Kaws-- at Gering & Lopez Gallery

Last night I visited my good friend-- artist Brian "Kaws" Donnely. He is a real gamechanger. I have been a fan of Brians for the better part of a decade. Visit his site at http://www.kawsone.com/shop

The show was crisp-- and tight.  It is at the "Gering & Lopez Gallery" on 5th Avenue in NYC.  Worth a visit for sure.  All the paintings are done like giant animation cells. 

I was geeking out on the sculptures he did of his own head...signature cap and all.  Brian how many of those black hats do you have?

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The first day of the rest of our lives!!!!!!!

I woke up this morning to catch my 6am cup of Cafe Bustelo.  Everyone in my house is buzzing, and it is not from the caffeine.  Our guy, Our president won!  My grandmother always used to say...at any significant crossroad in our lives..."This is the first day of the rest of your life."  I'm hyped.  I am excited by the promise of this victory. I am excited how our world image will be restored to new levels-- but mostly by the fact that there is a palpable energy---and we must seize on it to tackle all the challenges we face as a team.  That is the best by-product of this day, and our new President: you get the hunch that he has the chops to really steer the boat. 

I went to grab for my remote control for the kitchen TV.  For some reason the signal is dead.  I went into the family room as well. No signal either.  At first I was angry.  But as my kids came down for cereal-- it occurred to me there are more important things than TV,  particularly on this day.  Fuck CNN.  No Fox. No Nicktoons or Noggin.  Who needs ESPN? We sat here and talked about what happened.  Doesn't matter that they are just 6, 4 and almost 2 years old.  They volleyed back and forth with me.  Ella, the little one keeps repeating..."i like OBAMA". Alex is ear-to-ear.  Sage can't wait to go with me to D.C.. I hope they never forget this day. I won't.

My Visit to Zhang Huan's Studio in Shanghai, China,

Zhang Huan is a world reknown artist whose work can be seen at Pace galleries in NYC, and the new Pace galleries in Beijing.  My friend Marc Glimcher hooked me up to visit Zhang in his studio in Shanghai,  when I was was there last week.  I was blown away.  He is like the Warhol

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SUNTORY Reserve Whiskey- Lost in Translation.

Wow---you think Copolla and Sean Connery really drink Japanese whiskey??  Just the fact that Kurosawa supposedly directed the Copolla commercial-- has me wanting to go buy a bottle.  Akira Kurosawa!  The legend!  Too funny.  I gotta' make a whiskey or a scotch-- for real.  My advertisements would be this weird-- that is the vibe.

John Maeda!! Just standing in the same room--you feel smarter!

Last night I had dinner at the home of John Maeda, in Providence, Rhode Island.  If you are into graphic design...or claim to be a graphic designer, you need to know this mans work.  He is a pioneer and a guru.  He was the former director of MIT's media lab.  He is now the new president of RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)-- and his forward thinking is bound to shake the place up.   Peep this video from TED conference-- long, but interesting.  He is the man!

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