Okay, maybe I could get used to this

I was just messing around with an old matrix before stripping my screen, but I like the results so much more than the print they were from that I'm not going to clean the screen yet. I'm going to keep working on these.

They're BIG too - over 2x2 feet and 2x3 feet, respectively. I've only put up details from the 2x3 one - bugger was way too big to scan.

Moi aussi, Ben Vautier

I can't quite get next to screenprinting; I love the final product but hate the process. Needless to say, a lot of that comes from having to experience the trials and tribulations of a new medium. Because each project is a little less frustrating than the last, I'm going to stick with screenprinting for now. It's something I can see myself keeping up as a side project in the years to come (painting will always be my true love).

Here's my first print, a tribute to Fluxus artist Ben Vautier (Ben doute de tout).

No Man's Land: HIV/AIDS and Waiting

Yay! I'm super excited about the news that two pieces from 'Hot Topic' will be shown in No Man's Land, the annual HIV/AIDS show held at Concordia University.

Marlon Riggs was a prominent gay rights activist and filmmaker who passed away from AIDS related illness in 1994. David Wojnarowicz was a painter and performance artist who was prominent in the New York art scene of the 1980s. Wojnarowicz passed away from AIDS related illness in 1992. Both men were incredibly talented and the world is certainly a dimmer and less creative place without them.

More information on Riggs can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Riggs, and here:
http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Riggs/RiggsIntro.html

Information on Wojnarowicz can be found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wojnarowicz

The show is on from March 30 - April 5, 2008. The vernissage is on April 3.

VAV Gallery, 1395 Rene Levesque W., Montreal, QC
Visit http://nomanslandmontreal.com for more information.