Top 10 by Josh Atlas, Artist
Smalldoggies Magazine TOP TEN 001: Josh Atlas throws ten of his favorite things at your face to keep you from getting work done.
“Author Archive”
Josh Atlas was born in 1983 and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He attended Carnegie Mellon University, where he focused on performance and video art. Since that time, he has focused on integrating comedy and art. Atlas has branched out into sculpture, drawing, and photography to explore the funnier side of desire. He has exhibited at Arte Portugal 10 (Lisbon), HiChristina (Brooklyn), MonkeyTown (Brooklyn), and NTBA Gallery (Los Angeles) and participated in benefit auctions for Equality California and the Red Cross. Josh Atlas lives and works in Los Angeles. Learn more about him at his official website.
Her So-Called-Life: Preview of EmiTown
Image Comics is publishing a trade paperback of Emi Lenox’s comic-diary “EmiTown.” Available this October (2010), Josh Atlas gives a mini-preview of the book for Smalldoggies.
A Delicate Pairing: Synecdoche, New York and Leviathan
Josh Atlas discusses how the film “Synecdoche, New York” and the novel “Leviathan” are almost exactly like peas and carrots, if peas are an artist’s life and carrots are everything going to shit.
The Young and the Restless: James Murphy and 20 Somethings
Josh Atlas uses LCD Soundsystem’s “This is Happening” to round out the perspective in Robin Marantz Henig’s article “What is it About 20-Somethings?” from the NY Times.
What We Want Is Free: A Must Read for Artists
Josh Atlas’ review of What We Want is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent Art. While this survey focuses on public art and relational aesthetics, Atlas argues its value for artists of all stripes.
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
Michael Cera teaches us all about kicking butts and two-timing your girlfiends in “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World”.
