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Monday, July 07, 2008

Working in studio
Category: Art and Photography

These past two week have been kicking my ass. Basically I've been silk-screening in a studio and busting my ass in the foundry. Let's start in the foundry. I finally got to pour my bone pieces in metal. So it's been cleaning metal and lots of metal fabrication, sanding, and welding for me. I almost have some of the metal work done on some of the sculpture but still have a lot of sanding to do on them. I also ordered a lot of laboratory glass ware for another part in these bone sculptures. I did finally get the glass in the mail unbroken. So I'm looking forward to starting to put these sculptures together and getting the glass elements put in. I've also been getting some more prints together for the past two weeks as well. I've basically been cleaning and prepping screen and getting images burned onto them for the printing process. So far I have about to different prints getting ready for show or to be sold on my website or possibly Country Club Gallery witch you should check out if you have a chance. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

pouring sculpture and glass for sculpture

Silkscreening

My show in N.Y. Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

This is you can go see the Waste Project and the new Waste Project 2 this project is still going on thanks to ongoing support of the ART REVOLUTION!!!!
http://www.aaronkent.org/gallery/projects/index.html

Arthole info and projects of Arthole
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

Also a lot of my friends are written up in this blog as well
Art Sara Pearce files news, comments and observations on art
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/art/

Remember to check out my website WWW.AARONKENT.ORG you never know what's going to be on there. Again thanks for your ongoing support!!! AK-47
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Monday, June 23, 2008

working in studio
Category: Art and Photography

This week in the studio was very busy as well. I got all the molds patched from last week and ready for a bronze pour. The pour is going to happen this week I think Wednesday but not sure as of right now. I get to pour a lot of bones that's almost 6 sculptures!!! That's 2 bigger sculptures the dog jaws and human clavicle and 4 smaller bone sculptures. I'm really excited but I'm going to be really broke. Bronze is about $4.50 a lbs. and that's a lot of metal. I hope to start working in the metal shop next week getting these bone sculptures together and pushed to being finished. Other then my sculptures I have gotten a little further on my drawing of Fly on the Wall. I still think it need some work on the fly but at least I'm working on it. I hope to have it ready for the ARTHOLE crit on Sunday the 29^th. Gives me a bit of a deadline and pushes me to get it done as well so I can move onto something else. I have also started working on some other projects this week, nothing big but it is interesting. These crosses are part of a silkscreen project well see if it works out but no guarantees. Last is a picture I took that I think is its own art piece. I found a car flag just discarded and dirty on the ground. The image to me just said it all to me how people always throw away everything and replace it. Consumerism at its best and now even the flag itself is throw onto the ground because its dirty. Anyway just though it was a great snapshot for thinking!! Enjoy. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

Getting molds ready to be poured

Drawing

Crosses

Snapshot

My show in N.Y. Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

Arthole info and projects of Arthole
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Working in Studio
Category: Art and Photography

This week was busy in the studio. The past two week's I've been really busy working on my bone sculptures. I've basically been getting the molds ready for a burn out so I can get to pouring them in bronze. I've been spending most of my time in the dip room making the ceramic molds around the wax positives of the bones. Then after I completed the layers of the molds I had to burn out the cups to reclaim the hooks and take some of the stress of the mold for when there burned out. After that they are loaded on to a kiln carrier and then loaded into the burn out kiln. After the burn out the molds will be cured and ready for pouring bronze. I almost lost one of the bone molds this week. When I was burning out the cup it shifted and rolled onto the floor and broke the mold in a couple of places. Fortunately for me it was only major cracks and I was able to repair the mold and keep it with the rest of the molds so it didn't fall behind in the process. I hope to have 4 smaller bone sculptures done in the next 6 weeks so you'll be hearing a lot about metal cleaning and fabrication in the next couple of blogs. Also I was able to get some drawing done. The drawing is called "fly on the wall" and I think it's looking pretty good. Still have a lot of work to do on it but its coming along nicely. One last thing which I'm really excited about is that Arthole is putting on an open crit night on Sun. June 29^th7pm-10pm. Hope to have this drawing done to put in the crit to see other peoples reaction. Also if interested in the crit and you live in Ohio contact me at ak47666ak47@hotmail.com and put down Arthloe crit so I know its not spam and I will give you the information to where it's going to be. Also if you want some art revolution stickers you can also use that email and send me your address. I'll mail you some free just for your support. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

Working on molds

Drawing

My show in N.Y. Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

This is you can go see the Waste Project and the new Waste Project 2
this project is still going on thanks to ongoing support of the ART REVOLUTION!!!!
http://www.aaronkent.org/gallery/projects/index.html

Arthole info and projects of Arthole
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Sunday, June 01, 2008

working on website
Category: Art and Photography

This week was busy but not in the studio. I've been working on my website putting up new galleries for you to view. I put up three new galleries Drawings, Drawings2, and In God we Trust. The two drawings galleries have a lot of drawing that have been in shows this year or have not been seen at all by anyone. So it's a real treat for me to show these drawings to you. Also I put up the gallery In God we Trust. This gallery is loaded with subject matter about religion and God. Another gallery with artwork to make you question or think about situations few wants to question. Also I've put up a few more links and thanks to people who are constantly helping out in the art revolution. This week was also gallery contact week for me. I hope to work with Country Club in the future and also Last Rights Gallery in NY. I just sent out some material to both and hope to work with both of them. I'm also trying to find more shows and galleries in NY for the future. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

Joined this new group of artist called ARTHOLE and we are starting some projects together. Should be fun and who know what will happen?????
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

working in studio
Category: Art and Photography

This week was another busy week in the foundry. This week I did a lot of prep work on the molds to get them ready to pour. I did do a burn out of the molds to get the wax out and to cure the mold so they would be ready to pour. I also redipped them one more time to seal all the small cracks that happened from the burn out. Hope to maybe pour a mold or two this Friday but well see how things push along. I also started another smaller bone sculpture in wax and will be taking that down to the foundry to start the mold process again. Other then all foundry work and bronze work I haven't been doing too much else. I did get to draw a little on the newspaper drawing and it's coming along nicely. Hope to have a little more for you next week but I think it's all going to be foundry again. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

working on molds and waxes

working on drawing

links to shows im in

Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

Joined this new group of artist called ARTHOLE and we are starting some projects together. Should be fun and who know what will happen?????
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Working in Studio
Category: Art and Photography

Finally I'm back in my studio doing bronze sculptures again. It's really nice to be back in my studio again. It's like getting back home from a long trip and taking that deep breath of relaxation. My studio is my life and without my studio I am lost. I know I'm a bit of a die hard for art but after a while I realized that without art I am nothing. Enough rambling about art, it's nice to back in my studio again. This week I worked pretty hard on getting the wax work of the two smaller bone sculptures pushed along to get some more wax bones down to the foundry. I'm pretty excited because the sculptures are starting to come together slowly. I'm getting close to start pouring some of the bone elements for the sculpture. After this week and possibly next week as well a new batch will come down to the foundry and the process will repeat itself again. The big bone sculpture is about ¾ of the way done as far as casting all the elements in wax. Then I will start gating all the wax elements and take them down to the foundry to start the next process. Bronze is so labor intensive but it also what I love. I'm fortunate because I can do my own work if I had to pay some one to do this I would not nearly get as much bronze work done. Anyway still drawing with newspaper and will hope to start drawing on this paper soon. I have a few ideas for this drawing so we'll see were it will take us. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

Working in my studio on wax bones

Drawing

Links to projects or shows i'm in.

Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

This is you can go see the Waste Project and the new Waste Project 2!!! This project is still going on thanks to ongoing support of the ART REVOLUTION!!!!
http://www.aaronkent.org/gallery/projects/index.html

Joined this new group of artist called ARTHOLE and we are starting some projects together. Should be fun and who know what will happen?????
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Monday, May 12, 2008

ART SHOW AT RED SAW
Category: Art and Photography

Well this week was pretty big for me!!! I had my show at RED SAW GALLERY in NY!!!! It went really well and I got to meet lots of people. I was pleased with how I was treated and how the crowd responded to the work. All I can say is that all the artist in the show were really talented and I was really happy to be part of such a great show. Dave Smith put a really great show together. After the show I went to Chelsea where all the hot galleries are in NY. There to my surprise I meet two really big famous artists Dana Schutz and Richard Prince. I was star struck and really excited to meet both artists. I also got to see so many shows of big named artist and some shows of some not so big name artists that I was totally overwhelmed and want to run to my studio and start making art immediately. I did come back to Cincinnati with new motivation and many new ideas to start. Overall I was pleased with everything and can't wait to hit my studio hard and get to work. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

RED SAW GALLERY

Dana Schutz

Richard Prince

Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith http://www.redsawart.com/

joined this new group of artist called ARTHOLE and we are starting some projects together. Should be fun and who know what will happen?????
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Monday, May 05, 2008

Performance Art
Category: Art and Photography

This week was not much for art making but I was doing a lot of performance art. I did two performances this week. One which you are familiar with was Living in a Terrorist State. The other was a performance or protest was against Censorship. This is a performance of what I or you stand as far as letting art be seen to the masses. This artwork that I took a stand on was a graffiti sculpture. It was put up with no ones permission. I loved this art just for that fact; it was already rebelling against what is supposed to happen. The artwork also had some dildos and a pocket pussy put together and put on an erect pedestal. It had no title but spoke many messages. This piece was asked to be censored because people did not want there family or friends to see this artwork due to an art show that was held in close proximity to it. I know that everyone has there limits but this is an art institution and if you don't like art or art that is controversial then you should probable look for a new career or reconsider what art is about. Art is a Voice whether it's your voice or someone else's voice it should never be silenced!!! It should always be heard!!! Any whey I did this performance and I chained myself to the artwork for 8 hours. I wanted to go longer but my body would not let me. Maybe with some better planning I can do the next performance a lot longer. After the 8 hours the whole performance and artwork was taken down and the art had ended. I was happy how the artwork and performance went but I made a lot of enemies and also gained a lot of supporters. I don't ask anyone to agree with what I do but if I made you think then I've done my job as an artist. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

The performance of Living in a Terrorist State at Synthetica

The 8 hour performance on Censorship

Got a show coming up at Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith the show is called Works On Paper http://www.redsawart.com/

You'll get to see some of my artwork here on TLP blog
http://tigerlilypress.blogspot.com/

joined this new group of artist called ARTHOLE and we are starting some projects together. Should be fun and who know what will happen?????
http://piratesoftheearthole.blogspot.com

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Performing in Indy and Cincy
Category: Art and Photography

Well we will start off with what I and arthole were up to this weekend. We built a bunch of robots and marched in a parade. Yep the AK-47 was a robot marching in an art parade. Below is some snip it's of what we were involved in.

Art As Parades and Street Pageantry

The first exhibition of contemporary art exploring parades and street pageantry will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in May. On Procession will draw upon themes of ritual, propaganda and civic celebration, and survey issues of history, identity, and public visibility, according to the IMA. The exhibition will feature videos, sculpture, installations, costumes, banners, and parade artifacts and ephemera. In conjunction with the exhibition, the IMA is organizing a downtown art parade on 26 April, and will debut new works by Smith and Haeg as part of the parade. On Procession will be on view at the IMA from 2 May through 10 August.

THE MARATHON AUTOMATON by Arthole from Cincinnati, OH 45220
Cincinnati performance group Arthole will process down the parade route dressed as robots, using humor and entertainment to encourage thought about technology and its place in our society.

I have to apologize since I was in the parade I don't have many pictures but I am working on it. They will be really cool plus I can't wait to see them. Also on another note I will be doing a performance today of Living in a Terrorist State at Synthetica gallery. Hope to have some pictures of that performance for you next week as well but have a few pictures of what the show looks like. I will also have a secret performance on Monday which I will post in my next blog. Other then doing mad performances this week I also have been doing the waste project and getting some drawing in. I got another recording drawing done and started another one. I'm also working on the newspaper drawing. I'm doing a lot of ripping and collage work and now editing the text. I've probably put about 12 hours of drawing in on this artwork just for this week. I think it will be a really nice drawing when it is done. Last for this week i've also been working on the waste project. This instalation is comming along nicely. As always thanks for your ongoing support of the art revolution and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

Arthole in Indy

Living in a Terrorist State

Recordings Drawing

Newspaper Drawing

Waste Project 2

I'm having a show of the new artwork Living in a Terrorist State at Synthetica Gallery April 27 2008 http://www.syngallery.org/index.html

Got a show coming up at Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith the show is called Works On Paper http://www.redsawart.com/

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Working in Studio
Category: Art and Photography

Welcome to the art revolution and thank you for all your support. This week has been very busy in my studio for bronze sculpture. I've also been very busy with these recoding drawings and also doing the Waste project. I'm also getting ready for this Synthetica show the 27^th and also getting ready for this show in NY May 9^th. So needless to say I've been very busy in the art world. Let's start off with the bronze and wax work. I've still been in my studio casting a lot of wax bones for my bronze sculptures. I've got about half way done with the bigger of the three sculptures and still casting quite a bit for the smaller sculptures as well. When I get all the elements cast for the bigger bone sculptures I will start to gate them and start taking them down to the foundry for the next step in bronze casting. I'm still working on the little ones. Some parts are down in the foundry and some are still being caste out of wax. Soon I hope to start pouring some in bronze and getting some metal work started. On another note I did get a bone sculpture finished. I finally finished the welding on it and started to give it its color to finish the sculpture. The color is a deep burgundy black and covered in a thin clear wax to protect it from oxidizing anymore or changing colors. Just the air can keep the metal and the chemical reacting over time and even the wax is no guarantee that it will stop changing color but it does help. So there you have it another beautiful sculpture created for your eyes. I think the color turned out really rich and deep and I really like the assemblage of the bones in this piece as well. Look forward to having it in a show at Malton Gallery sometime soon. So other then working in the bronze world I've also been drawing quite a bit. I'm still working on the 48x48 drawing and have started another newspaper drawing. So far it's just collage and ripped newspaper but it's in the works and that's all that matters. I'm also working on these recordings drawings. I did get you some pictures this week of what's going on with those drawing. I'm working on them quite a bit because they interest me quite a bit. I'm still playing around with them but there really turning out really nice. Finally I'm still working on this waste project2 and I have to say sorry I don't have any pictures for this week on the waste project2 but I will have some for you next week for sure. As always thanks for your ongoing support and remember to check out my website. WWW.AARONKENT.ORG

Me working in wax and bronze

Recordings Drawing

48 x 48 drawing

newspaper drawing

I'm having a show of the new artwork Living in a Terrorist State at Synthetica Gallery April 27 2008 http://www.syngallery.org/index.html

Got a show coming up at Red Saw Art curetted by Dave Smith the show is called Works On Paper http://www.redsawart.com/

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