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“I have an impatience for most nonfiction, and this is why I create these unlikely objects.”
—Andy Ralph

Andy Ralph was born 1982, in Lake Arrowhead, CA, and earned his BA in Visual Arts (2004) from Point Loma Nazarene University. Andy Ralph’s work alludes to an evolving narrative with quotidian domesticity that straddles the line between function and fiction, subjectivity and banality. Often employing basic household objects and products typically found in discount or hardware stores, he transforms individual, unassuming commodities with a humble function into the most improbable things. Andy Ralph’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at the Society of Arts & Crafts in Boston, MA, Aqua Art Wynwood in Miami, FL, Castle House Gallery in Poulsbo, WA, Phantom Gallery in Long Beach, CA, and Spacecraft Gallery, Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects, and The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, CA, among other venues. Andy will be included in the upcoming 2010 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art. He lives and works in San Diego, and is represented by Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

Lawn Chairs

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Mike (Lip-Sync)

LP: The Twilight trilogy. Your thoughts??
AR: Well… I really don’t have anything to say. I don’t know much about this trilogy. Except that it’s about attractive teenage vampires, right? And it’s extremely popular, much more than “21 Jump Street”, and I thought I would never see the day.

LP: What’s your favorite thing to do in the San Diego sunshine?
AR: My friend Ashley started teaching a Yoga class in the park on the grass. I’m really enjoying that.

LP: Have you listened to any songs on repeat lately? Which?
AR: Yeah I have. “Gonna Listen To T Rex (All Night Long)” by the Burnt Ones, as well as “Too Young To Burn” by Sonny & the Sunsets.

LP: What sort of concepts does your work deal with?
AR: I’ve been trying for a while now to create objects that will make me laugh my ass off.

LP: Like myself, you were a graphic design major in college. What made you shift your direction to art making?
AR: I don’t think I ever really shifted direction; I still do design work all the time. I’ve just always preferred using tools to build things that I can then look at, touch, smell, listing to, and simply hanging out with.

Don’t forget to check out Andy’s work on his site.

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Lindsay Preston is an artist and graphic designer from San Diego. In “Lindsay’s Quick Queries,” Lindsay brings you work by contemporary artists, and answers to the questions everyone has been wondering about them, like “pancakes or waffles?”