Month: March 2011
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The 2011 Woodie Awards At #SXSW With Foo Fighters, Wiz Khalifa, Sleigh Bells, Two Door Cinema Club and Odd Future, Hosted By Donald Glover
The first time we did the Woodie Awards, it was an awards show without, uh, the “show.” It was 2004. We didn’t have time to make one. College kids voted on who would win, students at The School of Visual Arts designed the “trophy” from a chunk of tree, and we literally ambushed bands who…
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Erik Benson At The 2011 New York Armory Show
If you’re in town, check out paintings by Erik Benson at this year’s Armory Show, March 3-6. My favorite, which I think show’s Erik’s confidence and restraint. And the power his work has when he pulls back… About Erik Benson (courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery): “Erik Benson makes paintings that are informed by fragments…