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All About the Artists – Nina Pandolfo of Brazil

By Susan on January 26, 2010 | Category: Touching An American Sky | Tags: , , | No Comments

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Topic: Arts!

 

Nina Pandolfo of Brazil combines cute with concrete as one of Sao Paulo's best female graffiti artists. In addition to making street art, she also works on canvas and in other mediums. She's an accomplished sculptor, and has been showing her work since the early 1990s, when she introduced the world to her wild imagination by painting directly onto the walls of her native city of São Paulo. 

These days, she's asked to paint her murals — sometimes as a means of luring art lovers into the gallery — and is enjoying a professional art career. 

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All About the Artists – Bitter Pie Comix

By Susan on January 7, 2010 | Category: Touching An American Sky | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments

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Topic: Arts!

 

Bitter Pie Comix follows the adventures of Charlott, a punk rock, blue-collar wage earner living in the big city. Sad, funny, irreverant and usually ringing true (except for the "Burning Man is for yuppies" button, which — for someone like myself who has been going for 12 years and who is definitely NOT a yuppie — this smacks more of the writer's personal dissatisfaction in life rather than an honest critique of the event, which attracts people from all walks of life), Bitter Pie is an exploration of inner-city life that includes a free sticker in every issue!

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All About the Artists – Amanda Lynn

By Susan on January 5, 2010 | Category: Touching An American Sky | Tags: , , | No Comments

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Topic: Arts!

 

Amanda Lynn's work first caught my eye on the streets of San Francisco. A talented graffiti artist who painted beautiful, strong, and interesting alien women onto the walls of the city, Amanda's work quickly became iconic, and she was asked to paint those same women (and other custom designs) for merchants seeking art on their walls (sometimes in an effort to deter tagging!), motorcyclists looking for an original look, businesses in need of cool signage, and for others' art, such Claes Oldenberg's pink Soft Inverted 'Q', which she was commissioned to restore.

To learn more about the professional career of Amanda Lynn, visit her website (highlighted above) or see her blog.

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Goodbye, Jim Carroll! … 8/1/1949 – 9/11/2009

By Susan on January 1, 2010 | Category: Touching An American Sky | Tags: , , | No Comments

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Now Playing: A World Without Gravity CD
Topic: A Few Good Men

I want a world without gravity
It could be just what I need
I'd watch the stars move close
I'd watch the earth recede

I wanna drift above the borders against my will
I wanna sleep where the angels don't pass
But now my lips are blue
Gravity does it to you
It's like they're pressed against a mirrored glass

I want my will and capability to meet inside the region
Where this gravity don't mean a thing
It's where the angels break through . . .
It's where they bring it to you
It's where silence, silence can teach me to sing

 
- from Without Gravity, by Jim Carroll
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