2/13/2007

Nader Ahriman

23 comments:

Painter said...

Nader Ahriman @
Friedrich Petzel Gallery
535 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011

Mark Barry said...

surreally interesting image.

zipthwung said...

I think it needs more powerfull demons up the food chain.

"I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable that leer down from the external universes."

No one has ever seriously envisioned continuing Proust. Lovecraft, they have. And it's not a matter of secondary works presented as homage, nor of parodies, but truly a continuation. Which is unique in the history of modern literature.

What's more, the role HPL plays as the generator of dreams is not limited to literature alone. His work, at least to the same extent as RE Howard's, although often less obviously, has been a profound factor in the renaissance of fantasy illustration. Even rock music, usually so distrustful of all things literary, has made a point of paying homage to him - a homage, one might say, paid by one great power to another, by one mythology to another. As for the implications of Lovecraft's writing in the domains of architecture or film, they will be immediately apparent to the sensitive reader. This is the building of a new world.

Hence the importance of building blocks and of construction techniques. To prolong the impact.

here

zipthwung said...

this is ok

I dunno it feels like theres a need for "sophistication" where none is needed - I think thats what bothers me - the main theme is diluted by "elegance" or "esthetics" or something - design.

Why do paintings need to be designs? What about chaos?

I dont know what Im talking about.

no-where-man said...

i remember jer wanting to do a book 99% of all public Art sucks.. This painting recalls this site: Strange Statues around the world

The Public has Spoken and it is SUrReal.

youth--less said...

that's your valentine painter? sweet. broken arm and all.

its all about the bunny rabbits these days. not sure why. the passivity? i'm still diggin on the monkey myself...

zipthwung said...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Senior U.S. military officials in Iraq on Sunday sought to link Iran to deadly armor-piercing explosives and other weapons that they said are being used to kill U.S. and Iraqi troops with increasing regularity.

To think aristocrats used to ski Iran's slopes. I know a guy who was walking down the street with his dad and his dad pointed to a building and said "thats where the hostages are being held"

or something like that.

no-where-man said...

i heard this is surreal conceptualism and makes sense within the stable of FPG.

youth--less said...

maybe nancy p. can do something about it

zipthwung said...

you can drink wine in Shiraz.

check this out

I hope Nader Ahriman is a Metalhead.

I was listening to a bunch of new stuff - Slayer, Mammoth, Goatsnake


So in that context - you know look at a Budgie album cover or whatever. It can be better than a Cy Twombly, often.
Guess Im a philistine.
Why God Why?

zipthwung said...

speaking my language

no-where-man said...

Pickle Surprise !!!!!!!!

youth--less said...

good god yes NWM - time for lunch

zipthwung said...

Too gay.
be yourself by yourself

zipthwung said...

michael parks does it for me. I think its the big cats and stuff.

PrettyPablum said...

this is gross

PrettyPablum said...

Nowhere man,

cool statue site

amsterdam

remember the bronze in soho of the lady with like 12 pairs of boobs

zipthwung said...

james harvard?

My new favorite after Nagel.

WHo else is using faux drop shadows on lines? Wasnt there a recent one?

More importantly, whats the market like for this?

and also - theres a great show on the history channel called "mail call" -R Lee Ermey is a riot.

zipthwung said...

iran

I ran so far away.

no-where-man said...

do i! i have a pic of me sucking on one of those from my first trip to nyc somewhere!

whats "to gay?" i can't relate sorry.

zipthwung said...

true story - lots of people dont want to be called a hipster and dislike the whole dealio - but by recognizing the hipster thing you yourself become an uber hipster - so I heard a hipster was reacting by dressing square (uber) and I had to laugh.

Uber hipster? its like being anti anti. Im pro pro.

notquiteyet said...

will someone please yell de chirico?! regardless of previous posts...
ok I will do it.
Wait, what was i saying?

poppy said...

yes, this is metaphysical 101, but i mean, do we need those little heads as reference? Can people revisit themes and make them somewhat personal or relevant somehow? Why does it have to be like,...Look what I'm doing,..thats right, de chirico!Its how it reads...
I would rather see a stage set for all sorts of props like the rubber gloves etc..mixed in with the little narrative that nobody really cares about anyway. Can't these be a little more creative. You don't need those manequin heads. If your going there, go all the way. and create your own metaphysical reality.