ALdezyn is the pseudonym of Alain Laforestrie. He was born in the Bronx in '71 and moved to Queens at age four. Said ALdezyn, “Like most youngsters in those years we collected comic books, but I was more interested in more than just the action. Those drawn out super hero's were my fascination, so I traced out the characters and made up my own heroes.” He moved on to graffiti art, dropped in and out of “regular” college, and then attended the School of Visual Arts and is currently making the kind of art we see today.
This piece is called “Bathed in Red” and we’d usually get all literal and pair it with “Waiting Beds” but we’ve been to that well too many times, so let’s go to another sexy song, “Usury of the Heart.”
If you'd like to check out more of ALdezyn, go HERE: www.wix.com/aldezyn/aldezyn
It's our first return visit, from Inbred Hybrid Collective. This time "Still from 'Somewhere, Something Incredible is Waiting to be Known.'" It's part of a multi-media work in progress. I think it's interesting how what is physically so deep within, the skeleton, has made its way to the surface, and how something that taping the face and body, which could be seen as bondage and blindage (what do you mean blindage isn't a word!) becomes revelatory.
Today we're pairing Vladimir Ginzburg's "Chair" with "A Couple Nights a Week" for what may be the most superficial reason yet. This site tends to gravitate towards more somber art, yet The Ks music is mostly upbeat fun stuff, so there's got to be less connection if we're not going to keep posting the somber songs. So, now I see a chair, and for some reason it reminds me of the video we did for "A Couple Nights a Week" in which I was confined to chairs, sofa and rocking, due to a broken ankle. That's it.
Here's the video:
Mr. Ginzburg's was born in St.Petersburg, Russia, started working with Photography, then immigrated to Israel in 1979 and started drawing, since photography was expensive and papers and pencils were cheap enough in Israel. He moved to New York in 1989.
To find out more and see more of Vladimir Ginzburg visit HERE: http://www.vladimirginzburg.com/
