I make sketchbooks for various reasons but mainly because they function as excellent portable diaries. This particular book focuses on just my collage works and the works are made from remnants of my older drawings. So here are the first three pages.
Writing with restraint. I found this approach interesting and perhaps there are more books like this to explore on my part. It’s a quiet narrative style that in this case concentrates on a theme of loneliness. It avoids flamboyant episodes and successfully observes the drama of mundane daily life. Pretty good. Titled “Strange Weather in Tokyo” by Hiromi Kawakami with a cool cover photo by Natsumi Hayashi. My ever curious Shiba got in the shot too.
Something fun is happening inside the new Dover Street Market in downtown Los Angeles just south of the Artist District. It’s a new kind of department store that is the brainchild of Rei Kawakubo, the founder of the fashion label Comme Des Garcon. This one opened in November 2018 and now there are several more worldwide from New York, London, Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore.
The guy in the background was watching everything!
There’s charm, humor and it’s all handmade by Michael and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess. South Willard Gallery, 970 N. Broadway #205, Los Angeles till January 28, 2019.