The Windshield Wiper, a short film from Alberto Mieglo won an Oscar for Animated short in 2022, and was published for view on YouTube that same year. I only just found this out. Apologies.
The Windshield Wiper in Full
The Windshield Wiper — 2021
I'm Finding Out ... I am in Love with the World
Some inspiring words from Maurice Sendak — reflecting on aging, beauty, life and death
Wind in the Willows - Inga Moore
Inga Moore — 1999
The Wind in the Willows is classic book, with some incredible illustrations in various editions. Wholesome and cozy a delightful for a century.
An Ethically Dubious $200M Generative AI Business Valuation
Considering the viability and ethics of AI in art and technology today. I have plenty more to say, this is just an initial collection of thoughts…
Marathon Announcement Teaser
Oh wait, its the Marathon Logo actually
Bungie release a teaser trailer for a new project Marathon, a pvp extraction shooter that is bright and stylish and mysterious.
New 35mm Film Scans
Sharing some 35mm photos from the last year or two. From around San Francisco, Coney Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan
Well If This Isn't Nice, I Don't Know What Is...
Vonnegut, Hero and Legend has some kind advice about gratitude.
Tracey Emin Speaks with Jerry Saltz at NYAA
photo Mauren M Evans for Financial Times.
Last week I got to attend an artist talk with Tracey Emin at New York Academy of Art as she was interviewed by writer and critic Jerry Saltz. It was wonderful to see her in person and hear how her life had been affected by cancer, and how she is motivated, a fire under her, to make the most of her remaining productive years.
Read the article here on Isadore&Dunn Gallery.
I’m Here, I’m Alive — Financial Times
Margo Sarkisova — Of War and Peace
Margo Sarkisova, Black Sun Rising, 2022
Isadore&Dunn Art Gallery, (for whom I am a co-founder) put up a show this season from Margo Sarkisova, an Assyrian artist from Ukraine who has had to deal with life under attack from Russia’s full scale invasion in February. The work reflect the anxiety of an artist whose world is on its head, from a time where her future and her safety were very uncertain.
We thank her for sharing these prints and her experience in the hopes that it sheds more light on the real human experience of living through such a difficult situation.
See the show here.
Ukraine Invasion Listening List
A collection of resources to help in understanding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Joe Buffalo - The New Yorker
A meditative and beautiful short film on growing up inside an abusive system and dealing with trauma as a First Nations person in current times.
Walk Like You - Mike Mignola
An appreciation of Mike Mignola. Always a pillar of inspiration for character, form and a graphic striking style
Isadore & Dunn - Markings
For the last few months I’ve been working with my wife and partner Sarah, to establish a gallery Isadore&Dunn here in Brooklyn. Online (for now), our goal is to promote work from smart and evocative emerging artists, to help them gain an audience, and to build and grow a community.
Today we opened our first show. After two months of sifting through a ton of incredible submissions, it is up. It’s a small step, but I am proud of the work we’ve done and excited to see how this unfolds our futures, engaging with and supporting the art community.
Our first show got a surprisingly robust volley of submissions. Many great works from a range of artists. Photography, drawing, painting, sculpture… and all engaging takes on the theme of Markings.
Bicep - Saku David Bertram
A wonderful execution of a simple premise in this music video from David Bertram