Another edition of How Do You Pay Your Mortage? where Mer-chan goes to the Appenzeller region of Switzerland to learn how to make one of the early technocuddly foods — chesse.
Gary Baseman and LACMA’s Show, Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images:
During our time out west, we visited Gary Baseman. We started at his Los Angeles studio and ended the day at Canter’s Deli, where his mother worked for over thirty years.
This video is part 1 of others. we’re not sure of the exact number yet, we just wanted to get this out so you can visit the LACMA show before it closes March 4!
From his website: Gary Baseman. Pervasive Artist. Painter. TV/Movie Producer. Toy Designer. Humorist. Mr. Baseman is the three-time Emmy award winning creator and executive producer of “Teacher’’s Pet,†the critically acclaimed animated television series and feature-length animated film.
His artwork contributes to major publications such as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone. His strong visual images have been commissioned by the corporate world with such international corporate clients as Nike, Chili’s, Gatorade, Mercedes-Benz, Labatt, and Thomas Cook. Mr. Baseman created the visual identity of the award-winning, best selling game “Cranium.”
The National Portrait Gallery in D.C. and the Museum of Modern Art in Rome feature his work in their permanent collections. He continues to have solo gallery exhibitions with his paintings in New York, Los Angeles, Rome and Tokyo. Mr. Baseman continues to lecture international venues such as the School of Visual Arts in NY, the Royal College of Art in London, and Art Center in LA. His limited edition art toys are in the forefront of this new Art Toy movement, selling out around the world.
Entertainment Weekly Magazine named Baseman as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment. His 352 page book of his art, titled “”Dumb Luck”†was just published by Chronicle Books.
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