THE AMAZING NERDKWEEN WAS THE FIRST VOCAL PERFORMER TO PLAY OUR *ARTLAB SERIES WATCH HER PERFORMANCE AT THE EARL WAYNE FISHELL EXPERIMENT - U*SPACE GALLERY - *ARTLAB SERIES WOMAN ON A HUSTLE - U*SPACE GALLERY WHAT IS ART? James Kalm responds to a gracious invitation from MoMA to attend the press preview of this timely exhibition. Like the coming of summer, or the swallows returning to Capistrano, the cycles in the art world have returned to focus on the practice of painting. Organized by Anne Umland, this show spotlights 50 works of art that are painting, or relate to, the question, "What is Painting?" PART I PART II KARA WALKER interview KYSHONA ARMSTRONG - A GREAT CLIP FROM THIS AWESOME ARTIST WHO HAS LOVINGLY PLAYED OUR *ARTLAB SERIES SAM FLORES BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS THE SUBLIMINATOR BROUGHT HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF SUBLIMINATION TO OUR - *ARTLAB SERIES SHORTLY AFTER THIS CLIP WAS FILMED BASQUIAT INTERVIEW CHUCK CLOSE: Painting Process/Process Painting, MoMA Part 1 of 2 HERE IS STEPHANIE NILLES PERFORMING IN NY BUT IN 2008 *ARTLAB HAD THE PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCING THIS LIMINOUS SINGER ART ADVENTURES - IAN JOHNSON Ian Johnson draws and paints jazz musicians and authors who inspire him. ONE WEEK OF ART - The Rinpa Eshidan "Rinpa" is a word created by the founders of the group meaning "to bring people together, while "Eshidan" essentially means "art crew." The Rinpa Eshidan is a team of artists brought together by a common creative expression. Led by Noiz-Davi (Yoshiaki Kusunoki) and Daisuke Yamamoto, the group's main activities are performing in live painting events and creating videos of art in action. Instead of focusing on the finished project, we believe the process of creation itself is where art comes to life and our videos aim to engage our audience in that process. In November of 2005, Daisuke and Noiz assembled a team of artists to participate in video projects where one painting was created after another, with each piece being painted over to make room for the next. We have created several films in this style since. Many people ask us how we can stand to erase the artwork we have worked so hard to create, but our focus is on the process of making art, not the end result. The good news is that the videos we make become a permanent record of the spontaneous artworks created during the filming. THE ART FUSION EXPERIMENT CHARLIE ROSE SHOW featuring CHUCK CLOSE - The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close in Conversation & ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG At The Guggenheim Museum in Conversation RICHARD TUTTLE James Kalm checks in for a viewing of Richard Tuttle's "Memory Comes from a Dark Extension". This selection of small wall mounted assemblages is typical of the artists practice and shows his ability to transform the mundane materials of wood, paper, wire, paint and glue into complex and rich compositions with transcendental implications. NAHEM SHOA - Giant Heads MICHAEL LAU - SHORT FILM THORTON DIAL AKIANE KRAMARIK - SPIRITUAL YOUNG ARTIST ART ADVENTURES - SYLVIA JI MARK MARIANELLI SAND ART TURKISH ISLAMIC ART OF MARBLING (EBRU)- The word marbling is in Turkish EBRU (cloud, cloudy). It is derived from the word ebre which belongs to one of the older Central Asian languages. Its origin may hark back to China, where a document from the T'ang dynasty (618-907) mentions a process of coloring paper on water with five hues. Through the Silk Road this art came first to Iran and picked up the name Ebru. Subsequently this art moved towards Anatolia. Specimens of marbled paper in the Turkish museum and private collections date back as far as the 15th century but unfortunately there is no evidence to show at what date the art of marbling paper first appeared in Anatolia, where it came to be known as "Turkish Paper." Scholars agree that Turkish Papers had a colourful influence on the book arts of Europe. In the early examples from the 16th century in the Ottoman-Turkish era, Ebru appears in the battal (large) form, namely without any manipulation. Ebru technique consists of sprinkling colors containing a few drops of ox-gall on to the surface of the bath of water mixed with with kitre (gum tragacanth) in a trough. By carefully laying the paper over the bath, the floating picture on top of it is readily transferred to the paper thus, each Ebru is a unique print. To obtain beautiful Ebru results, one needs to have a light hand, refined taste and an open mind to the unexpected patterns forming on the water. Patience and a good knowledge of traditional culture are characteristic of Ebru masters. Since the art of marbling had a significant importance in Islamic art, it is essential to recall the basic principles of Islamic art in order to have a better and closer look at marbling and thereby reach a deeper understanding. Ottomans tried to express the beauty of the divine in all branches of art. We see them seeking to illustrate mystical beauties in architecture, music and ornamental art. During the 14th to 19th centuries many religious schools, especially Sufi sects, became a kind of "Art Workshop" educating students by a master to apprentice method. Due to the modesty encouraged by dervish precepts many works of art even had no signature on them. DAVID CHOE STEPHEN WILTSHIRE - MEMORY ARTIST One of Stephen's extraordinary abilities is to memorize landscapes up to the highest detail. GILLES TREHIN - URVILLE: THE IMAGINARY CITY GHANIAN ARTIST WIZ KUDOWOR BRIAN ENO ART ADVENTURES - KIM COGAN San Francisco painter Kim Cogan talks about his latest series of paintings of Chinatown. CHILDREN OF HAPPINESS - is a painting about dreams. Made by African kids of Kololi, the Gambia. In collaboration with the artist Fatty, who's setting up soon an arts space at his compound in Kololi. CHARLES LOVELACE & WALTER COATNEY - Multi-media artists Charles Lovelace and Walter Coatney use modest materials to make vivid documents about life in Shreveport. Lovelace salutes historic black nightclub Palace Park. FANTOCHE