Ghosts Of The Great Highway

Monday, March 26, 2012

Healthy Obsessions. The Photography Of Steve Fitch.

I was recently turned onto the photographs of Steve Fitch by Johnnie Meier at the Classic Gas Museum in Embudo, NM. I was able to see Fitchs' current exhibition in Santa Fe at Photo Eye Gallery.. If you are around town please check it out as most of the neon signs are from the 1970's and 80's and are long gone.

You can see more here.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Notes From The Road. Between Albuquerque and Cheyenne.

Peep This. Masstransiscope NYC Subway Art by Bill Brand.

After the DeKalb Avenue stop on the Q train on your right hand side traveling towards the Manhattan Bridge.

More information on this amazing piece of MTA sponsored Subway Art can be found here.

Art Opening. Year Of The Dragon. Compound Gallery, Portland, OR.

I will be included in a show honoring the life and career of Bruce Lee. The show will be at Compound Gallery in Portland, Oregon (who gave me my first show back in 2003). The show is titled "Year of the Dragon" and will include work from such talented artists as Ren Sakurai, Rob-O, Tetsuya Toshima, Patrick Fong and many others. I will have one piece in the show which is pictured below.

This is a fund-raising event for the Bruce Lee Foundation in support of building the Bruce Lee Museum in Seattle. Bruce Lee's Widow, Linda Lee Cadwell will be attending the Opening Reception. The reception will be held on April 5, 2012 at 7PM at Compound Gallery 107 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209.

More information here.

Seen Roadside. Weathered And Worn Billboards.

Go See This. Tucumcari Trading Post. Tucumcari, NM.

If you are ever passing through New Mexico there is a great spot called Tucumcari Trading Post which has an amazing collection of Route 66 and American History from the 1950's and 1960's. It is run by Gary Cardwell, who is very knowledgeable about the history of the town and Route 66 culture in general. He connected me to a few other museums and collectors of similar icons of the past which I will write about in the upcoming days. Gary encourages visitors to photograph his collection of old gas pumps, porcelain signs, and American history.

Tucumcari Trading Post is located on the west side of Historic Route 66 of Tucumcari.

More information is here.