I know that this show happened a while ago, but as I was walking through Salvation Army the other day (the whole store was 50% off), I noticed the aged, giant landscape paintings that lined the walls, staring down on windsuits and orphaned shoes like portals into pastoral universes. The paintings reminded me of the Vintage Vandals show that Wurst Gallery had, and how awesome a concept it is. If had more than five bucks on me at the time I would’ve taken one of those idyllic monsters home with me to sprinkle it with some imagination. I thought some of you might like a look back at what Vintage Vandals had to offer to inspire you to similar ends. There are so many useless paintings languishing in the dusty corners of second hand stores all over. Why buy a black velvet clown painting when you can paint your own?
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Jeremiah | 09-Jun-08 at 7:01 pm | Permalink
“Gotta hustle man, sell you a pair of sweat socks at the beach. I’ll just be like ‘Hey, you might need em.’”
How is it that simply picturing Del saying this makes me want to buy some sweat socks from dudes at the beach? Someone needs to get that man involved in advertising, he’s an unsung ad wizard. Or a sung one I suppose… But damn, where’s this new Deltron of which he speaks?
That up there is pretty darn tight too, it immediately conjures a My Neighbor Totoro vs. the Pillars of Hercules mash up in this one’s mind. The Pillars of Totoro you might say. But don’t.