Artist in the News History San Francisco Magazine June 2005 Eye-catching artwork is infiltrating the places we shop, browse, and even sleep - Jonathon Keats Several months ago, a virtually unknown San Francisco artist named Tim Gaskin attracted the attention of an international luxury goods manufacturer, Louis Vuitton Malletier. Company executives had learned that one of his paintings, a pop portrait of Madonna striking a pose next to the Louis Vuitton logo, was in the background of a Women's Wear Daily photo spread. They sought him outand, in a terse letter charging trademark infringement, demanded that he destroy the picture. This is not exactly the response an emerging artist hopes to get. But it does show the unusual degree of exposure that Gaskin's work has received recently. How did that happen? Rather than exhibiting in an upmarket gallery, Gaskin displayed his work in a downtown hotel. Hotel des Arts, as it's called, near the Chinatown Gate, is one of many nontraditional spaces in San Francisco where a growing number of painters have taken to showing their artwork, reaching a large and diverse audience. Naturally, there are bars (such as 111 Minna) and coffee shops (such as the Chameleon)venues where artists have exhibited for as long as alcohol and caffeine have spiked creativitybut in recent years, painters have also migrated into bookshops and furniture stores. Art benefits by being a part of our daily experience, and so do we. Artists are liberated from the stifling pressures of conformity and challenged to improvise, to speak for themselves rather than for art history. Moreover, their work has to stand on its own, self-contained, instead of leaning on institutional authority or being propped up by learned commentary. This is good for viewers, too, of course. More important, we feel at ease with art when it's everywhere around us. Because it isn't prescreened, we feel entitled to our own opinions about it. Rather than being inhibited by cultural anxieties and museum expectations, we can have a real, living relationship with art, as we do with family and friends. Hotel des Arts is the city's most recent, and radical, experiment in artistic infiltration. Over the past year, half of the 51 rooms have been given to an artist to do with as he or she pleases. Some have taken six weeks, brushing in elaborate scenes fit for a Victorian parlor. Others have bombed the walls in 24 hours, as if the cops were waiting around the corner. The only quality the artists have in common is the confidence of John Doffing, an Internet entrepreneur whose enthusiasm as a collector has led him to curate shows in spaces ranging from abandoned SoMa lofts to the basement at City Hall and whose zeal has compelled all the artists at Hotel des Arts to contribute their work in exchange for exposure. Of which there's a lot. By arrangement with the hotel owners, Doffing has opened unoccupied rooms to the public. Some of the work, such as Gaskin's soft-core pop (room 404), is merely decorative. More provocative is the graffiti art of Eric Orr (room 508), who got his start tagging New York subways in the seventies and by 1984 was collaborating with Keith Haring, chalking up subway walls with glyphs of robots. Then he started a family, which he supported by painting faux finishes in restaurants. His room in Hotel des Arts marks the return of his robots, only now they've been muted to make a subtle surface pattern, poignantly confessing the faux finish of street art gone domestic. Mesh Magazine - Low Cost - High Concept - by Kendra MacLeod Hotel Des Arts' Painted Rooms are Made for the Masses June 2005 What Is Fair Use? Artistic expression butts heads with copyright infringement In an attempt to appeal to the 20something market, as the hipsters get hipper, ad execs have begun a new trend of commissioning underground 'streetinspired' artists to design and direct their corporate marketing campaigns. Industry giants like Converse, Diesel and Puma are among the companies that are revamping their public relations departments by sponsoring film projects, musicians and artists to help them get some street cred and remain on the cutting edge of cool. Where it has been broadly accepted for these corporations to buy 'vision' by juicing young artists for their creativity, what happens when artists turn the tables and use companies to express their own vision? Established pop artist Tim Gaskin has made a name for himself creating Warholesque images of anonymous women as well as celebrity icons overlaying backgrounds that often include logos or patterns borrowed from contemporary advertising. The result is beautiful brazen commentary on western ideals of beauty and consumption. Replicating the likeness of modern day glamourgirls Pamela Anderson, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Madonna, Gaskin was enlisted by Hotel des Arts to conceptualize one of their signature painted rooms. One of the images that Gaskin chose to exhibit in that room was a painting of Madonna superimposed on a background that includes patterns and logos of fashion industry kingpin Louis Vuitton. "Besides the fact that I am first and foremost a colorist, my paintings are about how celebrities stand at premieres wearing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of clothes and jewelry and get their picture taken in front of logos which are then sent out all over the world. They represent brands, and even become them because they are so overexposed," explained Gaskin. On April 29th, 2005 Hotel des Arts was served with a cease and desist notice from Louis Vuitton's anticounterfeiting director of the Americas that demanded the hotel "remove all infringing depictions of the Louis Vuitton trademark" from its walls. The letter further requested the name and address of the person responsible for painting each mural that included Louis Vuitton logos or patterns be provided to the company, and threatened legal actions for "trademark infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition, and trademark dilution." Hotel des Arts owner Richard Singer refused. "Removing the Louis Vuitton trademark from the walls of the hotel would necessitate destroying an original piece of fine art and that is not something we are even going to consider. Works of artistic expression are clearly protected by the First Amendment, and we absolutely refuse to be censored by a multinational corporation and their teams of lawyers." Doffing cited historical references to artists that have utilized corporate markers to make their own social commentary, "Tim's artwork, whether Louis Vuitton likes it or not, is part of an artistic tradition of appropriation, commentary and fair use that includes artists like Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons and, of course, Andy Warhol. While corporate trademarks are protected from being used to make a profit the "Fair Use Act" states that "The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." Under this logic, an artist may make commentary on a trademark, and the law would say that the artist owns that commentary, not the trademark, and can sell that commentary in the form of artwork. While no doubt the legal battle has just begun for Gaskin and Hotel des Arts, many artists have used copyrighted trademarks in their artwork, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans being the most famous. It is unlikely that Luis Vuitton will succeed in winning any projected lawsuit, but the cost in legal fees alone will be a substantial amount. In an era where more and more artists are utilizing copyrighted materials to express themselves, this is a topic that will surely find itself revisited, and Tim Gaskin is definitely not alone when it comes to artists being attacked by corporations, "It's just a sword fight whose sword is bigger. Ultimately wants us take down the room and save ourselves $15,000 in lawyer's fees. That's the threattake it down or pay upultimately we will prevail but Louis Vuitton can absorb a $15,000 loss, I can't. The hotel has said we will fight this but it's ridiculous that a multimillion dollar French company is picking on a tiny hotel." Elemental Magazine June 2005            Our friends at Elemental included a GREAT article on the Louis Vuitton controversy at the Hotel des Arts.  In an article entitled LOUIS VUITTON VS HOTEL DES ARTS, they had this to say: It's easy to say that you wouldn't roll over on the artists when the detectives are at the door. Magazines have been raided after featuring graffiti artists, investigators demanding that the editors hand over government names and contact info for the writers. In every case, the law is on the side of the magazine. You don't have to give up shit. Knowing that and acting on it can be two different things. Giving up a couple of names to get the cops out of your doorway before they start searching for other "contraband" can seem like an easy answer. But you're only selling yourself out. Then there are those who refuse to be intimidated. They know their rights and are willing to stand and fight for them, even if it is on principle alone. One such man is John Doffing, curator of the much lauded Painted Rooms in San Francisco's Hotel des Arts. The Painted Rooms project invited a group of artists to create original works out of each of the guest rooms in the hotel. They were given absolute freedom to transform the space. One of these artists was painter Tim Gaskin. When Tim was finished with Room 404, a bold portrait of Madonna stood over a familiar designer pattern, including an enormous "LV" in electric blue. Word of the ongoing exhibition in the working hotel spread as far as the offices of Louis Vuitton. The company's lawyers presented a Cease And Desist letter, including a request for the artist's address and phone number, to Hotel des Arts owner Richard Singer, who responded to the letter by doing absolutely nothing. Singer and Doffing not only agreed that the artwork was not going to be removed, they agreed that the idea that a multinational corporation like Louis Vuitton would think they could dictate the expression of an artist like Tim Gaskin was particularly offensive. "Removing the LV trademark from the walls of the hotel would necessitate destroying an original piece of fine art," says Singer. "Works of artistic expression are clearly protected by the First Amendment, and we absolutely refuse to be censored by a multinational corporation and their teams of lawyers." "We are taking a stand here," continues Doffing, "to protect the chilling effect that such corporate intimidation could have on emerging artists and their creative freedom." It's quite a stand, and a very important one given today's political climate. Louis Vuitton may have dozens of lawyers and a fat bank account on their side, but Gaskin and Hotel des Arts have one up on them  the law. No amount of money will silence our Constitution as long as strong people stand up for their rights... learn more BPM Magazine                             May 2005            The Video Game Art Show, held in conjunction with the 2005 Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, was featured in BPM magazine.  According to the article, entitled ART, GAMES AND VISION: As San Francisco played host to the annual Game Developers Conference, Blue Cube played host to a video game art show. No, ample-waisted patrons were not subjected to a series of White Mage character depictions or a collection of various dragon wings. Instead they were greeted with the pop art efforts of Mars-1, Tim Gaskin, David DeRosa, Plasticfucker and more.   San Francisco Examiner   May 4, 2005            Christopher Caen included his thoughts on the Louis Vuitton controversy at the Hotel des Arts.  According to Christopher: ...the First Amendment protects artistic expression. Tim Gaskin and the crew at the Hotel des Arts are discovering otherwise. In the rollicking madhouse that is the hotel, one room contains murals drawn by Gaskin that feature his usual flurry of hypnotic colors and pop symbols. One symbol in particular caught the attention of the lawyers at Louis Vuitton, which is now threatening all sorts of nastiness in the form of a cease-and-desist letter. Now, this I have a hard time understanding. How exactly is a decorated wall in a room competing with or infringing on the copyright of a handbag? Then again, I am not exactly up to date on the latest in fashion. However, I do remember a certain soup can painted by Andy Warhol that didn't seem to trigger the same response. And I also find it amusing that the same company that is getting all grumpy about the hipsters getting a hold of its logo is the same company that had Japanese artist Takashi Murakami slapping little cartoon hands on that same logo. Josh Spear | The Pulse of Cool       April 28, 2005            Josh Spear included a great overview of the Louis Vuitton controversy at the Hotel des Arts.  According to Josh: If I had a Cease and Desist order from Louis Vuitton, I'd probably be a little scared-- but not the folks at The Hotel Des Arts in San Francisco. Remember that hotel? Packed full of customized rooms from floor to ceiling by some of the worlds most promising young artists. One of the painted rooms (pictured here) was done by Tim Gaskin--a mural juxtaposing a celebrity icon, Madonna, with a logo from Louis Vuitton. The work is a critique of consumer culture--and personally I think it's great. Louis Vuitton's "Anti-counterfeiting Director Of The Americas", what a mouth full, ordered a cease and desist, stating the hotel needs to ""remove all infringing depictions of the LV trademark from your walls". So what did the Hotel des Arts decide to do? They went ahead and exercised their first amendment rights and decided to have a special showing of the room, from May 2nd-May 6th. Way to go guys! learn more WOOSTER COLLECTIVE | A Celebration of Street Art April 28, 2005 The Wooster Collective included a nice blurb on the Louis Vuitton controversy at the Hotel des Arts.  According to the article: In the last few weeks we've written a lot about the Painted Rooms project at San Francisco's boutique hotel, Hotel Des Arts that was put together by START SOMA. To date almost 30 rooms have been hand painted by some of the best emerging artists in the world. David Choe, Logan Hicks, Maya Hayuk, Eric Orr, Sam Flores... have all painted amazing rooms at the hotel. It's a project that we think is fantastic, as it gives artists a terrific platform for their work. Well it seems that Louis Vuitton is not as much of a fan of Painted Rooms as we are. The company's "ANTICOUNTERFEITING DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAS" has just served the hotel with a cease and desist letter telling them that the series of hand painted floor-to-ceiling murals by San Francisco pop artist Tim Gaskin violates their LV trademark because the artist incorporates the LV logo into his artwork. LV demands that the hotel .... "remove all infringing depictions of the LV trademark from your walls". The letter further requests the "name and address" of the person who created "each mural painted", and threatened legal action for "trademark infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition, and trademark dilution". While we're not lawyers, and legally we have no idea who's right, we're incredibly impressed that the Hotel des Arts is fighting for the artist in this case and is not simply painting over the walls the day they got the letter which is what most people would do when faced with legal action for a company like LV. Hotel des Arts' Richard Singer said in a statement that we just read - "Removing the LV trademark from the walls of the hotel would necessitate destroying an original piece of fine art, and that is NOT something we are even going to consider," "Works of artistic expression are clearly protected by the First Amendment, and we absolutely refuse to be censored by a multinational corporation and their teams of lawyers". Good stuff. We'll be interested to see how this plays out. learn more San Francisco Chronicle April 13, 2005            Leah Garchik broke the story on the Louis Vuitton controversy at the Hotel des Arts.  According to her scoop: A lawyer's letter has been received by Tim Gaskin, who painted a room at the Hotel des Arts in homage to Madonna and Louis Vuitton. The Vuitton enforcers saw the room pictured in Women's Wear Daily, did not like the use of the company logo, and are demanding a repainting... learn more 7x7 Magazine April 2005            Our friends at 7x7 featured some nice pictures from the tsunami relief fundraiser + art show we hosted earlier this year.  According to the article: Since tragedy struck Southeast Asia last December, San Francisco's Good Samaritans have stepped up to the plate with one tsunami relief party after another...Terra, SOMA's little-known but very chic nightspot, was hopping on February 5 when OUTreachSF sponsored Turning the Tide, an LGBT cabaret show, dance party, and silent art auction organized by START SOMA to benefit the Rainbow World Fund... learn more San Francisco Examiner March 10, 2005 The inimitable Christopher Caen included a great plug for the Video Game Art Show in his most recent column.  According to the article: ...the hipsters are also remembering the good old days with a video game art show at the Blue Cube tonight. What, exactly, is a video game art show? It consists of game images collected, altered and redeployed in ways no one has thought of. Think of it as the artistic version of sampling. I was looking over the goods and saw images from none other than Tron, Disney's 1982 attempt at computer coolness. Big blocky computer graphics and big blocky human performances. They couldn't quite pull it off then, but look at it now. Cool as cool can be. They just had to wait long enough for the old to become new again... learn more The Video Game Art Show March 10, 2005            The Video Game Art Show, held in conjunction with the 2005 Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, was featured on literally dozens of gaming websites + blogs from around the world. learn more ArtBusiness.com                              March 10, 2005            ART BUSINESS included a nice review of the Video Game Art Show opening.  According to the article: Art show in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference 2005. Two floors of entertainment plus special video game area on floor two plus art all over the place. The Blue Cube third floor, not open to the public, is a combination think tank and educational resource for upstart entertainment industry moguls and mogulettes, focusing on video, music, performance and visaul arts. The Cube's worth keeping an eye on... see the pictures! SF Bay Times - Nancy Norstad March 10, 2005            Home Grown Host is Truly OUT Spoken Tim Gaskin, a third generation San Franciscan who got his first haircut at Louie's Barber Shop (a previous incarnation of it), remembers Cliff's Variety Halloween Shows in the late sixties, and had his first job with David Bach at Marcello's Pizza, is a natural on camera and behind the scenes as producer of his popular San Francisco Comcast show, OUT Spoken. Highly opinionated, well connected and passionate about his creative projects, it isn't any wonder that Gaskin's vice of choice is caffeine. Talking to him, you can practically see the synapses firing behind his eyes. Underneath his lofty ambitions and creative innovations, however, lies the dedicated soul of a community servant. I met Gaskin while he was filming the Imperial Court's Royal Ball over President's Day Weekend. He was seeking fun facts about the Court's history, and it wasn't until he introduced himself that I realized we had just crossed paths earlier in the month at the Tsunami Relief effort, Turning The Tide, a benefit for Rainbow World Fund. Gaskin had been the coordinator, along with John Doffing of SmartSOMA, of the enormously flavorful art show in the vast space on the first floor of Terra. Among his other interests and commitments, Gaskin somehow finds time to paint. His newest role is Board Member of the AIDS Emergency Fund / Breast Cancer Emergency Fund. He brings a fairly large media card to the table. In addition to the television venue, Gaskin writes a number of publications, including GLOSS, which he helped develop with old friend Bevin Shamus. Gaskin is also one of Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik's TIC spies. His show, which is a dialog format with the leaders and issues of the local LGBT community, often features individuals or organizations that participate in the gigantic fundraising machine, which is ultimately and essentially the spirit underlying the LGBT party scene. Gaskin hopes that OUT Spoken will soon be a weekly show, and that with his voice he can bring more visibility to AEF/BCEF. Gaskin is the first producer to bring gay programming to Comcast SF, a four-hour daily block of production only about the issues, art and culture specific to San Francisco Nitevibe March 8, 2005            Nitevibe included a nice plug for The Video Game Art Show.  According to the article: Whether it's protecting the world against Space Invaders or guiding Super Mario to the princess, video games and their signature graphics have become icons of our popular culture, especially in the Bay Area. The open minds at START SOMA know this and are celebrating their second anniversary with a show featuring over 100 pieces relating to video games. Thursday's no cover opening event is more than a trip down memory lane, it's an epic party with beats being laid down by NoMe, Tom Thump, Kelly Tunstall, Chris Sia, Soulside and Wiseproof, a networked gaming lounge, tons of giveaways, and even a special appearance by the always delectable Suicide Girls. Art + vids + beats = a unique evening, indeed... San Francisco Bay Times February 10, 2005            START SOMA was recently approached by a coalition of community activists to put together a giant art show in support of tsunami relief.   The event was a great success, collectively raising tens of thousands of dollars, and the San Francisco Bay Times included a nice overview of the show.  According to the article, Turning the Tide for Tsunami Relief by Dennis McMillan: OUTreach SF, A coalition of successful and well-known names in the San Francisco queer community and the LGBT Community Center assembled a dazzling list of Bay Area outstanding talent and top deejays for "Turning The Tide, SF-LGBT Community United for Tsunami Relief." Over 2,000 people attended club Terra for this evening full of entertainment, a silent/live auction, three expert bootblacks, hunky Colt models, a bevy of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a tarot reader, a psychic, food and drinks, The roster of deejays included John LePage, David Harness, Matthew Baker, Nikita, DJ Alexander, Liam Shy, and DJ Pusspuss, spinning so people could dance until dawn. Also onsite was an art show of 70 top-notch emerging artists and their works, organized by START SOMA and artist/curator Tim Gaskin. ArtBusiness.com February 5, 2005            Last year, START SOMA hosted a giant art show with 70+ artists filling up a 16,000 square foot space with art.  It was a lot of fun, and raised a bunch of money for the San Francisco Late Night Coalition.  We did the same thing again this year in support of tsunami relief, and ArtBusiness.com included some great pictures from the event. see the pictures! San Francisco Bay Times February 3, 2005            START SOMA + local artist Tim Gaskin put together a giant charitable art show to raise money for Tsunami relief, and the Bay Times included an exceptional overview of the fundraiser: LGBT Artists Support Tsunami Relief Effort by Nancy Norstad Dozen of artists are participating in this Saturday's event; "Turning the Tide, a Benefit for Rainbow World Fund and Tsunami Relief," put on by a coalition San Francisco's LGBT community leaders. Coordinate by the Blue Cub's Terrance Alan, START SOMA's John Doffing and local pop art sensation Tim Gaskin, the art show will fill the lower level of Terra, a 16,000 square foot space, as a backdrop for the silent auction and Deejay jam on the downstairs level. Over 50 artists have already committed to displaying and selling their work, 50 percent of the proceeds will go to the tsunami relief effort. When Doffing's group hosted the first START art show in SOMA living room in March 2003, they had absolutely no idea what they were creating. When the police and fire department arrived responding to reports of an illegal rave and a line stretching around the block, they realized that they just might be on to something. Over the course of their first year, START SOMA put together several dozen of art shows. They featured the work of literally hundreds of emerging artists, many of whom had never shown publicly before. In the process, they showcased several thousand original works of art  from painting, sculpture, and photography to interactive installations, video art, and new media pieces. Thousands attended their openings, and they raised a lot of money for local non-profit organizations. The positive response from emerging artist, new collectors, and the press confirmed Doffing's original vision for a new sort of art gallery. He founded START SOMA with the simple goal of creating an upstart galley that would showcase the affordable artwork of topnotch emerging artists. In keeping with this goal, START SOMA has created multiple philanthropic and community-centric programs. One is the Artist in Residence Program. Every quarter, START SOMA selects a new artist in residence who is supplied with free space and materials to make art, and given a solo show at the end of their three-month term. Another is that START SOMA provides free space for non-profit events. They noticed that a lot of smaller galleries were supplementing revenues by renting their spaces out for events. They decided to make their space available to local non-profit and charitable organizations for their own events and fundraisers. For more information on this valuable community resource, visit STARTsoma.com and be sure to attend the Art Show & Sale at Terra, 511 Harrison Street on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 8pm Nob Hill Gazette        February 2005            The Nob Hill Gazette included several pictures from the opening for Tim Gaskin's solo show. learn more San Francisco Examiner January 2005 The art of 'Superstar' - Local artist mixes famous faces with brand-name logos - By Bill Picture Local artist Tim Gaskin culls influences from film, music, fashion, politics and advertising and combines them to create strikingly color-rich and noticeably Warhol-esque portraits of contemporary pop-culture icons. Gaskin's "Superstar Collection," which features famous faces pulled from the covers of supermarket checkout line showbiz gossip rags (and one or two from San Francisco's society pages) superimposed over some of today's best-recognized brand-name logos, will be on display at new mid-Market hotspot Blue Cube beginning Thursday. The San Francisco native says "Superstar Collection," his first-ever solo exhibition, was actually inspired by a marketing or "branding" tactic now regularly employed at high-profile events such as the Golden Globes and the Oscars, where massive backdrops emblazoned with the names and/or logos of corporate sponsors are strategically placed behind the red carpet. Celebrities are then interviewed on-air in front of these backdrops, subtly suggesting to viewers a connection between the famous faces on their television screens and the brand names being "hyped" in the background. "It's basically just advertising," jokes Gaskin, who also hosts the weekly cultural news-magazine programs "Inside City Limits" and "Out Spoken" on Comcast Channel 23. "They want you to think, 'Oh, Colin Farrell drives a Ford' or whatever. So I thought, 'How much fun would it be to play with that subtext within the context of an art piece.'" The faces and logos Gaskin has chosen -- Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chanel and Gucci, just to name a few -- are instantly recognizable. So it's not at all surprising that his work has struck such a nerve with the public. Gaskin's work has become so popular, in fact, that one of his pieces, a black-and-white portrait of Madonna during her "True Blue" period superimposed over Louis Vuitton's famous "LV" logo, was stolen during an in-store exhibition at a Starbuck's in The Castro last September. "It's kinda scary," says Gaskin. "I mean, I guess I should be flattered. Whoever took [the painting] obviously really identified with the image." But because each piece takes so long to create (they're hand-painted several times to create a bold, graphic look), Gaskin says he just felt robbed. "My work means so much to me that it's hard to part with," he explains. "Sometimes even payment isn't enough." Nevertheless, Gaskin is donating one of his favorite pieces from the "Superstar Collection," a portrait of Mayor Gavin Newsom in front of a Nike Air Jordan logo reworked to read "Air Newsom," to be auctioned off at Thursday's opening night reception to benefit the San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund. "There's something about that piece," he says. "I think it's the irony. You know Gavin always wanted to play ball. Here he is king of the world still wishing he was Air Newsom. I guess we all have a dream, we're all sort of longing for a life other than our own." Tim Gaskin: Superstar Collection DATE: Opening night reception: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday, continuing through Feb. 24. LOCATION: Blue Cube, 34 Mason St., San Francisco TICKETS: $5 donation suggested (to benefit Save the Children's Asia Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund) City Fanfare | San Francisco Fashion, Art & Society   January 18, 2005            City Fanfare included a nice feature story on Tim Gaskin's solo show.  According to the article: ...I ventured downtown to The Blue Cube, a newly renovated 1907 brick and steel warehouse that provided a suitable setting for the very lively artist reception that night. Art is reason enough to celebrate, but socially explosive contemporary art that draws the attention of friends and patrons alike is truly bliss to behold. Local pop art sensation Tim Gaskin embraced San Franciscans with talent, satire and electrical flair at his "Superstar Collection" reception Thursday. "My work is a statement on how artists and advertising brands have both become icons," said Gaskin. "And the public responds to the color and everyday branding in everyday life." With fresh energy invested into the Warholian school of thought toward contemporary pop-culture icons, Gaskin's works juxtapose famous faces with brand-name logos in rich color. His work "Air Newsom," a portrait of Mayor Gavin Newsom in front of a Nike Air Jordan logo, was auctioned off at the reception to benefit the San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund. His canvases may feature celebrity profiles ripped from the covers of gossip journals, but Gaskin himself was the center of attention at this highly energized event. Friend and fellow art lover Mark J. Rhoades said Gaskin's personality and personal warmth reaches far deeper than the surfaces of his paintings. "He gives back to the community more than any other artist I know," said Rhoades, noting his support and contributions to the San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund and Breast Cancer Emergency Fund. "He thinks about how to bring people together, and he's a good role model for our community." learn more The Arcade Fire January 13, 2005            The band that took the stage at Tim Gaskin's solo show was an interesting one.  Playing violins, acoustic guitars, a cello, drums, and a baby grand piano, the band that introduced themselves as 'Hi - we're the Chiefs' was none other than Montreal's THE ARCADE FIRE, in town for a series of sold-out shows at the Great American Music Hall - the start of their sold-out north american tour.  THE ARCADE FIRE were staying at the Hotel des Arts, and played a surprise acoustic set at Tim's solo show. Their debut album was the top pick for many rock critics as 2004's album of the year, garnering unmatched press and critical acclaim.   Critics world-wide are running out of superlatives to heap upon THE ARCADE FIRE, and the crowd quickly realized that Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and David Bowie were right  this IS the hottest new band out there today!    Tim Gaskin's first solo show coincided with John Doffing's birthday party, and the entire event raised money for Save the Children's Asia Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund and the The San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund. See the pictures! Watch the video! Nitevibe January 12, 2005            Nitevibe featured Tim Gaskin's solo show + Save the Children fundraiser.  According to the article: An awesome variety of sweet sounds is matching up with some fantastic art as START SOMA hosts Tim Gaskin's first solo show. Gaskin's pieces meld celebrity images with icons of advertising to form pop art masterpieces that are amusing and thought-provoking. The visual levity will be well complemented by a stellar lineup of DJs providing a wide spread of sounds. Tom Thump and Soulside are representing the house vibe, while  DJ StINK, Kelly Tunstall, Chris Sia and NOME dish out everything from mash-ups to breaks to downtempo grooves. The lineup only gets better with local hip-hop artists Wiseproof and Kev Kelley (from the Rap Dreams documentary) and a top secret midnight acoustic surprise that you definitely don't want to miss. This eclectic blend is guaranteed to please, so keep your eyes and ears open at this one-of-a-kind show. learn more San Francisco Examiner January 11, 2005            The San Francisco Examiner included a nice feature story on Tim Gaskin's solo show + Save the Children fundraiser.  According to the article: Local artist Tim Gaskin culls influences from film, music, fashion, politics and advertising and combines them to create strikingly color-rich and noticeably Warhol-esque portraits of contemporary pop-culture icons... learn more. San Francisco Chronicle October 3, 2004 The Power of Women HEART: "Women for Justice." LOCATION: Civic Center Plaza, behind City Hall ARTIST: Tim Gaskin, www.timgaskin.com. ARTIST'S THOUGHTS: "This heart features two of the city's highest-profile female attorneys, both of whom modeled in person for paintings that sold at benefits for Breast Awareness Movement (www.bigbam.com) and Visual Aid (www.visualaid.org). They were styled after two icons who adorned their hair with flowers. Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom, legal analyst, television commentator and San Francisco's first lady, is portrayed as artist Frida Kahlo. Kamala Harris, San Francisco's district attorney, is portrayed as singer Billie Holiday. The pairing of the still-life reference of flowers in the hair with a classic portrait combines two long-standing artistic themes. In this instance, I am saying that women have more value than their appearance. These women could use their beauty to wield power, but instead rely on their creativity to enhance their community and to advance causes such as breast cancer awareness and children's rights. Regardless of a rumored rivalry, they share a deep respect and a powerful command of the law, and are advocates of human rights." Heart Monitor is a weekly feature highlighting the artwork of Hearts in San Francisco, a public "heart installation" that raises money for the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. For more information, go to www.heartsinsf.org. San Francisco Chronicle November 2004 Swells Column ...From the EBay auction: Marsha and Robin Williams are the proud owners of three hearts, including "CPR" by Chronicle artist Lance Jackson. Tim Gaskin's Kamala/Kimberly" heart has a new home with Kathy Bravo-Baulch, whose sons were both born at General, one with a now-healed heart defect. Super-slugger Barry Bonds wasn't quick enough on the mouse. With seconds to go, he lost Barbara Willenborg's oversize love locket, all gold and topped by a giant chain. Fetching some $15K, that beauty now resides with Bob Pritikin in his mansion. San Francisco Chronicle October 2004 Leah Garchik Column ...Kamala Harris' mother and sister threw a surprise party for her at Town Hall on Wednesday night, at which the D.A. was given Tim Gaskin's painting of her as Frida Kahlo (the image on his Hearts in San Francisco contribution, too). Among the guests was Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who was in Harris' class from kindergarten through fourth grade in Berkeley (the archive of their friendship includes a snapshot of them with their tadpole experiment). San Francisco Chronicle October 2004 Leah Garchik Column, ...There was "uproarious cheering and clapping'' at Gold's Gym on Friday, says Tim Gaskin, for the announcement that the long wait was over: "The Butt Blaster is now in working order. You can begin using the Butt Blaster again effective immediately.'' San Francisco Chronicle October 2004 Leah Garchik Column ...Tim Gaskin has painted Kamala Harris as Billie Holliday and Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom as Frida Kahlo on one of the "Hearts in San Francisco.'' It's one of the few that feature images of living people, and it's in front of City Hall, the image of Mrs. Mayor facing the windows of her husband's office. The Recorder August 2004 LADY SINGS THE BLUES: HARRIS POSES IN THE NAME OF ART - Pam Smith It's unusual to see Kamala Harris  whose schedule seems perpetually Filled with events  all dressed up with no place to go. But this summer San Francisco's DA, dolled up as jazz singer Billie Holiday, is immortalized, and for the time being, immovable, on the side of a heart sculpture across from City Hall. Local "pop colorist" Tim Gaskin says he asked the district attorney, whom he ran into back when he wrote for 7x7 magazine, to model for charity. She agreed, meeting him for a photo shoot on a quiet Sunday in Yerba Buena Gardens shortly after winning last year's election. Gaskin has focused his work in the past six years on "themed out" Female subjects, always with flowers in their hair to show that "the woman's not only beautiful, but her brains can grow beauty as well." To achieve the Billie Holiday look, Gaskin said, "We pulled her hair back  which you never see, Kamala with her hair pulled back  and I put gardenias in her hair." He transformed the photo into a graphic image, a bold blue Billie Holiday on a vibrant red background, that now hangs on a wall at the Firewood Cafe on 18th Street in the Castro district. He hopes to sell that piece for $1,800 to $2,600 and donate the money to Visual Aid, a nonprofit group that supports Bay Area artists with life-threatening illnesses. Then Gaskin put the image on one of the many sculptural hearts popping up this year on sidewalks and such around the city as part of the Hearts in San Francisco public art project. On the flip side of the Harris-as-Holiday heart, former prosecutor and San Francisco first lady Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom stares out, done up as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Gaskin chose the women because of their prosecutorial ties, he said. "They're both strong women who care a lot about justice." The Hearts in San Francisco project aims to put about 130 artist-decorated sculptures on sidewalks and plazas around the city and eventually auction off them off to benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. San Francisco Examiner Pop art stolen from Starbucks - Alison Soltau | Staff Writer URL: http://www.examiner.com/article/index.cfm/i/090704n_art A thief seems to have stopped by a Starbucks coffee shop in the Castro and picked up a $5,000 pop-art painting to go, swiping an acrylic image of Madonna off the wall. The painting's artist says that the 3-foot-square depiction of the iconic pop star, part of the Superstar Collection showing at the Starbucks on the 400 block of 18th Street, disappeared sometime between 2 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday. It featured a black-and-white image of Madonna set against a background of colored Louis Vuitton logos. The artist, Tim Gaskin, said the piece may well have been quietly removed from the coffeehouse in front of up to 100 patrons, and nobody noticed it was gone until early Monday morning. "It's horrible, because I spent so much time on it," said Gaskin, who is best known for his renditions of District Attorney Kamala Harris and Kimberley Guilfoyle-Newsom, which grace the Hearts of San Francisco exhibition outside City Hall. Anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD burglary detail at (415) 554-1351. San Francisco Chronical July 2004 Leah Garchik Column ...Perhaps as a precursor to that, Christopher Ciccone, Madonna's brother, is showing "The Booty Collection,'' his photographs of nude male bottoms, at the Phantom*SF Gallery on Sutter Street. The opening of this exhibition was during Pride weekend, and the occasion for a particularly excellent party, says Curator Tim Gaskin. (The photographer's sister was not there; they're said to be on the outs.) San Francisco Chronicle July 2004 Leah Garchik Column ...The beauty of a dress "I have to tell you, those Greeks were on to something: high-comfort clothing." -- Brad Pitt, who wears flowing robes -- well, a dress-like garment -- in "Troy," to TIC spy Tim Gaskin. San Francisco Chronicle September 2002 Leah Garchik Column ...LONG MAY THEY WAVE: The secret of Ripps male underwear models at Wednesday night's Passport show, TIC spy Tim Gaskin reports, is their utilization of women's hair scrunchies as underwear enhancers. The men, it was noted, received wild applause; the sight of women in Wonderbras was less enthusiastically greeted. (Thirty of the models repaired to Harry Denton's Starlight Room after the show and stayed until closing time.) Meanwhile, across town, enthusiastic theater-goers squinted into the spotlights to glimpse guys wagging their assets at the opening of "The Full Monty." Is San Francisco obsessed, or what? San Francisco Chronicle August 2002 Leah Garchik Column ...CUMMING AND GOING: Alan Cumming went from his Saturday night reading at A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books to a photo shoot for Gloss magazine, and from there was whisked away by Gloss editors for a night on the town. They went to the Sugar party at the Stud, Palladium at the old Sound Factory, Body Music at the Cat Club, then back to the Palladium. (If you've never been to these venues and that makes you feel out of it, please know that while Cumming was grooving at the late-night dance clubs, TIC, who'd stayed up past 11, was falling asleep in front of "Blue Sky," relying on Tim Gaskin for spy work.) Returning to his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Grand Hyatt, Cumming took a bath and, in the company of the magazine's Gaskin, watched the sun rise. He said he'd sleep while being made up for "X-Men 2." San Francisco Chronicle August 2002 Every day is Carnaval at Eunice's Don't let the flouncy Junior Leaguers have all the fun -- nor, exclusively, be in the neighborhood-know. The next time you're searching for another reason to love San Francisco, land the shops -- especially Eunice's Cafe of Brazilian bentd -- on Sacramento at Presidio Street, near the Vogue (beauty's where you find it) Theatre. At Eunice's . . . Ladies with an attitude; fellows that were in the mood . . . you can strike-a-pizza on eight-inch focaccia bread with cheeses and fresh tomato ($5.95); with spinach or feta or eggplant ($6.45 each); or let your body move to the meatball remix (house-made, $7.95). One of the city's best-kept whispers is the charm and flavor in this darling part of town. Among my favorites are Elements, a gorgeous little shop that specializes in all things feng shui (www.elements-gallery.com, Web site up soon); Twiga, an exceptional gallery of fine ebony jewelry and sculpture (www.twigagallery.com), and Hardware Unlimited, where you'll find at least one of everything. Tim Gaskin -- artist, proprietor of Elements and editor of Gloss Magazine - joined me for a bite and told me that after shopping-shopping -- and receiving a reasonably priced manicure across the street at Nail Pretty -- folks can forget all their troubles at Eunice's with real food therapy. There you'll lambada with Eunice herself (and her stable of strapping male backup dancers), head and body wrapped in brilliantly colored fabrics, dripping in chunky jewelry, smiling from gold earring to gold earring. She gives good face and greets all her neighborhood pals with hugs, kisses and suggestions of the home-made specials or house standards -- many of which she personally prepares. Eunice "loves" it on Sacramento Street. Her modest plot, now 4 years old, is generously adorned with framed pictures of beauty queen Eunice and girlfriends decked in Carnaval gowns and headdresses; paintings and printed terry cloth towels of flamboyant toucans; woven baskets; strings of plastic fruit; iron chairs and stools with chile pepper embellish and floral cushions that sing. A 3-year-old girl makes herself quite at home in one booth, where she struggles to rearrange the heavy iron table before her -- creating a fort. Order up one of Eunice's specials. On the day of my visit, she had prepared a remarkable zucchini stuffed with chicken and served with a hunk of light garlic bread sprinkled with parsley, sliced Italian tomatoes and cantaloupe. Also available was a tuna chef salad topped with red pepper, tomato and mango slices on a brilliant royal-purple cabbage leaf. Inspired. Stimulating. Artistic. Prices vary. As I sampled, a sassy deb sauntered by, nose brushing the clouds. Cute, but would somebody guide her into David Oliver Salon (where Ronn Owens dips in at least once a week) to update that staid blond bob and put her look out of my misery. Truth: I toss gerbera daisy petals of adoration and envy about the rich femmes who lunch -- especially if they whiff of pretty girl. . . . At least there's next to zero chance of harassment by panhandlers in this nabe. . . . You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it. . . . Save yourself from a fate worse than a bad hair day and order the best-ever spinach quiche ($4.95); the chicken breast salad ($5.95); the veggie cheeseburger ($5.95); the grilled eggplant ($5.25); or a healthy sandwich of black forest ham, albacore tuna or turkey breast ($5.45 to $6.25). Try one, or all, of Eunice's popular, gourmet house-made soups, like the screaming cream of carrot (cup: $3.75; bowl: $4.75). Since this area could also be known as psycho-terrain (psychology, not necessarily psychotic -- a lot of shrinks keep office here), you'll note a climate change in the street population at just about 4 p.m. each day. "Suddenly the store will fill up with obsessive-compulsives and those dealing with bipolar disorder," Gaskin said of his patrons, fondly, in jest. "I have a wonderful time chatting about a candle for 30 minutes or talking about a hand- blown vase by Mark Rudnitz and Kevin Grady with a someone who won't make eye contact." Sounds like they could use some of Eunice's cookies, banana bread and cakes. The best antidepressants I know of -- except for Effexor, Red Vines, new Miu Miu shoes and Madonna. . . . Soul is in the musical. That's where I feel so beautiful. . . . San Francisco Chronicle June 2002 Leah Garchik's Column ...FINALLY: After her Tuesday show at the Warfield, Pink arrived at the Stud's Trannyshack in her tour bus -- she uses a hotel only for showering, says Gloss magazine's Tim Gaskin -- played pool, then joined hostess Heklina and special guest The Lady Bunny of New York onstage. Leah Garchik's Column Reflections on growing old gracefully. "I am not any less attractive because of my age. I don't believe that. I am not any less attractive because I am a mom. The truth is I was a mother before I had a kid, in every sense of the word. Got it?"-- Cyndi Lauper, 48, who opens for Cher, 56, at the Oakland Arena on Aug. 3, to Tim Gaskin of Gloss magazine. Leah Garchik's Column SHE LIKES TO SHOP: When Joan Rivers was in town a few months ago, she had her big white limo drop her off for a shopping spree at Good Byes on Sacramento Street, says Tim Gaskin, who writes for Gloss magazine and whose neighboring store is Elements. At Good Byes, a consignment shop, the red carpet fashion maven selected some clothes, chatted up the owner about their mutual homeland, Brooklyn, and asked for a discount. She got it. Leah Garchik's Column Having dated George Michael in 1985, Golden Gate Award-winner Brooke Shields said at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation dinner on Saturday night at the Westin St. Francis that she considers herself a well- qualified expert on gays. "And don't even get me started on Michael Jackson," another of Shields' former pals. Shields said she went to a Giants game -- where she recited Lou Gehrig's farewell speech as part of baseball's ALS awareness day -- and learned that gay women built the giant glove in left field and had each placed a pair of panties in a finger. (Shields told Gloss magazine's Tim Gaskin that she'd been hornswoggled by a Pacific Bell Park security guard who said he needed a photograph of her for security reasons. Turned out he just wanted a picture of himself with her.) San Francisco Examiner September 8, 2000 A Stroke of Luck - Artist Finds Inspiration in Feng Shui - Rona Marech Call it hokey, but feng shui changed Tim Gaskin's life. A mobile here, some end tables there, red everywhere and -- boom! How else to explain the dates every week, the growth of his nascent company, the parking spots that appear wherever he goes? Fortunately for San Francisco, Gaskin has no intention of simply hoarding his own good luck. No, he wants to share with others the ancient Chinese practice of organizing space in a way that enhances peace, mind and career. He quit his $130,000-a-year importing job, and, with his best friend, Andre Benguerel started Shopfenhshui.com. They brought feng shui expert Nancy Linebarier on board. Together, the three have launched a Web site where those in need of luck and good energy can arrange a home feng shui consultation or buy feng shui items, from paintings and vases to candles and soap. And that's just for now. In January, they plan to open a retail shop. Eventually, Gaskin says, it could be a chain. If he keeps hanging up his red (joy! luck! money!) mobiles, who knows what could happen? This weekend, the public will have a chance to buy feng shui at ``The Art of Feng Shui.'' The splashy three-day event at Belcher Studios Gallery will prominently feature Gaskin's paintings -- colorful abstract works inspired by the five Chinese elements and the principles of feng shui. Other art pieces that have earned Gaskin and associates' feng shui stamp of approval will also be for sale, along with the full range of items also available on the Web site. ``We're marketing an idea,'' he says. ``We're marketing interior therapy.'' The other participating artists -- most of whom have incorporated feng shui into their work without knowing it -- include glass artists Mark Rubnitz and Larry Kramer, ceramicist James Aarons and photographers Duane Cramer, Keith Liang and Scott Saraceno. Gaskin says feng shui art is an original idea. A quick search online reveals that others have put two and two and red together and come up with paintings bearing titles like ``Dragon's Breath'' and ``Golden Flow.'' But Irene Averell, who has been a Bay Area feng shui consultant for the last decade, says the idea of blending art and feng shui is intriguing. And it's new to her. ``I can see it generating interest . . . There might be something to it,'' she says. ``He's got a great idea -- harmony and life,'' says Dale T. Golden, Belcher Studios Gallery owner. ``The evening is exciting. It's my pleasure.'' Introduced to feng shui at a course in Carmel last year, Gaskin was an instant convert. ``It made sense,'' he says. He had been painting for 15 years, but before he felt like everything had been done, like he wasn't making a difference. Then feng shui came along. ``I thought, `Here's a way my art can affect someone's mood,' '' he says. ``It was like an epiphany. In one moment I was ashamed of all my previous artwork.'' He started painting with newfound zeal, employing lucky colors (red) and lucky numbers (eight for relationships, nine for completion). He used a Ba'Gua -- a feng shui map that divides spaces into eight pieces that correspond to different areas of life, from relationships and wealth to fame, wisdom and power -- and placed appropriate figures in the right corners. h Next, he attacked his apartment, clearing clutter and adding movement, sound, water, illumination, the right colors. A water fountain, a red tassel, coins in the money corner. In search of a relationship, he placed nightstands in his bedroom. Before, he says, visitors had no place to set down their belongings, their drinks. He wasn't inviting them in, he says. He added the red mobile, made some adjustments, and before long, the admirers came. Each one was cuter than the next, he says, snapping his fingers for emphasis. But it's possible to have too much of a good thing. Eventually he had to take down the mobile. ``It was too much good luck,'' he says. ``You have to be specific.'' He also started wearing only red or black (protection) when teaching aerobics classes, a job he still holds. Of course, Gaskin et al had to case out the Belcher Gallery and feng shui the joint. The columns were a problem because of the sharp corners -- ``It was almost like a dagger directed at you,'' he says. But they're going to hide the sharp edges with lights, maybe some plants. The bathroom at the gallery also presented a problem. It's in the wealth corner, and has the largest drain in the place. No worries though: Placing a mirror on the outside somehow tricks the bad energy. Everything is just coming to him, Gaskin says, as if by magic. That includes the exhibition sponsors and even the gallery space. (Gaskin says it was donated; the gallery owner says he offered for ``a small rental fee.'') Now Gaskin is pitching Shopfengshui.com to investors. Gaskin and Benguerel are using savings to mount the exhibition/ Web site/store. It's scary, but, Gaskin says, he feels in his bones that it will be worth it. ``There's a difference between knowing the path and walking it,'' he says, referring to the movie ``The Matrix'' to express the momentousness of what he is doing. ``Andre and I are walking it, and we will succeed.'' Belcher Studios Gallery, 69 Belcher St. The show continues noon-4 p.m. tomorrow-Sunday. Free. (800) 322-5038. San Francisco Examiner June 2000 It ain't easy being pretty: Find a trainer I'VE BEEN inspired. Maybe it was the stark contrast of my scrawny, pasty body against those stalwart physiques at the beach last weekend. Maybe it's the disturbing squeals from within as I consumed coffee (sweetened, with cream) and pastry this morning. Regardless, welcome to my Oprah moment. It's time to get fit! . . . Just let me take one more teensy-weensy bite of my apple fritter. I need help (in more ways than one), but in this case, succor must come in the form of a personal trainer, or PT. (They're not just for Hollywood's rich and famous anymore.) Desperate, I began by tootling around various gyms in The City to glean pointers on shopping for a good PT. Turns out, there's a lot more to consider than the reality quotient of a PT's fake-and-bake bronze. It's most important to keep in mind that you're doing the hiring. Interview each candidate as you would an employee. Don't be intimidated. They may have the body you want, but you have the cash they want. American Council on Exercise-certified PT/exercise specialist Lanie Lefkowitz (also our on-site Examiner Bay to Breakers training expert) suggests having these questions ready. Is the PT certified? "There are at least two main certifications: ACE and ACSM (American Council on Sports Medicine)," Lefkowitz says. ACSM requires trainers to take an intense examination, but only after earning a Bachelor of Science. Contact ACE (acefitness.org) or ACSM (acsm.org) to obtain a list of certified trainers in your area. How many years experience does the PT have? Find someone who has at least one year of experience and has kept current on fitness regimes. If they've been training for years, make sure they aren't burned out. You want to hire someone with enthusiasm and knowledge. Does the PT have an area of expertise? If you seek a trainer who specializes in weight reduction, don't hire an expert in iron-man training . . . yet. "If you have orthopedic concerns, such as lower-back problems, hip replacement or a bad knee - make sure your trainer has experience in a physical therapy setting," Lefkowitz says, "You may want to contact a physical therapy center for referrals." "Chemistry is key," Lefkowitz continues. Pay close attention to how the trainer responds to you, if her philosophy agrees with yours. Then ask yourself, "Is this a personality match?" This trainer will soon know everything about you - your comfort is most important. "If you're not a morning person, don't let a trainer talk you into a morning slot just because that's the only time available," Lefkowitz adds. Cecily Guest, Personal Training Manager at Crunch Fitness (1000 Van Ness Ave.) gives these suggestions: Evaluate your goals before you begin your search. "It's hard to look for a personal service without knowing what you want," Guest says. "It helps if you visit your doctor to get an evaluation first." Look for a PT who is well-rounded. "You may want to work out hard now, then modify your regimen later," she says. "Communication is key," says Guest. Find a PT who will push you, but listens when you say, 'Enough is enough' or 'Hey, I want more!' Very few PTs are qualified to give nutritional information. "Be careful," counsels Guest. "Seek a registered nutritionist, PTs aren't generally trained in this area. If they give you advice, check their qualifications." Maybe you want a specialist - Crunch Fitness has some available. If you're an athlete looking to increase your flexibility, ask about their active isolated stretch technicians. 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