An atypical bulletin! Tonight there will be an early reception for "Me, You, and Those Other Folks", a show of works by painters Nekisha Durrett, Ian Jehle, and A.B. Miner at Flashpoint Gallery, which is especially relevant to this humble weblog for a couple reasons: 1) I wrote about Miner in last week's City Paper, and 2) for the show, Jehle has made a portrait of me and my dog, Wreck. I was flattered to be asked to sit, and every hair stands on end in anticipation of seeing the finished piece tonight. Wreck currently seems unconcerned; he's a handsome guy, and has grown quite accustomed to the gaze of the other.
There's an early reception from 5 to 7 tonight. For whatever it's worth, I appear in the portrait sans glasses (for reasons better told off the blog!) and Wreck is wearing his pants (i.e., his collar).
UPDATE: Sorry! I can't put up an image of the portrait here. One, I don't have one, and I lost my camera—so sad. Regardless, Jehle's style is very light and reproduces well only with equipment better than mine (which is nothing at the moment).
Posted by Kriston at October 27, 2006 10:23 AMYou could draw an image of your drawing.
Posted by: philip at October 27, 2006 2:32 PMa bit gimmicky, but you fell for it so what the heck. anything to feed dc art "world" personalities. maybe he'll do a round two...whip them up Wiley styley.
Posted by: jorge at October 28, 2006 7:22 PMDude, when I was in DC last week I totally picked up a copy of the City Paper, forgetting that you write for it, and I was reading through and saw that A.B. Miner piece, and I was like "hey!!! KRISTON CAPPS!" I was really excited. My friend was confused.
Posted by: m. leblanc at October 30, 2006 12:00 AMJorge: Don't let your impressions of me spoil Jehle's work for you. If he did go Wiley with it, should he do it a la Kehinde or Bill?
Posted by: Kriston at November 1, 2006 1:39 PM
