More info over on Hairy Sloth Records, including links to all the artists, promoters, the venue, a map, etc..

Through the Eyes, Ears, and Mind of Matthew Gar Bailey
More info over on Hairy Sloth Records, including links to all the artists, promoters, the venue, a map, etc..

Below is a recent video posted by the American artist: DAAS - by way of Osaka, Japan. Doing some pretty damn smooth live pigment applicating to the wonderful sounds of Hairy Sloth recording artist: A_Scissors. The Track is entitled: “Frogs, Snakes, & Lizards” and is available for free download over at Hairy Sloth Records right now.
Double yay!!. -both of these artist are not only completely awesome at what they do, but are both super high quality human beings, and above all else.. true friends of mine.

So this is a painting I have been w3rking on for the past 2 weeks. At first I wasn’t so keen on it, but after w3rking it and then rew3rking it for a few sessions.. the painting did eventually begin to grow on me. Tis odd how sometimes the pieces of aRt that start out kinda crummy-looking can end up being some of my better artw3rk in the end. -The ol’ ugly duckling which grows into the swan scenario.
So do ya wanna see a little bit of ol’ Gar B. in action?.. well peep this video here and get a tiny peek into my w3rld of shamanic pigment combustion!
Iin other decent news: I’ve been feeling pretty inspired artistically, w3rking hard almost everyday, & doing some quality painting as of late. So keep yer eyes peeled and I’ll surely try to get some more stuff posted here for everybody to view and absorb.
Much LOve To All - Gar BaiLey


On Thursday night, January 29th, 2009…
2 artists and friends completed a monumentally cool, 8ft wide mural in a span of roughly 4 hours. The American Neo-Surrealist painter by way of Osaka, Japan named: DAAS and myself..
the Neo-Dada Maximalist uberstar - Gar Bailey layed down the pigmented law in front the local patrons of Caffe daVinci in historical downtown Deland, FLorida.



*Click on photos for LARGER views.
You can find a decent amount of photos of the completed painting and the artists involved over here:
www.flickr.com/photos/garbailey/sets/72157613365842810/detail
Look for more photos to be added to the set in the near future. As well as an eventual time-lapsed video of the painting process to be released via youtube.
w3rd - gaR
That’s right campers.. This utter rarity of occurrence, and real-time synergistic creative act is going on Thursday Night / January 29th, 2009 from about 8PM - 12AM ish at Caffe daVinci’s in Deland, Florida.
The American painter by way of Osaka, Japan called DAAS is only on this side of the great orb for a short bit per annual planetary orbit. -So he and myself planned on making the most of it, and we’ve put together an ample-sized 8ft x 4ft masonite surface to paint on in front of all who wish to see. This surface is firmly attached to a wooden framed backing, and is smoother than a baby’s backside. We may also be enlarging video’d close-ups of us painting, through a projector for a greater cerebral and ocular enjoyment. The finished w3rk will also be put up for sale upon completion or at a later date/group show in the daVinci’s gallery.
And so now it’s on like Donkey Kong! Please come check out what is sure to be a highly memorable evening and surely a one of a kind piece of artw3rk. Which is going to come to life right before your eyes by two of the most talented contemporary painters to ever come out of the sunshine state. I’ll also be DJing stellar tunes and grooves to paint, chill, and party to all evening long. I’ve got an extra tasty playlist cue’d up especially for this one! Get it on baby!..
-> DAAS and GAR’s 2009 Live Painting Bonanza of Human Expression.
Don’t look back and say you missed this live painting event, if you have the opportunity to be there.
It’s gonna be sick.
Peace.
PS - *Click on flyer for larger view.
One of the most ambitious urban animation/ graffiti projeKts I have ever seen. South American aRtist sensation offers us “MUTO“. Painted and Photographed over a period of weeks, with much of his w3rk getting painted over as he went along. Like in life, one thing leads to another. One wave washes over the next. Everything is born, Everything dies.
Long live the genius of BLU . Cheers mate.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
*And props to to my step-bro Jesse Bassett for the tip.
This was piece entitled “New Year’s Eve 2002“, that I completed in one sitting. Over the course of an evening during a New Years’s Party for some of the Orlando Cirque du Soleil performers. DJ Bent Lee was also man’ing the vinyl rotation decks that nite, and he ending up purchasing this piece from me for an undisclosed sum of money afterwards. (Thanx buddy, and I hope NC treats you well my friend.)
Medium: Oil, Acrylic, & Oil Stick on Canvas
Size: Approximately - 2 ft. x 5 ft.

Detail 01

Detail 02

Mr. Lee Miller and his piece of gART

Performances by:
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==> My Big Screen - ( Pan/Dos’s brand new Dance Rock Club Glitch Project from Sanford, FL with additional video screens and a Live Synth Player. )
*Video and Music by Pan/Dos - entitled: “Br Y Double“
*Video and Music by Pan/Dos - entitled: “Crunk Rap”
==> Dr. XnLB - ( Effectual Soft-Wearing Productionism meets Real-Time CoHabitation, Manipulation, and De-Categorization through the Fussion of Audiotory Fission. )
- Fresh off of a stellar NoPhest performance in Atlanta. The Doktor is in, and has plenty of new musical remedies for your over formatted brain cavities. Xenlab w3rks out of Orlando, FL.
*So how about 3 fresh Dr.XnLb Tracks to get the eustachionic buds moist in the mean time? Gotta love free MP3 Downloads.
(Thanx 4 sharing XnLb)
==> Paul Wall’s Teeth - ( Subliminal AbstraKt’d Human Beat-Boxing with Synthesition from Apopka, FL. )
*Video of Paul Wall’s Teeth - Live at the Gramma Party Make-Up Show. Uncle Lou’s of Orlando, Florida in Dec. 2007. Video by Joshua Rodgers of Broken Machine Films.
==> Gar BaiLey - Also on the bill for “visual” contributions, I will be completing a 4-5 foot abstraKt’d, maximalist painting through the course of the evening somewhere near the festivities on the beer garden stage. (barring precipitation of course) So if you’ve ever wondered how eYe get it done & down on canvas, I am gonna lay down a mega-bad-ass piece of aRtw3rk for the occasion. Come sEE and hEAR 4 yersELF.
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The Venue:
Caffe DaVinci
Phone: 386-736-4646
Address: 112 West Georgia Avenue - Deland, Florida 32720
Cost: 5$
Time: 10PM
knuckles, hugs, kisses, & salutations - gaR
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