Well, that’s a lie.  The one I have is for basketball.  I was not good at organized sports, but hey, everybody gets a trophy, right?

Conquistadors of the Useless

30″ x 22″

Acrylic, collage, pencil and oil pastel on paper

Untitled

19″ x 24″

Acrylic on wood panel

The public showing is Saturday, June 5th from Noon – 8pm, during the Culver City Artwalk.  Address: 8870 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.  There is a VIP showing on Friday before the show.

NOW SHIPPING! I’ve just finished signing and numbering the first two editions of “Everything You Never Needed,” my new serigraph print.  There will be a second release of two new colors in about a month, so when these sell out, keep an eye out for the next colors.  These will not be reprinted and have been run in a very limited edition of only 30 pieces per color, so don’t sleep on this one.  Go HERE to get yours now.  As with all my prints, these have been hand screened on super silky, 100% cotton, acid-free, heavy-weight paper.

Pre-order now HERE to guarantee shipping next week!

Skateboardanimation from Tilles Singer on Vimeo.

It’s a new version of a painting I did a few years back, updated and simplified for screen print reproduction.  Add your name to the pre-order list to be notified when it is released.

LISA SOLBERG

26 year-old Los Angeles-based painter Lisa Solberg is someone whose career we’ve been watching for a while, but whose work has recently jumped to a new level of sophistication.  We catch up with Solberg in her downtown loft to take a closer look:

MC: You’ve made a big progression in your work recently.  Can you tell us about this change?

LS: The best way to explain it is, it’s the most honest way that I can create anything right now.  I’m pushing myself, but I’m not forcing anything.  So it feels completely natural and it’s completely expressionistic and in the moment…and surrendering.  I used to look at a piece and if I were missing something, I’d add a gorilla or a lion in the corner to fix the movement.  But now it’s all based on the speed and length and width of my stroke, and the color combinations.  It’s just all based on energy. It’s harder to finish a piece, but that excites me because then I never get bored.

MC: How long do you work typically on a piece before you feel that it’s done?

LS: Sometimes it will take a month, but typically a week or less. I can’t really sleep if a piece is unfinished – it drives me insane.  But I also sometimes do live arts, like a hotel may hire me for their opening party and I may do a ten-foot piece working 7 hours straight.  It’s the rawness of it and the energy of all the people around me, I totally go crazy off that and it just creates something really unique and dynamic in my mind.

MC: Do you have a preconceived notion of what you want to create in a piece, or is it just pure in-the-moment abstraction?

LS: Well recently, I’ve been starting with ebony pencils and china markers, and I kinda’ just close my eyes and scribble.  I love scribbling – I think it’s the truest most telling art form.

MC: So you probably like Cy Twombly?

LS: I think he’s genius.  When he talks about how quickly he works, he says, ‘What matters most is the time before.’  Because to get yourself, your subconscious and your conscious, everything in sync, and your energy all ready to actually create a piece…that time before hand is the most essential.  That’s when it becomes a more natural, instinctual action.  I view process the same way as him.  I’m not worried about how much time something takes, just when it’s done, it’s done.  I think with a lot of contemporary art it’s all about more, more, more, so I want to go less, less, less.

MC: What’s the next level of progression for your art?

LS: I’d like to start working more in the fashion world; for example I’d like to create a one-off gown with Alexander Wang and then create an environment around it, like in a display window or museum.  I also want to create huge outdoor installations like Richard Serra, in public parks, with tree houses and lighting…Swiss Family Robinson-style.  But I think the most important thing is day-by-day just creating work non-stop…not always talking about what you’re going to do tomorrow or next month…I mean, I think it’s important to have goals, but it’s more important for me to be constantly working.

Solberg’s new works will be exhibited at the grand opening of the new Kinsey/DesForges gallery in Los Angeles on April 10^th, 2010.