#Black flag cafe series#
As text and images are the essence of my blog my intention is to present 100 pieces of textual art from historical and contemporary artists and from my own hand. To view the series to date click on ‘The 100’ in my Category Menu. The 100′ series was initiated by my 100th Post in April 2012. No Title (He had seen as much), 1998, pen and ink on paper, 16 by 22 inches.Ĭredits to: Wikipedia / / Google Images. The Life of a Sperm, 1992, Indian ink on paper, 35,5 x 42 cm. You don’t necessarily know where it’s going to go while you’re doing it.” When we take a Leak or Look at Art, 1992, Indian ink on paper, 49 x 63,5 cm. But there is also writing that is more open, more associational, and even accidental. You have some idea, some philosophy, some story- narrative- whatever you want to express, that you want to get down on paper, and whatever literary devices or techniques you have at your command with the intent to express that. Robert Storr writes about Pettibon: “(He) is the exemplary artist of the morning after, the picture-making poet of disasters that stalk abandon but who nevertheless wants more than anything to disappear into his imagination”.Īnd Pettibon writes: “There’s writing that is everything planned. Vavoom, n.d., ink on paper, 29 x 31,8 cm. His ink drawings capture the signature acts or motivations of his countless characters and the juxtaposition of anarchic punks and hand-lettered text suggest Oscar Wilde cool and literary refinement that creates a fiery tension. Pettibon’s art combines the passions of a literary aesthete with a disaffected noir vision of the Sixties counterculture and post-Sixties America. It just shows the obsession that society has with rock music and rock culture, nowhere more so than in art”. I’ll do that if I don’t have to bring my art into it. NON-FLAG HOTEL - Limited service, exterior corridor, rents at 45 - 60 per night. In an interview with Dennis Cooper he said, “Everyone wants to talk about rock and roll. Le Bar, a beach bar/restaurant located in Anguilla, is for sale at a. He has made animations from his drawings, live action films from his own scripts, unique artist’s books, fanzines and prints. 30 x 22 1/2 inches.īeyond his rock and roll beginnings and in addition to his works on paper, Pettibon’s interests have ranged widely.
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Pettibon’s text includes borrowed passages from literature and text written by Pettibon himself. Pettibon started working in collage in the mid-80s with simple newsprint elements collaged onto black and white images. He is prolific and makes hundreds of drawings that he started to publish as limited-edition photocopied booklets in 1978. Pettibon works primarily with Indian ink on paper and many of his early drawings are black and white, although he sometimes introduces colour.
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From the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, he was closely associated with the punk rock band Black Flag, founded by his older brother Greg. He is known for his comic-like drawings that often contain disturbing, ironic or ambiguous text and his subject matter is sometimes violent and anti-authoritarian. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Raymond Pettibon (born 1957) is an American artist who lives and works in California.
#Black flag cafe code#
Get the embed code Les Miserables - Les Miserables (Act 1a) Album Lyrics1.Castle On A Cloud2.Do You Hear The People Sing3.Eponine's Errand4.In My Life5.Javert's Intervention6.Look Down7.Master Of The House8.Red And Black (The Abc Cafe)9.Stars10.The Bargain11.The Robbery12.The Waltz Of TreacheryLes Miserables Lyrics provided by Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer They will see that the day of salvation is near! In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the flame It's a rallying cry that will reach every ear! On his funeral day they will honor his name. In Notre Dame they're tearing up the stones! Well, Courfeyrac, do we have all the guns?įeuilly, Combeferre, our time is running short. Oh, it's easy to sit here and swat 'em like fliesīut the national guard will be harder to catch.
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