Ouija Board art show

Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica is hosting a show of ouija boards and ouija-inspired work by more than a dozen Pop Surrealist artists. "Talking Board Show" includes spooky-beautiful pieces by the likes of David Stoupakis, Carrie Ann Baade, and Meats Meier. Seen here at very top, Christopher Owen's "Goober's Ghost Chasing Kit," and, above, Travis Louie's interpretation of the Ouija. The show runs through Halloween and all of the art is also viewable online. Link

[#1 posted by liquis , October 24, 2007 12:46 AM]

funny related comic

http://pbfcomics.com/archive/PBF220-Passed_On.jpg

[#2 posted by arnold , October 24, 2007 6:42 AM]

Why doesn't this ouija board have the letter "K"??

[#3 posted by franko , October 24, 2007 6:46 AM]

omg, i love these. i particularly love the one on the last page, and the one with the crow's skull as the planchette.

[#4 posted by reviewstew , October 24, 2007 8:05 AM]

Excellent! And do you already know Ken Goldberg's online ouija board, that's part of the Berkeley Art Museum?

http://ouija.berkeley.edu/

[#5 posted by License Farm , October 24, 2007 8:27 AM]

Two items of related interest:

* First, there should be a link to the story about the "O RLY?" owl photographer nastygramming Jeffrey Rowland for his Internet Ouija Mouspads; and

* my college friend Sarah Becan produces wonderful minicomics illustrating transcripts of ouija sessions she and her brother have performed, some sweet, some silly (some ghosts have a sense of humor, it seems), and one very, very chilling.

[#6 posted by David Pescovitz , October 24, 2007 8:40 AM]

@Reviewstew (#4), Yes! Ken is a dear friend of ours. If you search BB for his name, you'll come up with lots of posts. I had forgotten about his Ouija project!

[#7 posted by 5000! , October 24, 2007 10:06 AM]

Also worth mentioning are the monster-themed shows running concurrently in Copro Nason's primary space (especially Isabel Samaras!):

Isabel Samaras
http://www.copronason.com/samarasweb/index.html

Pooch
http://www.copronason.com/poochweb2/index.html

XNO
http://www.copronason.com/xnoweb/index.html

[#8 posted by reviewstew , October 26, 2007 12:56 PM]

And not to beat a dead horse here, but Ken Goldberg's ouija piece has been "remixed" as a new digital artwork. The show opens tonight at the Berkeely Art Museum:

http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/ripmixburn