{"id":26866,"date":"2016-09-30T21:59:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=26866"},"modified":"2016-10-01T07:38:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T14:38:40","slug":"ancient-art-and-potholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/30\/ancient-art-and-potholes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ancient art &#8230; and potholes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26867\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor1.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor1\" width=\"584\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor1-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4710300\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ancient art meets the mean streets of Chicago&#8230; well, the potholes anyway. Artist\/designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Bachor<\/a> and I are talking about his gorgeous mosaic work, his 85 year old lookout, the fact that people are <em>truly<\/em> awesome, and me possibly dressing up as Jim for Halloween. You can listen right up there under that glass &#8216;n\u00a0marble ice cream sandwich,\u00a0or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First up, &#8220;THIS IS NOT A POTHOLE anymore&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26868\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor2.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor2\" width=\"584\" height=\"1883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor2-93x300.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor2-318x1024.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, it isn&#8217;t! It&#8217;s an amazing piece of art that I would love to happen upon while out for a walk! Yep, Jim&#8217;s ice creams are my faves, of course, and we&#8217;ll get back to them in just a moment. But first, here are the portraits of his twin boys\u00a0<em>(Henry and Ajax)<\/em>, along with two other portraits. If one piece of glass doesn&#8217;t transfer, these very detailed faces can end up looking really weird. Luckily all of these beauties worked out just fine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/portfolio-c1hkj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26869\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor3.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor3\" width=\"584\" height=\"1886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor3-93x300.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor3-317x1024.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow. Also, I love that he&#8217;s using this ancient technique to make Starbucks cups and cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>So. This is it. Jim&#8217;s very first pothole, naturally titled &#8220;POTHOLE&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26870\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor4.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor4\" width=\"584\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor4-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, yes, art born from necessity. If the city won&#8217;t fill the pothole in front of your house, just fill it with art!<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was a little bit scared of getting in trouble for the pothole. He had just\u00a0won a commission to create a mosaic at Thorndale Red Line station on Chicago&#8217;s North Side and didn&#8217;t want to risk losing it. Thankfully, he didn&#8217;t get in any trouble for his pothole-fixing, and the mural project went off without a hitch. Oh, and it&#8217;s gorgeous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/commissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26871\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor5.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor5\" width=\"584\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor5-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of beautiful\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0good friends are beautiful. Enter Pat, Jim&#8217;s friend who emailed everyone&#8230; including me! Here&#8217;s a little bit of that\u00a0very supportive email&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #e6534c;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">&#8230; Jim studied the mosaic arts for months in Italy. Now he\u2019s not only selling his own pieces, but he decided to share some of \u00a0his \u201cmysterious\u201d work with the public.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Me? I\u2019m Pat. Never mind about me.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m Jim\u2019s friend and Jim is a bit flummoxed by this whole publicity thing. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">So,\u00a0grub worm that\u00a0I am, I took it upon myself to promote my pal.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;Me? I&#8217;m Pat. Never mind about me.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Ha! I think I may to put that on a T-shirt!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, up next we really got into the whole pothole thing. What do people hate? Potholes. What do people love? Flowers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26872\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor6.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor6\" width=\"584\" height=\"1241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor6-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor6-482x1024.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and ice cream &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26873\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor7.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor7\" width=\"584\" height=\"3841\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YES! Oh, I love Jim&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Treats in the Streets&#8221;<\/a>. That pink and yellow piece just above was the piece he did in Finland. Site-specific ice cream potholes? <em>Fan-freakin-tastic!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, Finland is certainly not the only place he&#8217;s filled a pothole or two. The day before we did this interview Jim had been in San Antonio. He&#8217;d reached out to his followers there, was pointed to this specific pothole, and while he was there he filled it with a bit of &#8220;trash&#8221;. As part of his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Pretty Trashy&#8221;<\/a> series he paid homage to San Antonio&#8217;s own <a href=\"http:\/\/whataburger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Whataburger&#8221;<\/a>. Here he is in action\u00a0&#8211; orange vest, cones, knee pads and all &#8211; followed by a few more trashy potholes from the same series&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26874\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor8.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor8\" width=\"584\" height=\"2914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor8-60x300.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor8-205x1024.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love. So, when Jim isn&#8217;t filling potholes with very, very expensive glass tiles, he is creating fine art mosaics that can hang on the wall. Once again, ancient technique and pop culture come crashing together. Here are two pieces from his cereal series&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/portfolio-c1hkj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26875\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor9.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor9\" width=\"584\" height=\"1590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor9.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor9-110x300.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor9-376x1024.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mmmm&#8230;<\/em> insanely detailed glass and marble Cocoa Puffs!<\/p>\n<p>This is the piece he was talking about, from his latest series titled &#8220;Fake&#8221;, with the tiny plane in the top corner. Again, his combination of old\u00a0and new\u00a0is just so perfect&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/portfolio-c1hkj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26876\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor10.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor10\" width=\"584\" height=\"1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor10.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor10-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor10-473x1024.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That red circle is printed onto the glass that sits over top of the mosaic, bringing your attention to the plane. Graphic. Clever. Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s that. <em>Ahhh,<\/em> I loved that conversation so much! What a talented, smart, funny guy! So how should we leave off? I thought this would be\u00a0perfect&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/pothole-installations-c1g1y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26877\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor11.jpg\" alt=\"jimbachor11\" width=\"584\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor11.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimbachor11-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He certainly has. One pothole at a time. Thanks so much to Jim for taking the time to do this with me; thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art <\/a>for supporting this episode; thanks\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/t1\/30trial_at?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R\" target=\"_blank\">audible.com<\/a> for making my new book into an audio book! To preorder a copy for\u00a0<strong>FREE <\/strong><em>{or to pick up any other book you might want}\u00a0<\/em>just\u00a0use my link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/t1\/30trial_at?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R\" target=\"_blank\">audibletrial.com\/JealousCurator<\/a>. And you guessed it&#8230;\u00a0thank YOU\u00a0for listening! There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/original-art-for-purchase\" target=\"_blank\">Jim&#8217;s store<\/a> (originals, prints, etc)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jimbachor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim&#8217;s Instagram<\/a> &#8230; so you can see him in action!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachor.com\/4600-north-kenton---map\" target=\"_blank\">Map to find the potholes<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient art meets the mean streets of Chicago&#8230; well, the potholes anyway. Artist\/designer Jim Bachor and I are talking about his gorgeous mosaic work, his 85 year old lookout, the fact that people are truly awesome, and me possibly dressing up as Jim for Halloween. 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