Archive for July, 2007
The End of Easy Money- by Greg Strid
The End of Easy Money
Stock markets around the world have been slapped
around the past few days, with the worst carnage
occurring today. The venerable Dow and S&P indexes
were each down by 2.3 percent, and the tech-laden
Nasdaq was off 1.8 percent. Losses of 2 percent were
the norm across continental Europe; the greatest pain
was experienced in Great Britain, [...]
“Images That Lie Between” by Henry G. Sanchez
Artist Statement:
I appropriate images from political advertisements, campaign flyers, and mailings to create digital prints with glitter. I use glitter to obscure and disguise certain features of the images to expose a tension between adoration and mystery.
“El Gringo de la Bachataâ€- glitter on ink-jet print, 18†x 24â€, 2004
“Supporting the Column”- glitter on ink-jet [...]
The Bush Follies- by Greg Strid
President Bush declared on Tuesday, “I understand there’s a debate…â€
and went on to explain that it is the other side, roughly categorized
as “people in Washington†who are saying “STOP†to the “surgeâ€, his
latest gamble to stabilize Baghdad and the tumultuous Anbar province.
Thirty thousand odd American troops, the backbone of this effort,
apparently arrived in full-force just [...]
Painting by Matt Lahm
“Nude behind glass, barcode and ball 2 “
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″
Winter 2006
20th College Reunion (I’m an Old Man)
They greated us with bright blue banners; pulling out all of the stops because they thought we would open our wallets before we left campus for another twenty years.
The girls were looking lovely that evening…
The boys a tad drunk…
I rose early the next morning to eat some strange looking energy beans- they certainly
didn’t have those [...]
Paintings by Denis Luzuriaga
This act of creation
That is art-making
This purely vain yet crucial endeavour
Is one that I am thankful for
May my hands be cut off
And my vision impaired
The day that I should take it for granted
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His work can be seen on the web at:
www.denisluzuriaga.com
