High Fructose

Well, after a few headaches, 10,000 "Fucks" and about $15 worth of hot chocolate, I am finally registered for the spring semester. Since I had fewer credits than most sophomores, I had to registrar after them. At this school, credits mean everything. Another reason I had been running around like a maniac tomorrow is I began the process of applying to the Visual Arts Department. I was under the impression that I just fill out a form, check the "visual arts" box, and I'm in. But nothing can ever be that easy in college. As it turns out, I have to submit a portfolio of recent work, letter of recommendation, statement of purpose, and of course the sheet that defines us all, my transcript. "Well that's not too bad" I thought. That was before I realized the deadline is December 1st. Well damn. I'm crossing my fingers. From what I hear, the visual arts department is pretty competitive.

On a side note, I picked up an art and culture magazine, High Fructose, a delightful mind numbing acid trip. I had bought it with the intention of using it for a Sociology project, but when I began reading it, I liked it too much to cut pages out of it. It features many modern artist, many of which blew me away. I figured I'd feature of few of my favorites here.
First up is Tom Haubrick.

From what I understand, he is a painter and a tattoo artist. He has an extremely distinguished style, and mostly works with gray tones. Some of his work is bizarre, but all of his work is aesthetically pleasing. There's one piece I particularly adore, which unfortunately I could not find, of a crowd of well dressed people in utter dismay. It reminds me of zombies which is probably why I like it. Anyway, Tom Haubrick, awesome artist. I definitely wouldn't mind having some of his work hanging on my wall.




The next artist I'd like to touch on is a really strange individual. Motohiko Odani is a sculpture from Kyoto, Japan. I had to read through the article written on him several times just to make sure I had read it correctly. From what I gathered, Odani drew 1.4 liters of his own blood and collected drops into soap bubbles (How he did that is unclear). He then blew the bubbles aross a room using a fan and an audience watched as the bubbles burst and blood splattered onto a white canvas...or so the magazine tells me. It's not very descriptive. My absolute favorite piece by him is a sculpture called "Erecto" which features a fawn with his legs binded by metal braces. Odani is quoted in saying "Animals, machines and human beings co-mingle uncomfortably in an endless game of rochambeau. Except nobody's really sure who's the rock, paper or scissor." Do I really need to say anything? How awesome is that?




Last one. Stella Im Hultberg. A painter stationed in Brooklyn. She mainly paints anatomically incorrect women, making them very long and thin. Two things that really intrest me about her is first, she is a self taught painter. There are many self taught artists out there, but it never ceases to amaze me. The next is the medium she uses. Her MO seems to be ink on tea stained paper. It has a very beautiful effect. And if that's not convincing enough, check it.
She does a kick ass portrait of Marla fucking Singer. Awesome. I'd tip my hat to you Ms. Hultberg, but I haven't got a hat. Look her up to see more of her work. It's so worth it.

Anyway, that's my little rant/review of the happenings of my week. As of now, I'm really looking forward to the next issue of High Fructose. It features many artist, I only picked out my favorite three. Check it out!