protect your brain from the cold
and bad hair days
i found a random hat few days ago and started sewing some eyes on it
nice to see they were surprisingly wanted, once more are made they will be sold $oon
just an activity for fun, after the collection of different ones made i will most likely not be making more
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Thursday January 31. 2013
GABBY TESFAYE'S COOK BOOK OF MEDIA EXPLORATIONS
going out of my 'comfort zone'
(although I've never felt i've had a comfort zone when it came to art)
Recipe 1. Colored pencils, marker, ash from a black&mild
I didn't have a grey colored pencil but i did have the ash of the presently burning black
Recipe 2. copic markers are great, mix them with colored pencils
I've found I don't like starting a piece on blank white paper
and I've always loved metallic colors.. gold, silver, copper. the mural had plenty of it
Recipe 3. Candy, acrylic, velvet paper
Recipe 4. Fabric, acrylic
this was fun.
and she's pretty huge. May end up putting her in the Chicago show. Still not finished
Recipe 5. Charcoal
This was about trying new things but in all honesty charcoal is my least favorite. Haha.. I'm already messy to begin with but don't usually feel a lack of control with whatever I'm creating with like I had with charcoal. Although I do like how these two pieces look like they're from the same story.
Recipe 6. Pencil and annoying motivation for
................."TRADITIONAL DRAWING"
I didn't even finish it though, got to bored then started drawing things in my head
Recipe 7. I saved my favorite for last.
Oil. Very sensual. I connected with it the best.
I just lost my new set of oil paints... don't ask.
I enjoy using oil on wood the most.
I'm starting a series of self portraits.
they will be very personal pieces.
OH, and my highlight of the week.
Thank You
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Thursday January 24, 2013
Breaking And Entering started in 2009 out of a running joke from two students at Thomas More High School, Allen Halas and Steven Frymark. Since then, they've been a podcast, college radio show at Marquette University, and now a clothing company. In addition to clothes, they still showcase local music via their blog and MKE Radio player on their website, BreakingAndEntering.net. They operate under the slogan "Music and Shenanigans since 2009", and intend to provide just that.
In their 'Artist of the Week' they've featured various Milwaukeans such as Dee Phr3sh, Klassik, Vonny Del Fresco, AUTOMatic, Taiyamo Denku...
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The end
Sometimes
Im the creature who pressures itself to fly higher than the others in
the cosmos
Yet does it alone and swallows the solitude...
Then swallows the realization that the competition was meaningless to begin with
Sometimes Im the coal in the core of those moments
Those moments I never speak of
Because those things that truly hurt me
I would not dare cheat myself
Nor the depth of that hurt
To talk on it and lessen its heaviness... Even if I hated myself in that moment
That darkness is above sacred because I am the only soul
To have ever been there with
I
And I was in some way of all ways in this world
Transformed after
Sometimes
I'm that kick ass feeling you get when you will smile as huge as you want
not caring how ugly your face may look
It's when you feel those words
Nor the depth of that hurt
To talk on it and lessen its heaviness... Even if I hated myself in that moment
That darkness is above sacred because I am the only soul
To have ever been there with
I
And I was in some way of all ways in this world
Transformed after
Sometimes
I'm that kick ass feeling you get when you will smile as huge as you want
not caring how ugly your face may look
It's when you feel those words
freedom and friendship
And wouldn't mind dying in love
Right fucking there
Right fucking there
Sometimes "I'd rather die
Than live another day of this death"
Sometimes
I serve as that faith that comes back
To tug on the depth of your decisions to quit this world
Survival of the fittest... weakest strongest
loveliest and
the Creative
To test your drive
Because living gets hard yet we still don't want to die
Sometimes I am twice again
Gabrielle Tesfaye
And... I think about you
I came from the necessary primordial chaos
its mysticism often kills my efforts
Of the things I do so I can feelas good as you
And I'm still trying to live in love without going mad
in love with a Something outside of myself
∞
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Tuesday January 15th, 2013
You always wonder whats in these artists big sketchbooks they religiously carry around but are sometimes too shy to pull the curiosity outside of your head and ask...
everyone can draw
sketchbooks are 3$ something at walmart
it will make you feel good to have a collection of ideas in your own book
as apposed to that note/draft section of your shit phone that could accidentally delete or lose
anytime :)
"IM INSPIRED
SO GET INSPIRED"
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Monday January 7th, 2013
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
Eye.See.You produced by Safs Deb.On.Air
Photos: Blizz Mcfly
Also check out the blog
Like it? fvck yeah me too
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Xmas, 2012
MERRY $ICKNESS
I call it the "Anti Traditional Christmas Tree of Art"
"What artists do when they can't afford a tree",
my present to a friend
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Sunday December 2nd, 2012
秋
Secret Garden
film
only
only
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Friday November 30th, 2012
Beauty Appears From The Usual Art of the Beast
no one speaks of a gift for the genius
regret in its absence, no one speaks of a beauty so shy and so inexplicable
piece in the making
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Saturday November 24th, 2012
A sound mind a sound body
A sound soul
It's all too silent up here.. But
Compared to what?
For that reason I would not say they are in the wrong places
How confused could a person be if they had no exact destination
But to just be going
Somewhere
Fear is one hell of a friend
Hell is one hell of another heaven you used up to make you fill that void
Wuji on the back of my neck
A self portrait without a face
I thought with my heart so much I placed my hand on my chest and felt no beating
Just the constant analyzation of... What am I even trying to say
Too pretend just to purposely get lost and deem a road of meaning to preoccupy your life...
Humans
I am something that you'll never understand
Only because you ask why with the wrong intentions
Wrong... A relative accusation
But that hurt was so uneccessary it almost made me wish I was dead
To give up on the gift of life
Art is the atmosphere of -it-
Why are you calling?
Pause.. This poem isn't about you
You and all if IT is, (unintentionally by us breathing beings) but (very purposely planned by whoever's in charge up there),
Has given the role of furthering my inspiration for the so to say amazing creations I keep on sharing with you all..
Who am I to say thank you?
Thank YOU for the rage, the hurt, I thank the world for the experience
And the more experiences to come
That keeps me from being empty
And making art
To share with the world.. About.. The world
The imitation of life
It...
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Saturday November 17th, 2012
all my favorites you haven't seen yet
see you tonight
more info if needed here https://www.facebook.com/events/379649882118387/
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Tuesday October 30th, 2012
Hello.. all..
Back in Milwaukee and it is bittersweet to say the most without being... I went to San Francisco, Cali, and let me just shout THERE WAS ART FUCKING EVERYWHERE!!!
Interesting culture, busy city but laid back.. and there was art everywhere.. so much art.. everywhere. If I did a mural there it would've never gotten painted over..
Travel and get inspired there is so much outside of where your mind and body currently dwells.. The world is mine the way I see it and I am obligated to explore everything
As are you
little things
If you haven't already view my interview with Mke Mix here: http://www.mkemix.com/2012/10/mke-art-gabby-tesfaye-interview/
and Im also trying Flikr out x)
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Tuesday October 23, 2012
If you missed the True Skool show.. such as myself but Im excited to develop all the photos from Cali.. here are shots from the show that taken by True Skool and can be found on their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/trueskool414?fref=ts
my pieces.. first piece to the new series all inspired by the mural of course
JJ Djing
Anika Kowalik
Domonique Whitehurst
UPCOMING SHOW...
This Saturday.. State Fair grounds (but inside).. noon-6. Never done a live painting at a show nor art that was based upon day of the dead, so this will be interesting. More info here https://www.facebook.com/events/414468821930393/ | Thank Jecilia for the nice flyer
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Monday October 15, 2012
SHOWS.SWOHS
!
I will be in California (SF) this entire week/weekend and it's awesome yet inconvenient that I will be missing awesome upcoming shows.. but.. you all will still be here. >:)
A very.. very.. important show will be October 19th. In this show is the first piece of my series that will give an awesome preview of the series.. if you haven't read my previous post on this series, it is about the story of the mural. Not only the mural getting painted over but everyone who was around with the mural during that time as well, up it's current-ness.
The piece will be in True Skool's gallery night, 4850 N Fon du Lac ave MKE
Art Mke.. the people who hosted that contest I had you all vote for will be there too.. observe
Dope dealer Spillt Millk x tesfaye shirts will be there
as well as a lot of angry writing..
So
enjoy it for me please
hints of the piece,
....
more info here if needed.
tru skool: https://www.facebook.com/events/349161681844984/
art mke: https://www.facebook.com/events/435103743214233/
and if you are in the bayview area visit the Hide House on
2625 South Greeley Street. Others work including myself will be there (same night) Oct. 19
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Wednesday October 10, 2012
Randomly found a few rolls of unused expired film, shot with them and although the film is aged it gave the photos an old, grainy nice film look. No point in even trying to edit them but more experimentation soon..
Then Nika took the camera and caught a picture of..me..playing in the grass smiling?
And if you are interested in film photography and want to bring in a roll and learn how to process it yourself, come to a Contempo event at Redline Mke tomorrow 1422 N. 4th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
more info here
https://www.facebook.com/events/234180673374400/
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Monday October 8th, 2012
The series I was working on that I previously blogged about will have to wait.. Now these photos are little hints from a series that will be about.. Well, you could probably guess.
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Saturday September 29th, 2012
first time shooting with black &white film
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Monday September 24, 2012
First piece titled xxx
of my first series titled
There's A Beast In My Heart And It Won't Let You Leave Alive
What is an art series?
I guess I would call it a group of pieces that all relate to one central meaning...
The 'meaning' of this series will be more revealed through the pieces, which won't be updated via internet
Look out for the shows
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Monday September 17th, 2012
1. Mural Explained
Yes its true the mural has been painted over. The Brady Street committee went from this
To approaching me on the last day painting saying that it was 'too colorful' and 'too bold' and 'too much like graffiti'.
The story- nobody could contact the owner of the building, who hasn't been reached in 7 years, so getting full permission for this wall was out of reach, although we did try. We sent in a resume, a proposal, made draft of the mural, emailed back and forth for about two months. The owner of the building still could not be reached. The owner of the shop (Dragonfly) and us agreed that we should just do it. Soooooo, we had all of the paint, the scaffold, and our ideas ready to set the wall on fire (which we did). Everyone loved it, the fire department across the parking lot helped us out, we got free parking from the city, all the people passing by stopped and complimented, even donated money for more paint. Word got out on the last day that we didn't get 'permission' to do this, Brady BID started to dislike it, we warned them if they painted over it that wall would probably never be clean ever again (bombers know whats real), but ignoring our insight.. I started getting calls one afternoon that the mural was gone.
I went to the wall and couldn't even cross the street. It was so there now its so..white.. gone.. nothing.. time, money, ideas, painted over. And the mural is still on that wall... under paint.
I was then informed that Brady Street is apparently a historic neighborhood.. I did my research. The street has basically always been a place for hippies, not an uptight area at all. I don't mean to disrespect the history but do people come to Brady Street to admire the architecture? I would not paint a mural on a beautiful beautiful old building but this wall was chipped and ugly and naked with an unfinished wheat paste hanging off of it (that they left on for months (we were the ones who took it down, for the mural) and did not paint over like how they painted over out mural btw..)
I don't call myself an artist, so I'll put it this way- People who create art are with that creation from the start to the finish, almost like a mother. Seeing my creation, that piece on that wall, gone, was like these people stabbed my baby in the fucking head without thought.. even though they came to the baby shower with presents and smiles and praise
Ending of this story that I can finally place on the shelf into the library of my mind.. I entered a photo of the mural in an Art Milwaukee contest, not for the prizes, but to give our art the recognition it damn well deserves
and we won
Alexis did the honors of sharing it with Brady BID..
2. Mural timeline photos
All taken with film, didn't get any photos really of the middle of painting process because I had no film but Im sure Karl has plenty
Karl was the one who had the idea of doing a mural in the first place.. started from a conversation at Fuel to all of this. He was there from day 1 and got the scaffold for us and everything and I appreciate evvvveeerrryything he's done.. so.. Thank you.
When we first started collaboration with Tokyo was awesome and we both had a lot of ideas running off of each other's energy and excitement about the project, almost was just about to get paint and start painting on a ladder, too anxious to wait for the scaffold. Not all of our ideas got to happen yet the mural is still awesome and on fire and I'm glad it got started with him
And.......
∞
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Sunday Sep.tember 16th, 2012
Sharing some last photos of summer and a terribly awesome poem I found today for all of you
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Friday September 7th, 2012
Awesome short vid of a portion of the mural process shot by Marquese Robinson aka 'Noods'
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Wednesday September 5th, 2012
Short Story
is she art or above it?
im writing about a heR this morning
conversations between her and i
she's been here all day, but we're now just finally speaking
she absorbs into her understanding my most secretive concerns
and she knows i only feel safe with her
if i felt safe in. the outside world it would be very dangerous
this morning, i tell her what happened to me today
even though she was there witnessing the entire thing
silent as was i
twisted intentions
deceiving our own desires
but its still true that the most important thing is the way time passes in between nightmares when you're wide awake
now im asking her questions about myself
will i ever find myself?
i always lose myself but im never here somewhere else
all the time, they say its sometimes hard to reach me
no, this is not emotion, this is passion describing the uncomfortable moments in the days i continue to breathe
because there's always been a thin thread
between my reality and whats in my head
and it broke five years ago
because of a hiM i'll write about another morning
so i tried replacing it with a door to extend the 'life' of the separation
what a long question, she speaks, but without annoyance
because she is a being without judgement and without pity
without smiles or frowns and without anything in the middle of bliss and melancholy
no in-betweens and no extremes
who observes mutely, with peaceful unreadable eyes and tendencies we can't describe so we call it emptiness
she's unimaginably dangerous, yet gentle, even though i've in the past tried to kill her fast and never watch her die
with love of course..
but she just sits with me, to not love it, and doesn't answer
like a mirror to my silence
you only get what you give out to the world, naturally
maybe she's waiting
i might be waiting, too
she says stop being a victim to yourself
open the door and step in between the separation who's life has been extended way past its death
because that will be the day you and i finally combine together into what we already know
The 1 with no gold in our fire red eyes
and when The 1 comes
we'll just accept it
and i'll return back into her to a certain face i had before i was born
i continue to paint to continue herself
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Tuesday September 4th, 2012
ATTENTION MILWAUKEE!!!!! , and all others
The mural project we have been working on on Brady Street is now faced with the...idea... of being taken down. The mural was said to be 'graffiti', and 'too colorful'. They may try to take the mural down but if we can petition to keep it up that is what we will do.
Keep in touch for more news soon....
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Friday Augsut 31st, 2012
Small update on the mural...
That scaffold is like a jungle gym
Actually, it is our jungle gym
Brady street. come by and check out our progress
(Spray)paint donations are still generously welcomed.
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Sunday August 26, 2012
They call him Tokyo.
Him and myself will be doing a huge mural project on Brady Street this coming week, on the side of Dragonfly vintage shop (1117 E Brady St, Milwaukee, WI, cross street Humboldt). We will be painting a huge portion of this wall and appreciate as much support as we can get. If you have any spray paint laying around, or any paint in general, that you would like to donate or have access to a scaffold to assist us, please do not hesitate to contact us asap!
thank you,
Tokyo - tkdelarosa@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/tkdelarosa
Me - gabbytsfye@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/gabrielletesfaye
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Tue..sday August 21st, 2012
more film.
death could be the end of something hideous too, and with that comes beauty
nus.
fragile moments but with strong spirits
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Sunday August 18th, 2012
Soooooooooo guess who started shooting with film...
my very 1st roll
Its nice to be working with a different form of art.. all this printing and painting.. taking photos has been fun. Something I've always hinted I was good at but I guess the people I am surrounded with has encouraged and influenced me to actually do it now.
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Thursday August 16, 2012
¿trA
sometimes art is the child and I am the mother
so much care for this creation, I've never wanted to protect something so much as I protect this
I'll do anything for you
sometimes art is the devil and I am the sinner giving in
madness, darkness, endless strangeness that I am so interested in decoding
the mystery of how I pull these foreign ideas out of my own mind
I'd selfishly live forever and die right now just to figure it all out
sometimes art is the annoying girlfriend and I am the annoyed, yet hopelessly in love partner
arguments, make ups, hate, love
this love hate relationship goes above the word of it, humans can't fathom everything
so we just sit and love it, or try to 'kill it fast and to never watch it die'
sometimes art is art and I am gabby tesfaye
and I get hypnotized by my own ability to create whatever I choose
and for a few hours my mind is finally blank and so wrapped up in my work
Im not here anymore
and I am happy
and I fall in love with this annoying girlfriend
mother this child
or give into my hellish madness
all over again
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Sunday August 12, 2012
The August 11th Pop up shop/Art Gallery/Music performance was a success. It feels good giving the city events that they aren't use too, and making the culture richer. Seeing everyone enjoy themselves and ask if there will be more events soon is also really encouraging.. Support and Respect.. We will never stop
The Spilt Millk x Tesfaye shirt collaboration that was featured at the show -
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