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New piece: “taylorswift: Look what happened :)”

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:46:47 +0000

“taylorswift: Look what happened “. oil on panel. 18 x 18. © Elizabeth Grammaticas 2013.

More Taylor, more Instagram, and How to Meet a Movie Star circa 1948

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:11:19 +0000

I have officially gone down a black hole of Taylor Swift research and it looks like I am not coming out until I have a gallery show full of it, or two. Stay tuned for more including paintings, the Experimental Taylor Swift Cover Band (featuring songs about death), Edible Taylor Swift cake, glitter guitars, a new performance artist partner in crime, and maybe James Franco.

Below is the latest studio progress on the painting front.

More also to come…on why I am thinking so hard about Taylor Swift. In the meantime—in case you’re not following James Franco and Me (which you should), I transcribed a fabulous article over there from a 1948 issue of Motion Picture Magazine on how to meet celebs.

(Also R.I.P Deanna Durbin)

Application to be Taylor Swift’s Cat-Sitter.

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:56:51 +0000

Application to be Taylor Swift’s Cat-Sitter.

I am working on a show, and I am pretty excited about it. It’s all about Taylor Swift, really. It’s going to include things like this, applications to pet-sit her cat written by good friend Rachel Corbman and myself. We are clearly going to get the job.

taylorswift: cat lady.

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:16:30 +0000

‘tayorswift: cat lady.’. Oil on panel. 20 x 20 © Elizabeth Grammaticas 2013

New Instagram Painting via Zooey Deschanel’s Instagram

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:21:17 +0000

zooeydeschanel: Here I am with the awesome Parkey Posey” Oil on panel. 20 x 20. © Elizabeth Grammaticas 2013.

I am not a huge Zooey Deschanel fan despite that she does possess vintage outfits I admit to be envious about, and she seems decently intelligent. She tends to be a bit much for me, but her instagram is decent enough. If you enjoy celebrities with vegetable gardens, silly faces, and cool friends-its the one for you. Here is my latest painting from my instagram series.

Flashback. Jimmy Fallon and Me.

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:59:36 +0000

“Jimmy Fallon”. 2002 or 2003. Acrylic on Canvas. Probably 3×4.

New post over at James Franco and Me on the beginning of my relationship with celebrity and art.

James Franco and Me at the Strand

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:40:29 +0000

2012, Oil on paper. © Elizabeth Grammaticas

James Franco and Me at the Strand

New post over at my tumblr, James Franco and Me

Participating In Calicornucopia Holiday Art Show

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:34:13 +0000

My recent piece ‘taylorswift : my two new friends!!! I had so much fun tonight!” will be on sale at an art-budget friendly price for the holidays at Calicornucopia!

Celebrity Instagrams and Less Instant Paintings.

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:50:22 +0000

So semi-recently joined the instagram bandwagon…and more recently got an iphone which some how makes instagram so much more addictive. I admit, I have fallen for all it’s filtered glory. THEN I discovered celebrity instagrams…which felt more strange to me than I had expected. Sure, we are in an era where celebrities can directly connect with their fans pretty much constantly and we are all able to over-share, but there’s something about celebrities taking self-portraits, and filtering them that’s in a whole other ballpark. It partly reminds me of Marilyn Monroe famously ruining photographers photos by markering up the negatives and destroying them so she could have control….and that control feels in a similar vein to celebrities sharing their own photos..

A photo Marilyn Monroe destroyed from her Bert Stern sitting.

On the other hand, these celebrities are often TAKING their own photos…and it’s in the surreal world of photos of them on planes and cabs, hair and make up, looking tired, looking fabulous. baking…and they want you to know all about it…and through a variety of preset filters. They can make themselves glow more in sunlight or look more vintage. They also can just have assistants and friends take all the photos too and then caption them.

I. Love. It.
Carly Rae Jepsen’s is one of my particular favorite accounts to follow. It’s completely juxtaposed between her at sold out massive concerts and meeting all sorts of famous people..to…what the most common of instagram photos are. New make up. food. pretty places. cell phone mirror shots…and then getting a gazillion ‘likes’.

My iphone and Carly Rae Jepsen’s instagram

I meant to just spit out a few paintings on the subject matter, but based on my level of fascination and lack of ability to narrow down which photos I want to work from, I think a series is coming on.

Here is the first, based on a photo from Taylor Swifts’ account.

“taylorswift: My two new friends!!!!! I had so much fun tonight!”. Oil and Acrylic on Panel. 2012

ps. the captions are my favorite.

New post over at James Franco and Me.

Elizabeth Grammaticas — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:42:09 +0000

I will be using this blog for more than cross-posts in the near future, but for now there’s a new post up over at my side-project, James Franco and Me. Dressing up to sit in the dark: On my first week in NYC and NYFF.