December 2011
1 post
And the winner is....
After much debate and for a variety of reasons, we have decided to have two winners!
Michelle:
www.littlelovesartist.com
and Alain:
http://www.alainnorte.com/
Congratulations to our two winners! If you like what you see, visit their websites, email them, buy art from them!
Happy Holidays from all of us at A Bad Crit!!
xox
-Monica
November 2011
3 posts
For Immediate Release:
Want a chance to have your work featured on A Bad Crit?
Enter our first ever Holiday Greeting Card Contest!
You can choose a specific holiday, make a general “Happy Holidays,” or “Seasons Greetings” card. It’s all up to you!
The winner’s design will be featured on the blog, sent out in an email blast, with more possibilities thereafter. A Bad Crit will also...
The Wofflehouse Featurette
By: Magtotoart
Ever wonder what happens when your living space fills up with art that you’ve made and you don’t want it laying around collecting dust? Ever wonder what happens when an art teacher/artist needs to appease the bills-bills-bills beast? Looking for that special porta-potty watercolor to hang in your home? Got a thing for nurses?
Well, I’m here to bring to you the...
"Making a Music Video" with Andre 4k
By: Magtotoart
When I asked Andre 4k what it was like to direct a music video, I had no idea what I was in for. I knew that it was no piece of cake. My brief stint in the production industry taught me that. But I wasn’t aware of all of the prep work involved. I wasn’t aware of all of the setbacks involved in making a video on your own. The video I worked on was all set up by the time...
July 2011
5 posts
Gnomon's Sketch Theatre Event
By: M.Song
As an artist, when people ask me to define what “art” is I am usually left speechless. Not because the question is insulting my intelligence or because of some deep seated trauma involving gauche. It’s because “art” is a loaded and ephemeral question that can’t be explained without a lot of time and cigarettes. There are many interpretations of...
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Opening of "When We Were Kids"
By: Magtotoart
I never know what to expect at gallery openings. Once you think you know the crowd, they switch it up. Since starting the blog, I have realized that depending on the body of work being shown, the people that come to the show will differ. You can count on the regulars: art appreciating folks who like to sit and sip wine (or in this case Pabst) and discuss color, movement,...
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Opening of "That Was Then, This is Now"
By: Magtotoart
Last Thursday, I attended the opening of “That Was Then, This is Now” featuring collaborations by RISK and COOZ.
COOZ was one of my instructors in college and I consider him somewhat of a mentor and idol, so this was a fun show for me to go to. It was a humbling experience because it reminded me how far I have to go and how much I have to prove as an artist. It was both...
June 2011
1 post
Under Maintenance
Hello loyal lovely readers!
Please excuse our absence. We are making some changes and filling our brains up with awesome things to share with you!
Stay tuned and see you all soon!
xox
-The A Bad Crit Team
April 2011
1 post
Glass, Paint, Metal
By: Magtotoart
This weekend, my art adventures took me back to Drip Studios for the opening of “Silica Candy: Glass Infused Paintings”
If you recall, the last show I went to at this studio was a large group show with artwork of all genres by a bunch of different artists. It was a fabulous show, but this time, they’ve really outdone themselves. The space had transformed from...
March 2011
4 posts
An Interview With Thuraya Lynn
By: A Bad Crit
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
TL: I’m a person who draws and paints dark comedy on the side. I can read dreams, pretty neat.
ABC: What inspires you to do your work?
TL: It’s pretty hard to pinpoint out the reasons why I do what I do, for the most of it, I do it because I’m infatuated with the stillness images in my head. It’s a...
First Saturday
By: Magtotoart
(very old post, but i thought i’d put it up. sorry for the delay)
My First Weekend adventure continues with First Saturday at Gallery Hijinks for their opening of “The Letter Collector”. With over 100 separate pieces in the show, it’s hard to choose which images to show you. The crowd was a bit more congested than Friday night, with a lot more elbows...
A note about my last article:
Every artist needs to know how to take criticism. Even me. So after receiving some friendly constructive criticism about my article on Big Umbrella Studios’ show last Friday, I would like to clear a few things up.
Firstly, our mission at A Bad Crit is to present artwork. We are here to bring you, as readers, work that you may not otherwise be able to see. We know that our readers are all...
First Friday
By: Magtotoart
After being separated from the art world for several months, I am attempting to make my triumphant return in small pieces. It is not as simple as making a big bang entrance like, “Hey all you m-effers! I’m back!”. A lot can change in the art world in that amount of time. I had to slowly scope out my options and have a few practice rounds before showing up at an...
February 2011
1 post
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Art Extravaganza 2/11
By: Magtotoart
This is a very late post, but I think it’s worth it.
Two weeks ago, I made appearances at the opening of two shows that are worth talking about. The opening of “Outside In” at 1:AM gallery, and the opening of an all female show, “Yin” at Drip Studios Gallery.
“Outside In” featured local talents such as Buter, Jurne, UFO, Wand, Keb, and a...
September 2010
2 posts
Hello New Followers!
Hey there everyone!
Thanks so much for following us! We are so excited that we can continue to bring you amazing content week after week! If you would like to be featured on our blog, please email all inquiries to:
abadcrit@gmail.com
There are a few ways to be featured:
-get interviewed by a friend
-interview yourself
-interview a friend
The guidelines are on our main page:...
An Interview with Leontine Greenberg
Interviewer: Saki Waki
SW: Tell us a little bit about what you do. LG: I make watercolor paintings of the beasties that live in my head. There’s a desolate but cheerful post-human landscape in there, populated mostly by birds and rabbits and oddly functioning technology. SW: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel? LG: It happened in...
August 2010
4 posts
An Interview With Tikijay
Interviewer: Monica Magtoto
MM: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
TJ: I make your city look pretty….I am an Urban Landscape specialist. Which translates into an urban artist fluent in the major media of the city streets, i.e. freehand graffiti, Wheat-pasted poster art, stencils and 3D sculpture interwoven in the fabric of the urban landscape. I am also a college professor at the Art...
An Interview with Alexa Dunham
Interviewer: Monica Magtoto
MM: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
AD: Honestly I’m still growing into my style, and I’m not sure what I’m going to do with my work. Right now I really enjoy portraiture. I see beauty in the subtleties of people’s faces that most people I know overlook, and I like to depict people in a blunt, colorful way that accentuates those.
...
An Interview With Adriean Koleric
Interviewer: Brandi Clark
BC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
AK: I’m a Canadian Artist who’s focus these days is primarily in digital collage pieces.
BC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel?
AK: It was a few years ago when I was primarily designing furniture. I had one of my pieces posted on a design site which was open...
An Interview With Johnny Dombrowski
Interviewer: Tae Querney
TQ: Tell us a little bit what you do.
JD: Beyond the basic tag of being an artist, I’d consider myself an illustrator in particular. While I do have moments where my work may blend over into fine art, I think it’s safe to say that the majority of my work is illustration. Of course, illustration can be considered fine art as well but you know what I mean. We...
July 2010
5 posts
Artist Close Up: Alain Norte
Acquired by Monica Magtoto
My name is Alain Norte and I am an illustrator and designer from Los Angeles. I grew up pretty normal I guess. I’m a huge comic nerd and have a horrible addiction to variant covers although I have cut down on my overall comic purchases lately. I play videogames but not too much anymore. I do go to the gym a whole heck of a lot. I love it. When I’m not doing any of that...
An Interview With A Good Company
Interviewer: Romina Perez
A good company was founded by Caroline Hadilaksono and Micah Rich. Two designers that love to do good deeds for others. They describe themselves as a “super small, super talented company interested in helping you solve problems” and you bet they will for their company motto is “A good company means more than simply beauty: we think design can help people”.
A...
Mystery Postcards: Good Crit of the Week
For the past several months, we have been receiving these postcards at my job here at Giant Robot San Francisco. We have no clue who the sender is, only that they are from the UK. We love the work and want to get the artist’s info. If anyone has any information on this artist, PRETTY PLEASE send it our way.
Whatever the reason for sending them anonymously, this artist has caught our...
An Interview With Paul Chisholm
ABC: Tell us about what you do?
PC: The Art of Paul Chisholm explores what it is to be human in a 21st century society. With the world evolving into ever greater complexity, the artists’ work pinpoints simple and playful ways of exploring issues relating to ageing, isolation, the geography of human consciences, gender issues of a gay man in a modern world, climate chaos, terrorism and...
An Interview With Nick Mendoza
Interviewer: Davis Ngarupe
DN: Tell us how you became a designer?
NM: I can trace my graphic design roots to my teenage years when I use to skateboard and play in punk rock bands. I would make stickers, screen print shirts, make cassette covers (yes I’m that old that CD’s weren’t around), 7” record covers and fliers for the punk bands I use to play in. After high school...
June 2010
4 posts
An Interview With Brigitte Coovert
Interviewer: Andy Nukes
AN: Tell us a little bit about what you do. BC: What don’t I do? I’m so scatter-brained. I’m best known for working with Japanese fashion dolls (Pullip, Dal, Byul, Taeyang, and Blythe), but I also work with urban vinyl, kokeshi, some painting, collage, I make jewelry, and I even write haiku, lol…I also hula hoop unusually well. AN: How did you...
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An Interview With Sean Chao
Inerview: Monica Magtoto
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do
SC: I draw, I paint and I create sculptures that make people smile.
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel?
SC: Back in college, I was trying to develop an unique personality to my drawing. I began researching and examining artworks from various publications and ...
An Interview With Garrett Faber
Interview: Mark Turnage
Garrett Faber is a photo poet, music aficionado, and a writer/interviewer for Suicide Girls. Notoriety notwithstanding, he enjoys supermodels, counterculture, and cheeseburgers.
MT: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
GF: First and foremost I’m an insomniac, my sleep schedule is so fucked up right now, besides that, I write and take a lot of pictures. ...
An Interview With Andy Nukes
Interview: Brigitte Coovert
BC: How long have you been drawing and can you describe your art style for us? AN: I’ve been drawing all my life. I was born on 1948 so that’s a fair number of years. I’ve been actively publishing since the 1980s and was doing drawings for friends in high school in the 1960s. There have been a lot of changes in my life but drawing has been there for most of the...
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A Bad Crit Mentioned on Spankystokes!! →
Thanks to our newest contributor Brigitte Coovert, we’ve been mentioned on SpankyStokes!! Check it out! And big ups to Brigitte, Troy, and Spanky!
May 2010
23 posts
4 tags
Interview With Troy Stith
Interview: Brigitte Coovert
BC: Tell us about your work. TS: My work is centered around nature, it’s something I set out to do last year and I’ve been pursuing it ever since. I’ve always had an obsession with moss and the way it grows on rocks, walls, trees, and anything else it can stick to. It’s sort of nature’s way of telling you something has been there for a...
2 tags
An Interview With Nunzio Barbera
Interview: Volksradio Moos
VM: Tell us a little bit about what you do N: I am a visual artist who works in mixed-media. At the moment I am working with collage, painting (acrylic), paint markers, craft paint, sharpies, many different lacquers, and pencil, watercolor and ink sketches. Incorporating these materials into my “mixed media”. Done with school. Majored in printmaking and...
An Interview With Wayne Johnson
Interview: Andrew Hem AH: can you tell us a little about wayne johnson? WJ: i was born and raised in Pasadena California. i grew up in a pretty gang active neighborhood, lots of bloods, lots of crips, lots of mexican gangs and territorial shit. the street i grew up on was always pretty active, lots of people hanging out drinking, smoking, selling, shooting, and gettin’ shot at everywhere...
Interview With Teejay Karamese
Interview: Monica Magtoto
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
TK: I’m a Photographer who is very open minded about different styles of shooting. My styles of photography range from fashion, portraiture, documentary, landscape photography and conceptual work. I don’t stick to just one main subject or direction. I like a taste of it all. I still have so much that I can learn, so...
An Interview with Edwin Huang
Interview: Tae Querney
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
EH: I’m a freelance comic artist and illustrator. I was born and raised in San Diego, California and I’m currently living in New York City.
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel?
EH: Back in college, one of my sophomore year teachers called me out for...
Interview With Silvia Idili
Interview: Daniela Petkovic
(editing kept to a minimum to preserve the voice of the interviewer and the interviewee)
DP: Hi Silvia, where do you come from?
SI: I was born in Cagliari, Sardegna (South Italy) but it’s been two years since I’m living and working in Milan.
DP: How did you approach to art? [How did you become an artist?]
SI: Since I was a child I used to draw during my free time....
An Interview With Nigel Sanders
Interview: Monica Magtoto
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do, artwise. NS: Short answer: I am an illustrator/printmaker. My day job is as a screen printer and then at night I come home and paint and/or print some more. Long answer: I work in a lot of different mediums, formats and styles, a lot of times I’ll do straight narrative illustration and portraits, but most recently...
An Interview With Kris Trappeniers
Interview: Volksradio Moos
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
KT: I’m a stencil artist based in Belgium. My work is based on ballpoint drawings which are converted into intricate cutouts. The workflow is analogue to get more organic results. I work on media like vinyl, canvas, cardboard, wood and walls.
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and...
An Interview With Lynette May
Interview: Daniel Lim
ABC: Tell us a little about Lynette May
LM: I’ve always had an interest in art, even as a small child I was attracted to expression through creativity. Now at age 33, still holding strong to my passion for art, I have managed to place emphasis on developing skills as a painter, sculptor, seamstress and jewelry maker. Being a single mother, I find it even more...
An Interview With Emi Tamaru
Interview by Daniel Lim
ABC: Please introduce yourself to the community
ET: I’m Emi/Emily/Emiri/Emyli/SPiLLeD MiLK. Born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, I am currently attending Otis College of Art and Design as a Graphic Design major.
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel?
ET: When I was told my figures were too...
An Interview With Miss Sucette
Interview: Volksradio Moos
(Interview conducted in Belgium. Editing kept to a minimum to preserve the interviewee’s voice)
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do. MS: I started as a graphic designer. I studied it for 3 years, but I quickly felt disgusted by this job. I felt trapped in a lifestyle I hated, and I could not give a chance to my creativity as I wanted. So as an evidence,...
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An Interview With Danielle Buerli
Interview: Romina Perez
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do
DB: I make and draw things. I mostly make things now and draw for myself, but I would still like to keep that going too. My work has evolved into more diorama environments and puppets where I draw, craft, knit, sculpt, paint, build, photograph and edit. I think I just like to do too many things so I am trying to find a way...
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An Interview With Anita Kunz
Interview by: Emi Tamaru
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
AK: I’ve been a magazine illustrator for over 30 years and also I’ve been doing a lot of personal work (I’d define it as fine art) for the past 10 years. I’ve also lectured and taught a lot.
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel?
AK: There have been so many I don’t...
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An Interview With Amy Shimoshige
Interview by: Emi Tamaru
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
AS: I make magic happen in the form of “graphic design.”
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever given and how did it make you feel?
AS: Digging deep within my past, I’m not even sure which one is the worst, as I’ve had a lot of discouraging crits. One that does stand out is...
Metamorphosis: The Nurturing of Identity
Artist Closeup: Pyuupiru
By: Emi Tamaru
I first came across Pyuupiru and her work when she was still, according to official paper work, a he. I read an interview of her conducted by Sebastian Masuda, the creative director of 6% DOKI DOKI (a “super-kawaii” shop located in Harajuku, Tokyo). Quite honestly, I wasn’t interested enough to look into Pyuupiru’s work after...
An Interview With Lane Kinkade
Interview: Emi Tamaru
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
LK: I’m currently a student at Otis, I’ve worked as a Freelance designer before, mostly web design, and I used to create marketing pieces for Santa Barbara City College. I started from a digital background and have grown to love the hand-crafted pieces
ABC: What was the worst critique/review/feedback you were ever...
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An Interview With Tae Querney
Interview by: Fawn Fruits
ABC: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
TQ: Well, I am a trained illustrator. It’s a commercial art, and some people don’t even consider it ‘art’. But I think many illustrators are breaking that gap and stepping into a place where that line of fine art and illustration is really blurring. In my ‘illustrations’ I try to really...