June 2010
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Two Words for Sucker? Art Collector.
A year ago when we visited Base Elements Gallery in Barcelona, the owner was hesitant to let me film some quick shots of Pez’s graffitied canvases. Now I understand why.
I just got out of Exit Through the Gift Shop - a Banksy film about Thierry Guetta’s rise from amateur filmmaker to Warhol-esque copycat art sensation. Essentially it’s the realization that if you’re even...
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How True Culture Happens Over Beer
Twelve years ago, under the shadow of a huge bodhisattva, a Taiwanese priest threw my i-ching and told me I’d have a good career but that I was a “horse in the gate”.
In Chinese astrology horses are strong, determined and animated, but a horse in the gate is one that is stubborn and impatient. This is the type of employee I am. When I’m given a problem and I’m given...