Recently, drivers along Broadway Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City have noticed the progress of a mural, painted over two blank white faces of a two- story empty building on 9th Street. With flourescent pinks, radiating diagonal lines, graphic black-and-white eyeballs, and lots and lots of pink- its happy chaos is impossible to miss. This [...]
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Crossing Borders: The Photography of Narciso Argüelles
While still in high school near San Diego, photographer Narciso Argüelles had a chance encounter that he describes as one of the most influential of his life: He met a man who had just been hit by a car. Injured but still able to walk, Argüelles asked if the man needed help, and he recognized [...]
My Friend Charlie: a comic book about Richmond, VA
In recognition of the unlikely but awesome appearance of Virginia Commonwealth University- where co-editors Colin and Liz met in art school- in the Final Four, I’ve decided to publish this short comic book I wrote (illustrated by my friend Aubrie Comp) about my time in Richmond. Not the greatest thing I’ve ever written, but Aubrie’s [...]
Art In Public Places on the Chopping Block
Please consider contacting your state legislators today and asking them to vote against HB 1665 and SB 14. These bills would halt Oklahoma’s Art in Public Places Act for three years or eliminate it altogether. Why is this bill – and the Art in Public Places (AIPP) Act – important enough for okc.net to call [...]
What the heck is that? Alexander Liberman’s Galaxy
Public art is democratic art. It brings fine art out of museums and galleries and places it in front of real people: people who live or work in downtowns, people who travel through busy intersections, people who visit sites of historical importance. Sometimes, you can walk right up and touch public artwork. Public art also [...]
An Art Show With A Curve
The seventh annual Girlie Show, an art show and party featuring exclusively female artists and designers, will be rocking into town on Friday, November 5th and Saturday, November 6th at the Farmer’s Public Market Building in Oklahoma City. Friday night’s event, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., features an energetic party atmosphere, with music from [...]
Bruce Goff – Human Architect or Pan-Dimensional Alien Genius?
A new exhibit celebrating Oklahoma’s most famous architect, Bruce Goff, and his work opened last weekend at the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art on the OU campus in Norman. The exhibit is rather lamely titled, “Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind.”
Words and Pictures: Trent Lawson
One of my favorite authors is Chuck Palahniuk. One of my favorite books of his is “Invisible Monsters,” whose later editions have one of my favorite book covers: The young beauty queen who looks like an old, ugly woman, depending on the viewpoint. Oklahoma City artist Trent Lawson uses a similar play on perspective with [...]
