i love this painting of Pablo Escobar in his final moments. By Fernando Botero.

The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative, and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.

--Bansky

gameland is some seriously sick work by victor castillo, showing at the merry karnowsky gallery til august 8th. check out the link to his site, as these iphone photos arent doing anyone any favors.

     

yet another phenom out of art center in pasadena. i swear, every time i turn around, i meet someone who went to art center. half of my teachers went there. anyway, i think her show echo closed over the last weekend, so if you missed it, youre bumming. korin is a real master, and i have a big art crush on her.