tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post3705220122159715755..comments2024-03-28T13:34:12.139-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: MEET BOB & BOBDavid Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-84246178722715748182023-05-20T16:54:46.825-04:002023-05-20T16:54:46.825-04:00If I’m not mistaken, Bob and Bob once did a perfor...If I’m not mistaken, Bob and Bob once did a performance at a high-end L.A. restaurant. They dressed up, ordered lavishly, then couldn’t pay the bill. “I don’t have any money, do you?” “No, I don’t have any money do you?” “No, I don’t have any money, do you?” Around and around until the management finally pitched them out front door. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-82782024300970902512016-09-20T22:12:04.557-04:002016-09-20T22:12:04.557-04:00Bob & Bob are GREAT! They were groundbreaking ...Bob & Bob are GREAT! They were groundbreaking innovators in American Art and widely regarded as important pioneers in Los Angeles' seminal Performance Art world. <br /><br />Bob & Bob began their multi media work in 1974 while attending the Art Center College in Los Angeles. For the next 10 years, they worked almost exclusively as an Art Team, producing drawings, paintings, sculptures, performances, happenings, short films, songs and artist books.<br /><br />In 2006 they were included in Paris' Pompidou Centre's "Los Angeles: Birth of an Art Capital", and in 2011, Bob & Bob's work was featured in several exhibitions initiated by the Getty Museum's "Pacific Standard Time" including the Museum of Contemporary Art's "Under the Big Black Sun" and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions' survey of California Performance Art.<br /><br />Bob & Bob have also shown at Berkeley Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Walker Art Center, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and the Kitchen in NYC. <br /><br />Bob & Bob's songs and audio pieces have been produced by PolyGram/Polydor Records, High Performance Records, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Art Institute. Their groundbreaking films and videos have been featured in film and video festivals and widely broadcast nationwide and abroad.<br /><br />In 1980, Astro Artz published "Bob & Bob: The First Five Years" by Linda Frye Burnham with a forward by Llyn Foulkes , and in 1986 Otis/Parson presented a survey exhibition curated by Adolpho Nodal with catalog notes by Kristine McKenna and Peter Frank.<br /><br />Bob & Bob are currently working on a new series of drawings celebrating their 40th anniversary of "making art that makes sense"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-51854232921390096192016-09-20T22:01:50.201-04:002016-09-20T22:01:50.201-04:00Bob & Bob are GREAT! They were groundbreaking ...Bob & Bob are GREAT! They were groundbreaking innovators in American Art and widely regarded as important pioneers in Los Angeles' seminal Performance Art world. <br /><br />Bob & Bob began their multi media work in 1974 while attending the Art Center College in Los Angeles. For the next 10 years, they worked almost exclusively as an Art Team, producing drawings, paintings, sculptures, performances, happenings, short films, songs and artist books.<br /><br />In 2006 they were included in Paris' Pompidou Centre's "Los Angeles: Birth of an Art Capital", and in 2011, Bob & Bob's work was featured in several exhibitions initiated by the Getty Museum's "Pacific Standard Time" including the Museum of Contemporary Art's "Under the Big Black Sun" and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions' survey of California Performance Art.<br /><br />Bob & Bob have also shown at Berkeley Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Walker Art Center, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and the Kitchen in NYC. <br /><br />Bob & Bob's songs and audio pieces have been produced by PolyGram/Polydor Records, High Performance Records, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Art Institute. Their groundbreaking films and videos have been featured in film and video festivals and widely broadcast nationwide and abroad.<br /><br />In 1980, Astro Artz published "Bob & Bob: The First Five Years" by Linda Frye Burnham with a forward by Llyn Foulkes , and in 1986 Otis/Parson presented a survey exhibition curated by Adolpho Nodal with catalog notes by Kristine McKenna and Peter Frank.<br /><br />Bob & Bob are currently working on a new series of drawings celebrating their 40th anniversary of "making art that makes sense"!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-71864433576861499562013-07-15T18:59:27.715-04:002013-07-15T18:59:27.715-04:00The second one is the funniest to me.The second one is the funniest to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01756449402523438717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-20426784220826876202009-09-23T00:46:12.008-04:002009-09-23T00:46:12.008-04:00i have an original bob and bob think sex is stupid...i have an original bob and bob think sex is stupid signed painting. what do you think it is worth?<br />mtoberman@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-56260589636955033452008-06-27T23:22:00.000-04:002008-06-27T23:22:00.000-04:00These are mesmerizingly awesome. I immediately che...These are mesmerizingly awesome. I immediately checked ebay to see if I could somehow get my filthy hands on an original. Unfortunately Bob & Bob is not that search engine friendly...Ebbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682255926201937315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-55189250639773319842007-04-27T12:28:00.000-04:002007-04-27T12:28:00.000-04:00Mesmerizing. Seem to look into the souls of the me...Mesmerizing. Seem to look into the souls of the men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-59970441515579454182007-04-11T13:56:00.000-04:002007-04-11T13:56:00.000-04:00These drawings killed me!(*in a good way)I'm alway...These drawings killed me!(*in a good way)<BR/><BR/>I'm always finding interesting posts here.. Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-45233981515541616892007-03-25T20:06:00.000-04:002007-03-25T20:06:00.000-04:00Rafiore-- hard work?? This is a frolic for me. ...Rafiore-- hard work?? This is a frolic for me. I promise you, it's harder work for you to read these things than it is for me to write them. Thanks for reading!David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-39448928553277036032007-03-24T11:19:00.000-04:002007-03-24T11:19:00.000-04:00Another great post. Thanks for all the hard work!Another great post. Thanks for all the hard work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com