I’m busy preparing “Circuit Garden” for exhibition starting February 28 in the lobby of 5 Manhattan West in Hudson Yards… and I have therefore been remiss in updating my website… but Le Monde just published my painting “Vladimir Putin (the operational amplifier),” 2017: https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/02/04/amelie-zima-la-force-d-attraction-de-l-union-europeenne-en-ukraine-gene-vladimir-poutine_6112365_3210.html
politics
Trump and Putin /
With the news blowing up about election interference, I can't resist reposting these paintings from last year: "Donald Trump (The Big Hack)" and "Vladimir Putin (The Operational Amplifier)." Politics, technology, gobbledygook, obfuscation, and sneakiness. Oil on canvas, 2017
American Resistor (2017) 1st ed. /
American Resistor (2017), 1st ed. 80 hand-pulled screen prints with graphite drawing on paper. The edition has 6 APs and 16 EPs that are not for sale (hence #58 on the main edition). This print is available for purchase in my shop.
Black Power Capacitor /
Black Power Capacitor, 2017. Digital sketch (photo collage)
Speak your truth, digitize it, post it online, and change global consciousness. The power of digital is political power. For what do you stand?
Climate Change in Antarctica /
Kelly Heaton, "Climate Change (Penguins)," 2017. Digital photocollage comprised of an electronic circuit, a photo of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, and pixel manipulation
Emperor penguins may disappear by the end of this century
By Lakshmi SupriyaJul. 7, 2017 , 10:30 AM
Emperor penguins are known for braving the harsh Antarctic winters, but they might not be able to brave the harsh realities of climate change. That’s the finding of a new study, which suggests that by the end of this century, the world’s largest penguins may be no more. Previous research suggested that rapidly warming air and sea temperatures—which melt sea ice—might cause their numbers to plummet by as much as 19% by 2100. But a new model looks at other factors, including how individual penguins deal with climate change by migrating to places with optimal sea ice coverage. In their model of potential penguin migrations, researchers looked at how far penguins typically go and what factors figure in their decisions. They used data previously collected from Pointe Géologie in Antarctica along with satellite images of penguin colonies that revealed information about their traveling and foraging behavior. The model projects that for the next 2 decades, populations will remain stable, and may even increase slightly as the penguins move to locations that are more habitable. After 2050, it all goes downhill. Although the rate of population decline may vary, by the year 2100 almost all emperor penguins may be gone, the researchers write in an upcoming issue of Biological Conservation. That’s because climate change will have rendered all their habitats inhospitable by then. Gaining endangered status under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, the scientists say, may be one way of arresting what might otherwise be their final march.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.aan7070
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/emperor-penguins-may-disappear-end-century
Covfefe /
Covfefe, 2017. Digital photocollage
Art on the Front Lines /
Left: Donald Trump (The Big Hack). Center: Vladimir Putin (The Operational Amplifier). Right: Hillary Clinton (The Big Shock).
I have three new paintings going to New York for a group show at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. The politically themed exhibition, "Art on the Front Lines," opens May 24th and runs through August 19th. Please join me for the opening celebration on May 24th from 6-8pm (and bring friends -- all are welcome). Ronald Feldman Fine Arts is located at 31 Mercer Street, New York NY 10013.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Jaishri Abichandani, Elaine Angelopoulos, Eleanor Antin, Ida Applebroog, Madeleine Hope Arthurs, Conrad Atkinson, Eric Ayotte, Terry Berkowitz, Joseph Beuys, Chris Burden, Cassils, Nancy Chunn, Chuck Close, Elliot Crown (King Trump), Gerri Davis, Alex de Janosi, Eric Dyer, Yishay Garbasz, Rico Gatson, David Gleeson (t.Rutt), Leon Golub, Margaret Harrison, Kelly Heaton, Jenny Holzer, Homocats, Robert Indiana, Mark Kelner, Komar & Melamid, Vitaly Komar, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Lombardi, Alex Melamid, David McDevitt, Mary Mihelic (a.k.a. t.Rutt), J. Morrison, Pepón Osorio, Pope.L, Robert Rauschenberg, Alexis Rockman, Julia Salinger, Alan Scarritt, Edwin Schlossberg, Dread Scott, Todd Siler, Federico Solmi, Nancy Spero, Gail Stoicheff, Andy Warhol, We Make America Collective, Carrie Mae Weems, William Wegman, Hannah Wilke, Martin Wilner.
