<h1><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">picklebird - los angeles alternative art magazine</a></h1> <h1><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">picklebird art magazine features alternative, outsider art, lowbrow and contemporary folk art. our on-line zine includes interesting articles and spotlights local artists of art brut, visionary work and the modern pop art style</a></h1> <h1><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">art magazine, outsider art, pickle, bird, alternative, zine, self taught, pop art, folk, fine, naive, los angeles, visionary, lowbrow, modern, contemporary, artist stories, raw vision, primitive, tibor jankay, watts towers, frida kahlo, california, west coast, painter, sculpture, poetry, writers, ebay, reports, carol es, sesow, jankay</a></h1> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Peter Riordan</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Nancy Nield Buchwald</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Tom Hayashi of Long Beach Arts</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Matthew Deleget</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Art and Healing: You may feel better but it's not art</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Garrison Frost</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Frida - A Film Review</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">Jan Lisa Huttner</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?davzo/datapimp">A Conversation with Gregorio Luker</a></h2> <p><b>picklebird - los angeles alternative art magazine los angeles alternative art magazine event listings spotlight in the life reviews ebay dope all articles trade secrets words links letters polls definitions subscribe affiliated sites: --> picklebird pollnow that artists can represent themselves on the web, do real-life galleries help or hinder? March 9, 2003 about us advertise submit link faq contact post eventSpotlightNiki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) Continuously challenging new materials, Niki de Saint Phalle was an internationally beloved creator of monumental sculptures with an insouciant, whimsical flair. She was an artist of risk, irreverence, and originality, while pursuing a life-long theme of self-reflection...[read more]in the lifeI'm sick and tired of someone else collecting change in their pockets after the final demise of artists and I'm sick and tired of being humiliated by galleries who lose my slides and forget my name, plus I'm sick of the postman who bends my slides...[read more]featured article A Perfect Fit "IN" an Imperfect WorldPeter RiordanAs the definitions of outsider and self-taught art broaden, Jane in her own way is defining the genre by creating art as it is happening, so there are no molds, no formula, no predecessors. She is an artist defining her time. Very concerned with social issues, she reminds us of our responsibility not to forget. "I try my best to show art from an angle thats gonna catch peoples attention. I feel I expose the truth. If the truth hurts, tough!" [read more]featured article Playful and Provocative: Carol Es Does Some House WorkNancy Nield Buchwald The emotional and visual power of Es work derives from the brutal contrast between her childlike (but not childish) representational components with their suggestion of innocence and security and her articulation of her houses as sites/sights of actually and metaphorically dark and forbidding energies. This oscillation between playfulness and foreboding places Es work within the tradition of Pop and postmodern artists... [read more]A Conversation with Louise KripalTom Hayashi of Long Beach Arts"Most of the artists I have met are looking for respect, not only from their peers, but from society as a whole. Lack of respect, or acknowledgement, holds true not only today, but historically..." [read more]Dealing with RejectionMatthew DelegetWhen rejected, you probably start to doubt your abilities and vision. You may even feel like your work is meaningless. Rejection seems to threaten an artists integrity as a human being to the point where her or his existence is being compromised... [read more]What else is new? These recent articles! • Art and Healing: You may feel better but it's not art by Garrison Frost • Frida - A Film Review by Jan Lisa Huttner • A Conversation with Gregorio Luker by Tom Hayashi of Long Beach Arts • group hug by mjp • How Do We Get from Here to There by Garrison Frost • bloodbath mcgrath by Star Jewel Smith • I'm Just the Girl Who Cleans Paintbrushes by Mary Zeman • do you want to enter the arena? by Charles Bukowski • That's a good thing what you done, Anthony, a real good thing! Now wish it into the corn field... by mjp • DRAG by Joe Flazh! coming soonDer Blaue ReiterAnne GrgichHundertwasserLee KrasnerSpotlightNiki de Saint Phallein the lifereal horror stories by real artists...visit our sponsors. keep hope alive!</b></p>