Cyber Stalking and Beyond

Dear Friends,
We at the Galerie de Maubidea, wish to take a moment and thank you for your continued readership and support.

It comes as no revelation that the issue of Internet Stalking and Harassment as expressed in the article, Silent Manifesto (The Pathetic Yelpings of a Delusional Misogynist), has been of interest to so many...

A brief history . . .

On October 28, 2010, the total number of cross-post readers surpassed 46,000 viewings. As of Nov 14th, local readership has increased to 50,000 and continues to grow!

I am also very pleased about the acceptance of the “Talking Heads” dialogues, featuring ikye and Regina Queens. 

It is my sincerest hope that few of you will ever encounter the “bottom feeding scum” that manage to personally thrive from this type of criminal activity. Unlike other crimes, these acts of predation are perhaps the LOWEST form of illicit endeavors in our culture.

Speaking as a Stalking Victim to an envious admirer, we the public do have effective Legal Resources at our disposal.

Cyber Predators are quite simply, faceless cowards!

They hide behind scores of endless names and faux email addresses. They target the weak and the small… i.e. men, women and children who cannot defend themselves fairly.

As a side note, approximately “one in ten” Internet users will become the Victim of a Stalker at some point in their lifetime. Therefore, "it is in ones best interest to have a knowledge of the battle's terrain" . . . Sun Tzu

FYI

According to the FBI and Crime Victim Databases, Internet Stalkers are usually socially maladjusted and inept individuals. They are often emotionally immature and to no ones surprise, subject to feelings of powerlessness . . .

Stalker types have an inability to succeed in relationships by socially-acceptable means. They remain extremely insecure about themselves and suffer from acute, Low Self-Esteem. Equally noted, is the curious similarity between certain male Stalker behaviors and that of a jilted teenage girl.


The same can be said about making unreasonable demands on family members (spouse, children etc), while attempting to control every aspect of their lives via emotional blackmail, intimidation and possibly violence. These behaviors are often the source for their own self-worth and therefore crucial to the disorder(s) and the individual's parasitic nature. 

In the case of my own degenerate “slosh bag”, it appears to experience delusional episodes as well…

For your convenience, new articles and support links will be uploaded in the near future. If you would like to stay current, follow the article in the Village Voice, Arts and Entertainment Forum of backpage.com for updates. Thank you all...

Ron Maubidea - Artist in Residence

Fashion News: Stacie Richards

Fashionable corporate "Gal about Town" Stacie Richards, was caught Live by Fox News at a Giant's game in New York City. Besides having the perfect face for modeling Designer Eyewear... Ms Richards maybe better known as the lively, quick witted Hostess at Special Events.

Stacie is presently working freelance and can be contacted through Facebook for further booking info...

Stacie Richards, Facebook

Literary News: Readership Tops 135,000

We are pleased to announce that readership of Ron’s articles and satirical cartoons have surpassed 135,000 nationwide readers and continues to grow... 

The main articles, An Open Letter (a commentary on premature political forecasting) and Silent Manifesto (The Pathetic Yelpings of a Delusional Misogynist) remain the leading "5 Star Posts" in the Village Voice, Arts and Entertainment Forum of backpage.com   

Silent Manifesto... addresses the increasing phenomenon    of Internet Stalking, as it relates to the author's personal account as the unwitting victim of an envious admirer.

Although both articles address national and global issues, they are tastefully peppered with a curious series of articulate cartoons.

The dialogues cover a myriad of diverse themes which include (but not limited to)... social satire, homophobia, practical recipes, human rights and the inquisitive banter    of the two main contributors, ikye and Regina Queens.  

As the Art Director and script writer, Ron’s decade long experience as a Cable Television and Music Video Producer has once again been called into play...

Gallery image: Swamp People 

Cassandra Landau – Gallery Coordinator

Cynthia Crowe: Makeup and Illusion

The work of Ron Maubidea is uniquely contemporary... deeply rooted in the beauty of everyday life. His aesthetics are both simple and honest, but it is his passion for exploring the darker shades of emotion that remains of special note . . .

Leonore Cottant: SpaluxeTv, Paris
Just arrived in the Hundred Worlds of a proteiform artist...

Andrea Perry: Makeup Artist, London
Your colours tell the story of a shapeshifter on a journey of discovery. A mystery of simple moments, captured in multi facets the eye has the pleasure of unfolding...

                                                                                                                            

Collage… perhaps my earliest form of expression, has always played an integral part in the way I interpret events; 

and yet the matter of drawing two straight lines in succession... remains unattainable! 

Images and Collections (c) Ron Maubidea 2010

Cynthia Crowe: NYC 2010 (pop art-portraits)
Cynthia Crowe: NYC 2009 (the Feminine)
Eve in the Garden: 2003-4 (substream-new uploads)

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Like the Phoenix Rising…

After a recent celebration to commemorate the efforts of old friends, staff interns and artistic collaborators, it is once again an honor to see (metaphorically speaking) the banner of, Eminent Sound and Videoworks, Inc., hanging above my desk. 

I wish to thank the following people for allowing me the privilege to have served the Artist Community of New York City between the years, Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five - Nineteen Hundred Ninety-Four

As the Executive Director of the program, a special thank you to; Lucy Velvet-Production Coordinator, Angela Caponigro Dance Ensemble, American Festival of Microtonal Music, Hilly Kristal and CBGB, Trudy Schroeder at Bretton Hall, Important Record Distributors NY, Alternative Tentacles SF and to the many contributors who donated their time, thoughts and performances… Ron

As of recent...

Daniel E. Shapiro
First Deputy Secretary of State, NY State Department of State 2010

In the past...                                           

Robert Abrams: Attorney General, State of New York 1987
Howard Holt: Associate Attorney

Kenneth Shorter
Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York 1987

Thomas Sobol: Commissioner of Education 1987
Seth Reckmuller: Assistant Counsel

Katharine Rowe: Attorney
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts 1987

Transitory State of Irreversible Randomness

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator 

Automatist Digital Sculpture

Interview: Random Excerpts Part 2

Exclusive Publications: Facebook and Galerie de Maubidea Blog

Interview and content © 2010 Putain d’art All Rights Reserved

 

"Circumventing the Earth via the electronic media can at times be complicated and frustrating… more so, for those who have chosen to live off the grid. For many, the acceptance of an Industrialized Culture where standardized performance and narrow expectations trivialize fundamental aspects of an individual’s view of the world. 

With an unwavering dedication; formalization and traditionalism, the unquestionable cornerstones of consistence and inevitability continue to evolve. Regrettably, often resulting in a curative societal malaise for which there are few aesthetic remedies"

*You must be very excited about finally launching the website after a year of delays?

I am completely numb on that subject and a bit nervous sitting here, waiting to see the sample prints. If this new technology works out, then all of the hard work and research will have been worth it.

*What was the biggest obstacle that caused the delays?

The main problem was enlarging the artwork to poster and mural size. Many of these images were designed to be large prints, to impose their presence on the viewer. It would be like walking into a cathedral and being overwhelmed by the massive architecture etc.

*The Church of Maubidea?

At one point I considered selling the collection in smaller sized Giclee prints. Limiting the series to one or two sizes just to get them out to people who liked them was a big consideration. In doing that, retailers and designers may have viewed the collection as insufficient in range.

I couldn’t stand the thought of turning people away disappointed!

*Images such as, Confronting the Serpent and Vague Notion of Traditional Etiquette really lend themselves to the idea of a mural.

Absolutely, and the predominance of white as a base color will add a flexibility for Modern Interior Design. Those colors can also be reversed or customized for specific applications.

                                 Confronting the Serpent
                                                                             
*Are they paintings?

                        Vague Notion of Traditional Etiquette
                        
No… they’re sculptures. Serpent (In the Garden of Eden), started out as a blob of color. It was an attempt at shaping a minimalist theme in red for greater contrast. Once the expression and the mood of the caricature became apparent, the next stage was to sculpt the eye and then the form of a serpent.

*How much time do you spend on developing an image and do you usually have a theme in mind when a work begins?

Almost all of the Automatist Sculptures start with a blank canvas and that includes the idea of a theme. There may be a technical approach I wish to explore, like layering different colors before starting to sculpt. That way, different colors and shadings will emerge unexpectedly and possibly lead to another idea or a theme.

Serpent and Vague Notion were each finished in one seating. I can’t speak about the way other people may work but when I’m focused on a piece, the session could last many hours – even days before exhausting all possibilities and my energy as well.

*Do you generally work to the brink of exhaustion?

Definitely not as a rule but that depends. There is an image posted on the Gallery Blog (Happenstance and Feathers), that is part of an ADS (automatist digital sculpture) demonstration. That image began with a faded photograph. It had no theme on which to build but somehow knew there was one in there.

After working the image for a while; the concept was going nowhere, so I closed the file and walked away. About one year later in 2009, something popped into my head when looking at it and visualized what I couldn’t see when the work first began. Several hours later the piece was finished and titled.

*Both images are strikingly similar, were you working on them around the same time?

I think so… they both stand out differently style wise, but it wasn’t the first time I was working with basic forms. Fashion Faux Pas and Duchy of Limburg were done along the same lines and are actually two variations of the same theme.

Sometimes I forget that much of the work is only the foundation in building another stage in an ongoing project – another reason why many appear minimalist and oversimplified.

Gallery images...

Confronting the Serpent
Subtitle: In the Garden of Eden

Vague Notion of Traditional Etiquette
Modern Geisha: Hanamachi District, Kyoto Japan