Hysteria Exhibition at Freud Museum

If you live in London, you can see a sculpture exhibit called "Hysteria" by artist Mat Collishaw at the Freud Museum (until Jan 3, 2010). I had been watching TateShots, videos of artists on the Tate Channel, and I found this particular artist to be quite intriguing:

Meet the Artist: Mat Collishaw .

The photo above (from timeout) shows one of three tree stump sculptures, with turn tables built-in, playing bird songs. There is also a fascinating kinetic sculpture with many little cupid-like boys hammering large nests of blue eggs. And, a mirror with spooky, animated cigarette smoke. Collishaw's art installation goes perfectly with the whole Freud office/couch setting. It's very Victorian-feeling. Too bad I don't live in London.

More short films with artists can be found here:

Tate Shots on Tate Channel

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Washboard Rhythm Kings 1933

Short Films To Break Up Your Day

Watch award-winning short films like the animated "Madame Tutli-Putli" from Canada (winner of the best short film at Cannes Film Festival) here:

The Screening Room (YouTube Channel)
Inspiring stuff! I was a film/animation student myself...a long time ago.
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Detail of a new painting

Here is a detail of a small, new painting that I did for a group show in NYC opening on Jan 9, 2010. Since it's a month off, I don't want to reveal the whole thing yet. The painting is called, "A Curious Shelter".
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My Special Offer Ends at Midnight Tonight (PST)

Reminder: A free, small pencil drawing of a pierrot, a cat or a monkey (your choice)- inscribed with your name and signed by me- to be included with any purchase of prints, t-shirts or Crehore fine art from Nov 25- Dec 7, 2009 (midnight PST) only. (One drawing limit per person.)

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Picasso Aquatints Found in a Book

Thirteen Picasso aquatints were found in a book of poetry that was once owned by his lover Dora Maar. "The aquatints were found by chance earlier this year when Professor Andrés Soria began leafing through the pages of an illustrated edition of a book of poems by the Spanish poet Luis de Góngora, which was bought by Spain's National Library a decade ago." It looks like Picasso had torn the original illustrations out of the book and replaced them with his own.

The 13 etchings are now on display in Madrid, at an exhibition dedicated to the influence of "The Generation of 1927", which includes the painter Salvador Dalí, the poet Federico García Lorca and the film-maker Luis Buñuel. Read article: by Giles Tremlett, the Guardian

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Free Crehore Sketch With Purchase Until 12/7/09 Only

I am giving away small, original, signed pencil drawings with any purchase through December 7, 2009. Details are on my homepage:

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