You might think of another awesome quartet from the 80′s when you see the title Color Me Badd but the crew behind the blow-up hit “I Wanna Sex You Up” never hit Nashville the way John Grider, Isaac Arvold, Drew Peterson and Eric Inkala have this week.

And now, a little something to get you through the afternoon.

Have a great time at the opening tonight everyone! We’ll be thinking of you.

-k

The Montana Paint order arrived yesterday and everyone worked late into the night (with some well deserved play too!). Pic fromThursday afternoon. Can’t wait to see the latest.

And in case you were wondering just where all the action was taking place…

Wow. It seems others are taking notice too…here’s a link to an article in the Nashville Scene and another here on the Tennessean.com.

Day two finds the crew barreling ahead full speed. We heard reports of raindrops but everyone made good use of the break by meeting with the Untitled Artists Group. Some more (and better) photos of the progress can be found here.

Wednesday 8/29 UPDATE:Reports from Nashville put it at “Hot.” Everyone arrived safely, the scaffolding is up and the outline has begun. Our hosts couldn’t be more welcoming. If you happen to be in the area…don’t miss the show at Twist Gallery Nashville

Isaac Arvold fixed the van. John Grider booked a ticket. Eric Inkala and Drew Peterson ordered 3 cases of Montana paints to be shipped to Nashville. What’s going on?

Thanks to the hard work of Emma here in Minneapolis and Caroline at Twist Gallery in Nashville, mplsart.com is proud be be introducing the talents of John, Eric, Isaac and Drew to Tennessee! This rare opportunity to see all four of these Minneapolis artists exhibiting together out of state, in a show titled WHOLE MILK, has been further boosted by the commission of a mural on the side of The Viridian Residences. Twist Gallery for more info.

miss jennifer davis really does amaze me over and over. as pictured online for juxtapoz, jennifer davis created this for a cd cover “concept”. as always, i think it is wonderful!

With a lot of the friends i have, it begins with art, and turns into a wonderful friendship. With jen, we were actually in an art collaboration/group/thingy together with Brad Senne, Ben Olson (of course), John Whitney & Veronica del Carmen, Melissa Constatine & Nathan Holtz (featured as “the actors” here), Jaron Childs & (the brains behind the whole project) Melinda Hobbs. We created some stuff of interest, some boring stuff and some complete crap, but it was inspiring. During that time I started the site, and i continue to be inspired by all of the creative people around me, daily!

smiles,
emma

The amazing Kate Iverson, of density studios and l’etoile, asked that I post this call for artists…so here it is:

FESTIVAL OF APPROPRIATION: CALL FOR ARTISTS

Entry Deadline: Monday, August 20, 2007

This two week event in November 2007 will bring together collage, assemblage and mixed media artists, working with two and three dimensional visual collage and assemblage, along with works of audio and video collage, to celebrate the art of appropriation. The event will feature an exhibition at The Soap Factory and a film screening and art lab at The Walker Art Center. Participating artists will also be included in a special curated section at the mnartists site, with potential to be highlighted in November’s access+ENGAGE newsletter focusing on the art of appropriation.

The Festival of Appropriation is presented by mnartists.org and curated by Some Assembly Required‘s Jonathan Nelson and l’etoile magazine’s Kate Iverson.

i already gushed over how fascinated i am with damien hirst’s “For the Love of God“…the diamond encrusted skull…so it seemed fitting to provide the details on the making of…as provided by the blog supertouch.

xo,
emma

this video by Marco Cibola for Kelley Polar‘s song Chrysanthemum is exactly as i imagine life if i were an itty bitty creature living in the head of jennifer davis.

xo,
emma

Round two…including celebration leaps off the scaffolding. Wish you could have been there. Really.

Have a great weekend!

It’s been a long day in the hot sun and it’s been decided…every piece John Grider does from now on must have swimming pool access. Absolutely amazing!

The octopus goes up on the pool house tomorrow. Thanks to Mike, Ted and all the others who helped out. A special thanks to Denny for being so fucking cool. Look for the time-lapse to be posted as soon as we finish off this jug of aloe vera gel. wow.