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GERRY the artist

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About Me

Mr. Social, friend of all. Stretcher of all limits of responsibility, yet (ALMOST) never falling on the wrong side of the Good/Bad fence. ALWAYS a Gentelman by nature...not by choice. Ridding the wave of inspiration. A truly wild man still alive by NEVER practicing what he preaches to the Fools. Observer of life, peeking at the dark corners..then running for the hills. Incredibly blessed with good and plenty friends and a Loving funny cool family. I seriously collect memories, and pictures of it all. Beware. If the camera is out...you are IT.Venezuelan born, but my accent is probably not as cool as FES from the 70's show, who is also from Vzla. I have never owned a brand new car but i am painting mine. ...Oh i almost forgot..Politics BORE me. Hate me for it...i do not care. All politicians have a partial agenda and no one in power can ever make everyone happy cause as humans, we are all a bunch of selfish bastards with our own agenda. So you know, even if it looks this way or that way... i do NOT suscribe to any political or religious movement that is created and lead by humans. Just elect and worship ME. Or a monkey. BTW i will not tolerate lies and/or missuse of my trust. Two marriages under my belt are proof of that. You have been warned.

My Interests

100% not interested in people who use or think using drugs is OK. Presently..understanding how i got here and how i can move up to the next levels (man its hard...frigging buy my art already) Reminding myself that I have done more than most people ever will, the benefits and worthiness of what I have done, and the Dod Damn respect i have earned and how to turn it into profit (Hence: listening to GOOD and WORTHY advice on matters i lack control/knowledge of) THE ARTS and the MAKING of Art... for the most part. Preparing the next installations for upcoming shows. Currently showing at least one piece (an installation made out of clothespins) at SILVANA FACCHINI GALLERY in the Wynwood Design District. Avoiding the News/Media and dumb ass (not really) reality shows (got enough reality of my own to last a lifetime). Reading. Traveling anywhere (see my blog THE WORLD UNDER MY FEET), specially if someone else is paying for it. Coffee and good salads. Digitally recording/organizing and sharing most social activities so that when i am old i (we) can remember what i (we) did and why i (we) didn't do better. WARNING: if you have plans for the presidency...stay away from me, my friends and specially, my camera :-)VERY interested in Bellingham/Seattle/Tacoma, WA (home of the Family Unit)and a postcard perfect part of this great country. Road trips. On the planning board: Toronto, Houston, Seattle and all the juicy stops in between.

I'd like to meet:

Revised 01-09-08 The UNKNOWN is far more interesting than someone checking their qualifications on my list. Rather frustrated if you ask me. So, surprises are more or less encouraged UNLESS YOU ARE: One who "thinks" that smoking "anything" is actually "natural" because fire causes an chemical recaion you dumb ass, so READ THIS:"""""Smoking anything appears to damage or paralyze the cilia, the hair-like projections in the lungs that sweep out microbes and other matter that can cause disease""""", You measure success and intelligence by how mouch money a person Has/Makes, An artist who is always asking others what they think about your art... IF YOU HAVE to force an opinion doesn't that tell you already that you suck???, A person who reads a book and then throws it away instead of passing it on (thanks for helping promote ignorance), One to bitch about gas prices and pretend to know who is to blame for it... yet you drink imported water at $8 a gallon or more... WATER is WATER anywhere in the world (Only one H2O stupid), A DRUG USER: forget it..stay away...go waste you health and time somewhere else...its your choice, good luck, go ahead and think you know better/smarter than me...whatever with you... BYE, One who BELIEVES traffic laws (or any other law for that matter)are for the other suckers and not them, One of those who (OMG hold me back) think that Flip Flops are for going "out"...Unless you are at the beach or at home, the wearing of Flip Flops (chancletas) in public is a clear sign that you are lazy, slow, slopy and quite uninteresting..specially if you DRAG the F(*&% Flip Flops when you walk (and i warn you... carrying flip flops in your purse is not only very WEIRD but allowed under extreme circumstances and with the proper excuse and paperwork), Unaware of major social current events and insist on throwing your B Day party on a weekend when all of your friends are joining the entire world at a major event in Maimi Beach/Downtown (Hello??),one who thinks a pet needing to go Pee is more important than a DUI or worse, Someone who wastes precious time out of our short lives on uselss causes...or pretends to care about a cause when it really is just TALK and you never actually do anything other than talking about IT so you "appear" caring in front of the world, One of those who are SO intelligent and Smart and Knowledgable that you were able to convince yourself and magically inmunise your body from the effects of illegal (hint) drugs...(your intelligence humbles me and i do not deserve to be in your prescence Oh WISE one), One of those that takes little doggie everywhere (restaurants, supermarket, Best Buy) and swear WE ARE ALL dieing to see it...not only that, you talk to it AND introduce IT to people.. ARGH!,One of those bad drunks that make tactless and embarrasing calls at just the wrong time, A typical boring SUV hater yet you do nothing yourself to help the environment, One of those who ONLY hangs with friends when frineds do JUST/ONLY what u like or else you excusse yourself from showing up (usually a lame obvious see-thru and repetitive excusse), You are on a quest for that "STABLE" guy to love: jut say IT: NO MONEY NO LOVE for YOU (no money here just lots of love...sorry, go away now), HELPLESS..I mean, it is NOT cute, Always talking about meeting a "nice" guy but really going around begging to be misstreated by the Bad Boys..secretly dreaming that you will "change" him and he will be grateful to you for ever...only to get used and missused and then you go around calling all men pigs and assholes (which makes you a serial hypocrite),CRITICAL OF PEOPLE WHO FOR A CHANGE ARE RESPECTFUL OF GENERAL RULES AND COMMON COURTESY, THE LAW AND OTHER'S INTERESTS AND FEELINGS, INCLUDING FRIENDS, FAMILY, GOVERMENT AND LIFE IN GENERAL. One of those whose mission is to "CHANGE" the one you love into a "better" person (according to your F.U. standards)...HINT: I am fine and quite happy, thank you very much, go change yourself and do the world a favor, a FUCKING LIAR, Born after 1979... (i mean, i must draw the line somewhere and save myself pain), You have dogs (cats) and think they actually have human traits (therefore making them more important than your other significant members of your life), Hypochondriac, You claim to wear sexy and revealing clothes for "yourself"..(please, its called ADVERTISEMENT, just frigging admit it), Uselessly argumentative, Pointlessly competitive, Ever doubting, Use sex to attract desperately needed attention, Have friends who reach serious opinions based on ONE HALF of a story (real smart, aren’t they?), One who stops making out the second the relationship gets going ( people in love should make out every damn day), U listen to everyone except those who actually love u, Thinking that YOU figure out life and that only you are right and only you know what people should do...HELLOOOO there is no absolute truth so go humble yourself out and call back later, NOT into spontaneous naked wrestling or late night hang outs outside of public buildings, or pools, etc... Frequently helpless (or pretending to be), Offended by cheesy, dorky, silly and pointless stuff, A nag, Into holding back your emotion to "protect yourself" or keep some kind of freaky control (in your mind only, people sooner or later figure out BS, they are just too nice to tell you) , Scream like an idiot in bars when an overplayed old song starts (index finger up in the air, eyes closed, tongue out,etc...), You think you can dance to hip hop, A bad listener, Blind to your own reality (listen to freinds and family once in a while), Boring (matter of MY opinion of course), Condescending to people who happen to be A LOT smarter than you, but you are NOT, so you do not realize it, Live beyond your means, Envy other peoples money(regardless of whether they earned it or not, or how), Hate people who are simply happy, Require WAY too much "time for yourself" (what the F&^%$ is that?), Have secret agendas going on forgetting that the rest of the world was NOT born yesterday therefore...they wont be so secret for long( this is same telling lies), (which takes me to manipulation and editing of the truth: Worst than a lie), Afraid of the truth, Impatience about my own lack OF (I am NOT patient when it comes to being punctual, etc), Simply and plain RUDE, Can't look at people in the EYE, A government critic who actually does not do a thing to help otherwise, Annoying (matter of MY opinion), Unreliable, ASSUME THINGS BEFORE YOU ASK THEM (which I have done so I know what I am talking about), Look down on people who are just were YOU used to be, Dishonest, Always late, Ask too many obvious questions, Love to drag people with you to do YOUR stuff, but just can NOT handle hanging with others to do their stuff (basically Selective Companionship syndrome), Too picky, Embarrassed to tell your REAL age (hello. It shows...we all know), too quick to judge, You are one of those people that take TOO LONG to get to their seats on airplanes, picky eater, can't change a tire, hate your parents (extreme exemptions allowed), have "separate" groups of friends and DO NOT mix them cause YOU think they are "different"...(who named you Almighty Judge of the world?), confused about what you really are? don’t know yourself? (ask friends and family when in doubt) , Can't promise anything beyond today (just in case something better comes along and you know...), NOT affectionate or embarrassed to show it in public, have unrealistic and/or written in stone incomprehensible standards, when u think about marriage you automatically think about how the divorce COULD take place, too mysterious about the past, an unpredictable rollercoaster of emotions, fashionably spiritual or too religious (a sucker for trendy spiritual movements, dietary ignorant trends, etc), "been hurt too many times" (who hasn’t! Hello!), you think shoplifting is funny, not very aware of your surroundings, unwilling to party naked when the occasion may lend itself even if naked only in spirit, like "performance art", selfish with your toys, are a performance artist, player (even worse: think you are), a freeloader with NOTHING to contribute, one of those who think youth and beauty makes you special and then you turn 30 and you go "Oh Shit" now I am alone and loosing it...where is that nice guy I ignored and crushed a few years ago??? oh ...he is older and looking better now than ever. And why is he ignoring me and into younger women??? is he a perv or something?...(News Flash. You missed your chance when YOU were hanging out with the older guys :-P), extremely inconsistent, a bad house guest, have too many cats... or even any cats for that matter, you missed the part about DRUGS being bad for you (educate yourselves people), irrationally jealous, envious, a smoker, think you are too good for the rest of the world, a me me me person, a bigot, a communist, etc. So...we got a date or what? ... ah...FORGET IT. With my luck, you will just be the source of the next 20 items on my list. I quit. Call me Gerry the Monk. Shop is closed. Never mind that...sorry i wasnt thinking. I just re opened the shopt to a certain female of the local kind that is making me go hmmmmmmmmmmm. aaaaah ooooh uuuuuuh. """"ADDENDUM""""": Not claiming to be extraordinarily intelligent and admiting to being rash when spreading my opinions at times, I stole the following from a clever article I read in the internet. It rationalizes a great frustration of mine... and even though it will not correct the problem bacause those afflicted will not admit to it (as the article explains) i post it anyways to honor the wise writer who took the time to think it. "When the facts of something are staring you in the face and you refuse to acknowledge them because they contradict something that you believe to be true, but that can not be actually shown to be true, then you are remaining willfully ignorant. Willful ignorance is the worst kind of ignorance, because it smacks of stupidity. Ignorance is not having the opportunity to learn, stupidity is being unable to learn. Ignorance is curable, stupidity is not. Willful ignorance is looking at all of the facts and then only choosing the facts that support your case. Willful ignorance is cherry picking the data to support your point of view and not looking at the overall picture. Willful ignorance is refusing to acknowledge that you are wrong. Willful ignorance is not being able to support your position with facts and simply repeating what some loon told you without checking the data first.

Music:

Yes. Dancing whenever possible (even though i have just about stop doing that..wtf?) Indi and 80s.. techno styles as well (badly) and only when in the mood or tanked. Lounge and Chill do the jobs often. Occasional days dedicated to Spanish Rock. As of late... Trance, and more more INDI. (loud crazy hard music do it for me when at work) Listen to just about anything except organ music, flutes, and drum circles...GEZZZ what a dumb concept. Those people ever heard themself??? I HATE DRUM CIRCLE CULTURE...and trust me..i ma being very generous by calling it "culture". Most favorite piece (Heard twice live) is Orf's Carmina Burana. Once played by my cousins in the San Diego Symphony.

Movies:

Mixed taste.

Television:

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Books:

Yes. Almost any kind...except Self Help, Mystical or Vegetarian Cook books(We have fangs or canines you know..? Hint, hint). I am becoming quite fond of cooking soups. So, Soup cook books are IN. (We have fangs or canines you know..? Hint, hint). Stick to the classics (Robinson Crusoe, Kidnapped, Count of Monte Cristo, Dracula, Dante's INFERNO, Jack London, Mark Twain..and recently discovered by me: Tony Hillerman and his series of Southwest novels),Police novels as well as Harry Potter, occasional but rare science fiction and specially Douglas Adams masterpieces. Sorry...cant do poetry. Just cant. The Da Vinci Code and the even more fun Pre-quel Angels and Demons. The truth is..if i find a book laying there...ill give it a chance.

Heroes:

My sister Elena who scared/beat the crap out of the muggers who were beating my face while i was knocked out. Anyone who has educated themself enough to know that drugs are called that for a reason and they are just no good. Benny Hill and Darwin. What...got a problem with Darwin? go get an education you moron, before the obvious crushes your little ignorant soul. Oh oh, lets not forget my kick ass parents who still put up with their responsibly irresponsible 42 years old artist son.

My Blog

April 1st Figure Drawing Session:

Hosted By: 1st & 21st StudiosWhen: Tuesday APRIL 1st, 2008at 7:00 PM to 9:30 pmWhere: 1st & 21st Studios2045 NW 1st AvMiami, FL 33127United StatesDescription:1st & 21st Studios &nbs...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:10:00 PST

To my friends on my B Day.

I'm keeping a low profile on this, my B Day week. However, I thought I should do something that always brings me joy... To my friends with love. A special selection of magical moments. &nbs...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:28:00 PST

The World under my feet.

The World&so far. Places i have visited...not just stopped or driven thru. i think i am missing some...  Venezuela: Caracas (Born there) and the central coast mostly. Lots of road trips fro...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Gerry's Art News

Fashion and Art From an underground fashion Show to a small Art show in west Miami, its been a busy couple of months. Still busy, ill just post the pics.            ...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:59:00 PST

New Years+Xmas Parties+Art Basel

The PARTY :Dec 31st  9pm till jan 1st 3pm   Sorry this took so long. Technical difficulties made it so. Be proud if you were there. You are a fool if you missed it. Good times amongst frine...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:33:00 PST

Mustang Art project up to Hour: 65

  The 87 Mermaid MustangEarly 2006 i came across a great deal on this 87 Mustang convertible. It has been running, needing some work, but running nonetheless. Faithfull and fun, i knew the price...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:26:00 PST

Miami Vice Moves 2006

a guide to MIAMI VICE MOVES Do not try this at home or the streets of Miami. UNLESS you do not want to be COOL and Awesome. Gotta have a sporty convertible from the 80's or else it will all go to was...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:17:00 PST

Authorized Pictorial Autobiography. The 60s and 70s.

Obviously this is now and for along time, going to be classified as  WORK IN PROGRESS so far i have completed the 60s and 70s.  Lucky for ya'll i only dug into my personal collection... my ...
Posted by GERRY the artist on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:19:00 PST