{"id":30460,"date":"2018-01-05T21:02:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T05:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=30460"},"modified":"2018-01-05T21:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T05:03:48","slug":"ugly-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ugly beautiful&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/danlam1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30461\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam1-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6121073\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Drips, spikes, blobs, sploots and sparkly crystals. Yep, that can only l mean one thing&#8230; I got Texas based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/bydanlam.com\/home.html\">Dan Lam <\/a>on the podcast! She <em>{yes, Dan is a woman and we&#8217;ll get to that right off the top}<\/em> is amazingly talented, hilarious, and just as sweet as her gorgeous color palette.\u00a0Listen right up there under that iridescent beauty, or\u00a0you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First up, these were the spiky, gum-like &#8220;blobs&#8221; I wrote about a few years ago:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/danlam2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30462\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam2-72x300.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam2-246x1024.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yum! Well, those guys evolved into these guys, aka &#8220;drips&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/danlam3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30463\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30463\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam3-63x300.jpg 63w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam3-214x1024.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous, and how insanely beautiful are Dan&#8217;s color choices? And her newest evolution, which might be potentially known as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuteness.com\/blog\/content\/what-is-a-sploot\">&#8220;sploot&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/danlam4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30464\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam4-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam4-347x1024.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOVE! But wait, there&#8217;s more! Here&#8217;s the video of the sprinkle-covered sploot that over 15 MILLION <em>(!!!!)<\/em> people liked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sopopomo\/\">Instagram<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXRH11bgGtg\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXRH11bgGtg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Dan Lam (@sopopomo)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-08-01T22:13:55+00:00\">Aug 1, 2017 at 3:13pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you want to poke that? Me too. Now these bad boys&#8230; oh, I just want to watch them dance in the sunlight all day long:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/danlam5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30465\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2676\" \/><\/a><span style=\"background-color: #f8f8f8; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BWTM44MgmtT\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 28.10185185185185% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BWTM44MgmtT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Dan Lam (@sopopomo)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-07-08T21:05:07+00:00\">Jul 8, 2017 at 2:05pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Gasp!<\/em> That video! These Swarovski crystal covered drips are gorgeous, but still photos just don&#8217;t do them justice.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, at the very end of the episode Dan mentioned that she was going on a winter holiday to several national parks in Utah&#8230; apparently she brought a few friends along for the ride:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/ugly-beautiful\/danlam6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30466\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/danlam6-203x1024.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How fantastic is that!? <em>Sigh.<\/em> Thanks so much to Dan for talking to me about all things ugly beautiful; thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thriveartstudio.com\/\">Thrive<\/a>\u00a0for supporting the episode, and thanks to you for 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=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sopopomo\/\">Dan on Instagram (@sopopomo)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leftfieldgallery.com\/\">Left Field Gallery<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/spoke-art.com\/collections\/dan-lam\">Spoke Gallery &#8211; SF &amp; NY<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/theholenyc.com\/\">The Hole, NYC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drips, spikes, blobs, sploots and sparkly crystals. Yep, that can only l mean one thing&#8230; I got Texas based artist Dan Lam on the podcast! She {yes, Dan is a woman and we&#8217;ll get to that right off the top} is amazingly talented, hilarious, and just as sweet as her gorgeous color palette.\u00a0Listen right up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30460"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30481,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30460\/revisions\/30481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}