tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91928591399343534592011-11-27T20:09:06.034-05:00where to invest your largesseBen Capozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196116638276615288noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192859139934353459.post-66622376643356692172011-04-05T08:07:00.001-04:002011-04-05T08:07:16.761-04:00

Reading Hugh MacLeod's Evil Plans (mine clearly need help) and came across this passage that so perfectly aligns with my own beliefs: In their own way, all artists are entrepreneurs, and all entrepreneurs are artists. Though their tools and products may differ, both entrepreneurs and artists are in the same game –the making and selling of work that is personally and emotionally important to

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Happy Friday, everybody! A few quick sketches this morning from interesting Facebook pics I've seen over the week.  If you recognize yourself and don't appreciate the likeness (none of which are very good), I hope you don't take it personally –I'm more interested here in just moving the stylus around than reproducing a hi-fidelity portrait.  Thanks for the inspiration! "Like" BCVA on Facebook and

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Earlier this week, a VT friend commented on Facebook that my linework in a recent self-portrait reminded him of Van Gogh's sketches in letters to his brother.  That reminded me that I've treated Van Gogh before in a piece made waayyy back in 2004 for the cover of a student organization publication. This is the cover to "Paint Chips" an XYZ student gallery publication.  Van Gogh's in the painting

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If you like Instagram and the neat filters reproducing camera effects (see examples in my flickr photostream), you may like it so much you're disappointed that you can't import and work up photos you've already got living on your hard drive.  Well, get happy and check out Photostyler from Corner-A, which is coincidentally having a cool 30% off holiday sale through the 10th of January. If you've

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Special thanks to my friend Lauren, who gave me the idea for a drawing I had not planned (four of them, actually!) over on facebook this AM.  Feel free to like the bcva page there and become a fan! ~benc

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This year, I've committed to MarsEdit to manage my blogging and needed to test a feature.  There's a strict policy of "no posts without pics" here, though, so I made a quick sketch; inspired by Frazetta's John Carter of Mars doodles. ~benc

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Dashed off a quick self-portrait this evening before going to see True Grit (it was awesome!).  Facetime self-portrait on the facing page from a few weeks back. More tomorrow! ~benc Tweet

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LOVE this story: Sitting for a portrait with FaceTime on iPhone 4 http://bit.ly/d4Pqan #art #tech

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French (or French-speaking) artist Pierrick Chevalier created today's Valentine design over at TeeFury and it rocks for Apple addicts like moi! Get 'em before the day's done, because then they're gone.  $11 each with s+h included. I'm ordering a pair or three. ~benc

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Say what you will, but I like pink, as my abiding love for nearly all things Buff Monster and my fanboy-ish attitude for author Daniel Pink attest. Vancouver/Taiwan's WrongWroks has just rolled out some items for the new year (Chinese New Year just dropping this weekend) and my favorite so far is this Peeka-Bat design in pink on black. Smashing together what looks to be Sponge Bob Squarepants (

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The Feud Begins by Fred Harper Just put some money down on a few pieces from the "I Have the Power" show at Gallery 1988 SF.  They consistently have some of the coolest shows around for West coast pop, low-brow + comics-inspired work and I couldn't resist so much cool art inspired by toys that "figured" (groan) so large in my childhood.  I played with the Masters of the Universe toys a LOT when

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How cool is this? From artist Josh Keye's website, via Gallery Fifty24SF and Jonathan Levine Gallery, both of which consistently show some consistently bad-@-$-$ art!  Gorgeous.  I LOVE IT. No idea re: prices, but from his website, most of his small print runs have sold out (sadly; check out Scorch II below) at $250 so it's too late to "discover" this guy before his worth is recognized, but

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There are lots of graphic artists and painters out there bridging the gap between "low-" and "high-brow" art, but sculptors are a bit rarer. Enter cross-media artist Rob Tarbell, who's come up with my favorite liminal artworks yet, The Struggles, on display tonight at Second Street Gallery... all images TM & © their respective owners

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Remember those bandanas I blogged about screen-printing last week? Well, they're on display Friday night as part of the group show, "Also Known As..." a bandana art show at Alias Gallery in Indianapolis! I've heard from the gallery director there and he says they're on the walls and "they look sick!" This is my first show of the New Year and check out the other artists participating! --

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Aaron Martin, aka Angry Woebot of Pocket Full of Monsters, first came to my attention when I saw his work in a collabro piece he did with NYC's Phallic Mammary. [He's] easily one of the most distinct character artists working in the underground scene, with gorgeous, calligraphic lines, iconic imagery, clever canvases he simply OWNS, and a ferociously adorable style featuring disgruntled giant

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Former VT teacher, and lifelong artist/mentor to generations of area artists, Ray Kass opens a show at Roanoke College's Olin Gallery tonight at 6PM with a lecture beforehand at ...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Pictures of screen printing night with DJ Eclectic, Joey from Boogieburg! Check 'em out!Visit the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Comall images TM & © their respective owners

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So, Kidrobot has shrunk their glorious blank, customizable Dunny cousins, Munny, to 4 inches that you can be proud of!Available in...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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I’ll be in Alexandria tonight for DC artist J. Coleman’s solo show opening at Art Whino. Coleman’s been featured in exhibitions in NY, DC, LA, Atlanta, and his portrait work is even in the permanent collection of...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Friend and UK illustrator extraordinaire Andy Council will be working on a window drawing at Mauger Modern Art Gallery in Bath, UK tomorrow. The piece is being prepared in advance of "What's Up With...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Kidrobot releases their first 8-inch Dunny of the New Year, designed by their oldest collaborator and creator of the dunny, in fact, Tristan Eaton. KR is debuting something new with these as each...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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So, thought I’d share with you a preview of my illustration for an article on Virginia’s Sex Laws for Friday’s issue of 16 Blocks Magazine....This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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So, we’re a couple weeks into the new year, and I thought it might be nice to provide some snapshots of various projects currently underway. I’ve uploaded a couple dozen pics of new work in various...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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I've gushed about NYC-based Australian artist Tony Lister here once before when his show was at Upper Playground and Fifty24 SF last year. Now he's in a group show at Okay Mountain Gallery in Austin...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Gah, I might spontaneously combust!TWO of my favorite artists and another I seriously respect today are tackling the work, life, and influence of one of the gods in my personal pantheon of artist heros. Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, and Simone Legno are all speaking tonight in LA at Geffen Contemporary on Takashi Murakami, the subject of a massive retrospective ongoing right now at MOCA LA.This

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There is an AMAZING retrospective of Takashi Murakami going on right now at the LA Museum of Contemporary Art. This international traveling exhibition features more than 90(!!) works in various media created since the 1990s....This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Looks like a great art show opening at the dependably dope Fifty24SF in the Lower Haight. From 7-9:30 Vancouver artist Ben Tour will be on the scene for his opening, "Underbelly"...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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"Under the Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee" opens tonight at Gallery 1988 in LA and some of you may want to check it out. 100 artists have paid tribute to Lee by creating original pieces of their......This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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I've written about Portland artist Erik Abel on here a couple times before, and there couldn't be a better time for me to remind you about him once more as he's continuing his massive holiday sale into January. With shows on both coasts this year (Art Whino in DC, and Thinkspace in LA), and prices that were already deals now bordering on steals...This blog continues on the NEWS page at

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I'll be in Richmond, VA tomorrow night for First Friday, the monthly artwalk with coordinated openings among several of that happening town's most happening venues! I know that Art 6, Visual Art Studio, and 1708 ...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Art Whino is an Alexandria, VA gallery that looks like my kind of place. If you check out their artist roster, it seems weighted towards people who make great lines, love patterns and character-driven narratives mixed with tasty bits of pop surrealism and urban graffiti; all elements of the West Coast Pop Surrealist community I so dearly love. It's no coincidence then that the current show

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Hey, folks!I've added a new Watercolors Gallery to my site with a dozen small watercolors I made last year...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Hey, folks! I've uploaded a new gallery with 24 of my cartoonish images on the My Work page at Ben Capozzi.Com. Some of the pieces are from as far back as 2004 and include editorial cartoons from my college days, but there's also...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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I'm exhausted after a day filled with all sorts of positive art developments which I'll be reporting here soon, but for now you should know that I've got almost 30 auctions up on eBay right NOW. Search "BCVA" and...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Californians!Today, Sunday, December 16th from 2-5 PM Bispop Gallery hosts it's 4th Annual Christmas party and you should go! Bispop is the official real world retail storefront for all things Tim Biskup. You can find exclusive items and original artwork, and today that will include a glass of champagne as well as a shot at a brand new...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com;

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Transmission is a relatively new gallery space in RVA. The December show features the work of Colorado artist Amanda Marie, and from what I've seen so far...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Blacksburgers!(And fans across the globe!)I'm really stoked to announce that I'm the Artist Spotlight for the December issue of 16 Blocks! A whole page featuring the work of yours truly...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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Taschen makes the greatest picture books ever on subjects from sex to architecture and everything that happens around and amid the two. Among their latest releases are three venerable tomes you might consider...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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So, all I can think of as I start to write this is "All My Circuits" soap opera star Calculon's line from an episode of Futurama, "I'm not familiar with the type of thing I'm seeing..."This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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LA's Buff Monster, artist, graffitist, marketeer, and Murakami-devotee galore released an extremely limited number of 3" figures exclusively on his website at BuffMonster.Com this morning at 10AM, PST. The "Pink Pirate" figure is his most exclusive vinyl piece yet, in an edition of just 100!...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective

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What has three legs, 7 inches, and comes in his own black Coffin Box? Gary Baseman's latest Hot Cha Cha Cha figure! This iteration is made of white pearlized vinyl and looks great! Very rare, this...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, Corey Helford Gallery hosts “? the War,” an anti-war show with paintings by artists you might recognize including Buff Monster, Attaboy, Gary Taxali, Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, and Gary Baseman...some 21 artists total, and there will be FREE...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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So, Wrongwroks has released this quirky toy of one of their smash-up designs called "Mickey Duck" and I think it's one of the coolest things I've seen in vinyl..This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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This is another one of those things that at times makes it difficult to indulge a passion for designer vinyl from the hills of Appalachia. Still, if you’re on the West Coast tomorrow...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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As promised, I’ve returned to eBay!Several muscle studies from my sketchbook mark an end to almost a year away from selling there...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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California peoples!Be sure to catch Shepard Fairey’s show opening tomorrow night at Merry Karnowski in LA. I missed Shep’s by all-accounts-amazing show at Jonathan ...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM & © their respective owners

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As if you sunny Florida people weren't lucky enough, starting tonight at 6 you get your own Kidrobot Store!That's right; Kidrobot, "planet Earth's premiere creator and retailer of limited edition toys, clothing, mini-figures, artwork and books" opens it's fourth worldwide location tonight in gorgeous Miami Beach...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM

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I am very fortunate to have among my friends some amazingly talented artists. One of those artist friends is Justin Nissley whose work appears in a Chelsea gallery for the first time tonight, Thursday 11/29, at Zone:Chelsea on 26th Street. Justin will have 8 pieces up in the project gallery, and I couldn't be more earnest when I urge you to buy his work...This blog continues on the NEWS page at

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Now how often do you see that headline?Specializing in "designer goods, street culture, and fashion" the great folks over at adfunture have released a new Teddy Trooper, the 10" Wanker, designed by French design firm 123 Klan...and if you decide you like the look of Wankers, you should know that there are more...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all images TM &

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Portland artist Erik Abel, whom I've mentioned here before, continues to churn out powerful, simple paintings reminiscent of the rain, ancient air, and tribal culture of the Pacific Northwest. His bold graphics and totemic icons appear not only in affordably-priced paintings, but now in two new prints and a t-shirt...This blog continues on the NEWS page at BenCapozzi.Com; Check it out!all

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If you're looking to articulate your vertical space with original and creative imagery but need to do so on the cheap, I've just found one of the best places to start: Shack29: Limited Edition Art Prints and Books.The Bear Over the City by David HabbenIf, as I do, you tend to like art with an illustrative bent and that's character-driven, you can find some really excellent pieces here. And the

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Good draftsmanship makes my eyes horny. This may stem from my love of Renaissance master drawings where line is king, or it could be entirely un-unique to me and rather a universal appreciation for craft. Either way, the intricate and inviting illustrations of the UK's Andy Council pull me in every time, and I'm always glad I came.From bunny's composed of tanks to dinosaurs and ducks made of

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7" tall$650Ok, so these are simply too cool to wait for.24" x 36"$3800Copro/Nason gallery in Santa Monica has released a web preview of Kathie Olivas' upcoming solo show, her second in LA, and the images are too, too intensely awesome.14" x 11"$900As if the assortment of sugary, dark paintings are not enough, the 2-D pieces are complemented by more than a dozen equally creepy-sweet custom vinyl

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If you've ever played Cranium ("Now, Creative Cat, sculpt 'Dignity'.") then you've seen the offbeat artwork of "pervasive artist, painter, TV/Movie producer, toy designer, and humorist Gary Baseman. Beyond those way fun doodles lies a massive world of characters and creations - in paint and pencil, on vinyl and paper. Baseman's work is exotic, erotic, quirky, juicy, most always offbeat, and

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Oh the wonderful things you find whilst poking around on the internet! Things like sensational Portland artist Erik Abel.A freelance graphic designer for the board sports industry, Abel's mix of clear graphic elements, sketchy underdrawing, and loose paint application are eminently appealing. The deceptively simple compositions belie the assured handling of contrast, and the imagery -

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Today, friend and former classmate Jessica Lum opened her solo show at the Armory Gallery here at our Alma Mater, Virginia Tech. Conversations with Jess features new work Jess has made in honest and open dialogue with herself and her audience.12" x 13" $500(with a fantastic passage of the embraced couple in the center)Jess' ongoing journey as an artist in search of an artistic community has led

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Ok, so I didn't plan on back-to-back Biskup announcements, but Tim's apparel and merchandise company, Gama-Go, has redesignd their website and to celebrate they're having an unbelievable sale!At midnight this Thursday, 7/12, from 12:01 AM for the next 12 hours use coupon code 12hoursale to get HALF OFF everything on the site! I'm taking advantage of the sale to load up on the Gama Go Design Book

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As I've mentioned here before, Tim Biskup is one of my all-time favorite artists. A king of the West Coast Pop Surrealist scene and a wizard of fun, quirky creations, Tim's stuff is always good. I direct your attention to the prints section of Tim's Official Online Store, Flopdoodle.com where - as with so much of what I tend to like - sits quietly in the corner being profoundly awesome the

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"I'm not trying to change the world. I'm just reacting to the world trying to change me." So Anthony Lister, born in Australia and a recent Brooklyn emigre, explains the impetus behind his work. And that reaction is producing some amazing art!This guy's international reputation is on the rise with shows in NYC, LA, SF, Portland, Milan, Sidney, and London in 2007 alone. Thursday (7/5) his

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Artist Brian "Candykiller" Taylor and paper and printing enthusiasts Letter Pressed are each now taking pre-orders for the Coney Letterpress Print designed to accompany the upcoming release of the Coney plush figures. I'm new to Taylor's work, but I know what I like, and I like this.$37-$41Brian and Letter Pressed each have half, or 50, of the small edition of 100, and they're set to be released

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LA Grafittist Buff Monster has, by virtue of talents both artistic and entrepreneurial, turned a love for pornography, ice cream, and heavy metal into a successful and profitable career. He's papered hand silk-screened posters all around this great big world, shown in numerous galleries (I picked up a beloved print set at Gallery 1988 LA a few months back), and later this month releases a

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