Lyn Bishop : Sharing Secrets

Okay, I admit it, I’m a bit of a color freak/geek. Maybe not as big of a color freak/geek as some of my friends, but none-the-less, I care about my color.

That’s why I was excited to attend the Color Control Freak 08 seminar in San Francisco. The all day seminar was taught by Marc Aguilera, a color consultant for X-rite, and the Color Management Director for Encompus design studio. Marc has deep knowledge of color management practices and willingly shares his secrets with us throughout the seminar and via his blog.

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The arts in San Jose are gearing up for the summer months, and last night art lovers were shaking off the winter chill down at Anno Domini with outside live music, an urban street market and the opening of Stephan Doitschinoff’s solo show in the gallery there.

Doitschinoff is a self-taught Brazilian street artist a.k.a. †CALMA†, who is now hitting it big with shows in London, Germany and the US.

His work is highly symbolic, including religious and Alchemical forms that he has modified and repurposed into his own personal symbolism. His use of intertwining body parts and latin folk imagery hint at a Frieda Kahlo like personal suffering, while Asian elements like wave forms and lotus flowers reflect the artists own distant Chinese ancestry.

His solo show includes both small detailed pencil drawings and large elaborate paintings. In addition, he’s extended his symbolism beyond the canvas onto the walls and floor of AD, keeping him true to his street painter roots.

On Exhibit thru June 21 at Anno Domini, 366 South First Street, San Jose.

This proposed amendment to the Copyright Act is designed to allow the use of copyrighted works in the event that the copyright owner can not be found to acquire the appropriate license, hence the term Orphan Works…

That sounds fine on the surface, but what kind of ‘good-faith’ search would a prospective user of the artwork need to preform? Where would they start the search? When would they give up the search? In my opinion, this Bill creates an effective method for legalized theft of countless works of arts, and creates a new big business in the process.

The Bills before both the House and Senate will do nothing to strengthen the rights of copyrights owners, and instead will impose a heavy and costly burden for the artist who wishes to protect their intellectual property.

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