Xavier Lopez Jr. is eating cheez-its and watching Rachel Maddow.
Apr 23
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Our Ability to Rank Things Is What Separates Us From the Apes.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Our Ability to Rank Things Is What Separates Us From the Apes.
He might have had he not just read this for the first time today! ;)
Dec 6, 2012
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Buy Art!.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Buy Art!.
Anthropomorhpise Me-- honestly--artists are the biggest fans of other artists. They are the biggest purchasers of art. I personally own work by Jenny Holzer,Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons, Victorian art, Works by Ego, Joe Vollan, Maggie Harbaugh, Starheadboy, Ryan Henry Ward, Tnglr and so many others!
Dec 6, 2012
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Buy Art!.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Buy Art!.
I have a confession to make. Not only am I an artist, co-curator of the Echo Echo Gallery at the Greenwood Collective--I am also a huge fan of art. I have purchased all sorts of art from Roq La Rue, Starheadboy, Narboo, Ryan Henry Ward, Flatcolor when it was around--and I can tell you--almost every artist, art gallery etc. is willing to work with you, bend over backwards to make a sale. I have almost always paid over time for big pieces and no one has ever made me feel like I was anything but an important client--believe me--Seattle's artists are working their butts off and this is their livelihood--they want to work with you! And keep in mind that there are galleries for every taste--every one should have S3A on their links, it is an excellent resource for many of the galleries that might not be as well known but that are doing some of the most amazing work!
Dec 6, 2012
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Buy Art!.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Buy Art!.
Funny, Jonathan Wakuda and I were just talking about this tonight as we put new wheatpastes in Post Alley! Btw, any wheatpasters out there, head to Post Alley--the gum wall is invading the post wall!
Xavier-
Xavier-
Nov 9, 2012
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Re: Our Crying President.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Re: Our Crying President.
Whining, pouting, throwing hissy-fits on small time cable channels are okay, but one tear that is unacceptable. Truth is, the Republicans can't get over how truly defunct their party is. And also, Charles--about the president crying--it's his party and he can cry if he wants to! And Matt, Mitt-rag was the one with daddy issues. It was obvious the whole time that he was trying to live up to his phallogocentrically infested dog-brain. Obama just had a human moment--Romney, sadly is a bit of a robot.
Oct 26, 2012
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Scare the Audience.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on Scare the Audience.
I want to clarify a few things--first of all--the true heroes behind the Hive Seattle Show are Zachary Sofia and Nathan Cartwright. Zachary Sofia has worked for over two years to bring Nathan Cartwright's Hive Gallery Studios to Seattle and this show would never have come together without his unique talents for bringing wonderful alternative artists and galleries together.
We just got finished hanging the show and it is gorgeous--absolutely gorgeous! Just waiting for the Chet Zar and Yoko D'Holbachie pieces to come in by plane! This really includes the most amazing group of talented Seattle artists and California artists in one location.
Secondly--I want to say that in the above article, at times I spoke absolutely inelegantly--what I meant to say is really simple--I truly believe that Seattle has the most amazing group of young artists of all stripes--and I am absolutely proud to be friends with, to interview many and to show alongside the rest of you. To those of you who do not make art, but have always wanted to be part of something magical--go out, go to the openings, the cafes, the small spaces and ad hoc happenings and support these young women and men--they are doing some of the most amazing work--you will not be sorry. And yes, every one of them is doing the best work of their lives--and I am proud to know these artists.
Peace. Xavier-
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We just got finished hanging the show and it is gorgeous--absolutely gorgeous! Just waiting for the Chet Zar and Yoko D'Holbachie pieces to come in by plane! This really includes the most amazing group of talented Seattle artists and California artists in one location.
Secondly--I want to say that in the above article, at times I spoke absolutely inelegantly--what I meant to say is really simple--I truly believe that Seattle has the most amazing group of young artists of all stripes--and I am absolutely proud to be friends with, to interview many and to show alongside the rest of you. To those of you who do not make art, but have always wanted to be part of something magical--go out, go to the openings, the cafes, the small spaces and ad hoc happenings and support these young women and men--they are doing some of the most amazing work--you will not be sorry. And yes, every one of them is doing the best work of their lives--and I am proud to know these artists.
Peace. Xavier-
Oct 9, 2012
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on The Lameness That Is Seattle Sometimes.
Xavier Lopez Jr. commented on The Lameness That Is Seattle Sometimes.
@18 your first point explicates the entire problem--Seattleites need to grow balls and stand up for good art--I walked through Pioneer Square on my way to Todd Jannausch's outdoor exhibition "Small Voids" and I was reminded how amazingly mealy-mouthed the art was--"over-the-sofa" is the winner of the day when it comes to the highest-end art in Seattle. I saw crap that looked like Richard Diebenkorn, I saw a few Motherwell rip-offs--but mostly bad anatomy studies and abstract color-studies covering every wall. But that is what sells.
The truth of all of this is that, ultimately Seattle let's down its own artists--it creates them with every purchase, it molds them every day. It leaves the Gage kids awash in their anatomic studies--Seattle patrons force these kids to never push beyond a kind of extremely-illustrative, mental/conceptual-abstraction that assures that their viewers don't have to think about the work they are purchasing. The same is true of the conceptual artists that Seattle promotes--(basically, expensive tschotskes,) a kind of furniturization and simplistic conceptuality. It rewards those artists who paint and sculpt pretty pictures that don't get uppity or in your face--forcing them to think about difficult issues. This bland/bored/boring kind of art patronage ensures a system of mediocrity and leads to bland/bored/boring artwork and nowhere is this clearer than in the realm of the public--where, those who are in charge of making these decisions are both only lightly educated (in the arts,) and more sensitive to offending Seattleites.
Seattleites need to expand their database of what art is, SAM needs to bring in more challenging artists and when they do--as they didn't do when Paul McCarthy--they need to let them show their most challenging work. SAM--especially needs to take more chances and challenge their audience. They also need to become a center--Benaroya--also for the various art scenes in Seattle--they need to (hire me) and work on more outreach--viewers should go to SAM and at a glance know what other things are going on in this city and beyond. Seattle needs to better connect with its alternative, urban, college, etc. artists--because that is the future. Too much energy and time is put into the diaspora of the over-the-sofa arts of Pioneer Square and downtown--and not enough time is put into performance art, (not singing and dancing or even highwire etc.) alternative art, conceptual, urban, street art--etc. So much of it withers on the vine. As I say on my blog--No more boring art--take a moment to challenge yourself--look at something that takes you out of your comfort level and find some way to promote that art--become a proselyte for the exciting, challenge yourself and love it!
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The truth of all of this is that, ultimately Seattle let's down its own artists--it creates them with every purchase, it molds them every day. It leaves the Gage kids awash in their anatomic studies--Seattle patrons force these kids to never push beyond a kind of extremely-illustrative, mental/conceptual-abstraction that assures that their viewers don't have to think about the work they are purchasing. The same is true of the conceptual artists that Seattle promotes--(basically, expensive tschotskes,) a kind of furniturization and simplistic conceptuality. It rewards those artists who paint and sculpt pretty pictures that don't get uppity or in your face--forcing them to think about difficult issues. This bland/bored/boring kind of art patronage ensures a system of mediocrity and leads to bland/bored/boring artwork and nowhere is this clearer than in the realm of the public--where, those who are in charge of making these decisions are both only lightly educated (in the arts,) and more sensitive to offending Seattleites.
Seattleites need to expand their database of what art is, SAM needs to bring in more challenging artists and when they do--as they didn't do when Paul McCarthy--they need to let them show their most challenging work. SAM--especially needs to take more chances and challenge their audience. They also need to become a center--Benaroya--also for the various art scenes in Seattle--they need to (hire me) and work on more outreach--viewers should go to SAM and at a glance know what other things are going on in this city and beyond. Seattle needs to better connect with its alternative, urban, college, etc. artists--because that is the future. Too much energy and time is put into the diaspora of the over-the-sofa arts of Pioneer Square and downtown--and not enough time is put into performance art, (not singing and dancing or even highwire etc.) alternative art, conceptual, urban, street art--etc. So much of it withers on the vine. As I say on my blog--No more boring art--take a moment to challenge yourself--look at something that takes you out of your comfort level and find some way to promote that art--become a proselyte for the exciting, challenge yourself and love it!
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