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No Body Love Me

April 14, 2007

By Charles

I love old tattoo art. Thankfully, there’s the Paul Roger’s Research Center and it’s curators, who have published numerous books on the subject and offer a chance for the classic tattoo flash to be viewed in the context of traditional folk art. Here’s the work of one particular artist named Tino “Rosie” Camanga from Honolulu more [...]



On the Shores of Wonder Lake

April 9, 2007

By Marcus

Every now and then the work of an artist hits you and hits you hard, sweeps you off of your feet, even. You see it for the first time and suddenly you know that up until this point you’ve been waiting for it to be there all along. Like love at first sight, you might [...]



Behold Beauparlant

April 7, 2007

By Charles

Last year Marcus and I made plans to check out an annual neighborhood flea-market in Alamo Square. While wandering the rectangular perimeter of the park, where vendors laid out their wares we encountered a man with tables full of antique pictures and artwork. Many of the pieces displayed were not noteworthy, rather just random pieces [...]



This is a Diorama

April 6, 2007

By Charles

This is a Diorama made of saltines, cheese, and weird vegetables I ran into on my block a few years ago. I think it was promoting some event. It made me stop and look. Share This



King Crimson Made Everything

April 5, 2007

By Charles

King Crimson is one of the pseudonyms for San Francisco’s David Bradbury Haning (DBH). During the better part of 2005/6 DBH literally flyered the city with photocopies of hand-written posters containing delusional yet endearing messages of government conspiracies, lost love, and apocalyptic omens. There was a time that Haning’s posters were everywhere, on almost [...]