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the intern job description
Company Description
Robert Farmer is a fine artist working in the illustrative genre. Specializing in pop-influenced surrealism, Farmer pokes fun at current social taboos. His traditional painting style over that of digital-based methods creates an easily marketable product. The work is contemporary, edgy, and has been censored in the past.
After a series of misguided attempts at a formal education in British Columbia, Farmer eventually moved to Toronto to pursue an art career. His illustration career was very short, working at Ampersande Design in 1999. He quickly adapted to commercial faux finishing and mural making. Clients included BMO, ING, Fallsview Casino Resort, Vaughan Mills Mall, and Kensington Market Organic Ice Cream.
His fine art is represented by Headbones Gallery and Rouge Contemporary Gallery, both in Toronto, and has recently exhibited at ArtNow Miami Beach, Florida, and Bridge Art Fair in Manhattan, New York.
He is a hard working, integrity-driven professional visual artist, and from his interns expects the same enthusiasm, diligence, and creative input.
Intern Job Description
Interns will be provided with the opportunity to participate in work related assignments, gain practical work experience, and network with industry professionals. In addition, interns will have the opportunity to attend gallery openings, exhibitions, and dinner parties.
Projects include (but not limited to) image research and acquisition, conceptual drawing and painting, painting assignments and techniques, mural planning and execution, grant writing, website development, marketing, and visual communication in a contemporary art practice.
Robert Farmer is a fine artist working in the illustrative genre. Specializing in pop-influenced surrealism, Farmer pokes fun at current social taboos. His traditional painting style over that of digital-based methods creates an easily marketable product. The work is contemporary, edgy, and has been censored in the past.
After a series of misguided attempts at a formal education in British Columbia, Farmer eventually moved to Toronto to pursue an art career. His illustration career was very short, working at Ampersande Design in 1999. He quickly adapted to commercial faux finishing and mural making. Clients included BMO, ING, Fallsview Casino Resort, Vaughan Mills Mall, and Kensington Market Organic Ice Cream.
His fine art is represented by Headbones Gallery and Rouge Contemporary Gallery, both in Toronto, and has recently exhibited at ArtNow Miami Beach, Florida, and Bridge Art Fair in Manhattan, New York.
He is a hard working, integrity-driven professional visual artist, and from his interns expects the same enthusiasm, diligence, and creative input.
Intern Job Description
Interns will be provided with the opportunity to participate in work related assignments, gain practical work experience, and network with industry professionals. In addition, interns will have the opportunity to attend gallery openings, exhibitions, and dinner parties.
Projects include (but not limited to) image research and acquisition, conceptual drawing and painting, painting assignments and techniques, mural planning and execution, grant writing, website development, marketing, and visual communication in a contemporary art practice.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
ominous conclusions
If the earth is indeed of being on the edge of peril, then recycling is ultimately a cool idea. Yet for some foolish reason cars still clog our highways, air conditioning units continue to spew out toxic gas, and smoking is legal. Ultimately our governments are bent on capitalistic annihilation instead of solving the problem. This is how I approach my own work, I offer ways to look at things without providing solutions. However I can offer an opinion on how to improve our current stasis; it’s a bit perverted, and obviously would be frowned upon by the norms of current societal idioms: legalize cannibalism.
It would be a great sacrifice to our eco-friendly existence. We would bring out the dead and dying into the streets, and have orgiastic celebrations surrounding the eating of the flesh, of us! Just like in the ol’ days (didn’t Colostomy practice it in B.C. 45-48?). Think of the marketing possibilities. Catholicism would be popularized with great numbers of naysayers converting to the faith, in a chance to experience the eating (sacrament) of the holy 'goods'. Back-wood inbred types once glorified in b-movies would no longer be ostracized, and in fact ‘secret recipes’ of past generations would start showing up in foodie competitions sponsored by Ford and Telus and Pepsi. Internationally recognized chefs would impart their knowledge with the subtle nuances this-or-that sauce makes on a side of baby back ribs. Reality TV would have legions of applicants all vying to be on shows like ‘Canadian Martyr’. Young and supple mixed with old and senile fattened up in former sow pens on display for purchase. Mcdonald’s would no longer be harassed as to the content of their Big Macs. Organically raised people farms in the ‘Heart of Ontario’ (no pun intended) offering 7 course meals in wooded chalets endorsed by Rachael Ray.
Once the depletion of humanity has been satiated, robots and the cloning of humanity would usher in the next wave of (complete destruction) solicitous pleasure. Not experienced since Berlin in the 1920’s did culture have such a driving force in it’s goals of purely hedonistic and culturally profound significance. Besides, wouldn’t it be nice and weird to have a dozen of you runnin’ around? You could force them to do despicable acts like (Romanesque orgies) your homework, or ring-around-the-posey. Red Lobster and Home Depot would achieve their corporate branding strategies with strict adherence to company policy; every employee would be the same person and still continue to be treated like robots. Artists would create multiples, and suburbia would be transformed into meccas of mini-communities. Finally, individuality would cease to exist.
‘Miniature Cowboys’ represents soft pink bunnies engaged in some of the aforementioned immoral acts. Laughing is encouraged.
Awol Gallery, Jan 30th-Feb 8th, 2009.
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It would be a great sacrifice to our eco-friendly existence. We would bring out the dead and dying into the streets, and have orgiastic celebrations surrounding the eating of the flesh, of us! Just like in the ol’ days (didn’t Colostomy practice it in B.C. 45-48?). Think of the marketing possibilities. Catholicism would be popularized with great numbers of naysayers converting to the faith, in a chance to experience the eating (sacrament) of the holy 'goods'. Back-wood inbred types once glorified in b-movies would no longer be ostracized, and in fact ‘secret recipes’ of past generations would start showing up in foodie competitions sponsored by Ford and Telus and Pepsi. Internationally recognized chefs would impart their knowledge with the subtle nuances this-or-that sauce makes on a side of baby back ribs. Reality TV would have legions of applicants all vying to be on shows like ‘Canadian Martyr’. Young and supple mixed with old and senile fattened up in former sow pens on display for purchase. Mcdonald’s would no longer be harassed as to the content of their Big Macs. Organically raised people farms in the ‘Heart of Ontario’ (no pun intended) offering 7 course meals in wooded chalets endorsed by Rachael Ray.
Once the depletion of humanity has been satiated, robots and the cloning of humanity would usher in the next wave of (complete destruction) solicitous pleasure. Not experienced since Berlin in the 1920’s did culture have such a driving force in it’s goals of purely hedonistic and culturally profound significance. Besides, wouldn’t it be nice and weird to have a dozen of you runnin’ around? You could force them to do despicable acts like (Romanesque orgies) your homework, or ring-around-the-posey. Red Lobster and Home Depot would achieve their corporate branding strategies with strict adherence to company policy; every employee would be the same person and still continue to be treated like robots. Artists would create multiples, and suburbia would be transformed into meccas of mini-communities. Finally, individuality would cease to exist.
‘Miniature Cowboys’ represents soft pink bunnies engaged in some of the aforementioned immoral acts. Laughing is encouraged.
Awol Gallery, Jan 30th-Feb 8th, 2009.
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