THE SHIRT

The first T-shirt. Ask and we will make one for you to buy: custom made for you. Vintage: WASHED AT CAROUSEL LAUNDRY: located in DETROIT

The Height of Minamalism

what can be said? minamalisim at its best:

Making some thing?

the start of "Bubble Heads"...

DJ I-GOLDIE

we are a futile kind yeah yeah, we have paint brushes in our pockets and turpentine in our minds.

the tune un-known

If you do not work....

the reign of terror 1789

home box

Studio wall: 2006 "aged brick"

MEXICO

An Introduction to an Introduction. cans of beans and piles of cheese you made we due thank you: A.M.W. 3 and 4 done. names TN, lovely anti-lovely, 4 o'clock, what I was taught in kindergarten, how to count chickens, shantie town and how to draw a mouth, a house and a fish.

In the Beginning

yeah, this is the start of out first painting after layers of talking...

Wood Splinter

Our paintings have their back to us. The first step is to get to know your painting. --FORT 2006

ROTHKO

WHAT UP? so here/hear is the early days of painting. Yeah, well, umm not so detailed, but a painting.

COUNTING ART VENUES

Today and yesterday have been giant flyer missions. We are scrambling to let 5,000 people and their friends "know" about FORT. We ordered from Miami Flyers the quality of the printing was better than imagined so we were excstatic. We recieved our 4x6" postcards with a week to go before the show so, we have a LOT to do. We will see how the flyering effort will pan out.
We ran into our neighboor Carl outside the 555 Gallery and found out they are having a film festival on the same night of the opening. This is good because there will be a crowd at 555 but it also means a lack of parking for our lovely guests, who we will have to send to U.S. Auto across the street.
Also going on in Detroit this coming weekend is the Hamtramck Blowout which will bring music appreciators to the D. FORT once apun a time (1998) went there. But there was ice on the ground and our fake id's were not good enough, when you look 13 you look 13. Braces and pig tails, broken knees from soccer and sailor coats that are too big (this look will never get you any where even if you are 18 or 21).
Yesterday while flyering up and down the streets of Ann Arbor MI. we stumbled into The Gallery Project, they currently have a show up called:Beauty/Sublime/Intensity. (Questionable) The show is a mesh of sculpture, painting, and mixed media art which focuses on innovative uses of materials. Tons of eye candy. The Ann Arbor Art Center has a show called Drawing into painting. The materials were well used and the content was basic colorful abstractions.
More Flyer Adventures on the campus of Wayne State, U of M, and beyond to come..."that's all folks"--porky pig

FORT=ART AND MIND

FORT shuffling around the internet and looking at contemporary art sites, here is an art and tech site http://www.rhizome.org/

PAINTING ONE

ONE, TWO, THREE. DIMENSIONS 9'X9'

PAINTING TWO, THREE, AND FOUR

JG working on almost completed "Cityman." IG in front of paintings in progress: "Looking up/Anti-Lovely (based on actual events)" on the left, and "Looking down/Anti-Lovely (based on actual events)" on the right.
JG working on "Cityman", completed 2/24.
The dimensions of "Cityman" are 12'x6', the medium is oil, acrylic, foam, and latex on luon.

MORE HOT FORT PICKS

FORT headquarters, JG, and two lovely paintings with a first coat of paint on.

Thank you to Ron of Creative Coatings.

These two paintings are called Looking up/anti-Lovely and Looking down/Lovely (based on actual events).





JG wearing FORT gear. Thanks to Ben Winter.

Welcome to FORT. Come on in, cup of coffee?

To your left you see the first layer of our fifth painting which is entitled, "Bubbleheads."

On the right is our first painting entitled "Five of One."

Straight ahead is our palette, and behind that is a rolly-bench, next to the rolly-bench is a tablesaw, and behind that is our second painting called "City man."

FORT flyers and t-shirts

FORT users! The event is nearing. We have much gratitude to everyone who has put effort into the endeavors of FORT. We would like to thank: miamiflyers for the "on-time" arrival.
Ben winter: Master screenprinter, Art: for talking with us about what he saw, Oscar: for the Art, the Beer and the Music. Irene Grace for editing our spelling.

FORT

FORT: GERMANY, FORT: TAKE IT EASY, FORT: MELVINDALE, FORT: WRITE IT DOWN, FORT: BE OBSCENE, FORT: YOU ARE AN IDIOT, FORT: STOP BEIGN SO FUCKING SELF RIGHTEOUS, FORT: BLESS YOU, FORT: YOU GET SAD, FORT: EXISTENTIAL SUFFERING, FORT: DTW, FORT: OH MAN, FORT: GO TAKE A PEER, FORT: THINKING OF YOU, FORT: THINKING IN ADVANCE, FORT: GET A FUCKING LIFE, FORT: FOUND ON ROAD TOGEATHER, FORT: TAKE CHANCES, FORT: WHO ISSSS YOU?, FORT: NON-HIERARCHICAL, FORT: FRIEND OUR ROTTEN TIGER, FORT: FULFILLING OUR RECKLACE THOUGHTS, FORT: FIND OUR REAL TEETH, FORT: I CAN SMILE ABOUT IT NOW BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS TERRIBLE, FORT: PUT YOUR COFFEE DOWN, FORT: KILL YOUR EVERYTHING, FORT: WHAT YOU DO, BUT BETTER, FORT: HANGING OUT WITH PEOPLE IS STUPID, FORT: THROW IT OUT, FORT: GOOD ACCIDENT, FORT: STUCK AT HOME, FORT: PARTY OF ONE, FORT: WE DO NOT DELIVER, FORT:I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT IT, FORT: SMILE LESS MEAN IT MORE, FORT: DON’T LAUGH WHEN IT’S NOT FUNNY, FORT: SAY NO MORE THAN YES, FORT: TOTAL MINDFUCK, FORT: KEEP YOUR EYES IN YOUR HEAD, FORT: GIVE IT AWAY, FORT: WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, FORT: WILL MAKE IT BETTER, FORT: WORK HARD ON WHAT MATTERS, FORT: YOU DON’T MATTER