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Josh
Bayer and Raymond Pettibon's Dance of the Dead
Josh
Bayer and Raymond Pettibon's Dance of the Dead Earlier this
year renowned punk artist Raymond Pettibon and LA's Josh Bayer
collided head-on at the Xerox machine, splattering the results
across the pages of Dance of the Damned. This stapled treasure
features boisterous, chaotic illustrations by Bayer alongside
some previously unpublished Pettibon gems dating from the
mid-eighties to present.
dilettante
press presents selected pages from this hard to get a hold
of new zine.
Norbert
Kox and William Thomas Thompson Collaboration: "Idolatry:
The Drugging of the Nations" text by Norbert
Kox
Visionary
artists William Thomas Thompson and Norbert H. Kox, both known
internationally for their Apocalyptic art, have worked together
on an individual canvas to create a powerful indictment of
the apostate universal church system and the traditions of
men. It is the first collaborative effort for either of these
artists.
Miss
Velma and the Mighty Miracle of Mamre:
A Peek Inside Los Angeles' Universal World Church
by Jodi Wille
".....in
1966, according to UWC doctrine, God imparted to Miss Velma
the exact location of Mamre, a detail left out of the Bible
and lost for 4,000 years. He also taught her the secret of
compounding The Oil of Youth, and announced to her "My child,
it is time for you to begin your ministry." Miss Velma was
then commanded to anoint the people each time she called them
to The Altar. The final part of the revelation was a promise
that that if her ministry was effective, streams of fire would
run off her fingertips when she laid her hands on the people
and administered her prayers to them."
Howard
Finster (1916-2001)
On Monday October 22, 2001, we mortals lost one of the most
prominent and prolific self-taught artists of the 20th Century:
Reverend Howard Finster of Summerville, GA. A preacher from
Alabama with a sixth grade education, Finsterąs Paradise Gardens
environment and "sermons in paint" forever changed the art
world. Working outside the aesthetics of formal art training,
Finster said,"When Christ called his disciples, he called
fishermen; he didnąt call nobody from a university." Dilettante
Press has gathered a collection of tributes to the man who
inspired so many others to believe in their own creative visions.
Contributors include Jonathan Williams, Rebecca Hoffberger,
Jenifer Borum, Stephanie Chernikowski, and Finster himself.
Deep
Waters: Glory and Shame by Norbert Kox
"If
you see something disturbing you wonder if you should turn
over any more stones. Turning over these images is actually
a little bit scary. Like, where are these pictures coming
from. How do these things exist on so many different levels?
And should we keep moving into these new areas? Are we actually
eating the forbidden fruit? Perhaps we begin to eat of it
the moment we are born, and we can not stop."
Fans
by Gary Boas
"Fans who are collectors are the most bizarre-looking
and -acting people, and I don't mean this disrespectfully,
because I'm one of them. But somehow, they all look a tad
bit off. Back in the day, some of them would be dressed all
glamorous, and some of the others had four teeth in their
mouth. If I was a star and I saw them while I was coming out
of a building, I might run."
Monster
11 by Paul Laffoley
Paul Laffoley interviews a Boston Monster upon
the occasion of an exhibition entitled Terrors and Wonders:
Monsters in Contemporary Art at The Decordova Museum and Sculpture
Park.
Joe
Coleman Live at London's Barbican Centre 2001
London's Barbican Centre is best known as the home of socially
acceptable high culture‹The Royal Shakespeare Company and
BBC Orchestras‹so Joe Coleman's one night show has an element
of frisson‹the audience, for all the Barbican's regulars and
management know, may be there to ransack the place. Isn't
inviting such outlaws into the heart of the established art
world like inviting the murderous hordes into Rome? Jack Sargeant
gives the full inside scoop.
September 11
The End is Near! artists Frank Bruno, William
Thomas Thompson and Norbert Kox reveal foreboding links to
the events of September 11, drawn from bible prophecy and
years of independent research.
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