Ron Buffington and John Tallman, TB Opening

kinda dorky, 2011.

Indentity Piece(for Yoko)

Search facebook by typing in your name. See all the people on facebook that share your name. Read their profiles. Friend the ones you want.

2011 Winter

Whitney Piece (for Yoko)

During a Whitney Biennial year call the Whitney's main number and ask to speak to the "head curator". Whoever you end up speaking to, invite them to visit your studio.


2011 Winter

Christmas Card Piece (for Yoko)

Google yourself (like this-- your name, artist) and record all the people who don't know you. Send them Christmas cards.

2011 Winter

Wood Piece (for Yoko)

Write "my website" with a sharpie on a 2"x 8" piece of wood (preferably pine) and place it on the ground at the front door of "your dream gallery". The best time to do this is in the summer.


2011 Winter

Juried Show Piece(for Yoko)

Enter your work into ten juried shows in a year. If you get any rejection notices, take those notices and cut them into pieces. Dip the pieces into chocolate. Put them in a dish and tell your guests, "It's candy."

2011 winter

Lost Work: Weathersby Edition

This tragic tale of family mobility and Acts of God from Ken Weathersby:

Hey John--

A lost art story and image:

This painting is from about 1985.

Last saw it hanging at my family's house on the gulf coast in the early '90's. Shortly afterward they moved into a different house. When I looked for the painting in the new place I never found it-- I suspect it remained packed away in a box somewhere. That new house was destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2005, so I know the painting's gone for good.

From the Lost Work Archives V

vinyl, light fixture. given, partially lost.

From the Lost Work Archives IV

acrylic on wood. threw away(mold infestation).

From the Lost Work Archives III

acrylic on plaster. paint fell off and thrown away.

From the Lost Work Archives II

urethane foam, pigment. lost.

From the Lost Work Archives I

resin and styrofoam, threw away.

Therely Bare

An exhibition featuring the work of:

Kate Beck
Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Alan Ebnother
Kevin Finklea
Michael Paul Oman-Reagan
Lorri Ott
Leopoldine Roux
Clary Stolte
Lars Strandh

Richard Van Der Aa

Iemke Van Dijk

Ken Weathersby
Guido Winkler
Lain York

Will be on:

AVA Chattanooga, TN: Jan. 2011
Zeitgeist Nashville, TN: March 2011
Kent State University, OH: 2011-2012

More Details to come...

The Strangest Object I've Seen

Structure of Random Foam

Red in Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers, 1972.