February 2011
11 posts
“Going by my own questionable standards, stoned is a more mental state. It’s ultra–self-aware and oversensitive, if belly-button-oriented. The stoned sensibility is easily fixated, fascinated, or surprised. Stoned meanders, fills in space with small or repeating marks and gestures, or gets super-focused. It loves spirals, circles, and patterns, bright colors and endlessly embellished areas. It’s located more in the fingers than the arm; the eyes, not the gut. While it’s physically tingly, it’s also very out-of-body. Stoned is prone to being anal-retentive. Contemporary stoned art includes Matthew Barney, Takashi Murakami, Ugo Rondinone, Sarah Sze, Lane Twitchell, Leo Villareal, and Julie Mehretu.”
—Flashback to 2004: Jerry Saltz on drunk versus stoned art. Thanks to Bryan Waterman for reminding me of this piece. (via cmonstah)
stylus illo's
apart from the lil wayne one i posted up forever ago and the knife, i realize i haven’t shared the rest of the portraits i did for stylus. here’s some more: lady gaga, r kelley, m.i.a. a year later i’m still mostly happy how these turned out.
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(detail view, truer to actual color)
Isis, neon color pencil, 26 x 26”
Red Lady
Phil Cordell
Phill Cordell— Red Lady
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