…we just got back from Big 'ol untamed belligerent and absolutely provocative Mexico City. One of the many highlights was the David Lachapelle photography show at Museo San Ildifonso. His images are so slick and shiny and cinema like. We loved it. Then another was Mark Powell's Opening in Condessa at Galeria Yautepec. What a scene! There must have been 500 people there…many young hipsters with smiling available faces. Our photograph (the one of us embracing) was the Center photo and the pivotal center of the show. We felt blessed….the margaritas were fabulous. Both of these shows gave us a view into the world of Celebrity Culture….for a brief time, every now and then, we visit that culture….that and every time we return home to this funky colorful universe with all our critters…we take a deep sigh and count our blessings!
Archives for February 2009
Mexico City….
….Richard and I are in Mexico City with Sudheer, Childstar Wheeler, Patrice and 25 million others. We are here for 3 days…Museums, Openings, Street Life, Cheap Eats, Walking, Grooving, Photographing, Loving, Getting Tired and then Energized…all this and more. I love this town…it is so off kilter and edgy….included is a photo from the Ruth Lechuga complex of three apartments. She was a prolific collectoer of 20th Century Mexican Folk Art. We toured there yesterday….quite amazing….it felt like 1943 in there….
Lovee Lured by Food Scale…
….it's official, folks…Lovee La Lolitsky was lured to Mexico by Yours Truly with the promise of the use of our food scale. That girl loves her food, but as time creeps up on her (same age as Edie Sedgwick), not even going to the Dog Park with Maya can challenge those pesky calories. So we are having her down here to weigh her food. Pornstar, I mean Childstar is thrilled to have her younger protegee here to give her the meds that Anado has been so stingy with. Not only is Lovee coming down, but so is Dilly Jo, our favorite folklorist and Role Model. It was Dilly Jo that originally inspired Anado, Richard, and Lovee to get off the Magnums and stop watching 24….So the family is reuniting…. By the way, that is Cielo also known as Grey Groovaine checking out the scene in this photo…Love to all!
There is a There…There….
….and all Lovee Lolitsky needs to do is go back to Seven and drop the Six wing…book the ticket…get on the plane…go to Mexico…succumb to the wims of this Eight here and have a grand old time with Dilly, Rikki, Nodsky, Suds, and all the rest…So if one sees Lovee…tell her to come on down and I promise her a big hug and her own room…we even have a food scale…By the way, this is all written in code and who knows what I am talking about? Do I? Does Childstar or Estaban? Maybe Wee Wee in Indio knows…by the way…Edie Sedgwick would be 66 this year…the former it-girl of the youthquake….her knees would be the only thing quaking if she was still around….photo by SHIho….
The Mirror Went North…
…here is a picture of a mirror that I completed a few months ago. It now lives in San Rafael, California in the home of Laura Jorgensen…she is an actress up there. She came out to the house with Carol Watanabe and others. Richard delivered it to her in his suitcase. A lovely couple in Mexico City had seen this mirror in my studio and wanted it…but it had been sold. I am making another Tibetan themed mirror for them and delivering it next week….Life is Good! But could someone telepathically yell at my dogs and tell them to quiet down at night…they were howling all last night…is the moon acting up?
OK Everyone…
…at least those of you who read this blog…We need to have a group hug for Anado. Times are really busy here in the studio and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed…I need to finish two more commissions by Thursday and have them delivered by Saturday with the third which is finished. I need to complete another commission to take to Mexico City on Tuesday morning….the doors upstairs that were just sold need to be taken down and packed to be delivered to Texas by Sunday…new doors need to be out fitted and gessoed to replace the others…so everyone gather around….ahhhhhhhhh…plus there are two groups coming on Thursday for a tour…consider this posting as list or a chance for me to cry out for help to the Maestro that resides within! Included is a shot of the studio frenzy….also hi there, Whitley and Lolita!