Blog entries from Alana Armstrong

My Friends Are Cooler Than Yours

alana@fatsupply.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:50:44 +0100

Because they do ill shit like this:

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Damien Hirst x Supreme: Cool or Crap?

alana@fatsupply.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:32:22 +0100

...Yeah, I'd shred on 'em.

Shitty Art Job

alana@fatsupply.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:42:48 +0100

CNNMoney.com named Curator as one of the 15 most stressful and underpaid jobs, alongside Probation Officer, Producer and Minister (the Good Book kind, not the politico). Yep, seems we non-curators don't take into account the behind-the-scenes crap that they have to shovel on a daily basis.

"What people see is everything beautifully installed," said curator Jason Andrew from Bushwick, N.Y. "What they don't see are all the extensive loan forms, all the hassle of trucking and shippiRead More...

Ben Frost on The Apprentice

alana@fatsupply.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:34:04 +0100

Australian Apprentice, like the US version - judged by a Tim Tam titan instead of the Trump - featured artist Ben Frost during an episode that pitted teams against each other in an art dealer challenge.

The two teams met up with several artists in their studios and found Ben in World's End Studio in Sydney. Unfortunately, Bowie (the local Beagle) didn't make his debut.

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Toronto Artmap

alana@fatsupply.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:43:27 +0100

Toronto, like most major cities is broken in to bite-sized sections, colloquially distinguished by cultural or ethnic identities. In this case: Little Italy, Indian Bazaar, Distillery District, etc.

Today at the City Hall Rotunda, artists - each from one of the 44 wards - are unveiling their pieces of the city puzzle to make up a complete an 8x17' wood portrait of Toronto.

Cassandra Jones

alana@fatsupply.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:18:52 +0100

It's kind of like seeing the puppets AND the hands in a puppetshow. Cassandra also works cheerleaders and flamingos - the two things that are in least need of reinvigoration - into elaborate kalidoscopic tangles.

Road Rash: Mental Pic

alana@fatsupply.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:05:16 +0100

Oooo

Why can't I post any pics? I've never been able to and I really want to share my gnarly skate injuries with the readers.

My face and arms are basically hamburger meat. Ah well, consider it an exercise in descriptive writing...

Interview with Michael De Feo

alana@fatsupply.com — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:27:02 +0100

When Michael De Feo's status says that he's 'planting flowers', it means he's pasting art on the streets of whatever city he happens to be in at the moment. His work is magnetic, from the screen-printed flower emblem to the free handportraits and sinister, copulating corpses. Somewhere on the 'flower' end of his spectrum , Michael has published children's book and produced lemon illustrations for the annual High Line Street Festival's World's Largest Lemonade Stand. Alphabet City, is a picturRead More...

Interview with Rae McGrath (Brooklynite Gallery)

alana@fatsupply.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

I took Rae McGrath's instructions to take the subway to Utica station, hang a left on Malcolm X Boulevard and found myself standing under an electric blue ticker tape, the gallery felt like an anomaly in a neighborhood lorded by a chicken shop and the adjacent bodega. I got to work right away, filling in the backyard mural for Ben Frost's show due to open the next day. Like a duck, Rae cuts through the water with little effort but below, he's kicking and churning to get where he's going. WRead More...