Melt. Down. Snowmelt Two

It's getting pretty warm in the greater Philadelphia area, as the temperature steadily increases we see the snow continue to melt off the tree sculpture. Flowers are still blooming on the walls, and we begin to see puddles form on the floor of the installation.

WEST SIDE FLOWER DRUM SONG STORY

I've been pretty busy with a few projects lately, but when asked to participate in this interesting group show I couldn't decline. The show is called RECOVER, and basically I got to pick a vintage record sleeve to do whatever I wanted with (You can view all of the record sleeves they had, and who claimed which ones on TrickGo's flickr). The record sleeve that I chose was a split LP with songs from the musical "West Side Story" and "Flower Drum Song". I chose the sleeve because the buildings on it looked like something I might paint or make, so including the actual artwork would appear seamless. I wound up combining the building and pagoda shapes (hence the title), and I also pasted the text from the record sleeve on the back, rearranged to read as the title. Information about the piece is below:

"West Side Flower Drum Song Story"

12.5" x 12.5" x 1.75"

Mixed Media on Panel

2011

The opening reception will be held at TrickGo (1135 Pine street, Philadelphia PA) this Saturday, March 19th. Come and party, its gonna be fun.

Thanks to Gab, Maxine, Matt, Courtney, and the rest of the TrickGo family for inviting me.

Melt. Down. Snowmelt One

On March 11th the first snowmelt occurred in the window on 764 s. 9th, above is the window as well as a closer shot of the freshly melted section. "Some flowers have started to bloom on the back wall, and the snow is beginning to melt off of what appears to be a dead tree" - an astute observer

Melt. Down. Installed!

Melt. Down. has officially been installed, above is a shot of the first phase at night!

First two of four new pieces for "Melt. Down."

"My Dream Coozie"
23.5" x 14.5" x 1.75"
mixed media on panel
2011

"Burial"
18.5" x 18.5" x 2.75"
mixed media on panel
2011


for pricing and availability please contact me via e-mail at: bradford.haubrich@gmail.com

Also, a big thanks to Mr. Daniel Fishel (o-fishel.com) for taking the time to interview me for a blog that he contributes to called Non- Slick.

check out the interview here

thanks!

"Melt. Down." a melting art installation

I am excited to announce my first big project of 2011. It is a self-initiated installation and collection of new works entitled "Melt. Down." The installation will be on display from March 7th to April 4th and will be changing/melting as the weather warms up and we get closer to spring time. "Melt. Down." will be installed in the front window of a large house (that many of my friends live in) on 9th and Catherine in South Philadelphia. This project intrigued me because it requires me to build-out gallery walls in the window display pictured above. To further complicate matters all artwork and materials for the gallery walls must be small enough to fit through the door to the window display, which is about 2' by 3.5 ' (as pictured above, represented by the pink box in the middle of the schematic). This should be interesting ...

Stay tuned for more information and install pictures as the opening date gets closer.

Also pictured above is the promotional card that I designed, as well as a google map screen shot of the exact location of the house.

Thank you to: Alaina, Emily, Yis, Liz, Matt, Kate, and Jon for letting me utilize their window dislpay for the month of March.

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"ROLLD Bones" for The Age of Reptiles group show

As overheard while in line at Ricci's deli/hoagie spot on 11th and Annin: "Dis time those South Philly skate punks have gone too friggin' far! I can't believe they had to balls to defile and re-arrange those sacred dinosaur bones. I had heard about that burial ground down there on Darien and Snyder, but even as young butt head I never dared lift that man hole, much less party down there and leave my beer cans!!!! Kids these days, no friggin' respect for nuthin."

"ROLLD Bones"

17" x 25" x 1.75"

Mixed Media

2011

Created for "The Age of Reptiles" group show at The (infamous) Paradigm Gallery, the show will be up from February 25 - March 18.

Special thanks to Anthony Pedro and The Autumn Society for including this skate dude in such an awesome show.

Also, thanks to Austin over at Eye Collector for the shout out!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Above are two recent things I drew for two Philadelphia-based websites. The top is a t-shirt graphic, which will unfortunately not be printed, for Philly.com to commemorate the most epic pitching rotation in the history of baseball. The second drawing is a "Top 5" list I put together for my friend Leah at Phrequency. I went to the Barbary once this past year for my friend Yis' birthday, it was really crazy, and I saw many crazy people (or at least I thought I saw people with hair cuts similar to this, though I do have an over-active imagination, extremely poor vision, and that night is a total blur, tough call).

Also, thanks to Dustin over at Fasthetic for giving me an internet nod of approval

"The Century Plant" short film!!

Above is a short film about "The Century Plant" my most recent installation at The Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. It was filmed and edited by my extremely talented and dedicated friend Ian Mosley-Duffy. My friend/budding local journalist Kaitlyn Arillo also interviewed for the film, and the result is an amazing dialogue that is what makes this piece so special to me. I basically discuss some of my mental process, and how I came up with the concept. Please enjoy.

I would like to thank:

My Mom, Lee, and Dad, Gerard, as well as the rest of my extremely supportive family

Ian Mosley Duffy

Kaity Arillo

Jason Chen of Paradigm Gallery

Sara McCorriston of Paradigm Gallery

Phil Jackson for above photo/dope installation photos (philjacksonphoto.com !!)

Cherice Smithers for the inspiration

and my friends

and my cat Grayson

Backwords Poster for their residency at the Cake Shop and Bruar Falls

I was recently commissioned to make a poster for my buddies Backwords up in Brooklyn. This time around it is for their month-long Thursday night residency at The Cake Shop and Bruar Falls, in both Manhattan and Brooklyn respectively (I assume they're owned by the same people). The poster itself is based off of various textile designs from Peru and Mexico. I scanned my favorite sweater and used it as a subtle texture in the poster, as you can see in the detail shot above, to switch things up a bit.