dark alleys splattered with rain and neon, phrases that have several meanings, herbalism, goood lovin', danger, lotsa sauce, solitude, companionship, burial practices, form, ancient technology, deep woods, sychronicity, the beauty in imperfection, the olfactory sense, cycles, the superdupernatural, the bizarre, markers in the flow
Music
iron and wine, spank rock, elliot smith, prefuse 73, leonard cohen, leb laze, sufijan stevens, django reinhardt, anna krammer, papa m/ pajo, bonnie "prince" billy, june christy, devendra banhart, dungen, george jones, mojave, chet baker, boards of canada, grayson and whitter, arcade fire, tammy wynette, yeah yeah yeahs, dinah washington, boom bip, blonde redhead, mary gauthier, rolling stones, smiths, bill monroe, blossom dearie, and anything that inspires copious corporeal conjunction
Movies
me like yet i find it oh so hard to sit still long enough to watch one of them
Television
television?! how about artists/ movements i admire instead? ok. henry darger, hans bellmer(drawings), morris louis, jessica stockholder, ann hamilton, vermeer(especially,"woman holding a balance"), gustave corbet, shunga, jan van eyck, john currin, andy warhol, joan mitchell, leonardo da vinci(especially, "portrait of a woman with ermine"), richard serra, dada, carol dunham, willem delvoye, fluxus, albert bierdstadt, salvador dali, janet cardiff, egon schiele, monochrome, edward hopper, multitudinous graf stylz, aubrey beardsley, andy goldsworthy, plant renderings in antique/aged herbals, marc quinn, jason rhodes, petah coyne, sally mann, cy twombly, kara walker, andreas gursky, diane arbus, jake and dinos chapman
Books
truth is, as they say, stranger than fiction. give me reference books!!
All Nippon Airways, one of Japan's premier airlines, is proud to announce an exhibition of the work of American artist Scott Silvey. Eleven paintings from Silvey's "Civic Remedies" series will be on display in the gallery of ANA's Signet Lounge in Haneda Airport from August 1 - September 30, 2008. Scott Silvey's work is being supported through All Nippon Airways ANA MEETS ARTS program. Mr. Silvey is the first non-Japanese artist to earn this honor.
Please visit ANA's website at http://www.ana.co.jp/dom/promotion/ana_meets_arts/index.html to view his profile, (Japanese.) Also, more images of Scott Silvey's work can be viewed at http://www.myartspace.com/scottsilvey/
Civic Remedies
Scott Silvey
April 11 – April 17
Zuisho-ji Darumadou Gallery
Within a decaying urban landscape, vending machines, street lamps, electric poles and meters stand as sentinels among the dwellings where people once lived. Because of unabated consumption the skeletal remains of human production are all that linger in the half-light. The only remaining inhabitants are the fertile mounds of soil in which medicinal herbs have germinated. These healing plants have returned to restore health to an ailing world.
Employing techniques he developed over the last 10 years, American-born artist Scott Silvey creates richly textured paintings of acrylic and carbon on panel. The images of residential architecture in the works are found in Setagaya-ku, the Tokyo district in which he lives. The herbs populating the paintings are culled from antique texts and other sources found online.
This exhibition presents a continuation of the themes that Silvey has explored throughout his career in both painting and installation. The relationships between human construction and natural systems are at the forefront of his examination.
Scott Silvey’s work has been exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad. He has earned numerous honors including the 2000 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center. His work has also appeared in publications such as Sculpture, Art Papers, and Antennae.
Venue: Zuisho-ji Darumadou Gallery
3-2-19 Shirokanedai,
Minato-ku, Tokyo
Nearest Station: Shirokanedai Station
Toei Mita Line/ Metro Nanboku Line
Date: April 11- April 17
Reception: April 12 6- 8:30
Daily: 11am – 7pm
wow. so you are now an official married man. congrats to the hundredth degree. let mio know, again, that i deeply regret not getting to be there. this just creates more fire under the tush for jenn and i to be there next spring. xoxo!!!
you must be an honest man by now. Enjoy your time away! Got some sweet digs on a whole new umbrella of Japanese music that doesn't lame when you get back.
It was my birthday...Susan's that is! I'm 34 now. woo! I'm enjoying my youth. Remember, age is relative. There is always someone older, and you are never younger than you are right now, so best be enjoyin' it!!
I've been getting ready for our move and was packing stuff the other day when I came across old camp pictures. It was so funny to see them and think we could have ever been those silly little kids. I'll have to get them scanned after we move and email them to you. There is a great one of Kevin and several others of you diving that I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing!
I just was looking through your pics cause I like to look at your art every now and then. I think it's time you bring your talent states-side, say, to Portland. I think Portland would receive you well. How are you?
Congrats Silvey San. Just noticed now with the pictures that you and Miho were all official like as opposed to the 'living in sin' which I suspected was going on right under my nose. And you a former altar boy and all. Not long till the 13th now. Looking forward to it.
Love your new body of work. My faves are Fluellin and Frogbit for the colors, but the whole concept is fantastic. I wish we could have seen the show in person. Hugs for you and Mio!
happy holidays to you as well! i miss miss miss you and talk of you all the time. wish i could have seen you while in the states. can't wait to meet mio! are you guys getting married there or here? i wanna be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's this about you being a voodoo priest? You're so multi-talented. How much would you charge per hour for your services and can you work long distance or do we have to come to Japan again?
Yo Braa! Is this Macy's shit for real? Don't sell me out man..By the way, I read your thesis cause I'm writing mine now. Quite impressive, and I stole your word-liminal-to use in mine..teeheee
i wanna hear your voice.....when can we chat? so many things to talk about....like your future???? how much longer till you're in the states? 'cause i know i don't have the cash to support the long conversation we are due with you there and me here!
