How To Build A Rocket Pack In Five Minutes Or Fewer: John White Hosts New Art By Pete Ippel

Breaking news, one night only: “How To Build A Rocket Pack In Five Minutes Or Fewer” New art by Pete Ippel to be presented during John White’s curated 5x5x5 performance evening. The event will be hosted by Sylvia White Gallery in Ventura, California. The show begins promptly at 8pm on Friday, March 2nd 2012. Come …

MacGyver Helps White People Understand the Concept Of Rasquache With Positive Connotation

MacGyvero (adj.) MacGyverismo (noun) is a portmanteau coined by Pete Ippel and Peter Roberge that aids English speakers in the United States to understand the Chicano concept of Rasquache, that is both functional in American-English and sounds like Spanish. The intent of MacGyverismo is to create positive associations among Mexican-Americans (Chicanos), original problem solving, new …

Roy Lichtenstein Is Influenced By Asian Printmakers And Brushwork

And this is my favorite piece of his work, as far as I know after this was auctioned by Sotheby’s it’s out of the public eye. Bummer. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97) Still Life with Oysters, Fish in a Bowl and Book Executed in 1973 Oil and magna on canvas 132 by 105 cm. (52 by 42 …

Inspiration at Libre Graphics Meeting 2010, And What Led Me To Brussels

There are certain moments that drastically alter the trajectory of a life-path. Being open and aware to those instants is absolutely essential regardless of one’s career. I returned from the Libre Graphics Meeting that was rife with inspiration. The event was hosted at the Pianofabriek in Brussels, Belgium May 27-30. Now that I’ve had some …

Introducing 11 Different, Unique, Original, Hypermodern Artists

Thank you to Stew Birbrower for creating the concept for this poster. Thank you to the GIMP for being rad and open source. Check it out, I’m having an open house during Ventura Art Walk Saturday April 17th 1:00-9:00pm Sunday April 18th noon-5:00pm. Also I will be open for First Fridays Ventura, and for more …

Free Money, Sticky Fingers

Earlier this month I participated in SOMArts Community Center’s show “MOMENTS (Bringing Back the Now)”. At the opening, Justin Hoover, the newly hired director of the gallery space, re-created the 100 Performances for the Hole that he formerly curated out of his Garage San Francisco’s Pacific Heights Neighborhood. For 100 Performances for the Hole Take-Two, …

Expressive Discipline and the Economy

By taking creative action through expressive discipline, artists generate experiences where a viewer’s sensitive, aware perception illuminates the path to relief in the global economic crisis. Art will inspire a solution. Download Selected Findings Artists and the Recession Survey 2009 sponsored by LINC Leveraging Investments in Creativity.