… Being on the road also inspires Templeton into traditional street photography. His career as a pro skateboarder means he spends a lot of time with youngsters who are at an uncertain phase of discovery in their lives. With dreams, hope, worries, the formation of identity and the presentation of the self to the fore. Templeton is ‘one of them’, a skate legend and an ‘example’. This gives him the opportunity to come very close to the world they live in and to record it. He depicts their sexuality, fears, aggression, joy and problems but does not judge them. Although his photo installations and paintings are often highly autobiographical, Templeton at no time tries to deal with his own difficult youth. On the contrary, he wants to create openness and offer insights and opportunities to those who want to grasp them. 

The Cemetery of Reason takes the form of a whirlwind of photos, sculptures, drawings and paintings. In some cases, images are clustered by subject and reveal certain phenomena or events, but not in an imperative manner. 

(via i-love-art)

yimmyayo:

Basquiat

iheartmyart:

Keith Haring, Subway Drawing, NYC, 1985

PARIS, FRANCE- 1891/2. Gustave Caillebotte
(19 August 1848 – 21 February 1894) 
was a French painter, member and patron of the group of 
artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much 
more realistic manner than many other artists in the group. 
Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as 
an artform. In this picture: Gustave Caillebotte at his drawing 
board, around 1891/2. Private collection. 
Courtesy Comité Gustave Caillebotte, Paris.

Best chain letter ever!

Ron English - Batman and Robin
Oil on Canvas 44inx48in

The Shooting Gallery