After Wonderland

Assessment, Rest stop

2010-04-26T23:04:00.000+08:00

Alice Zhang, Assessment, Rest stop, oil on canvas, 2010, 40 x 30cm

What if

2010-04-21T20:42:00.001+08:00

"What about little microphones? What if everyone swallowed them, and they played the sounds of our hearts through little speakers, which could be in the pouches of our overalls? When you skateboarded down the street at night you could hear everyone's heartbeat, and they could hear yours, sort of like sonar. One weird thing is, I wonder if everyone's hearts would start to beat at the same time, like how women who live together have their menstrual periods at the same time, which I know about, but don't really want to know about. That would be so weird, except that the place in the hospital where babies are born would sound like a crystal chandelier in a houseboat, because the babies wouldn't have had time to match up their heartbeats yet. And at the finish line at the end of the New York City Marathon it would sound like war."
— Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

Hello hello hello

2010-03-30T23:06:00.002+08:00

It has been exhausting and smiley *fizzle fizzle* :)

Last week:

Alice Zhang, Find, Shuffle, 2010, oil on canvas, 35 x 23cm

Photos from the opening here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mischmaschgallery

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The Sweet Serenades - Die Young

Quadron - Slippin

Relocation + Party

2010-03-15T22:48:00.005+08:00

So we've just finished moving the gallery to the new space. It's only 5mins away from the old one, but on a more bustling street, closer to Central. My favorite thing about it is the 200sq ft balcony where we can have regular Mischmasch meetings and gatherings.

I haven't gotten around to taking better photos yet. But here's one...

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And if you're in town on March 25, come to our party:

Fixed effort, Breathing space

2010-03-07T12:25:00.004+08:00

Alice Zhang, oil on canvas, 2010, 90 x 60cm

More here.

The Phenomenal Handclap Band

2010-03-01T01:07:00.002+08:00

Just discovered these guys.

Summer summer summer summer summer.

I am...

2010-02-23T22:54:00.003+08:00

Devon Aoki by David Mushegain

2010-02-02T02:14:00.005+08:00

Morning girl. Found these on fashion gone rogue.

Waver

2010-01-31T16:50:00.001+08:00

Alice Zhang, 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas 2010, part 4 out of 4

More of my paintings here.

Django Reinhardt - esq

2010-01-31T16:31:00.004+08:00

Just discovered Caravan Palace, from Paris. Puurrrfect for painting on a Sunday afternoon, coffee and all:

Suzy

Jolie Coquine

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draw me a thought

2010-01-30T02:32:00.003+08:00

Today started with a coffee that had an elephant swimming in it.

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I think all paint brushes should be yellow. Please stop making grayish blue ones, or dark red ones, it's making me ANGRY! Let's stop fooling around and go back to yellow!

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As of this morning, the homeless lady on Mercer St is back! I don't know where she went for the past month. But today she's back to sipping ice lemon tea and popping bubble wraps. Life is back to normal. She looked at me today: hair in my mouth, laptop bag, cheap coffee, stomping in 5inch heels, I think she approves of me. I think she is the happiest person in the neighborhood.

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Australia, I love you because of this song.

I'm in transit
But I'm stranded on this boat
And I pledge myself allegiance
To a better night's sleep at home....

the state of things as they actually exist

2010-01-28T23:53:00.004+08:00

Something Wonderful

2010-01-28T14:10:00.002+08:00

Better than Ok

2010-01-27T11:26:00.004+08:00

Band of Horses.

John Maeda, awesome

2010-01-24T20:16:00.002+08:00

RISD!

Vacant

2010-01-21T12:21:00.005+08:00

Alice Zhang, 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas 2010, part 3 out of 4

More of my paintings here.

I didn't go to see the city, I went to see it around you

2010-01-18T17:03:00.005+08:00

I'm watching Artsworld on Al Jezeera as I do this, about artists in Gaza who use bed mattresses to protect their paintings from bombs, where everything that you create today can be destroyed tomorrow. So inspiring.

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Weekend.

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How come I didn't know about Chris Garneau until now.

Fireflies

Relief

Hands On the Radio

A photo and a song at 2:04

2010-01-17T02:04:00.000+08:00

A photo:

And a song: The Pastels & Tenniscoats, Vivid Youth

At 2:04am.

Landing

2010-01-11T11:42:00.003+08:00

Alice Zhang, Landing, 2010, 20 x 20cm, part 2 out of 4

And here's a brand new song from British band Scanners

In Motion

2010-01-04T13:05:00.001+08:00

In Motion

The sated day is never first.
The best day is a day of thirst.

Yes, there is goal and meaning in our path -
but it's the way that is the labour's worth.

The best goal is a night-long rest,
fire lit, and bread broken in haste.

In places where one sleeps but once,
sleep is secure, dreams full of songs.

Strike camp, strike camp! The new day shows its light.
Our great adventure has no end in sight.

Karin Boye

Words from the wise for the end of 2009

2009-12-31T11:09:00.002+08:00

Read them and nod kids.

Being lonely:

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Joseph Conrad

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Sir Winston Churchill

Us:

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air. Thales of Miletus

Contentment is natural wealth; luxury, artificial poverty. Socrates

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde

Being original:

Everything has been thought of before. The problem is to think it again. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Originality is going back to origins. Antoni Gaudí

What to do next:

A man with a new idea is a crank until he succeeds. Mark Twain

Be good and you will be lonely. Mark Twain

Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. Douglas MacArthur

A truth that's told with bad intent - beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake

Love:

You are the best I got, since nothing hurts like you. Karin Boye

Painting on Boxing Day

2009-12-26T17:44:00.002+08:00

Alice Zhang, Little Room, 2009, 20 x 20cm

Music for another Saturday

2009-12-19T12:02:00.002+08:00

The Kills, Black Balloon

Friendly Fires, Paris

Stars, The Night Starts Here

After Wonderland web haul!

2009-12-17T10:58:00.004+08:00

I've finally updated my personal website: afterwonderland.com with a much bigger focus on my paintings.

It's linked to everything: Mischmasch, Mischmasch Gallery, my facebook, this blog, twitter...

You can still see my old design portfolio here.

Rhythmic moods, Contradictory thoughts

2009-12-13T15:34:00.003+08:00

New Painting...mmm I love the smell of a fresh painting.

Rhythmic moods, Contradictory thoughts

More of my paintings here.