Studio work in progress

Lightning Strikes When You Are Moving

24x24 oil on board

w.i.p

letting these two paintings sit awhile. I like to see if I can live with them

at the Pompidou

More from the Pompidou

More artists who caught my eye unfortunately I did not write down their names because I am an idiot so just enjoy the visuals, anyone who knows which artist created which piece feel free to let me know.

More from the Pompidou

From left to right: Untitled (I forget), Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jean Dubuffet, and Joseph Beuys

Pompidou artwork

The Pompidou, one of the greatest museums on earth. From left to right: Anslem Kiefer, George Baselitz, Leon Golub, and Picasso

Musee de Orsay

Musee de Orsay

Arc de Triomphe

Moulin Rouge

Table Dance anyone? the Moulin Rouge, where all your dreams come true. When you wake up in the morning with a splitting headache and an empty bank account you know it was worth it.

Wine cheaper than water?

Yay I just paid seven euro for a coke, which in today's economy equals around eleven dollars or so. Good for the EU, bad for Americans aboroad. Wine in Paris is cheaper than water and soda, I think I could get used to that.

Eiffel Tower Collage

The money shot

Sunset over grand Paris

Sunset over Paris from atop the Eiffel Tower. A moment chock full o cliches, yet I really had to stop and just enjoy the simple beauty of the scene. Nothing really mattered, and for a moment I could just forget myself and breathe.

Tower through the trees

The Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame

Another must see cathedral in Paris. Makes the torturous hours spent in a dark art history slide lecture room fade away into distant unimportant memory. Seeing history live is the only way to truly appreciate the sheer awe inspiring power these icons have.

Yes that is a haughty French smirk on my face

The Louvre shot from the hip

In front of the Louvre

Icons

Here are a few of my favorite paintings from the Louvre. I choose these because I feel most everyone will instantly recognize them. As many times as I have studied these paintings and seen them repeatedly in print, nothing prepared me for the intensity in scale, and the genius of painting technique demonstrated by these masters, as I stood in front of these works for the first time.

Montmartre

I took a subway to the northern Paris neighborhood of Montmartre. There I wandered the bustling ancient streets and corridors with their cafes, nightclubs, and curious knick knack shops. I could not help but imagine that in this very neighborhood the likes of Modigliani, Picasso, Monet, and Dali used to conduct their everyday lives on these very streets. I made my way up to the summit of Montmartre, the highest point in the city, towards Basilica of the Sacré Cœur. The Sacre Coeur is beautiful and one of the easiest landmarks to recognize in Paris. Although the day was a bit hazy the view from the steps of the church was quite nice. Needless to say I did not take away with me divine inspiration or have an religious epiphany from my experince at the Sacre Coeur, what did stick in my mind did not have to do with the religious signifincance of the place, as much as a practical one. In the construction of the Basilica, Travertine stone was used. Travertine constantly exudes calcite which keeps the stone pure white, despite the heavy pollution and the weather.

Pompidou Experience

Strolling thorough the Pompidou was a unique and refreshing experience for me. Inside the halls of the Pompidou are an outstanding collection of modern and contemporary art.
What was so unique about the way the museum is set up is the rooms are dedicated to specific art periods and singular artist much like a whole group of galleries combined at once in one continual flow of uninterrupted space. Seeing some of my favorite artists works for the first time live was a real treat. As much as our print media has improved over the years nothing compares to the real thing. I was pleased to find a piece by Jean Tinguely the Swiss artist who helped construct the below mentioned Le Cyclop, the Dadist machine in the woods of Milley-la-Foret outside of Paris. Although this work was on a smaller scale the outlandish oil barrel machine piece still packed an intense visual punch. Another piece right next to the Tinguely piece was by Nikki de Saint Phalle, who was a lifelong friend and who also collaborated with Tinguely on the creating of Le Cyclop.

Le Cyclop

Set back into the woods of Milly-la-Foret, France in a beautiful stretch of French countryside sits a wondrous, and beautifully outlandish, monolithic monument of contemporary art. I first heard of this masterpiece named Le Cyclop, from a fellow painter who had recently visited during her stay in France. I arrived mid afternoon with the sun high in the sky and a light refreshing breeze rustling through the trees making the sunlight filtering through the leaves dance and shimmer. The air was cool on my skin and the earthy smell of wet leaves was a kind respite from the stuffiness of the car.
Le Cyclop poked through the trees like an awkward gentle giant, towering over seventy feet into the air its presence massive. Covered in hundreds of mirrors, with one giant inlaid eye which moved from side to side with lazy confidence gave it an otherworldly appearance. It was a strange alien form crash landed millions of years before the arrival of man. The more I looked at it the more I felt the monumental importance of the form, it was almost a spiritual familiarity comparable to religious icons such as the smiling Buddha or Madonna

Glow II

W.I.P

New Work

my time in France

Flight of the Conchords Mr Boom Boom

Studio view work in progress

New Work

New Work

Advanced Therapy

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NEWS

Yaaaay a review by Libby from the world famous ArtBlog, speaking about my paintings at the Nexus Selects 2008 show held in the Nexus Gallery.
THANKS LIBBY!!!!!

The First Time

New direction

Animation by Blu

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

This shit is off the chanizle, ha ha

Robert Rauschenberg RIP

I am late in posting this but i feel i need too. I am very sad. Here is a link to the New York Times farewell article detailing a little on his life and tremendous contribution to the art world.

Exhibition News

Nexus SELECTS 2008

Gerold Mooney
Anton Carlone
Jessie Wolfrom
Amy Opsasnick
Colin Leaman
Amanda Ritter
Kelsey Fain

OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 12@6:30

RUNNING THRU JUNE 12-29

NEXUS/foundation for today's art
1400 n. american street, suite 102
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215 684 1946

The Invasion

Showdown

The Accident

Actaeon

A Man Beheaded and Killed, Love Found

The Boys Square Off

Exhibition News

Gerold Mooney has been selected to participate in the 145 annual exhibition of small oil paintings held at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Americas oldest artist organization.
The show was curated by two explosive painters Rebecca Saylor Sack and Alex Kanevsky,also Alan Fetterman


April 6-27 2008
Opening reception April 6 2-5pm

fall down lightly

Untitled

New Town

Everything Falls Apart

Fornication is the beginning of the end