Alberto Mielgo is a Spanish born artist with a broad range of work as both a painter and graphic designer. He currently lives in London were he works as an art director, animator, painter and designer various companies around the globe.
To learn more about Alberto Mielgo and view additional work, please visit his site at albertomielgo.com or his blog at albertomielgo.blogspot.com
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Self-portraits by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat will star in contemporary-art auctions in London set to raise at least 72.5 million pounds ($116 million).
Sotheby’s, Christie’s International and Phillips de Pury & Co.’s sales come as contemporary-art dealers look for price rises. Worldwide auctions slumped more than 50 percent in 2009. The once-booming market is still recovering, according to the French-based data company Artprice.
“Things were bad in 2009,” said Anders Petterson, founder of the London-based analysts ArtTactic. “Sales were solid and robust in 2010. The question is whether growth will continue in 2011 or flatten out.”
In November in New York, the three auction houses’ evening sales raised $553 million. The total was just 17 percent lower than in May 2008, when the contemporary-art boom was at its height, ArtTactic said in its latest confidence survey.
The 1967 Warhol has been in a U.S. private collection since 1974 and is estimated to sell for as much as 5 million pounds at Christie’s on Feb. 16. Christie’s auction of 64 lots may raise as much as 51.9 million pounds.
Phillips’s Feb. 17 auction has 29 lots that are estimated to make at least 5.8 million pounds. Basquiat’s 1985 painting “Overrun,” showing a stylized self-portrait in a graffiti- scrawled urban landscape, has a top estimate of 1.5 million pounds.
Written by Scott Reyburn
Shawn Barber’s body of work focuses primarily on painting, portraiture, and documenting contemporary tattoo culture. Barber?s intimate renditions of tattooed individuals balance both meticulous brush strokes and loose energy. Figurative in nature, these large paintings take on abstractions with explosive colors, meandering lines and paint dripping down the canvas.
Barber earned his B.F.A from Ringling College of Art in 1999 and has paintings held in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Australia. His paintings have been exhibited in diverse solo and group venues including: Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC, NY; Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA; The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ; University of Houston, Houston, TX. His first published book of art titled ‘Tattooed Portraits’ was published by 9mm Books in March of 2006, followed by his second tome, ‘Forever and Ever’, a 256 page hardcover book dedicated to the Tattooed Portraits Series. Among his extensive achievements, he has taught drawing, painting and the business of art for 10 years at various art schools throughout the country. After years of documenting the art of tattoo, it was a logical progression to pick up the tattoo machine and add tattooist to his resume. When he is not traveling or painting, he can be found working at Memoir Tattoo in Los Angeles, CA.
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Gallery Nucleus Presents:
Poster Peepshow: The Art of the Pin up
February 05, 2011 – February 28, 2011
Opening Reception: February 05, 2011(7 pm – 11 pm)
Alhambra, CA – The pin up girl is sweet, yet equally a seductress, flirty as well as sexy, naïve but secretly naughty. She embodies sensuality, youth, fun, and pleasure. Men and women alike have admired her for nearly 100 years. The pin up girl could be found on the covers and centerfolds of thousands of magazines, calendars, ad campaigns, and even decorated WWII war crafts; thereby, pin up art has become an integral part of Americana. “Poster Peepshow” celebrates the pin up girl by featuring original artwork by contemporary artists and pays homage to pin up masters such as George Petty, Gil Elvgren, and Alberto Vargas. Over the past decade it has become impossible to ignore the growing popularity to recapture the nostalgia of pin up glamour. We are pleased to contribute to the culture’s growing appreciation through this exhibition.
Featured Artists
Nathan Cabrera
Marcelo Dadolce
Olivia De Berardinis
Craig Elliott
Jenny Gase-Baker
Keron Grant
Shane Glines
Oren Haskins
Lawrence Noble
Ryuichi Ogino
Bill Pressing
Rockin’ Jelly Bean
Robh Ruppel
Marguerite Sauvage
Jim Silke
Stuntkid
Francis Vallejo
Barnaby Ward
Dean Yeagle
Classic Pin Up Artists
Rolf Armstrong
Al Buell
Art Frahm
Al Moore
K.O. Munson
Highlights
Olivia De Berardinis Book Signing: 6pm- 7pm
Free Live Figure Drawing featuring the Suicide Girls
Special Guests
Lenora Claire
Julie Newmar
Sponsored By
Grapefruit Moon Gallery
Suicide Girls
Sort This Out Cellars
For more information, please see:
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/263
Contact:
info@gallerynucleus.com and jasmine@gallerynucleus.com
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San Francisco–“Facebook Is Dead” was an article 247wallstreet.com posted Dec 15, 2008. That story was dead wrong. Yet, if you were to say that about marketing using Facebook today, you might be right.
Marketing budgets for social media in 2011 are set to see record levels. However, as those budgets rise, the level of effective marketing from Facebook drops. This is not news to anyone in the social media marketing industry. The question to SMO professionals is, what now?
On Sept 2, 2009 AFP news agency’s Ian Sherr posted a story about a sculptor who had used social media to market himself successfully. The editorial was interested in the change social media marketing was having on an age-old industry. The art world has deep rooted unwritten laws about younger artists speaking out of turn.
Ian Wrote, “Reeder maintains that Internet Age innovations not only infuse his art, they are underpinnings of his success, helping him craft a new business model for an industry as old as civilization itself.
Unlike more conservative colleagues, Reeder said he tenaciously uses online tools such as social networking services, blogs and YouTube videos to attract attention and, ultimately, buyers…”
“If you want to see who is going to buy your art in 20 years, look at who is 20 years old now—if you want to stay up to date, and continue to sell your work in the future, you better be on Facebook.”
I am the Sculptor Ian wrote about. From 2007-2009, I told anyone who would listen “Get on Facebook now!” I told artists, art dealers, collectors, Professors, EVERYONE. My assertion was that Facebook was a place people could go which was separate from their normal life. When you logged in, you were in a safe place, defenses down.
With people logged in and defenses down, unknown artists could infiltrate a previously unavailable “cast” of creative people. Normally, it is “verboten” for an artist to approach a critic, art writer, gallery, curator, or collector. You are expected to get in line and wait to be “discovered”.
In 2008, once logged into Facebook with defenses down, these art world “Untouchables” became accessible. I warned everyone that very soon, artists from all over the globe would discover this “glitch in the Matrix” … that Facebook would become saturated with artists.
Back then, I could find an art writer, or collector online, then I would look them up on Facebook. It was effective to send pictures to strangers on Facebook. I would get feedback, sales, press, and a BUNCH of good backlinks. I sent pictures to tech bloggers, and tech writers. Those folks would write about my work, so I would take what they wrote about it, and send that to other writers. Viral marketing ensued.
Getting talked about as an artist is hard. Think about the last time you heard about an artist in the news. Facebook was the key to bypassing all of that.
I warned EVERYONE that Facebook would become saturated. That time has arrived. Facebook isn’t a “safe place” anymore. Spam and unwanted messages have made people just as cautious looking at their inbox, as they are with junk mail in the mailbox.
Today I received ten Facebook messages inviting me to art shows. I received even more “Event invites”. I did not look at a single one of them. I get too many now for it to be practical to do so.
Facebook by itself is no longer an effective business tool for SMO professionals (Twitter and LinkedIn are in the same boat). However, consumers do not want that anymore. They want content. Real things they can use, or interesting things they can share. Regardless, companies will still duke it out with social media in an effort to out tweet, out backlink competitors.
Consumers have only one safe place now… smart phones (mark my words). While on my Android, my defenses are down. I am impressionable to the things my Android tells me I need… for now anyway.
I will give one great example of effective viral content in 2010. The content was the Toyota Sienna brand’s YouTube video “Swagger Wagon”. I personally sent this video to 15 people even though I knew it was a viral marketing tool. The video was brilliant, and people we all too glad to share it.
Companies can no longer impose their marking on social networks. The challenge for SMO professionals now is, to create content consumers willingly share with their own social networks. Tools, videos and information relevant to specific communities of consumers will be the SMO successes of 2011.
The Facebook I used to know may be dead. However, I am excited to see what my fellow SMO folk use to create viral marketing campaigns in 2011.
Adam Reeder,
http://www.adamreeder.com
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I just came upon this fascinating reference to the significance of the eye and ophthalmology and in Secret Societies; who knew?
The Copiale Cipher is a newly discovered and deciphered code that allows us to look into the customs of a German secret society. From the brief description of the ritual, it appears that the Oculist Order was obsessed with ophthalmology, the study and treatment of the eye. Interestingly enough, Knight claims that the symbol of many secret societies is the eye, which helps to explain the society’s fixation...
You can read the whole article, "Mysterious Cipher Cracked 300 Years Later" by Annie Vreeland (Vanderbilt University) on the Wonders and Marvels website by clicking here.
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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/an-interesting-reference-to-eye-and.html
This Saturday and Sunday, The Morbid Anatomy Library and Observatory will be hosting our annual Holiday Fair. What will be available for purchase here, you might ask?
Above is a small sampling; from top: Waxwork of "Saint Anne Catherine Emmerich" of wax, real human hair, glass eyes by Sigrid Sarda; Mutant fanged evil vampire devil deer taxidermy mount rogue taxidermy exhibited at La Luz de Jesus Gallery by Katie Innamorato/After Life Anatomy; Chicks in Bell Jar by Amber Jolliffe; Cushions of Curiosity (Throw Pillows) by Elizabeth New; Insect shadow box by Daisy Tainton; Animal death mask by Katie Innamorato/After Life Anatomy; Morbid Anatomy tote bags and Votives, skulls and more from Noble's Exotica. And of course, there will also be beer from our friends at Brooklyn Brewery,
Beer courtesy of our sponsor Brooklyn BreweryPlease join us on December 8th and 9th for a holiday fair, presented in conjunction with partner space Proteus Gowanus. This is the perfect place to purchase unique, niche, and off-the-beaten-path gifts for those hard-to-please folks on your shopping list.This years iteration will feature the taxidermy of anthropomorphic mouse taxidermy class teacher Sue Jeiven; the artisinal wax works of artist Sigrid Sarda; the insect shadowboxes of Daisy Tainton; taxidermic curiosities by Katie Innamorato and Amber Jolliffe; photography and deaccessioned books and artifacts from the Morbid Anatomy Library, "Andean goodies" from Alastair Noble; anatomical throw pillows by Elizabeth New; and the oddities of Mark Splatter all accompanied by music and beer provided by our sponsor Brooklyn Brewery.
You can find out more about this event by clicking here.
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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morbid-anatomy-holiday-fair-this.html
Which brings me to my plea: If any of you lovely Morbid Anatomy readers out there happen to own any of pieces from this collection, or have any ideas as to where others might reside, we would be so very grateful if you would drop us a line at morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com and let us know.
All images above, of tableaux by Walter Potter, are drawn from the Bohnams auction site; you can view more images, and the entire auction catalog, by clicking here.
Walter Potter Tableaux, top to bottom:
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POSTPONED: Athanasius Kircher: The Greatest Polymath Who Ever Lived? An evening with Lawrence Weschler, Joshua Foer, and John Glassie
Tuesday, Dec 4th, 7:30pm
Athanasius Kircher was a seventeenth-century German Jesuit scholar whose interests knew no bounds. From optics to music to magnetism to medicine, he offered up inventions and theories for everything, and they made him famous across Europe. Holy Roman Emperors were his patrons, popes were his friends, and in his spare time he collaborated with the Baroque master Bernini.
This lecture, occasioned by John Glassie's new book A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change, will take on Kircher's place as one of history's most unforgettable figures.
Joshua Foer is a science journalist and the author of the international best-seller Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. He is the erstwhile head of the Athanasius Kircher Society. He is also the co-founder of the design competition Sukkah City, and the Atlas Obscura, an online guide to the world’s wonders and curiosities. http://www.joshuafoer.com
Lawrence Weschler was a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine for twenty years, and is the author of over a dozen books, most recently Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative. Others include Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder for which he was a finalist for both the Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle Award, and Everything that Rises; A Book of Convergences for which he received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism in 2007. He also directs the New York Institute for the Humanities. http://www.lawrenceweschler.com
John Glassie is the author of A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change, a biography of the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher. A former contributing editor to The New York Times Magazine, has written for The Believer, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Salon, Wired, and other publications. He is the author of the photo book Bicycles Locked to Poles and lives in Brooklyn, New York. http://www.johnglassie.com
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I Hosted A Rap Concert (by @TheBeardyBoy)
Twitter @TheBeardyBoy http://www.twitter.com http://www.immaturitycrew.com - http I hosted a rap concert which I thought was going to be this ballin #39; party (I #39;m sure you can hear how white I am). We were even told there was supposed to be 500 people attending. ----------------------------------- Before You #39;s new EP on iTunes: itunes.apple.com Stream it for free!: beforeyourock.bandcamp.com ----------------------------------- T-Shirts: http://www.districtlines.com BearyBoyNews http://www.youtube.com BeardyBoyComedy http://www.youtube.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com Facebook http://www.fb.com Website http://www.immaturitycrew.com http Email dustin@immaturitycrew.com Old Theme Song Video Anatomy of Your Thoughts by Second Before the Crash http://www.youtube.comFrom:ImmaturityCrewProdViews:6 0ratingsTime:05:19More inComedy
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[Multi] Couples Collab // All This Time [+300 Sub #65279;]
| Please Watch in HD | [Multi] Couples Collab // All This Time [+300 Sub #65279;] Hey guys! This turned out sooo amazing. all your parts were just so awesome 🙂 Thanks for joining the collab. Hope you enjoy The amazing vidders: #9658; flyaway221 | Ross hearts; Rachel (FRIENDS) #9658; xoFreakyFriendsox | Chandler hearts; Monica (FRIENDS) #9658; xstanatic | Snow hearts; Prince Charming (OUAT) #65279; #9658; ThisJacobNessie | Philip hearts; Aurora (OUAT) #9658; TurnTheMusicUpNow | Emma hearts; Graham (OUAT) #9658; kyrastargatesg1 | Regina hearts; Daniel (OUAT) #9658; Rackfan1 | Callie hearts; Arizona (GA) #9658; THUNDERBRAT8 | Derek hearts; Meredith (GA) #9658; Me | Booth hearts; Brennan (BONES) #9658; Me | Damon hearts; Elena (TVD) #9658; audrey20015 | Matt hearts; Caroline (TVD #65279;) #9658; AntiPeytonSawyer12 | Lucas hearts; Brooke (OTH) #9658; SevenSecretDiaries | Britanny hearts; Santana (GLEE) #9658; doudoulty | Peter hearts; Olivia (FRINGE) #9658;Collab with: flyaway221 // xoFreakyFriendsox // xstanatic // ThisJacobNessie // TurnTheMusicUpNow // kyrastargatesg1 // Rackfan1 // THUNDERBRAT8 // audrey20015 // AntiPeytonSawyer12 // SevenSecretDiaries // doudoulty #9658;Edited in Sony Vegas Pro 10 #9658;Footage: Bones (FOX) // Grey #39;s Anatomy (ABC) // OTH (CW) // TVD (CW) // Fringe (FOX) // Glee (FOX) // Friends // OUAT (ABC) // #9658; Pairing: Ross hearts; Rachel // Chandler hearts; Monica // Snow hearts; Prince Charming // Philip hearts; Aurora // Emma hearts; Graham // Regina hearts; Daniel // Callie hearts; Arizona // Derek hearts; Meredith // Booth hearts; Brennan // Damon hearts; Elena // Matt hearts; Caroline // Lucas hearts; Brooke // Britanny hearts; Santana // Peter hearts; Olivia #9658;Music ...From:Giiih182Views:3 1ratingsTime:03:26More inEntertainment
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Melanin 9 - Magna Carta (Prod. by Anatomy)
Produced by Anatomy Album: Magna Carta (2012) © Red Snow Records m9ether.bandcamp.com http://www.discogs.com One of my favorite albums of 2012, timeless, classic soundz. Grab yourself a copy you won #39;t be disappointed B)From:rastaRoss420Views:0 0ratingsTime:03:08More inMusic
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Halo ~ Multifandom Collab {BL#3}
720p HD + headphones for best quality. Vimeo link if it #39;s blocked in your country: vimeo.com Third collab in our "Bucket List" video project. This was my (cardiffgiant02) #39;s bucket list song choice and I suggested the song as well as many of the fandoms that appear in this video. This is a video of all kinds of relationships; couples, families, and friendships. Huge thanks to CSImaja and luvtheheaven5 for filling in and taking a second part each. Music: Halo by Beyonce Fandoms: see below Colouring by: cardiffgiant02 VIDDERS (in order) CSImaja (Mal/Kaylee -- Firefly) http:www.youtube.com/user/CSImaja KRL2008 (Killian(Hook)/Emma -- Once Upon a Time, Kate/Sawyer -- LOST) http:www.youtube.com/user/krl2008 RomanticMystery11 (Kurt/Blaine -- Glee) http:www.youtube.com/user/romanticmystery11 MiniMischl (Puck/Quinn -- Glee) http:www.youtube.com/user/minimischl Pradadevil15 (Castle/Beckett -- Castle) http:www.youtube.com/user/pradadevil15 lifexintechnicolour (Mark/Lexie -- Grey #39;s Anatomy) http:www.youtube.com/user/lifexintechnicolour emm21ericcal (Tony/Pepper -- Iron Man) http:www.youtube.com/user/emm21ericcal LittlexStarling310 (Will/Alicia -- The Good Wife) http:www.youtube.com/user/littlexstarling310 cardiffgiant02 (Sheldon/Amelia -- Private Practice, Andy/Erin -- The Office) http:www.youtube.com/user/cardiffgiant02 luvtheheaven5 (House/Wilson -- House MD) http:www.youtube.com/user/luvtheheaven5 AwesomeTwoTVD (Chuck/Blair -- Gossip Girl) http:www.youtube.com/user/awesometwotvd ...From:XNewYorksFinestXViews:24 5ratingsTime:04:22More inFilm Animation
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Creepy Places Global: Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy
Who needs ghosts for a place to be creepy? Voted number 4 on Cracked.com #39;s "6 Real Museums Straight Out of Your Nightmares" (www.cracked.com the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy (Galerie de paléontologie et d #39;anatomie comparée) is a museum in Paris that features bones of different species and fossils of dinosaurs. However, other features in the museum give it a creepy atmosphere with body parts, dead baby bones, and weird statues! Jardin des Plantes appears at 6:31 Level 0: The Gallery of Comparative Anatomy appears at 10:19 Level 1: The Gallery of Vertebrate Paleontology appears at 26:31 Level 2: The Gallery of Invertebrate Paleontology appears at 35:01 Website (French) http://www.hominides.comFrom:NinjaCthulhuViews:2 0ratingsTime:45:12More inEducation
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Multi-Couples - "You #39;ll think the worst is a broken heart..." (Collab with Char [CCMulderScullyFan])
I #39;m back! I #39;ve been really busy, but hope to post more videos next week after uni finishes. My 99th video on this account! You know what that means - next one is #39;You pick, I vid #39; in celebration of 100! I #39;m so happy to be collabing with the amazing, wonderful, talented Char again! This is our 5th time collabing and we decided to do couples again this time. If you like this one, be sure to check out some of our other collabs (links below). I can #39;t imagine how you #39;re not already subbed to Char, but if you #39;re not, GO!!: http://www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com I did: ~ Chuck Blair (Gossip Girl) ~ Jason Sam (General Hospital) ~ Cristina Owen (Grey #39;s Anatomy) ~ Mark Lexie (Grey #39;s) ~ Brooke Lucas (One Tree Hill) Char did: ~ Will Sonny (Days of our Lives) ~ Spencer Toby (Pretty Little Liars) ~ K B (Please don #39;t mention the show/characters!!!) ~ Damon Elena (Vampire Diaries) ~ Kevin Scotty (Brothers Sisters) Song: "6 Degrees of Separation" by The ScriptDisclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CONTENT IN MY VIDEOS APART FROM THE EDITING. ALL COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR OWNERS. MY VIDEOS ARE MADE FOR FUN NOT PROFIT, AND ANY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS UNINTENTIONAL. Other collabs that we #39;ve done: Multi-Couples - Just a kiss http://www.youtube.com Multi-Females - Paradise http://www.youtube.com Multi-Males - Holding on http://www.youtube.com Multi-Fandom - Shake it out http://www.youtube.comFrom:JenAnistonRocksViews:1 0ratingsTime:03:48More inNonprofits Activism
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