Ray Caesar

2012-02-01T21:05:00.000-05:00

The Strangest of Neverlands: Ray Caesar’s Luminous, Defiant Lost Girls

Nancy Hightower

Monday’s Child (2007)

I was first introduced to Ray Caesar’s work when writing the catalogue essay for Carrie Ann Baade’s Cute and Creepy show, which was exhibited at Florida State University’s Fine Art Museum this past October. I haven’t been able to shake the images of his haunting, and haunted, beauties ever since. Trapped forever between woman and girl, human and creature, these lovelies radiate a strength and light amid the perils that threaten their very existence. Take Monday’s Child, whose innocence and purity radiate and fill the sphere in which she is encased. While she is “fair in face” just like the nursery rhyme promises, her hands — ruby red and branch like — surely belong to some other species. Is she kept within the sphere for our safety or to be protected? She is certainly child-like in her little baby doll dress, but look more closely, and we’ll see that she’s also sporting thigh-high stockings. Is she girl, woman, plant, or alien? Might this be how many of our little girls feel, growing up in a strange consumerist world where they are taught often contradictory rules about what makes them special? The clock that sits on the top of the sphere might indicate that at a certain time the top half will open or that the legs will start moving – suggesting that the sphere is alive on its own accord, a kind of mechanical nanny guarding the precious creature inside.

Asterion (2012)

Asterion plays off of the famous Minotaur, but this curious bull is still a little girl in size, despite the sexualization of her body. She glares at us with a force I’ve yet to really encounter in the gaze of Manet’s Olympia. Who is she waiting for in that barely furnished room, with no shade to cover the lamp’s naked bulb? I am frightened for her and by her, not knowing if she is victim or predator.

Fly Trap (2005)

The same might be said for the little one standing behind the curtains in Fly Trap. Residing somewhere between boy and girl, the young face looks up longingly, mouth open perhaps in song or siren call. I cannot tell if the mouth is bloodstained or if some sick adult got crazy with the lipstick. Her eyes, unlike Asterion’s, have little fight in them, only a sad kind of hunger. But this child’s body, rather than being gaunt, is wondrous in its monstrous form. Spanning three window frames, the delicate yet giant legs are probably the last thing one notices in the picture, yet they frame the entire story, for surely this creature is ready to escape.

Fly Trap (study)

And here, I believe, is the power of Caesar’s work — to infuse these children with a sense of unspoken power. He has personally seen the need for such a narrative, having worked for 17 years in the art & photography department of the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto. There he documented “disturbing cases of child abuse, surgical reconstruction, psychology, and animal research” (Gallery House). I’m not sure how one survives seeing such havoc wreaked upon the bodies of the young, but I admire to no end the mythic power of art to help heal such wounds. Caesar is unrelenting in showing us the physical and psychological injuries that children suffer — his art has that visceral effect. At the same time, he opens a doorway into the unreal, a place where they might be safe. I often think of the gods who turned Daphne into a laurel tree so that Apollo could not assault her. But Caesar does not complete the act, keeping these little ones in frozen transformation, invoking the power of the grotesque as he does so.

Beloved (2011)

One might say that Caesar is transgressive in his very medium, using the 3D modeling software called Maya instead of brush, charcoal, or pen and ink (Gallery House). Perhaps this quality is what also lends an otherworldliness to his work, a light that seems to emanate from his work despite its dark subject matter. Beloved and Ebb Tide fall more into the realm of the Weird, perhaps, rather than truly grotesque. I find myself entranced with the pieces that show us the softer side of Cthulhu. Both girls have a genuine serenity in their expressions, despite their obvious (and certainly inconvenient) relationship to the monstrous. In Beloved, the baby’s tentacles don’t seem threatening, but am I the only one who thinks the girl’s face is a tad too close to them? She shows no fear, but neither is it quite adoration. The light bathing her face casts her into the role of some Victorian Madonna, unsure, perhaps, of just what she has given birth to, but obviously intent on protecting it.

Ebb Tide, despite its peaceful scene, still has elements of subtle horror: the giant belt that imprisons her waist, heavy petticoats, and calico leggings with steel tips for her tentacles. She looks off into the distance, perhaps dreaming of the wild life she once lived in the sea. It doesn’t appear that she abhors this beached domesticity; in fact, the scene is one of rather stunning beauty. Are these our choices for femininity — either dark creature of the abyss or paralyzed loveliness?
I’m not sure you can look at Ray Caesar’s work and remain undisturbed. I’m not sure he’d want you to. There can be a paradigm shift when art holds our attention for longer than a second, when we are so seduced by its contradictions that our minds truly begin to work at untangling them. Because, you see, when we engage with grotesque art, we’re not entering into the realm of logical analysis but into a liminal space where you meet doppelgangers, monsters, and children-creatures — all crying out for us to be more redemptive humans.

see article
Wierd Fiction Review by Nancy Hightower

To see more of Caesar’s work, visit Gallery House or Ray Caesar’s website.
Image Credit: Gallery House/Ray Caesar. Used with permission.

lalala human steps "amelia"

2012-01-19T20:41:00.000-05:00

David Lynch: Paintings & Sculptures

2012-01-15T15:26:00.000-05:00

Metropolis II by Chris Burden (the movie)

2012-01-15T15:17:00.000-05:00

2012-01-11T22:00:00.000-05:00

Ray Caesar – Stephen Webster Exhibition

Gallery House artist, Ray Caesar showcases a selection of works curated by Jan Corey of Corey Helford Gallery and Matthew Stephenson of Stephen Webster on Rodeo Drive, LA at the private party to showcase Webster’s new collection line “Murder She Wrote”. Stephen Webster is one of the leading British jewellery designers. Webster’s keen eye for detail, expert craftsmanship and glam-rock attitude boasts over 200 points of sale worldwide and 7 boutiques internationally in London, Beverly Hills, Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev, Vienna and Marbella. Webster received numerous rewards and is a favourite with celebrities such as Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Kate Moss, Sir Elton John, Mickey Rourke and Kate Beckinsale.

What a beautiful and magical night!

Caesar created one special work “Sweet Slaughter” for the party and is available to the public.

By Belinda Chun
Published: December 5, 2011

Highly Desirable – Neubacher Schor Contemporary

Ray Caesar and Anita Kunz both of Gallery House presents a selection of works under $2000 USD in a group exhibition at the NSC, Toronto. November 30 – December 23, 2011
Highlighted coverage includes Fashion Magazine and NOW Toronto

By Belinda Chun
Published: November 30, 2011

Ray Caesar of Gallery House is one of the featured artist at the Corey Helford Gallery Booth in Scope Miami opening November 29-December 4, 2011 at Booth F03.
Scope Miami is in it’s eleventh year and presents 80 international galleries of solo, thematic group shows along side museum quality programming, collector tours, screening and special events. Scope Miami is housed in an 80, 000 square foot pavilion across the street from Art Miami in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District running concurrently with Art Basel Miami and just steps from the Rubell family collection, Marguilies Collection at the Warhouse and Goldman Collection.

By Belinda Chun
Published: November 29, 2011

Sean Quigley - Little Drummer Boy

2011-12-05T16:06:00.000-05:00

2011-11-18T23:39:00.000-05:00

Ray Caesar, Largest Solo Retrospective

Ray Caesar, Gallery House… Click on image above to open the youtube video featuring the opening at the Corey Helford Gallery.

The entrance into Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City – LA.

A busy audience arrives.

A string orchestra — composed of four artists performs for the opening with an equally impressive wardrobe–gorgeous!

Ray Caesar’s highly coveted new work –La Chasse is depicted above.

Ray Caesar’s new works align the walls…

Dante Nuno of Fire and Icing delivers a cake driving 8 hours to LA for the opening. Above is a rendition of Ray Caesar’s Descent and below are his interpretation of the Castor and Pollux imagery.

Myself and Dante Nuno…did I mention the cake is 100% edible?! It was later consumed at the end of the opening.

Ray Caesar, Bruce Helford, Jan Helford and myself.

Mark Murphy : Scribble 08: Ray Caesar Interview In the Light

2011-11-17T09:50:00.000-05:00

Mark Murphy : Scribble 08: Ray Caesar Interview In the Light: Ray Caesar recently exhibited 30 digital paintings, “Dangerous Inclination,” at the Corey Helford Gallery. Ray was in good spirits and the c...

An Interview with Ray Caesar Written by Stephanie Chefas

2011-10-29T22:59:00.000-04:00

HiFructose

http://hifructose.com/the-blog/1852-an-interview-with-ray-caesar.html

Fantasy Matters: The Fantastic in the Fine Arts: Ray Caesar's Haunt...

2011-10-29T19:04:00.000-04:00

Fantasy Matters: The Fantastic in the Fine Arts: Ray Caesar's Haunt...: During the month of October, we have been featuring artwork from the exhibition at Florida State University's Museum of Fine Arts entitle...

If It's Hip, It's Here: The Desirably Disturbing Digital Art of Ray Caesar. A Look at over 30 of his Works.

2011-10-29T00:07:00.000-04:00

If It's Hip, It's Here: The Desirably Disturbing Digital Art of Ray Caesar. A Look at over 30 of his Works.

LA weekly Interview

2011-10-29T00:03:00.001-04:00

http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/10/ray_caesar_dangerous_inclinati.php

Huffington Post Article by Susan Michals

2011-10-28T23:57:00.000-04:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-michals/ray-caesar_b_1023122.html

Favorite New Thought: Ray Caesar

2011-10-28T23:49:00.000-04:00

Favorite New Thought: Ray Caesar

Fantasy Matters: Ray Caesar's Haunted Beauty

2011-10-26T22:58:00.000-04:00

Fantasy Matters: Ray Caesar's Haunted Beauty: During the month of October, we have been featuring artwork from the exhibition at Florida State University's Museum of Fine Arts entitle...

2011-10-18T14:39:00.000-04:00

Interview: Ray Caesar – “A Dangerous Inclination” @ Corey Helford

Posted on October 18, 2011 by sleepboy

Photo credit: Gallery House/Ray Caesar

This Saturday night (Oct 22), Ray Caesar will be bringing his digital masterpieces to Corey Helford Gallery for his first solo exhibition there. Entitled A Dangerous Inclination, the new body of work has a deep personal meaning for Caesar as it touches on the hidden places in his psyche as well as reflects on childhood experiences. AM had the opportunity to talk to him about this and many other things in an interview leading up to the show.

Questions and answers after the jump…

Photo credit: Gallery House/Ray Caesar

Arrested Motion (AM): Can you tell us a little about your new body of work? Are there any overarching themes or messages you are trying to get across?

Ray Caesar (RC): I don’t really approach my work with a preconceived message but I do find a continuation of a process that unfolds that surprises even me after I finish the work. It does seem that my work contains aspects of a story that unfolds and has a great deal to do with a process of intense psychotherapy and the years of dealing with dissociative identity disorder (a form of multiple personalities) and trauma I went through in childhood. Virtually all of my work deals with coming to terms with the subconscious elements to my life and the way I experience the world around me. My work seems to keep on the regular themes of “Hunting Back Innocence” and “Revelations of Light” and the painful process of “Self Examination” and hidden voices calling like sirens in the night. Premonitions and the worlds of pleasure and pain and ugliness and beauty and humiliation and dignity. For many people what I do is art, but for me the pictures are a communication from my subconscious to my conscious mind. That being said, I love and enjoy what I do and on one level it’s always simply been about sitting in the sun and making pretty pictures.

AM: Your creative process is unique as you use 3D modeling programs and such to create your characters and then stage them in environments. Can you talk a little more in detail as to what that entails and what you feel are advantages and disadvantages of this method compared to traditional techniques?

RC: Working in a 3D environment using Maya just seems to suit me as it’s a very sculptural way of making images and rather than just drawing a picture, it’s a way of building the content of the little world I create. It’s very much like constructing a fairytale story with the dolls and toys you had or wanted as a child. In this case, you are building all your toys and with those toys you start to see differences and more clarity each time you enact out that story. I really love modeling my figures in Maya and setting up the figures with movement and posing and building the dresses and shoes and styling the hair and creating the rooms and chairs and hidden contents that exist in each box and hiding place. I set up the lights and adjust virtual cameras and it always seems to me like the opening night of a little theater when I begin to see the final image. I think that creating another little world within a world is very much like looking inside my own head in a way.

I have drawn, painted, and made sculpture for years and for some strange reason, I don’t see what I do any “less” traditional than those methods as it seems I have been given a tool to play with my imagination. I think in the coming years, the computer will become the greatest tool that was ever made for creativity, art, and the exploration of the human imagination and the tradition is being made as we do it now.

Photo credit: Gallery House/Ray Caesar

AM: You have often described an affinity for seeing beauty within when viewing something grotesque and unpleasant as in your work. How did you develop this philosophy and in what ways does it affect your life, art included?

RC: I have always thought of my work as a form of self portrait or at least the portrait of what its’ like to look inside my head. I think it’s natural to look in a mirror and see something beautiful and grotesque and many of us swing back and forth in our own estimation of that reflected image of who we are – more or less so if we are naked in front of that mirror!

I think for an artist, dealing with putting their emotions, passions, love, and pain onto a wall we have to be honest with what we find in the reflections of our inner mind and subconscious. Sometimes that process can be hard and if I am going to bring the world into the living room of my subconscious, I am damn well going to tidy up and make the place as pretty and presentable before everyone arrives. It’s sort of like saying – oh! yes rats and decay live in that little corner over there so I put the rats into pretty silk blue dresses and tiny little silk blue rat shoes (with some difficulty I might add) and mixed some dip into the decay so please all sit down and have a glass of punch – which, by the way, I have spiked with gin to hide the aftertaste of arsenic. I am not sure its a “philosophy” but i’ts the best I can do if everyone arrives to the party unexpected. In a nutshell, I think life can be hard sometimes so the best thing we can do is put up a good front and do the best we can and if you can’t find the prettiness in the putridity, then you’re basically just left with the putridity.

AM: Much is known of your previous career at a children’s hospital and how your work is influenced by the abused, neglected and deformed children you were surrounded by everyday. What are some of the reasons you have made art in response to these experiences? Do you see it as a catharsis of coming to terms with what you saw, a natural reaction of painting things you are familiar with, an attempt to do something for these poor children that you couldn’t do back then, or more probably something completely different?

RC: I don’t think I had any altruistic reason for including the content of the 17 years I spent at the Hospital For Sick Children. I believe those years helped me come to some realization of my own childhood and the difficulties I will have from that early time for the rest of my life. As a child, I used pictures as a way of hiding feelings and emotions I wanted to protect in situations that were extremely dangerous. If I experienced something that overwhelmed me, that I couldn’t deal with, or had emotions I wasn’t allowed to display, I used to draw it into a picture. Those pictures became a doorway to a happier, safer place – and sometimes a dangerous place for others because it was MY place. Years later while working at the hospital I realized I was doing the same thing. If I saw a child that had been burned with an iron, I couldn’t handle the image in my mind and function. So, I put the image into a picture, sometimes repeatedly (in fact, I drew and painted pictures about irons for 10 years ), and then I would put the picture away into a closet. Sometimes I would have a little ceremony at night and burn the picture in my backyard. For years and years I didn’t realize what I was doing but it occurred to me much later in life that I was dealing obsessively with emotions on a subconscious level and the picture was able to communicate to my conscious level that all was ok ..we have protected the memory and managed the memory and found a place to put the memory so it wont hurt us again. It was/is a excellent way of viewing the image from a safe distance …a way of disassociating oneself from the ugly thing in ones head…a way of turning the ugliness in life into something manageable ..maybe even beautiful. It was and is a way to cope.

Photo credit: Gallery House/Ray Caesar

AM: I was interested to read you made the current career change based on a dream you had where your mother, who had recently passed at the time, encouraged you to pursue and art career. How did you make the leap to know that this was the right path to take when most possibly would have dismissed it as just a dream? Have you had any other life-changing visions such as this?

RC: Yes My Mother and sister passed away very close to each other some years ago. It was a very difficult time and I had always had a form of sleep paralysis where I would wake and couldn’t move and during that time I will see visions and precognitive events … in other words the events I experience in this state and in lucid dreams quite often come true or are of a very spiritual nature. I wouldn’t have dismissed the event as just a dream ..ha! because it wasn’t a dream! …I am not sure what these events are but I have had many of them through life and many of them are related to events around death and for some strange reason I feel more aware than when I am awake. It’s a condition I am told that may be related to my dis-associative Identity disorder and its taken some time to feel at ease with the idea that spiritually and psycho therapeutically it all means something. I don’t worry about it much and I still think many people have this but don’t talk about as it can incite ridicule and some negative reactions in some people ….in fact for many years I thought every one had this but it was one of those things we weren’t supposed to talk about like having gas. I do believe certain life changing events such as this are very important to talk about though as I think we are all open to something I describe as the super-conscious and if paying attentions to such events can lead to a positive change in my life it might mean the same for someone else. Sleep paralysis or hypnopompic and hypnogogic dreaming is being studied at the University of Waterloo here in Canada and I think the best way to approach these things is with mind open to the possibility that scientifically and spiritually they both have important meaning and might be more related than we care to think.

Discuss this show here.
Discuss Ray Caesar here.

Mark Murphy : Scribble 08: Cute and Creepy Museum Show

2011-10-15T16:02:00.000-04:00

Mark Murphy : Scribble 08: Cute and Creepy Museum Show: Guest curator, artist and instructor, Carrie Ann Baade , unleashes a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University ...

2011-10-12T16:17:00.000-04:00

Biennale De Lyon

Ray Caesar of Gallery House representing Canada at the Lyon, France Biennale. Conceived by the Argentinean curator Victoria Noorthoorn–who has worked for such institutions that include the MOMA and The Drawing Center in New York –has been appointed to direct the 11th Biennale de Lyon is gathering 70 artists from all over the world, but mostly from Europe, Africa and Latin America.

The Lyon Biennale has numerous stages of venues throughout the city; above is the main entrance to pick up our entry pass and information kit. Historic architecture are embedded between recent buildings along the river. The artists works is being exhibited over 14.000 square meters, across four venues: La Sucrière, the Fondation Bullukian, the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, and the T.A.S.E. factory. The Biennale de Lyon is an international exhibition, accompanied by two platforms: “Veduta” and “Résonance”.

Above installers are bustling about setting up and arranging Ray Caesar’s works for exhibit.

Almost ready…behind this large booth in the back section is another wall of Ray Caesar works being installed.

Press, Media and VIP Opening Night–Jerome Catz–who curated this section of the Biennale gives a talk.

Jerome Catz of Spacejunk Centers on the left; and myself just before the crowd hits.

Gallery House is interviewed by one tv crew; two newspaper channels and three radio channels. Above center is Jean Marc Vernier the Director of the Biennale.

Along the river near one of the venues; houses dot along the scenery. Lyon is situated between Paris and Marseille and as depicted is known for historic architectural landmarks and is regarded as the capital “Gastronomy” of France. And indeed is it ever. Delicious food, fantastic service, attention to details in the pastry shops are at another level that one can barely imagine!

A restaurant nearby this magnificent modern cheese like structure! A fantastic patio offshoot with a small mechanical artistic water fall to boot.

At the gift shop in one of the venues, some images of Ray Caesar books…..they later received some Limited Edition books–see Ray Caesar Books at Gallery House.

Between venues, trailers decorated with works of art.

Above is a snapshot of the hub of Lyon city and a great old fashion sign glimmering against the backdrops of the hills. It was a frequent sight as I waited by this corner for a connecting bus to bring me back to the hotel. The metro system in Lyon is really great; from my hotel I took a bus, subway and a monorail to reach one of the venues despite the many methods of transportation it was efficient, I believe must be new as it was so clean and to top it off the stops designated the wait time never more then a few minutes.

A view of the outside of my hotel where it happened to be the Convention centre where the Film Festival was taking place! Quite a few red carpet walks! In fact, Lyon is known to have had a significant role in originating film in the world.

Above depicts after the VIP/Media viewing and the party begins in the official opening to the public of the Biennale De Lyon! The exhibitions run till December 31, 2011.

By Belinda Chun

World Order

2011-10-09T23:34:00.000-04:00

Freddie Mercury vs. Crowd

2011-10-03T20:02:00.000-04:00

Fire at Fecal Face/ FFDG

2011-09-30T20:42:00.000-04:00

Fire at Fecal Face/ FFDG

Les enfants TERRIBLES

2011-09-18T16:46:00.000-04:00

Frances the Singing Dog

2011-08-07T16:23:00.000-04:00

Sleeping Dogs

2011-08-07T16:20:00.001-04:00

Kelly Haigh with Skip Heller Trio Gonna Get Along Without You Now

2011-08-07T16:20:00.000-04:00

Dancing Merengue Dog

2011-06-22T21:06:00.000-04:00

I know its old but I just love this

Would You Be My Miracle? Rai News

2011-06-20T13:03:00.000-04:00

森の木琴

2011-06-18T15:03:00.000-04:00

VERED GALLERY SILENT ART AUCTION TO BENEFIT TURN THE CORNER FOUNDATION

2011-06-18T10:47:00.003-04:00

VERED GALLERY'S ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND SILENT AUCTION TO BENEFIT TURN THE CORNER FOUNDATION OPENS FOR PREVIEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 24.

SILENT AUCTION DATES: June 24th – July 3rd, 2011
LOCATION: Vered Gallery, 68 Park Place, East Hampton, NY 11937 (East Hampton, NY - June, 2011) - This Summer, Vered Gallery's 10th Annual Independence Day Weekend Silent Art Auction will benefit the Turn the Corner Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to the support of research, education, awareness and innovative treatments for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases – a mission especially important to the more than seven million residents and countless visitors to Long Island, an epicenter for this growing epidemic. Preview of auction lots will begin at Vered Gallery and on its website Friday, June 24th at 11am, kicking off a week of events designed to raise awareness of Lyme disease and Turn the Corner's vital mission. Benefit Committee Co-Chairs Jay McInerney and Anne Hearst brought the Turn the Corner Foundation to the attention of Vered Gallery this spring when Jay mentioned his interest in supporting its Lyme disease research program. Turn the Corner's mission to help advance treatment of Lyme disease is particularly close to Jay's heart since members of his family are afflicted with this debilitating disease. An informative meeting with Turn the Corner Director Stacey Sobel solidified the gallery's support, and development of this summer's Art Auction Benefit was quickly underway. Other members of the Benefit Committee include Candace Bushnell, Nicole Miller, Brooke Shields, Helen Bransford and Laura McFarlane. Artworks by John Chamberlain, Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, BIll Viola, Andy Warhol, Ray Caesar and Raul Higuera are among those being auctioned off to Benefit Turn the Corner.

British-Born Surrealist Painter Leonora Carrington Dies at Age 94 in Mexico City

2011-05-27T13:14:00.000-04:00

British-Born Surrealist Painter Leonora Carrington Dies at Age 94 in Mexico City

Belgium's most beautiful summer ball | Sarabande

2011-05-26T10:58:00.000-04:00

Belgium's most beautiful summer ball | Sarabande

Ultimate Dog Tease

2011-05-21T23:06:00.000-04:00

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2011-05-09T11:31:00.000-04:00

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

PhantomHD - Kitten in Slow Motion

2011-05-07T21:14:00.000-04:00

Book release : DELUSIONAL

2011-04-30T19:56:00.000-04:00

Book release : DELUSIONAL

Man who escaped in handcuffs caught | WIVB.com

2011-04-27T23:01:00.001-04:00

Man who escaped in handcuffs caught | WIVB.com

John Ray Caesar is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. Caesar is charged with two counts of petit larceny, escape in the third degree, and criminal possession of stolen property, that property being those city-owned handcuffs he allegedly made off with.

Ray Caesar: Deeply-Rooted Animations

2011-04-14T23:13:00.001-04:00

A very nice article on me by Visionary Artists Online Magazine

Ray Caesar: Deeply-Rooted Animations

Interview with Kelly Haigh

2011-04-13T21:29:00.001-04:00

SONNET 116

2011-04-09T00:39:00.001-04:00

William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

JLG + Japan Disaster Relief

2011-04-07T18:41:00.000-04:00

JLG + Japan Disaster Relief

Plankton Art Co.: Susan's Paintings: Philadelphia

2011-03-30T23:51:00.001-04:00

Plankton Art Co.: Susan's Paintings: Philadelphia: "Susan will be showing her new paintings at Random Tea Room in Philadelphia. The show is called 'Overheadunderfoot,' and will be up until e..."

Plankton Art Co.: Larger Than Life

2011-03-30T23:51:00.000-04:00

Plankton Art Co.: Larger Than Life: "Allen and his highwheel bicycle helped out with a Philadelphia arts campaign this winter. He's currently in bus shelters and on banners al..."

The Imaginarium of Ray Caesar: Conversation with an Artist

2011-03-30T09:23:00.006-04:00

By Kisa Lala of the Huffington Post

DC Moore Gallery Announces Acclaimed Painter George Tooker Dead at 90

2011-03-30T09:12:00.000-04:00

DC Moore Gallery Announces Acclaimed Painter George Tooker Dead at 90

Interview with Kelly Haigh and Terry Miles

2011-03-16T14:01:00.009-04:00

A great Interview with my friends Kelly and Terry

the perlich post

Also check out Kellys blog on her new website
kellyhaigh.com/blog/

Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art

2010-07-19T11:02:00.000-04:00

Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art

Carandente Museum in Spoleto

2010-07-19T10:59:00.000-04:00

Carandente Museum in Spoleto

2010-05-03T19:18:00.001-04:00

A Blog Curated by Riccardo Tisci

Ray Caesar on Dolls and Dresses

2010-05-03T19:14:00.001-04:00

Art From The New World in Bristol UK has been delayed due to the active Volcano.
It will open on the 14 of May.

Interview

2010-04-02T23:23:00.004-04:00

The Victoriana, Regency-ana and Cocktailiana of Ray Caesar

April 2, 2010 by Chippy Coates and Richard Scarry

A wonderful Art blog by Chippy Coates and Richard Scarry who interviewed me for an upcoming group show in the Bristol City Museum of New American art.

COREY HELFORD GALLERY in collaboration with

BRISTOL’S CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY present

Art From The New World

2010-02-27T16:55:00.002-05:00

Great article on Jonathan Levine on Jux website

2010-02-27T16:44:00.005-05:00

Jonathan LeVine Gallery
Five Year Anniversary Group Exhibition
Featuring work by 40 Artists

February 27th—March 27th, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 27th, 7pm—9pm

NEW YORK, NY (January 26, 2010) — Jonathan LeVine Gallery will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a commemorative group exhibition featuring exceptional and exemplary new works by forty artists who are either currently represented by the gallery or who have exhibited at the gallery in the past five years. The exhibition will be on view from February 27—March 27, 2010, and there will be an opening reception on Saturday, February 27, from 7—9pm.

http://www.jonathanlevinegallery.com/

I will have some new work in this show
Arabesque and Returns of The Day

Richard Goodall closing show pics

2009-05-02T17:58:00.006-04:00

Here are some pictures from the closing exhibition at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester featuring 3 of the finest burlesque performers in the country, Fanny Divine, Lola Pops and Daison Merriere. They were modeling outfits based on my work by Kiku, the Manchester corsetry boutique.
You can find Fanny on my myspace page friends. If you would like to have a outfit of any kind made then visit Kiku at http://www.kikuboutique.co.uk/

Richard Goodall closing show

2009-04-06T20:34:00.000-04:00

The Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester UK has a closing show of my work and there are going to be Burlesque people there...sometimes I wish I made a bigger effort to leave my house and go see some of these shows. I think it would be fun to meet Fanny Divine as she might let me examine her corset.

Ray Caesar Burlesque Event April 21st

filed in Exhibition, High St, News, Paintings, Prints, Richard Goodall Gallery on Apr.05, 2009

To end the current Ray Caesar exhibition at Richard Goodall Gallery we are holding a very special one night only event.

Three of the finest performers and stars of Burlesque Fanny Divine, Lola Pops and Daison Merriere.

The girls will be modelling outfits based on Ray Caesar’s images, presented by Kiku, the Manchester corsetry boutique.

You can see Fanny Divine Below in front of Ray’s Side Sadlle image.

The event is strictly RSVP Invite only and you can get on the list by mailing the gallery at RSVP @ Richardgoodallgallery.com.

Fanny Divine with Ray Caesar's Side Saddle

This series of new works consist the largest pieces to date by Caesar. The oversize pieces transport us to the weird and wonderful world inhabited by Caesar’s impossible creations. Intricate and engrossing, disturbing yet beautiful.

Also on view will be the final pieces of Caesar’s previous works, exclusively available from the gallery. His work is highly sought after and is in the collections of many famous collectors and institutions.

The event is proudly supported by Kiku, Barefoot Wine, and Vitamin Water

The Upset

2009-04-06T20:16:00.000-04:00

Apparently I am in this book under a section called Gothic. I never thought of myself as Gothic but then I never thought of myself as a "Young Contemporary Artist" either ...more like an old odd guy that makes questionable pictures.

Its published by http://www.gestalten.com/

The Upset
Young Contemporary Art

Editors: R. Klanten, H. Hellige, S. Ehmann, P. Alonzo
Language: English

Release: September 2008
Format: 24 x 30 cm
Features: 288 pages, full colour, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-221-8

A new breed of contemporary artists is celebrating new found international recognition for their style and approach to creating art that is sprouting from and largely influenced by visual subcultures. The Upset documents the burgeoning artists in this new movement whose works are often figurative and narrative employing classical techniques with great skills to create sculpture, illustration design and painting with the use of spray cans, sharpies and elaborate colour palettes on canvas. In addition to the striking visual work, the book features portraits of artists as well as in-depth interviews with selected artists who are creating outstanding cutting-edge contemporary fine art.

2009-04-06T14:17:00.000-04:00

He thought that perhaps a blog would be a good idea ...a place he could put his private and most embarrassing thoughts .......now he is not so sure.

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