fartminusf.com is up and running

Fartminusf.com has launched!!!!

the days of the blog are no more so stop meesin round and head on over . we now have our now as bad ass as bad ass can be!
so if for some reason you are reading this, then go ahead and take a looksy for nostalgic reasons and then get the hell over to fartminusf.com and buy some stuff!!!!



www.fartminusf.com

year of the acorn

happy new year you guys!
dang all your new year resolutions should be to post more! stop going outside and getting fresh air and get on the internet ;)

love, rebecca

WE SUCK BUT THANKS FOR LOVING US!

we have been working our tails off to bring you the new fartminusf site. we are close! i promise. thankyou for being so patient. we get hundreds of emails every week from people asking why we havent been posting on the fartminusf blog. thats because we are saving all of the good content for the site launch! we should be up and running real soon. in the first week alone we will be dropping interviews and features on some really great artists, bands, brands, galleries and lots more. make sure and check back in a few weeks.

-fart/f.u.n.

this is an actual picture of what a small piece of the new site will look like. WOW..... i know

this is an actual picture of the site launching

this is an actual picture of the science stuff that we are doing to bring you the new fart site. do not try and figure it out because you are not smart enough.

winter art

some new winter art :)

put on your winter lungs!

love, rebecca

wishful thinking

tons of great art is up in culver city tonight, hope to see you there!

p.s. don't forget to say hi over at the lab101 show as well!

UNSUNG AT THINSPACE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 2007

i dont know why im posting this?

my mom sent me this in an email and it made me laugh, so read below and maybe you will laugh too. the posts have slowed down alot, but dont worry. we are saving them for our new fartminusf.com website/store/artnews/cool new stuff daily. "fartminusf" will have artist interviews, events, photos, free give aways. are target date to launch the new site is nov. 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so keep checking back- sean t



By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND "TENJOOBERRYMUDS"...

In order to continue getting-by in America (our home land), we all need to learn
the NEW English language ! Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TENJOOBERRYMUDS".

With a little patience, you'll be able to fit right in.
Now, here goes...

The following is a telephone exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and call room-service somewhere in the good old U S A today......

Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees."

Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."

Room Service: " Rye. Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"

Guest: "Uh..... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs."

Room Service:
"Ow July den?"

Guest: ".....What??"

Room Service: "Ow July den?!?... pryed, boyud, poochd?"

Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. scrambled, please."

Room Service: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"

Guest: "Crisp will be fine."

Room Service: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"

Guest:
"What?"

Room Service: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"

Guest: "I... don't think so."

RoomService: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"

Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."

RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"

Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! I've got it! You were saying 'toast'... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."

RoomService: "We bodder?"

Guest: "No, just put the bodder on the side."

RoomService: "Wad?!?"

Guest: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the side."

RoomService: "Copy?"

Guest: "Excuse me?"

RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?"

Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... and that's everything."
my mom emailed this to me today in one of those mass email thingys, but it made me laugh and so i posted it. - sean t


RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy ... rye??"

Guest: "Whatever you say."

RoomService: "Tenjooberrymuds."

Guest: "You're welcome"

Remember I said "By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 'TENJOOBERRYMUDS' ".....and you do, don't you?

"OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU'RE DEAD"

happy october

some pictures of my little brother chris and i, and a smidge of my idea book :)
how is your october?

-rebecca

"Currents" is opening tonight.

Timothy Karpinski, Seth Neefus, David Wien & MarkWarren Jacques

A mixed-media installation about water by four good friends

OPENING THIS FIRST FRIDAY (TONIGHT!)
October 5th, 2007
6pm-12am
FREE! All Ages!! Open to the public!!!

Launch Pad Gallery - 534 SE Oak Street,
Portland, OR 97214 - 971.227.0072

we have all put so much hard work into this so please come take a look.

flavorpill.net

a few newer pieces I just finished which are also featured as covers this week across the flavorpill network







hope you like.

tribalbot

Second Time Around

Living Lines Saturday September 15th

Photos From united trade show in vegas

so fun went to vegas again! it was a great time for the most part. artist ian mailhot built us an awesome booth, pinski and seth flew out and derek albeck drove out with marco zamora from los angeles. there were alot of cool lines at the show including beta unit. they are the guys from maek gallery, where we are hosting the third stop of the white album show on september 15th. the turn out for the vegas white album show was great. thankyou to everyone who showed up! thankyou to derek for painting the giant blue penis on the wall and almost getting us beat up by the maintinence man, haha. also thankyou to the dickheads that stole art from the show. i hope they trip and fall on top of it and it stabs them through the chest. i will post some photos from the white album opening later this week. hope all is well

some half frame photos

i recently got this little plastic camera that shoots half frame photos.

i hope you enjoy them!

seth

friends united network presents the beatles white album tribute show at the pinch gallery on aug. 18th

saturaday the 18th is the first of three stops for the beatles white album show. after the opening at the pinch we will be packing up and bringing the show to vegas for magic and then to maek gallery on september 15th. be sure and check back to fartminusf for photos from the openeings!

fun goes to portland for "home away from home"

here are some pics from the "home away from home" art show on aug. 2nd and lots of other stuff to look at from the week leading up to it. a big thanks to backspace gallery for letting us build a permanent tree house in there space, thanks to derek albeck and nick for doing the bulk of the work on the tree house, thanks to seth and tim for putting the show idea together and letting everyone stay at there house, thanks to rebecca for making a full moon cake and potato soup and bringing awesome snacks for the 15 hour drive, another thanks to derek for switching off with me and making the drive possible, and thanks to dave wien for letting me hang out on his roof with the great view. all together i had a great time and i hope that everyone involved in the show had good times as well. the show will be up for six weeks so if you are in downtown portland at all, then be sure and stop by and give it a looksy. oh yeah, i saw a stripper come out of a party at 8am and try to ride a skateboard in high heel shoes. it was great to watch, especially the part where she ate shit and broke her arm. "VIVA LA PDX!!!"- Alexander Grahm Bell

more photos from "home away from home" road trip/art show in portland

these shots were all taken by rebecca urias. she is amazing and so are these dang pics she took. they were so nice looking that i decided to give them there own post, that way she will get the credit for having the "cool shots". these were all taken during the set up of the show. the shots in the forrest are my personal favorite. we took a chainsaw and same hatchets and chopped up this uprooted tree that had fallen over deep into the wilderness. we all tried our best to get rebecca to try the chainsaw, but she seemed much more comfortable with the hatchet for some reason? over the duration of this trip i was lucky enough to spend some serious time with both rebecca. she should be doing a show at the pony club gallery in portland sometime this winter so be on the lookout and rumor has it that she might soon have a website too!

home away from home at backspace in pdx -aug. 2nd

do whatever it takes to get up to portland on the 2nd. freiends united artists-rebecca urias, derek albeck, davis wien, seth neefus and tim karpinski will be installing all next week before the show. if you cant make it, then be sure to check out fartminusf.com after the show for photos of the opening.

Jimmy Fontaine solo opening. August 2nd Seattle, WA

On August 2nd in Seattle im having my first solo opening at Vain Gallery downtown on first Avenue. Come buy and get wild style! Hope to see many of you there.

pictures

usually i post paintings but i thought pictures might be a nice variety :)






















hope everyone's july is going well!
-rebecca

"SCRIMSHAW" ian mailhot and katie pedrick show in redlands july 14th

ian is a long time buddy to friends united network and his art has definitely advanced to a new level in the last 6 months. he and his friend katie pedrick have been working in the gallery all week and the installs are amazing. if you are going to be in redlands or you know anyone who lives close by, then send them to denm. we will post some photos of the opening in a few day

fartminusf was lucky enough to sit down with the world famous intern at the office in portland last month. i was in pdx for an art show fun was having and thats when i spotted him. we spoke of life and Norwegian fishing techniques. he bought alot of beer for the friends united party, i told him to save the recite and i would pay him back. i never did. i felt bad. i still feel bad. the intern is a small piece of heaven that fell down into our laps. here is his interview. it is boring as shit, but what do you expect from the fartminusf?





Fartminusf- how many chicks have you been with?

Intern- you meen like been with intimetly, like BEEEN WIITH!?

Fartminusf- yes

Intern- um, well, we are going to have to say zero

Fartminusf- Zero?

Intern- zero, haha, I kid you not man, I still got my V card.

Fartminusf- ohh my god so the next question would have been: “have you ever been laid because of your intern status?” but I guess we can’t use that one now

Fartminusf- best trade off anyone has given you in the store?

Intern- ummm I haven’t really been here that long so that sort of scenario hasn’t really come up

Fartminusf- so nobody has tried to trade you a something for a something?

Intern- ha no not really

Fartminusf- what is your purpose in life?

Intern- mmmm I think my purpose in life is… to be the best human being I can be and to love thy neighbor as thyself. I guess that sounds like a good philosophy to me.

Fartminusf- Who founded the Office?

Intern- Kevin did I think, or someone by Grenade so it must have been Matt

Fartminusf- it was Pinski

Intern- was it Pinski?

Fartminusf- yeah, he threw that in there

Intern- oh he did? Just to throw me off

Fartminusf- no, its so when we post this and people read, “who founded the office?”, it will say Pinski.

Intern- oh so it will say Tim Karpinski

Fartminusf- yeah, its just a little shout out that he gave to himself

Intern- haha alright

Fartminus- What’s you favorite Portland Oregon based snowboard glove company?

Intern- uhhh…uhh…hhhgg Grenade, hands down

Fartminusf- top ten at least?

Intern- top ten. Deffinitely top five

Fartminusf- have you ever played submarine?

Intern- uhhhhh what is that?

Fartminusf- (akward silence)

Fartminusf- the most beers you have ever drank?

Intern- in one sitting?

Fartminusf- sure

Intern- mmmm…pfff probably like eight

Fartminusf- do you get paid?

Intern- no, but my paycheck is in the form of knowledge

Fartminusf- should you get paid?

Intern- it would be nice

Fartminusf- do you smoke pot?

Intern- no, never have

Fartminusf- never have? Well that voids the next question which was “what is you parents phone number?” so we could call them and tell them that you smoke pot.

Frtminusf- what is you favorite artist based T-shirt line?

Intern- ahh umm there are a lot of sick ones out there, but the sickest of the sick would have to be Friends United Network

Fartminusf- hipsters or chads?

Intern- chads

Fartminusf- your favorite and least favorite Grenader?

Intern- my favorite ummm Danny Kass, least favorite is fgjshufhwy

Fartminusf- somebody wrote: do you want to give me an HJ?

Intern- I don’t know what that is…..oh a hand job?

Fartminusf- yeah

Intern- im gunna have to decline that offer

Fartminusf- alright, Whorste thing about Portland?

Intern- scene kids

Fartminusf- Favorite Zeppelin song?

Intern- Black Dog

Fartminusf- nice doing business with you.

Intern- yeah, I hope that gives you a little something

swoon sighting in los angeles!

i didnt see her, but i did spot one of her pieces at a bike festival this weekend. its on the side of a bike shop called orange 20 in los angeles. i thought it was rad and wanted to share it with you.



sean t

what goes around comes around at maek gallery

its the 4th of july and i should be at the beach chasing babes, but instead i am in my room posting on fartminusf. i would truly like to get up and start my day, but the weight of hungoverness i am carrying on my shoulders makes it impossible to exit the bed. i know that none of this pertains to the show at maek gallery, so lets get to business. last saturday the guys at beta unit invited me out to check out there new show, "what goes around comes around", so me and mr riley cooper road our bikes 20 miles in 110degree heat to the train station. riley is freshly 18 years old and he already has a full beard. he also packs all the orders over here at fun so that makes him a double threat. just in case you dont know, beta unit is a new clothing brand based out of encinites, or is it spelled encinetas, shoot i am a bad speller. anywho, there office space is split into a half office half gallery space and thats where you get maek. if you want to learn more about beta unit or maek gallery then check out there sites, they are good guys. www.betaunit.com www.maekgallery.com





chivo art


peter mcbride

dustin ortiz art

dustin ortiz

dustin ortiz

ky baker

worst dude ever with dustin from beta unit


peter mcbride art

peter
robot



worst dude ever

the red door galley in the i.e.

friends united network artist jimi martinez will be doing tattoos and showcasing works at his brand spanking new space. im not really sure why he named the space "the red door" and to be honest neither does he, but it sure has a nice ring to it. make sure and check it out, you can find out more at www.jimimartinez.com. the inland empire is lacking in good gallery spaces so it will be nice to have a proper artists to host some art events. good luck jimbo!



you dont get a name like "red door gallery" without having some red doors. although, it would be funny if they were green.




this picture sorts looks like jimi just punched his baby and now he feels really bad about it, but thats not what happened....... or is it?
izzy!

the world famous office intern in pdx

this is the world famous intern at the office in portland. we will be posting an interview with him real soon so check back, you wont be sorry.
ok, to be honest you might be sorry but check back anyway. chances are you wont be doing anything important this week, plus hes alot funnier then a rerun of law and order, maybe?

sheep pastes take over the world!

we are making tons of sheeps to paste. if you want some to throw up in your town, then get an email to easthighland@gmail.com and ask skinny chris for some. send us photos of your sheep paste and we will throw them up on fartminusf and send tees out to the best ones evey month! just remember that its sort of illegal, so dont be gettin caught!

what ive been doin

hello everyone, the assholes at google have decided to only let people log in and post if they have a gmail account, so for the past week or so, none of the artists have been able to get there posts on the site. im not sure if any of you lazy asses even tried, but i will give you the benefit of the doubt just this once. i will have a new log in for all the fun artists by the end of this week. until then, here is a post from me. things have been really crazy here at the office getting ready for the spring line. hope everone is doing well

sean t


the pinski gettin earthier the usual in his garden

this is douglas, he lives in pinskis magic garden and runs the red hand.

we made these new fun casts for all the stores. if you see one, pick it up for a sec, they weigh about 500 pounds

pinski art
make sure your chain is tight on your bicycle or your toe will end up like this!



i road the train out to los angeles on friday and made todd buy me beer all day, then i smoked him at arm wrestling. thanks todd

ian is having a show here in redlands sometime in july, i snuck a shot off to give you a preview of whats to come!

photos from the office show on june 1st

i know i am a bit late on posting this, but the photos from the show got stuck on the camera and my roommate shannon had to hack them off of the damb thing. im starting to think that the terminator movies might actualy be a preview of the future? think how screwed we would be if we couldnt access electricity for a week. its time we all go out and catch up on our nature skills. it took a week just to get some pictures off a stupid camera. im going back to film. sorry its late and im cracked out on caffine. im not even going to spell check this post, so let me know if there are any typos. thanks to everyone over at the office that helped out and made everything flow nicley. big thanks to kevin for letting us stay so late and for putting up with our drunkness. another big thanks to pinski and seth for taking care of all the art before the show. when i fist got to the office i thought pinski wanted to fight me because i didnt bring his pieces back from socal, but it turns out he was just being a dick. seth said he could tell i was scared. overall the show went well, but i guess theres a guy that works at the office who has art shows and he fills the place alot more then we did and his art is alot better too, if you ever stop by ask him and he will tell you. a big thanks to the intern for buying beer too

sean t

booze and babes

pinski's magic bag

jesse reno art





marc lemoine photo

one of many who came to take photos for jimmy fontaine

sticky shaw

jimmy fontaine photos

jason carrougher

jimmy fontaine

travis chatham

todd the bodd regelado, rigalado, rigalardo...


gunnar art

tim reed

jawn agione

piski and seth show at mississippi may in portland

pinski and seth were amoung a few of the artists that showed at the mississipi may show in portland a few weeks ago. it was featured on juxtapoz.com, i think that makes it a pretty big deal. they both built cool shanty houses for all to see and hangout inside. check out these photos from the show.

Tribalbot and Cadillac Cowboy clothing colab

Seeing as we are based in Oklahoma, we thought we would take the "one off t-shirt design" thing to a new plain (pun indented) by utilizing a few ingredients which seem to be plentiful in these here parts, like guns and land. We have our share of UFO's too but non were availble for this shoot. Oh and of course dry ice bombs filled w/ RIT dye, they were a pretty critical part of the process...

yep the trick is to shoot the bombs full of dye before they explode, but the longer you wait the more the pressure builds which makes for a better application of dye to fabric.

I think we lost only 2 shirts to buckshot overload.

Anyway we made a short art documentary out of the process which is in the final edit stages, and I'll share that as soon as we can get it online.

In the meanwhile here are some pics.

















The lovely Camilla posing.

"A Step Off the Old Beaten Path"

I have solo coming up in my hometown, it's a goodbye and good riddance to the suburbs of my youth. If you happen to be in the neighborhood please come check it out

(Click for larger image)

"time for fun" at the office pdx was rad!!!

i am up in portland and cant get the show photos off my camera until i get home, but thought i would let you know that it was a hit! hope all is well




sean t

new work!

here is some new work of mine that i'm showing right now
hope you're all good!
-rebecca

mississippi: may

pinski and i have been very busy all month doing an installation in a warehouse with about 20 other artist. the two of us built small huts with wood that we have collected over the past year or so in portland.

the 50,000 square foot warehouse is being torn down and replaced with condos very soon so the show closes thursday may 21st.

if you live in or near portland come hangout for the closing party, it should be alot of fun.

go to http://www.mississippimay.com for more info.

here are a few photos of the place and the huts pinski and i built.,

seth

sethneefus.com update

it's been awhile since i have added anything new to my site, but there are some new drawings and paintings on there now and i redesigned it a little.

check it out and enjoy!

www.sethneefus.com

f.u.n. show at the office pdx june 1st

i read this jeff soto write up on fecalface, you should read it!

read below and get inside of jeff sotos head for a bit. i found this on fecalface.com and i stole the photo from thehundreds. we are the roaches of the art news community. well at least i am-

sean t





And, lastly, I'm dealing with artists who are imitating mine and other's work. They say imitation is a form of flattery but when people are doing stuff very similar in style to what you've been doing for years and they're selling it, it's more of a slap on the face. I am not naming any names but I've seen alot of imitation the past couple of years and it's getting worse. The good thing is that for some reason people tend to copy the stuff I was doing right out of school- sun rays (hehe which I copied from Alex Gross), robots, boxes with wings, etc. It still sucks. I don't know if the artists are to blame or the galleries that show them. Or it could be the buyers who are supporting this. So here's some advice for everyone...

Artists- if you find yourself with a lack of ideas or have trouble finding your style, DO NOT take the easy path. Don't look at who's successful and steal their ideas. Do not copy them. Do not imitate them. This might help you sell some paintings, you may even sell out a show or two. But in the long run it will come back to bite you in the ass. You'll be but a flash in the pan. A one hit wonder. If you are a serious artist and you make art because you have to, it's in your soul, it's in your heart, you will eventually find your own style. I'm not saying it will be easy. It takes sacrifice, dedication, and experimentation. And once you think you found your style, throw it all away. Because your shit will get stagnant if you don't keep evolving. The artists who are copying will not be around in a couple years. Watch. *Note- it's alright to be a little derivative right out of school, no one can help that. But if you're out of school for a while and selling your paintings and deep down you know it's not totally original, then it's time to refocus and get onto a better path.

And..

Galleries- You have a responsibility to show original work. When you show work that is overly derivative, it cheapens your gallery and the entire "scene". This scene is small. Really small actually. If you are showing work in this genre you should have at least an understanding of who the artists are, what their work looks like and where they have shown. You have to have the backbone to be able to tell artists to come back in a year with new work if it's derivative. Galleries used to be tougher. It was special if your work got in. It meant you were making original, thought provoking work. Realistically not everyone is going to be able to show Viner or Camille Rose Garcia, but that doesn't mean you should find someone who is making similar work. There are tons of young artists out there who are deserving, hard working, eager and super original. Go find them. Promote them. Teach them. There are tons of young artists out there who are copying. They will come to you. Educate them. Push them. Be honest with them. They will return better artists.

And...

Buyers- You're gonna hopefully buy a piece of art because you love something about it. Investing in art is not bad either. I hope you also really research the artists you are interested in (especially if you're looking at it as an investment). It's hard to keep track of everything but try to stay informed. Most of the artists being copied have shown at some time at La Luz de Jesus (now Billy Shire Fine Art), Jonathan Levine Gallery, Merry Karnowsky, New Image Art, BLK/MRKT, etc. They have higher standards and will never show anything derivative. Research some of these galleries that have been around for a while (there are more, don't limit to those I mentioned), get back copies of Juxtapoz, Giant Robot, check out American Illustration, there are also some great books on the subject. Most artists also have their resume's listed on their websites. In short, do your research. Unless you don't mind buying work that may be derivative, and that's your prerogative (cue Bobby Brown here).

So that's my little rant about this situation. I've talked to a lot of people about this and everyone agrees that it is getting to be a widespread problem. Any ideas on this? What are your thoughts?

RE:MISSION BENEFIT SHOW

ALL ART DONATED BY ARTISTS AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO CHLA. PLEASE COME SUPPORT MYSELF ALONG WITH OTHER F.U.N. ARTISTS DEREK ALBECK AND REBECCA URIAS JUNE 2ND. FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT WWW.THINKSPACEGALLERY.COM OR GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/REMISSION06....PEACE.

travis millard

go to this site.
you wont be sorry you did!
fudgefactorycomics.com

someone updates you

In Portland...
SOMEONE @ the Low Brow Lounge
throughout the month of May.

SOMEONE in front of EXIT real world
Saturday May 5th 11-6ish.

Also...
new clothes have arrived at EXIT real world (all locations)
and at Newt and Harold's in Boise, Idaho (for whoever is over in those parts)

www.someoneclothing.com

jimmy fontaine new work

shaun white photographed at home in california. new website is almost finished. in the meanwhile please feel free to check more work here http://www.jimmyfontainephotography.blogspot.com thanks!

Dethkills Fi-Sci Warehouse Bash

www.myspace.com/dethkills

1st tattoo!

i made one of my little brothers a painting for his birthday



then he got it tattooed!

feliz cumpleanos peter :)

wow

just thought that was interesting

JAWNAGIONE.COM LAUNCHED

"Colorful Insults" 2007

site is finally up and runnning. still a temporary site til i figure out what i want to do (i hate thumbnails). hope you all enjoy. and to everyone that missed out this weekend...derek albeck and rebecca urias got some art up at the project gallery...nice little show so peep it out.

www.jawnagione.com

new artwork and cool stuff from mel kadel!!!

HERE IS THE A SIGN WITH MY BOOM BOX GIRL ON IT AND A FUDGE STICKER,
& HOLLYWOOD BURNING IN THE BACKGROUND.





HERE IS MY "STRONG ARMS" ZINE, COMING TOGETHER.







HERE IS THE DECK I DID FOR FOUNDATION:



HERE IS MY NEWEST FAVORITE POSSESSION, PASSED DOWN TO ME FROM MY
GRANDMA:

Collaboration

Myself and Rebecca Urias did some collaboration pieces for our upcoming show at Project gallery in Los Angeles (www.project.bz)
The show opens Saturday the 14th from 7-11
Hope you like them

"With the Closing of my Eyes, Something Wicked This way Comes"

"The Great Escape"

Keep It Gangsta

"Peas and Carrots" 2006

hello my fellow farters. here's some art i've been workin on. these are my Peas and Carrots. they're dedicated to all those suburban kids of the 90's who were caught up by the hype of gangster rap and the gangster life in general....all because of media and not because of personal situations. i should know....i was one of them. and as much as i wish that the nonsense involved with gangs could cease to exist....my hopes are just to help people realize that the hype surrounding whatever new fad has surfaced into pop culture is nothing more than someone saying "this is cool. this is how to act....for now." keep it gangsta!

"Represent Til The Day You Die" 2006

"Take One For The Team" 2007

(for more info, please visit my site: http://www.jawnagione.com)