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		<title>moca: first 30 years, and root beer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
i suppose it&#8217;s pointless to complain about how hard it is to get a decent photo of a piece of art inside a museum, especially a museum with such drab, yellow lighting (not to mention using a cheap point and shoot canon, but oh well).  art, like sex, is best experienced on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2010/01/16/moca-first-30-years-and-root-beer/</link>
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		<title>4th trip to the mecca &#8211; NYC in summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mid august*.  summer in nyc.  yes it&#8217;s hot, yes it&#8217;s humid.  but it&#8217;s also beautiful.  the trees are vibrant green, the sky&#8217;s are electric blue, and the clouds are radiant white.

i decided to go straight to the moma from jfk since it&#8217;s free on friday nights (my plane landed at 330). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2010/01/04/4th-trip-to-the-mecca-nyc-in-summer/</link>
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		<title>Exit Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[oh my dear blog, how i&#8217;ve neglected you.  i know you forgive me.
let&#8217;s see, what&#8217;s happened since august?  well, one thing is that i sold this piece!
&#8220;Exit Perspective&#8221; &#8211; 96&#8243; x 18&#8243;, spray paint on steel
  
notice the back color.  that violet gave the piece a good color-bounce-shadow that was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2010/01/04/exit-perspective/</link>
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		<title>metropolitan moderne &#8211; solo show 8/08/09</title>
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you&#8217;d never think that an offer for a solo show would come from a stranger who just happened to find you on the internet.  however, that&#8217;s how this show came about, and i&#8217;m very happy how it all turned out.
i created 3 new paintings for this show (one of them even sold at the opening).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2009/08/30/metropolitan-moderne-solo-show-80809/</link>
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		<title>glashaus open studios &#8211; 7/18/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[some highlights








for larger versions and many more photos from that night, click here to go to my flickr 
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		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2009/08/30/glashaus-open-studios-71809/</link>
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		<title>post show sneek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[arrow deco club chair nestled in the curved glass facade of objct gallery.

it&#8217;s late.  i&#8217;ve got to go to the airport in about 4 hours.  NYC, the frank lloyd wright show at the guggenheim, and the francis bacon show at the met await my arrival.  as soon as i return i&#8217;ll share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2009/08/14/post-show-sneek/</link>
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		<title>OBJCT Gallery in Pomona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW SHOW THIS SATURDAY THE 8th AT OBJCT GALLERY IN POMONA!

yes, pomona.  i&#8217;d never been their either, but it&#8217;s quite a nice little city about 30 minutes east of LA.  if you live near, or if you&#8217;re down to make the trek, this is going to be a good show.  i&#8217;m going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2009/08/04/objct-gallery-in-pomona/</link>
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		<title>ArrowDeco form no.1 &#8211; a sculpture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[when i was asked to participate in the new show for Quint Contemporary Art (Homing In), a show which required a piece with size limitations (no larger than 2 feet wide), i didn&#8217;t have anything ready to go.  i usually try and have a new piece for every show, but i didn&#8217;t get much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2009/07/04/arrowdeco-form-no1-a-sculpture/</link>
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		<title>mural commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;ve yet to get shots of this piece installed, but here it is outside of my studio just after completion.

spray paint on three 4&#8242; X 8&#8242; aluminum panels.  they&#8217;re installed on a backyard fence next to a pool, with about as much separation in between them as you see here.
i didn&#8217;t get paid much, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/2009/07/04/mural-commission/</link>
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		<title>Huge crowd shows up to Quint Gallery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[when you have an art show displaying 50 artists from the same town, you get a shitload of people at the opening.
outside:

streaming in:

looking in:

looking out:

and when you&#8217;re the only artist out of fifty, who&#8217;s pieces were at eye level, to hang your piece 8 feet off the ground, nobody thinks to look up and see [...]]]></description>
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