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What did I read this morning, when I woke up way too early and had gotten bored working on the redesign of THE BLOG? Well, a book by David Choe -- the critics rave:
I hate david choe why? Because he makes me feel
old,tired,talentless, and unwilling to take chances.
As you might expect, Choe is young,energetic,
prodigiously talented, and takes many chances.
his use (abuse?) of the English language is fresh and uncontrived;
His schizophrenically restless art school technique
( dropping macaroni noodles, seamlessly blending clip art,
photo collage and childhood scrawling)
is startlingly unpretentious; and his utter fearless approach
to sexuality is a cold blast of water in the desert of inhibition
and near-puritanical sexual avoidance inherent
in almost all of American media.
-Robet Young editor of The Comics Interpreter
I couldn't have said it better myself. He really is an awful speller, not much of a typographer -- but none of these are faults as every "mistake" he makes is more interesting than most of our successes (take a look at the Bauhausian angles of this page, for instance, and tell me if they make you want to get off the couch and party). There is a fantastic little sequence called "Yoffee Toffee" about his trip to the beach in Gaza and visit with the black Jews of Israel in the town of Dimona. The writing is really fresh, not at all indebted to the Beatnik line but all L.A.
If you are interested in this guy check out www.davidchoe.com. And here's my first attempt at putting an image in THE BLOG.
Hey there Brian, If you're in or around the Sf bay area on thursday jan 7, 2003 stop by UpperPlayground (www.upperplayground.com) @ 228 fillmore st in sf.
Dave's not going to be there but some of his work will be in a group show (we all went to school together) should be fun!
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