Randy and I visited friends last month and painted the old appliances that someone dumped on their mountain years ago. It was fun. I can’t wait to go back next month to continue the project. Ever since then, I’ve been wanting to paint something. I don’t identify myself as an artist in any way. I have no patience. I don’t like long projects and I have the fine motor skills of a toddler whose hands are covered in peanut butter and ice cream. But I can spray paint the shit out of something.
Tag Archives: Maytagging
What’s The First Rule Of Gong Ball?
The first rule of Gong Ball is to talk a lot of shit.
We spent the weekend with our friends Lizzie and Ruel who are half of the band The Madisons.
Maytagging: The Bleeding Edge of Primitive Art
By now you’ve probably heard of Maytagging which is the art of turning rusted out, abandoned appliances into art by using spray paint. The collector, if they are lucky, will already have some appliances laying about on their property or if not, they can purchase completely unusable appliances and have them shipped to their own outdoor gallery for the artist to paint or ‘tag’.
The following collection is private and not available to the public. It’s a small but growing gallery called Blue Tarp Art Gallery on Murder Ridge somewhere in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee.