http://maarte.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:55:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lost In Your EyesLe Roy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New YorkOpens November 23, 2008 at 6pm "Lost In Your Eyes" is a collaborative exhibition that aims to comment on how authorship, mutability, subjectivity and fabrication destabilize simple representation, allowing fiction to take on the appearance of fact and vice versa. ... http://maarte.org/?p=54 Roberto Jamora. Perfect Lovers (Sundials), oil on canvas, 48 x 54, 2008The latest Beyond the Barrelman exhibition opened on September 5th in Chicago. It includes 40 Filipino/Fil-Am artists. Our friend Roberto Jamora's beautiful homage to Felix Gonzales-Torres (above) is featured in the exhibition.The barrel man has also been identified as ... http://maarte.org/?p=52 CUSP interviews Ivy Kirzhner of Dolce Vita. Interview here. Melissa Dizon uses only natural fibers, like 100 percent organic cotton jersey that’s dyed by hand with tree bark and spices like turmeric and cardamom, then hand-stitched and hand-embroidered in Dizon’s native Philippines. [ source: dailycandy ] Fashion designer Michelle Mangiliman opened her ... http://maarte.org/?p=51 Known as the “Pope of Greenwich Village,” Filipino writer José Garcia Villa was the only Asian poet among the literary giants of 1940s New York. John Edwin Cowen and Luis H. Francia discuss Doveglion, the centennial edition of Villa’s collected poetry (now available from Penguin Classics) Listen here Purchase a copy of ... http://maarte.org/?p=50 Hey all. Our favorite designer friend Ivy Kirzhner (many of you may know as the lead of Aikostar - more on her later!), brought to our attention the life and work of the amazing Weng Weng. LINKS: Weng Weng on wikipedia For Your Height Only on Amazon A French site dedicated to Weng Weng ... http://maarte.org/?p=49 Art In Site will be the Filipino magazine for artists, by artists, about artists. For their 1st issue, they are giving artists the cover of the magazine to use as canvas, a blank sheet, a bullhorn, however you want to use it. With a print run of 3,000 copies, each magazine ... http://maarte.org/?p=48 Bren Bataclan goes to New York City with 115 paintings for folks to take for free in New York City next week. This is his most extensive Smile Project to date (30 paintings in Boston on Oct. 2003 was his previous max). "the painting is yours if you promise to ... http://maarte.org/?p=47 via: Angry Asian Man:5.23.2008fantasy/science fiction author robert aspirin diesNoted fantasy/science fiction author Robert Aspirin has died. According to the official Myth website, he passed away quietly yesterday at his home in New Orleans. He was 62: RIP, Robert Asprin.I was actually a fan of his work back in the day, ... http://maarte.org/?p=46 You can now finally own a copy of indie cult hit, SLOW JAM KING - the award-winning feature film debut of Steven E. Mallorca. The DVD is released by Unitel Pictures International, the people who distributed such Sundance hits as Imelda and The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros. Official site: http://www.slowjamking.com/ http://maarte.org/?p=45 We know we haven't been updating lately. Don't give up on us! We'll be posting new features soon. In the meantime, here are some links that give us joy: BAHALA NA: "a cream cheese bibingka that screams eat me" BAMBOO BLITZ: "a diverse Filipina Canadian floating around in Cyber Space" BRAIN DROPPINGS: "the ... http://maarte.org/?p=42