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Home  FEATURES Damon Soule Interview
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Written by Manuel Bello
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008, 9:16am
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 We've known this Portland based artist for years, back when he lived in SF. Well, he's got a show at the NYC based Joshua Liner opening Oct 11th. Manuel Bello interviews.
When writing about Damon Soule, where does a guy begin? The best way I can describe Damon Soule is he is that kid on the playground who gets you to do all kinds of crazy shit, that you later regret. But somehow the moment he is not around you wish he was so you could do it all again. Cut to the adult version, of coarse. Damon is never one to take himself too seriously. Oh, did I forget to mention he can paint your brain into a complete stupor. It is not everyday I rave about an artist like Damon Soule, actually that's a lie, but I will say Damon's art is from another World, one I obsess over and wish I could go to. Seriously, all slap-shtick aside we could not be happier about showing you his work, while providing a glimpse into the mind of the illusive, Damon Soule. Prepare yourself!
Damon Soule acting out some of his narcissistic. 1980
Damon and Dad one year earlier. 1979
Burning Jet Fool
Who is Damon Soule (and what is your problem)?
I'm not really sure but a therapist once told me I had a borderline personality, with narcissistic tendencies. Not to mention the OCDÂ…
I don't have a problem though.
What was your upbringing like?
It was like a Budweiser tall boy, a bag of Cracklins with the little hot sauce packet and a pickled pigs foot from the huge pink jar on the corner store counter. It also involved a lot of fishing, cut-offs jeans, and the sweet sounds of The Allman Brothers, wafting through the mosquito filled afternoon.
Are you some kind of hippy?
Some kind I'm sure, but I couldn't tell you which. What I can tell you is I don't care about Biodiversity, melting Polar Icecaps, or raising any kind awareness.
Eyes Aw Late
Where are you currently living?
Stump town, rose city, and birthplace of 'The Shanghai', Portland Oregon.
I know you were San Francisco based for many years then you were, here in New York for a few, now Portland, why all the moving and what are you running from?
Um... Ex-girlfriends mostly.
Oh, I thought it might be the East Village drinking cops. I did see you run first hand from them as they wrote me a ticket... But somehow, you predicted it.
Yes, I have a sixth sense for the police and because of that I haven't been arrested since I was 17. However, that hasn't stopped me from doing plenty of alcohol fueled dumb shit.
Eyes Aw Late Detail
How many outstanding drinking tickets do you have in New York?
Two for drinking, and one for public urination.
How are you spending your time in Portland?
Potato farming, competitive darts, pitchers of PBR, gaining weight, and college girls.
Cavernous Candy Factory
Cavernous Candy Factory Detail
What is it with you and the number 23?
Ha, I just really like that movie... Oh and Michael Jordan. I'm thinking about switching it up to number 301 though.
Top 5 all-time favorite artists?
Sarah Mclachlan, Gordon Matta, Clark, Nietczche, Yoko Ono, and myself. Wouldn't that be an awesome Dinner Party?
Damon, do you believe in aliens?
Yes and I've been in close contact with one for quite a few years now. He is difficult to communicate with due to the differences in our home worlds. Although, I cannot tell if it is his cultural, or his speech patterns. He goes by the name of Mario Martinez.
Artificial Fire
Are you an alien?
If I was, I would be busy working on a device to call home and get a lift back. But no, as far as I can tell I am stuck here.
What would you describe as the primary theme in your
work?
Armageddon and the end of life on this planet as we know it.
Molecular Tree
Any new products coming down the pipe?
I'm working on another new book with the Convergence guys and there will be a couple more people involved with this one. All the other stuff I'm working I can't really talk about because of nondisclosure agreements. I guess people think their ideas are so groundbreaking they don't want anyone else to scoop in on them. But I can tell you with confidence, that although the projects are interesting they aren't that special.
How do you feel about declining population of Honey Bees?
Well if they hadn't put so much energy into trying to sting people they might not have had such a public relations problem. However, I will for sure miss fruits and vegetables when I am forced to eat mud for dinner, every single night.
Gravitronic Birth
If you were not doing art what would you be doing?
Great question! Most likely heroine, or crack or maybe I'd buy one and ones.
How is the love life Damon?
If I knew how to love it would probably be great but because I seem to have an inactive frontal lobe I tend to not empathize well enough to feel that emotion.
Yeah, I turn mine off, but hey have you missed me?
With every fiber of my being.
Any famous last words?
Sucka free!
Be sure to see Damon's show in New York that opens Saturday, Oct 11th @Joshua Liner.
Damon Soule
Amused Loon
October 11 - November 15, 2008
@Joshua Liner (NYC)
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Installation by Choi Jeong Hwa
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Founder of BLK/MRKT w/ Shepard Fairey in '97 (becoming sole owner in '03), lengedary street artist with his Unlearn campaign, and highly accomplished painter, it's with great honor that we welcome him back to San Francisco. New paintings, mixed media and installation, it should be one of our best shows to date and a lot of fun. -Complete Show Details
Dave Kinsey opens Lost For Words at FFDG on Fri, May 18th.
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San Francisco rents rose 15.8 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same time last year, to an average of $2,663 for all size units, according to RealFacts. Studio apartments average $2,075, up 16.5 percent in a year. The steepest rise came in one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartments, which are now $2,611 - up 19.9 percent in the past year and up 30 percent from just two years ago. -read on.
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Morning, San Francisco. -as of 11am
| Further Collective Flagstaff Mural
The Further Collective: Mario Martinez (Mars-1), Damon Soule & Oliver Vernon were in Flagstaff last week collaborating on an outdoor mural at The Flagstaff Brewing Company located in the historical district of downtown Flagstaff, AZ.
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|
| INTERVIEW with Tristan Patterson
Director of the documentary film DRAGONSLAYER --> DRAGONSLAYER is a documentary about the skateboarder Josh "Skreech" Sandoval. He's a character and the film follows his many ups and downs dealing with young parenthood, competing, and relationships. However, rather then try and make some type of statement about him, it just presents him objectively in the way that he is through wonderful cinematography.
|
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| 2 New Zines by Pacolli & Mildred
Got two new zines from Mildred and Pacolli for us to share with you. Pacolli's The Last Chance Kids is published through Volcom's Artist Series and is 40 pages and sells for only $7 printed on thick quality heavy stock.
|
|
| Logan Crable's Blow Jobs
Logan Crable emailed us the other day with an offer to view his Blow Job series. Normally we don't get offers to view someone's porn project, but we quickly learned that the blowing is more in the literal sense as opposed to the pleasuring form.
|
|
| Michelle Ramin & SFAI Grad Show
Thanks to Michelle Ramin for emailing us some her recent paintings. Michelle will be displaying her work as part of SFAI's MFA graduate show running this weekend and opening Friday, May 11th at the Pheonix Hotel here in San Francisco.
|
|
| Interview with Jeff Depner
Whether conceptually motivated or intuitively created, the process of painting has been a main attribute in art for sometime now. Controlling the surface of a canvas is at the root of most contemporary painting. Vancouver native Jeff Depner's work creates avenues for visual discovery through a process based aesthetic. Layers upon layers of paint each relating to the next. Masking some, if not all, of the past creates a visual history within. The work ebbs and flows between graphic qualities and thick painterly styles with muted but contemporary feeling colors. The constant process of 'improvised moves' allows some of the work to be based in grid like structures. It allows some of the smaller paintings a chance for inquiry in constructive qualities and aspects of painting, inserting his work into the long history of painting.
|
|
| If Bill Murray was a Triple Bacon Cheeseburger
Bay Area artist Cahill Wessel emailed over a couple gems- food/human hybrids with wonderful titles. Made our morning.
|
|
| Michael Miller @Fifty24SF
On the way home from Fecal Face a couple Fridays back we swung through Fifty24SF to catch the two day show with the LA based hip-hop photographer Michael Miller in celebration of his new book. West coast hip-hop iconic early 1990's hip-hop photographs, including numerous photos of 2pac, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, Warren G... the bonus: Eazy-E touting a skateboard and a gun?!
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| Marissa Textor - Mini Interview
Marissa Textor and Ryan Travis Christian are currently showing together at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto. Gerald interviews the LA based Marissa Textor. Check out her detailed graphite drawings.
|
|
| Richmond Virginia Street Art Festival 2012
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|
|
| Dave Kinsey @FFDG, May 18th
Mark your calendar: Dave Kinsey opens Lost For Words @FFDG in San Francisco on Friday, May 18th (6-9pm).
New mixed media paintings and installation. This will be his first show in San Francisco in 12 years and his first on the West Coast since 2007... We're very excited. Below is a lil' taste of what's to come.
|
|
| ROA at Stolen Space, London
Massive show from this prolific Belgium based sreet artist.
|
|
| Hamishi in Melbourne
Hamishi emailed over some photos from his current show Nothing Special running at Melbourne's Paradise Hills through this Saturday, May 5th. If you're in Melbourne, view it in person as we're sure it looks even better in person.
Hamishi participated in last November's group show 11.11.11 @FFDG back in November with Mario Martinez showing a solo show... Man, that's was a nutty opening before the cops showed up.
|
|
| Opening Pics @FFDG for C.P.H.
Alex Uhrich & Gerald Anekwe got some photos from the recent group show at FFDG, Cigarettes, Phone Cards & Hip Hop Clothing.
|
|
| Spoke Art Thursday
Spoke Art here in SF opens the group show Synergy curated by LA's Thinkspace this Thursday, May 3rd (6-10pm) featuring works by a slew of artists that Thinkspace works with. Spoke Art sent us a taste for you to sample.
|
|
| Ludo's Palynology
Ludo who we've featured many times emailed over a recent piece from Katowice in Poland called "Palynology".
|
|
| Murals by Flavio Samelo (Brazil)
We had the pleasure of meeting Flavio Samelo when we were in Sao Paulo last summer (blog). He's a skateboarder/ photographer and talented artist. Here are some photos from some of his recent mural done in Rio de Janeiro, also in his words.
|
|
| Paintings by Corydon Cowansage
Recent RISD MFA painting alum Corydon Cowansage emailed over some paintings. Like them.
|
|
| McNett, Swoon, & Canilao
Dennis McNett just got back from Milan, Italy where he did a collaborative show with Swoon and Monica Canilao at the Patricia Armocida Gallery. Looks incredible and runs through July 20th.
|
|
| Pablo S. Herrero & David Delam in Uruguay
Flavio Samelo submits goodness from his native Sao Paulo, Brazil or from around all of South America. Today he sends over some recent mural work by Pablo S. Herrero and David Delam done in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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| Cigarettes, Phone Cards & Hip Hop Clothing
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