Mission Mission

Check it out! Public Works in a couple weeks is throwing a party devoted to the Mission. Several of your favorite DJs will be there (Yo, Primo!), along with good food and drink, and a fashion show. And it’s eight hours long!

Mission United
“A party celebrating all things Mission”..

For $5 admission, FREE FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS (between 8pm and 10pm) click attending on this page!

Public Works presents an 8 hour event celebrating our melting-pot neighborhood, San Francisco’s Mission district. Cherry-picking some of the best in music, performance, art, fashion and food. Mission United brings the sights and sounds of our favorite hood under one roof.

Proceeds of the event to benefit:
SF General Hospital // SF General’s Dr. Rick
Psychiatric Department Volunteer & Rehab Services
Root Division — http://www.rootdivision.org/
SFSmiles — http://sfsmiles.org/

What’s more, we’re giving away free tickets. They say they’re celebrating “all things Mission,” so peruse the lineup and leave a comment below letting them know if they’ve forgotten anything key. The two best suggestions (as judged by us based on merit) will win a pair of tickets each. Contest ends Monday at 5pm.

See the full lineup, RSVP and invite your friends via the event’s official Facebook page.

Open Space interviews Russian artist Anna Parkina, who appears at SF MoMA on Thursday evening as part of Noise Pop 2011:

Do you collect anything?

No. I have nothing to say about it. I don’t collect anything. Sorry.

[...]

What’s your favorite tool? Why?

I like tape. I very much like different kinds of tapes. I like glue, I like paper, and scissors.

What should I be asking you?

I’m Russian and when I go to another country, usually they ask me some questions about Russia and Russian politics and I’m surprised when it doesn’t happen this way. I would expect you to ask me this question.

Do you want to answer that question?

No.

Read on. Do read on.

Event info here. RSVP and invite your friends here.

There is hope for humanity after all! Andrea sent us an update on the naked lady painting that was jacked from the Homestead last week:

Through our special bartending investigative methods, we were able to contact the guilty party who had rented the room that Monday night. After a few days, the painting was returned via messenger. We’re happy to have her back and will be taking further methods to assure that all the naked ladies in the bar are permanently secured to the walls. The woman who stole it has been permanently 86′d.

Hear that? Per the new policy, if you’re a lady and you plan on being naked at Homestead, you will be permanently secured to the wall. Keep your clothes on.

You guys remember this from last spring right? Our post was called Paper Mission. She was all, “I’m Chloe, I’m French.” And we were all, “Nice paper art!”

Well, tonight Chloe Fleury has an opening at the Curiosity Shoppe (pictured — in paper — below). Go there if you want to see some paper in the flesh!

Gorgeous, right?

Now take a look at its skeleton:

Primo sure is multitalented! Keep an eye on his Flickr stream if you want lots more eyefuls of good stuff.

Badass!!

It’s part of a show up now at Guerrero Gallery, and Hi-Fructose just published an interview with artist Hilary Pecis:

I used to make collages from cutting and pasting images, mostly from fashion and decorating magazines. However, the material started to feel extremely limiting in the images I could find, and the magazines themselves were dwindleing in size.  I decided to fool around with Photoshop and the Internet, and began making the digital collages that were featured in the Guerrero Gallery exhibition.  All of the images come from Google searches.  There are sites that I like such as WikiCommons, but I never start there…It is more fun to see what pops up.  The most important part of my searching is in finding large files, and Google has mastered that by separating and delivering  images that fit with my specifications.  I feel like a spokesperson for Google, but really, if a better search engine presented itself I would use it.

Read on, and don’t forget to go to the gallery and see this piece and lots more in person.

Not cool. Andrea from Homestead sends us this:

Unfortunately, earlier this week, the Homestead bar lost one of their naked ladies. If you’ve been in the bar, there’s no way that you’ve missed out on the classy decor. These paintings are done by the artist Larry “Vincent” Garrison. The one that was stolen usually lives in the back room, which is mostly for private parties, but has been known to host a crasher or twenty. If you can put this out there, we’d really like to have her back. She is a staple of our establishment.  We do not have an exact picture of the painting that was stolen, but I send this one as an example. It’s the same lady and the same style, but she is sitting down. Thanks for any help you can offer! P.S. No questions asked.

If you see a painting of this babe in some jerk’s apartment, seize it in the name of Homestead. Sure, it will be a pretty awkward bus ride home, but Homestead and all it’s “art appreciating” patrons will thank you later.

Sorry for the second NSFW this weekend, but at least this one is for a good cause.

P.S. Does anyone have a picture of the real painting from the back room? Send it our way and we’ll add it to the post.

Update:

Here’s the painting in question along with a doppleganger. Thanks, Iris!

Jen Oaks announced yesterday that she’s hard at work on a 2012 “fat babe” calendar. Looks like my Christmas shopping is done.

(The fat babe above is likely Miss March.)

Previously:

Tubby Hottie

Glorious, right? So Much Pileup found this illustration in some old magazine. Now can we get it on a t-shirt?

New York looks pretty good too:

Read on for Chicago and New Orleans, and the whole story.

[via Glitter for Breakfast]