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Randall

A serviceable villain, As duteous to the vices of thy mistress As badness would desire.

About Me


www.randallsellers.com

2008 Exhibitions:

'Draw', Stolen Space, London, UK 3/6 - 3/30
LA ART in NY (fair), New York, 3/27 - 3/30
'Gangbusters', Plane Space, New York, 3/29 - 4/27
'12x36: A Local Lens', Seoul/Los Angeles/Phila, 4/5
'Drawings'(solo), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, 4/19
'Vanitas', Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, 5/2 - 6/28
'The Sublime Landscape', Project 4, Washington, D.C., 5/31 - 7/26
'No Art Left Behind', Miller Block, Boston, 7/1 - 8/15
'Mambo Showcase', Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, 7/31.
Miami fairs TBA

My Interests

Maps, Amateur Sleuths, Old Flemish Painters, Mirada Fuerte, the Bateau Lavoir, the Subura, French New Wave, Ruins, Nonfiction

I'd like to meet:


Survivalists, Muses.

Music:

David Bowie
The Sixteen
TV on the Radio
Stereolab
Fleetwood Mac
Einsturzende Neubauten
The Pogues
really anything

Movies:

Antione Dionel Cycle
The Third Man
8 1/2, La Cienaga
The Last Metro
Where Eagles Dare
Divorce Italian Style
Gosford Park
What's New Pussycat?
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
To Be or Not To Be
Claire's Knee
Place de la République
Diva, Ronin, Blow-Up
The Plot Against Harry
La Dolce Vita
Children of Men
Chinatown
Slums of Beverly Hills
Brazil, Old School
Leon the Professional
Withnail and I
Dead Man
The Shining
CQ, Seduced and Abandoned
This is Spinal Tap
Manhattan, Rear Window
Roger Moore as James Bond

Television:

Seinfeld
Jeeves and Wooster
Sarah Silverman
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Charlie Rose
Psych

Books:

Kiki's Paris
Francois Truffaut: Selected Letters
A Life of Picasso Vols 1 and 2
The City in History
Corruption and the Decline of Rome
Nonfiction and Biographies
LeCarre, Alan Furst

Heroes:

Family, Truffaut, Fellini

My Blog

Requiem for a Pornstar

Pornstar Haley Paige died on August 21, 2007. She was 25 years old. From her Wikipedia page: "Haley had been missing for two months (circa September 2007) along with her boyfriend, pornographic dire...
Posted by Randall on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:56:00 PST

Oswalds Ghost

Caesar was not assassinated by a lone centurion; he was attacked by senators. When a nation inherits the mantle of empire, as the US did after WWII, the stakes are raised and the power much coveted. W...
Posted by Randall on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:39:00 PST

Secret Ruins of the South Philly Acme

You know the big Acme shopping plaza where Passyunk meets 10th and Reed? There used to be a giant prison there. Known as Moyamensing Prison or Philadelphia County Prison, it was built in the 1800...
Posted by Randall on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:13:00 PST

8th and Washington

That crazy-looking restaurant at the corner of 8th and Washington, the one with the gold columns and blue windows and faux 'second floor' - it used to be a Burger King. If you look in the parking lot ...
Posted by Randall on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST