{"id":5060,"date":"2014-01-06T17:32:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T01:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2014-02-20T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:28:52","slug":"art-show-reading-reception-borderlands-jan-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/art-show-reading-reception-borderlands-jan-17\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG AHA Art Show &#038; Reading, Borderlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/bigahacoverfbevent.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Added Feb 12, 2014:<\/strong> I made a <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/HTx_fIJr6rU\">YouTube video<\/a> of the art on the walls at the Borderlands Cafe show:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HTx_fIJr6rU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Added Jan 19, 2014:<\/strong> I made a podcast audio of my talk on <em>The Big Aha<\/em> and of my &#8220;art tour&#8221; at Borderlands. Visit Rudy Rucker Podcasts here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original post, Jan 6, 2014.<\/strong> I have an art show coming up, running from Jan 17 to March 15, 2014. A lot of the paintings were done for my new SF novel <a target=\"blank\" href=\" https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/thebigaha\"><em>The Big Aha<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/Poster_Borderlands_Jan_2014.jpg\"><br \/>\n<em> Poster for our show. These are the paintings I plan to hang.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/Poster_Borderlands_Jan_2014_1200.jpg\"> Click for a larger version of the image.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The show will also include four of Vernon Head\u2019s table-top deco-style assemblagist California Funk sculptures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/vernon_sculptures.jpg\"><br \/>\n<em> Vernon Head&#8217;s &#8220;Constructions &#038; Contraptions&#8221; for our show.  Clockwise from top left: &#8220;Lost Mine,&#8221; &#8220;The Trout&#8217;s Dilemma,&#8221; &#8220;Mesa Motel,&#8221; &#8220;The Machinist.&#8221; 12 to 15 inches high.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/vernon_sculptures_1200.jpg\"> Click for a larger version of the image.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have an opening reception, reading, and guided tour of the exhibition from 5:30 until 7:30 or so.  This will be on Friday, January 17, at Borderlands Books Cafe on 870 Valencia Street in the Mission district of San Francisco. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=borderlands+books+870+Valencia+Street,+San+Francisco,+California+94110-1739&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.759027,-122.421513&amp;sspn=0.011875,0.00648&amp;gl=us&amp;g=870+Valencia+Street,+San+Francisco,+California+94110-1739&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=borderlands+books&amp;hnear=870+Valencia+St,+San+Francisco,+San+Francisco+County,+California+94110&amp;ll=37.759027,-122.421513&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;t=m&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=borderlands+books+870+Valencia+Street,+San+Francisco,+California+94110-1739&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.759027,-122.421513&amp;sspn=0.011875,0.00648&amp;gl=us&amp;g=870+Valencia+Street,+San+Francisco,+California+94110-1739&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=borderlands+books&amp;hnear=870+Valencia+St,+San+Francisco,+San+Francisco+County,+California+94110&amp;ll=37.759027,-122.421513&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;t=m\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Free pastries!  This party is for the public, <em>and <\/em>it&#8217;s a thank you reception for my<em> Big Aha<\/em> Kickstarter supporters.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll mingle, and around 6 or 6:30, I&#8217;ll do a short reading from the novel, then give the  &#8220;guided tour&#8221; of the paintings, explaining their roles in the book, and then hang out some more. We&#8217;ll be selling hardback and paperback copies of <em>The Big Aha<\/em>, plus paintings, prints, and the latest edition of my art book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Better-Worlds-Rudy-Rucker\/dp\/098582722X\" target=\"_blank\">Better Worlds<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For more about my paintings, see my <a target=\"blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/paintings\">paintings page<\/a>.  I\u2019m maintaining a public Facebook <a target=\"blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/288267394653971\/\">event page <\/a>for the show as well. And you can find the event on the SF Chronicle&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/events.sfgate.com\/san_francisco_ca\/events\/show\/369084443-paintings-for-the-big-aha\">SFGate listings<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/105_frogman.jpg\"><br \/>\n<em> \u201cFrog Man,\u201d\u009d oil on canvas, January, 2014, 20\u201d\u009d x 24\u201d\u009d.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/105_frogman_1200.jpg\"> Click for a larger version of the painting.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By way of getting my final prep done, I just finished one more painting. This particular painting started out as a horizontal \u201clandscape mode\u201d\u009d canvas of a Monet-style scene with trees and cliff or a sky\u2026made up of vertical daubs of paint left over from my painting before this one, \u201cWoman With Jellyfish\u201d\u009d. I let the landscape dry for two weeks, then had the idea of turning the picture to a vertical \u201cportrait mode\u201d\u009d orientation, and now the horizontal daubs were water.  On a quick inspiration, I painted in the head and webbed hands of a \u201cfrog man.\u201d\u009d  He looks friendly, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d jump into the water with him.<\/p>\n<p>I also made some high-quality prints to sell at the opening. Ten-color giclee print on achival museum etching paper, with the prints mounted on acid-free mat board, individually signed, reasonably priced. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/artprint_mounted_pan.jpg\"><br \/>\n<em> Prints of Rudy&#8217;s Paintings  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images5\/artprint_mounted_pan_1200.jpg\"> Click for a larger version of the image.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Added Feb 12, 2014: I made a YouTube video of the art on the walls at the Borderlands Cafe show: Added Jan 19, 2014: I made a podcast audio of my talk on The Big Aha and of my &#8220;art tour&#8221; at Borderlands. Visit Rudy Rucker Podcasts here: Original post, Jan 6, 2014. 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