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AGA

okay so i sort of lied. my hair isnt that short and the red washed out ...

About Me

short. typical eastern european immigrant. resident alien. kinda pretty kinda ugly. born with cleft lip and fucked up nose. nervous. always busy. plexiglass princess throwing up with graph paper and porcelain bunnies. industrial landscape connoisseur. a used to be scientist. nature lover. maker of things that look pretty or scary or both.capricious little kitten with sharp nails. and making shit like this is my obsession

My Interests

cherries, open hearts surgeries, my bridge: zuzia, vellum, microns, stolen ball point pens, relief printmaking, lithography, developmental biology, sewing, books, bridges, trains, thrift stores, vintage jewelry, tea, froot loops, insects, ornithology, medical handbooks, watermelons, paint, ink, pens, markers, acrylic brushes, railroad tracks, open fields, scarves, paper, second hand book stores, black cats, bicycling at night. bond fires, mountains, pilsen-bridgeport-chinatown triangle, zubrowka with apple juice, nightmares, thunderstorms, snow,cemeteries (in small towns or in europe), atumn, getting lost in unfamiliar places. driving without maps. wild mushroom hunting. visiting penguins at the zoo. trans-syberian rail road, propaganda posters. rooftops. fire escapes. leg warmers. Old men.

I'd like to meet:

and my power animal. aye aye she looks like me and she has amazing fingers:

Music:

polka disco eurotrash and fred mcdowell

Movies:

..... fallen angels, buffalo 66, amorres perros, requiem for a dream, amelie, eternal sunshine, lost in translation, bottle rocket,run lola run, scarface, pulp fiction,harold and maude, kieslowskis trilogy and his decalogue, memento, lovers of the arctic circle,godfather, city of god, triplets of belleville, spirited away, eastern european and russian cartoons. and lots of other shit i have already forgotten i like.

Television:

fuck tv! go look at polish posters!

Books:

MASTER AND MARGARITA milan kundera, gustaw herling grudzinski, george orwell, henry miller, salinger, waldemar lysiak, garcia marquez, haruki murakami, neil gaiman,Makuszynski,andrzej sapkowski, zbigniew herbert, SERGIUSZ PIASECKI, stanislaw lem, jachym topol, bruno schultz.

Heroes:

my greatgrandfather: one day he took their last cow to town and came back with an accordion.my greatgrandmother on the other side of the family who was a gypsy.and waldemar swierzy: cus he made this:

My Blog

the school of polish poster pt 1

shit i had to redo this one.  i hate when people put labels on the picture informing where they came f rom.  it ruins the whole look. bastards. I am absolutely  obsessed with polish pos...
Posted by AGA on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:36:00 PST

my first exhibition...?

well... i dont know how i feel about this yet.  since most of my friends have seen this stuff and i am always a bit scared of showing it.... but... The other artists are good and if you feel li...
Posted by AGA on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:50:00 PST

if this doesnt make you angry i dont want to know you...

being aware is the least you can do.....  if you dont know about the situation in DARFUR please read about it...   Mahmoud, Age 13 Human Rights Watch: What's happening here? Mahmoud:...
Posted by AGA on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:54:00 PST

in love with a hyena prince

hugman has rekindled my fascination with africa.  i  spent the whole afternoon looking up various birds and lizards in Kenya.  Then I did a search for hyenas (since my doggy zuzia look...
Posted by AGA on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:07:00 PST

elijah is dead

one day, while working at u of c, i took a day off from torturing mice and took pictures in the ghetto around hyde park.  this is elanor.  she was beautiful and nice.  she blessed me an...
Posted by AGA on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:11:00 PST

misanthrope grinch kitty cat venting just in time for the holidays

i have very low tolerance level for:     -ignorant people -hypocrites -taxi drivers when i am driving (because they drive like me) -bad artist who think they are good -people who talk about ...
Posted by AGA on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:14:00 PST

picture of the day-john rosenthal

i think my heart skipped a beat when i saw this:
Posted by AGA on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:09:00 PST

kafka syndrome and goldfish part 2

a week ago, tired from being really sick for almost a month now, working all the time and doing my art whenever in between,  i stumbled into the classroom and told richard that i dont know how mu...
Posted by AGA on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:43:00 PST

women and goldfish dont have a voice but they make your wishes come true

this is perhaps my most feminist piece yet. I dont like to give away the meanings behind my work but i think i will make an exception at this time: there is this saying in Polish "women and ...
Posted by AGA on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:29:00 PST

miss leopardski likes to eat the hearts of little animals

i have been neglecting my scanner lately...hope to put more shit up here soon.  i am running out of time....i wish i did not have to sleep. detail:  ...
Posted by AGA on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:51:00 PST