Scary-Art Collective

Free Art Advice and movie talk!

2011-02-10T14:24:00.000-08:00

Read this!

2011-02-10T14:23:00.001-08:00

http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/02/10/my-kofy-break-with-nicolas-caesar/

A Rant About Galleries

2010-11-22T15:06:00.001-08:00

At your favorite bar you'd buy drinks

At your favorite restaurant you'd buy dinner

At your favorite gallery you'd look for free crap?

I think everyone needs to be reminded galleries are a business. If you don't patron the business they can not pay rent, afford toilet paper, or provide wine and finger foods for you to stuff in your pockets. What's happening now is people are confusing galleries with museums. Yes they're a cheap date, yes they're good at acquiring talented thought provoking artists that you may have never run across, but they aren't a public service.

I've been doing art for a long enough timeline to see some really great places come and go. Luckily there are a few that survive wave after wave of being taken for granted. They do it tooth and nail balancing poverty and publicity.

In the age of right-clicking I think people have become too used to freeloading. How many H.R. Giger images are on facebook and how many people who use them actually bought one of his books? Artists don't tag their images out of narcissism, we do it because we find our art on flyers, album covers or even traced. We're glad you love our art, but can we go to your job and take what we want without paying?

My purpose of writing this is to put everything in perspective. Do you support the artists you like? Do you support the galleries that show them? or do you believe they'll always be there?Because they wont without your support. Be it a $2 postcard or $200 piece or art - show some love. Without your favorite local or international galleries - we'll be left with museums at $30 a ticket and no chips and dip for you.

There are galleries showcasing original works at every level. Here's some of my favorites:

http://www.hyaenagallery.com/

http://www.sideshowstudios.net/

http://www.psycho-donuts.com/

http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

http://www.kaleidgallery.com/

http://www.bodytribe.com/

http://www.sonyapaz.com/

http://www.nakedartusa.com/

http://www.myspace.com/muddycafesb

http://www.claudegallery.com/

http://www.eclecticcactus.com/

http://mintgallery.blogspot.com/

and many many more!

Extinction sucks

Those who support us - we love you because you get it. We just wish everyone else did.

Help Us find the Bastards!

2010-11-12T07:58:00.000-08:00

Our Milk Carton Campaign
design thanks to John Hageman

One of Scream 4's most highly profile art pieces is missing!

http://scream-trilogy.net/2010/08/bizarro-ghostface-art-in-scream-4/

As many of you know I hired several close artist friends to be a part of the production of Scream 4. It was to my horror when I found out one of the pieces was 'missing', be it theft or lost in a crate I'm hoping the internet can keep a watchful eye out for it. Should you find it, acquire it from pirates, or fight ninjas to get it back you will be rewarded sizable by me. Please pass this on to everyone you know. I'm calling on all my artist friends and fans to help me.

The Artist's name is Christine Benjamin, she is amazing! Here is her web site:

http://cbillustration.squarespace.com/

The Missing Piece

Christian Death

2010-11-11T09:32:00.000-08:00

For all of us who grew up cynical and weird

Scream!

2010-11-11T09:25:00.000-08:00

Been a long time. New Art shows:

Our show at Hyaena Gallery:
http://www.hyaenagallery.com/stab.html

and the articles that follow:

http://www.examiner.com/scream-franchise-in-national/scream-4-exclusive-art-of-stab

http://www.massivehysteria.net/?p=2131

http://www.examiner.com/scream-franchise-in-national/scream-4-exclusive-nicolas-caesar-reflects-on-the-art-of-stab

and some video of the show:
http://www.vimeo.com/16584763

Scary-Art on Kofy TV 20

2009-01-06T14:12:00.001-08:00

John Hageman, Temple and I will be on the Bay Area's Kofy TV 20 this Saturday at midnight. Tune in for:

Creepy KOFY Movie Time : House on Haunted Hill - Vincent Price (1958)

New shows!

2008-12-12T13:50:00.001-08:00

Holiday Extravaganza @ Bodytribe

December 13th

Holiday Madness

Sideshow Studios, Sacramento, CA

December 13th

And more shows!

2008-10-03T16:58:00.000-07:00

Blood and Guts do sell!

2008-09-16T08:20:00.001-07:00

Artists against censorship

2008-09-11T08:25:00.000-07:00

SAC @ Grind n Groove this month!

2008-08-03T11:34:00.001-07:00

new show!

2008-07-09T22:58:00.000-07:00

July Shows!

2008-06-19T13:53:00.000-07:00

Painting for Paws

2008-05-30T23:57:00.001-07:00

Mark Fox and more @ Blue Lamp!

2008-05-29T00:25:00.000-07:00

Scary in Sac!

2008-05-08T21:17:00.000-07:00

Anatomy show @ Bodytribe
21st and J
Sacramento, CA
All kinds of artists will be there!

GreenBuilt
May 10th!
Recycle Show
1931 H Street
Sacto CA 95605

www.GreenBuilt.com

Nicolas Caesar
Temple Terkildsen
Mark Fox
Cinder
John Hageman jr.

Broken Toyland in LA

2008-05-08T21:16:00.000-07:00

Mark Fox in SF!

2008-05-08T21:15:00.000-07:00

The Main Artery pix

2008-05-04T21:24:00.000-07:00

Not many cause we were too distracted by great food, wine and people

John Hageman jr

My Moaning Mona

Broken Toyland, me and John

Thank you Sarah for taking the pictures

the main ARTery gallery

"Under The Big Top"
April 26 - July 18
Opening Reception Sat. May 3rd 2-5pm

453 west J street

benicia, ca 94510

707.745.2768

www.themainARTerygallery.com

friday-sunday 9-5 (usually)

Nicolas Caesar, Fred Camargo, Gary Comoglio, Joanna Crawshaw, Kristen Cumings,
Brian Giambastiani, John Hageman, Sharon Halper, John Hanna, Ian Hart,
Lorri-Marie Jenkins, Rob Jenkins, Ramona Kennon, Dorrie Langley, Rick Mariani,
Valery Milovic, Janis Ong, Aydasara Ortega, Anthony Augustin Papini, Matthew Reamer, Sally Rodriguez, Arturo Rovo, Bob Russell, Lauren Shahroody, Barbara Silverman,
Jessica Stafford, John Tullis, Jenny Yandell

Mark Fox Moonshine

2008-03-30T12:12:00.000-07:00

Check out the book "Moonshine" by Scary-Art Collective member, Mark Fox!

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/209306

The Scary-Art Umbrella Will Soon Shade the Planet

2008-03-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

"Scary-Art" was a term coined in early 2006 by friend, art-lover and gym owner, Chip Conrad, to describe the paintings of Nicolas Caesar. Not entirely unlike Mary Shelly's creature, Scary-Art has taken on a life of its own since that moment several moons ago. Yes, it still describes Caesar's art, but it also describes his outsider artist friends and cohorts who began showing with him in Sacramento's midtown muffin shop galleries and any other venue that would have them. Now "Scary-Art" describes a group of maladjusted misfits who pal around and spend their time painting, sculpting, gluing, photographing, stitching and repurposing whatever catches their fancy, as well as the things they have painted, sculpted, glued, photographed, stitched and repurposed. And so the Scary-Art Collective came into the world. Love us or hate us, here we are.

Recently, Caesar and fellow scary artist John Hageman, Jr. began work on a few new web comic projects. First, we were treated with entertaining tales of zombified warts, morons at street fairs and drawings of 'Satan's Onion Ring' in Nicolas Caesar's Grindhouse. While only a few weeks into their newest experiment, "Schadenfreude," we've learned that sometimes Gremlins like to wear hotpants (why NOT hotpants?) and that you can fit 17 happy meal toys up an emo kid's ass if you really try. These twisted weeklies were teamed up with Hageman's irreverent "Social Vermyn" web comic, and Scary-Art Comics, as Douglas Adams so aptly put it, 'had suddenly been called into existence.'

And here we are, with the virtual ink still wet on the latest web comic, giving you MORE news about another sprouting tentacle of the Scary-Artctopus. We are excited to announce the unavoidable approach of SCARY-CRAFT! Go ahead. Lock your doors and bar your windows ... the E6000 fumes will creep through the cracks and find you. Stay tuned as we build onto our "brand" with a new logo, web page and get ready for our first show later this year!

We found someplace that loves us the way we are....

2008-02-11T17:08:00.000-08:00

This weekend was seriously metal.

The Scary Art Collective makes its debut at Sacramento's premier adult toy store, Grind & Groove. Brutal.

The geeky outsider artists of the Scary Art Collective together with the open-minded, 'anything goes' atmosphere engendered by Anna and Jen at Grind & Groove makes for one hell of an evening. For those of you who were unable to make it out this weekend, the art is up on the walls until the end of the month, and it is SO worth a trip to Midtown Sacramento just to see it (2226 K Street).

Collective founder, Nicolas Caesar may have found his calling. Grind & Groove purchased several of his pieces for the store's permanent collection, AND they are commissioning even more. His "Pocket Rocket" now hangs, appropriately, above the vibrators, downstairs in the toy room. Care to guess where "Mr. Lube" hangs?

Pocket Rocket & Mr. Lube (16x20 collection of Grind & Groove) Whip It (16x20 available)

Grind & Groove did their biggest night so far in art sales, and there were more than quite a few "little black bags" (G&G's answer to a plain brown wrapper) coming up from downstairs to be discretely rung up by a friendly and helpful staff. The headcount (ahem...) ended up somewhere around 1,600 by the end of the night!!!!

A few of the guest artists who participated were new to the whole art show scene, and some were just new to Scary Art Collective shows. I'm totally loving the screenprints by Vacaville area artists, Barry Barnes. Barry's had some difficulty finding venues ... there seem to be prudes running the galleries these days. Even the more tame of his pieces, "bras" has met with some stink-eye.

but his S&M screenprints are just stunning:

Awesome, ain't he? And, as Nicolas says, he truly is "a real laid back cat."

More photos of the evening:

above and below - Mark Fox outdoes himself again.

A sampling of Temple Terkildsen's talent

Our Youngest, Sam Marie Grove

Sue of Ceramic Oddities had another successful evening in Sacramento, following on the tails of her successes at Bats Day in August and the Scary Art Collective show in October. The Collective is pleased to say that we've finally taken the big step and are making an honest woman out of Sue. Please join with us in welcoming her to our little team.

Since we're congratulating folks, please drop by Miss Evie Turner's site and wish her well for making our membership list. Although Evie only started showing with us at the Grind & Groove show, she's been a long-time supporter of and collaborator with the Collective and our artists. Evie is well known as a real lover of outsider art and mentored CoolCat Gallery, Collective members, Mark Fox and Cinder through the very successful KVIE Art Auction in 2007.

You know what the BEST news is, though? WE'LL BE BACK AT GRIND & GROOVE IN AUGUST!

Thanks so much to all of the artists and to EVERYONE who came out to support art and sex toys (together at last).

More Artists Added for "Scary Sex"

2008-01-25T16:48:00.000-08:00

Member artist, Erin Martinez and My Art in Blood® and Guest Art Star, Spine Stealer, have just been added to the list of participants in the Scary Art Collective's first ever group Valentine's show (and at a sex shop no less!).

We are also pleased to announce that puppeteer, composer and chilhood icon to many of us geekoids, Ernie ("creator of Hardware Wars") Fosselius will debut his newest creations.

We hope you will stop by and visit us at Grind and Groove in Sacramento. Buy some art for your loved one (and/or a vibrating goodie for yourself).

"Scary Sex"
Saturday, February 9th
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Grind & Groove
2226 K Street
Sacramento
www.grindngroove.com

Participating Members:
Temple Terkildsen
Sacred Snatch
Kepi Ghoulie
John Hageman Jr.
Samantha Marie Grove
Lost Goat
Erin Martinez and My Art in Blood®
C!nder
Char Hall
Mark Fox
Mim Weisburd
Suzi Boneshaker
Krissi Sandvik
Nicolas Caesar

Guest Art Stars:
MaS Designs Ceramic Oddities
Creepy Little Monkeys by Rebecca
Mik Casica
Andy Lankford
Spine Stealer
and introducing...
Evie Turner
Dinogirl
Ernie Fosselius

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

2008-01-25T16:43:00.000-08:00

CoolCat Gallery presents new works by Scary-Art Collective members, Nicolas Caesar, C!nder, Char Hall and Krissi Sandvik.

An outsider-art alternative to the DeBeer's Corporation for the one you love....

Saturday, February 9th
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
918 24th Street
Sacramento, California
http://www.coolcatgallery.com/

Scary Sex on Second Saturday in Sactown

2008-01-20T16:27:00.000-08:00

Grind & Groove (http://www.myspace.com/grindngroove) and The Scary-Art Collective (http://www.scary-art.com/collective) join together to celebrate diversity this Valentine's Day!

Grind & Groove was voted the best sex toy shop by the Sacramento News & Review's Best of 2007, catering to many members of Sacramento's Alternative, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Communities... read full press release

New Members and Our First Auction

2007-12-01T16:25:00.000-08:00

Scary Art Fans should be thrilled to hear of our latest inductees. Long-time regular guest art stars, Kepi Ghoulie and Char Hall are now officially members of the Scary Art Collective. Drop them a line (see their bios for contact information) and pass on your congratulations!

Black Friday was as good as its name this year, bringing in over $500 from the Altered Lyllionia auction! The moneys will be put to good use in the coming year for pins, stickers & more! Special thanks to our beloved member and fellow artists, Queenie, of Pocket Full of Posiez for the idea and, of course, the Lyllionia dollies we customized.

Keep your eyes peeled here and on our members' blogs for more information on upcoming art auctions.

Annual Scary Halloween show!

2007-10-14T16:11:00.000-07:00

This year's huge Scary Art Collective Show kicked off on Saturday, October 13, 2007 and was, without a doubt, an enourmous success. Over 20 artists and hundreds (felt like thousands) of fans really made the night special.

Thanks to everyone who supplied gallery space, submitted art, helped organize & hang, came out to support us and who purchased art (especially those who purchased). We'd be nothing without you.

Art is available at Body Tribe Fitness and Side Show Studios in Sacramento through November 8th. Please contact us for more info!

KVIE wins with Scary Art!

2007-09-16T16:05:00.000-07:00

Paintings donated by Scary Art Collective members C!nder and Mark Fox raised major cabbage for public television station KVIE Channel 6 last night!

C!nder's "At Least My Sky Is Blue" well exceeded KVIE's goal of $250, going for $400 (!!!) after the dust created by five competing bidders settled.

Mark's acrylic on wood "Melungeon Seranade" raised almost three times the station's goal of $90. The final bid was ...wait for it... $250. Meanwhile Mark and Nicole Fox looked astonished and proud, respectively, as they watched the bidding mayhem from behind the scenes.

Congratulations fellas!

Special thanks to Evie Turner at KVIE for mentoring CoolCat Gallery's initial appearance on the KVIE Art Auction, and for being a loyal supporter of the Scary Art Collective!