{"id":981,"date":"2014-06-01T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/?p=981"},"modified":"2024-12-13T23:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T04:01:03","slug":"the-laying-on-of-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/01\/the-laying-on-of-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"The Laying on of Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ren Morrison + Justin Aerni Collaboration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the summer of 2014, I got to know visiting Oregon artist, Justin Aerni. He was exhibiting his \u201cOutsider Art\u201d in Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-working.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Ren and Justin working on painting in Diane's art studio\/apartment.\" class=\"wp-image-983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-working.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-working-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-working-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin this box of used acrylics, some beat up brushes, and cheap poster paper. I brought a Skinny Puppy playlist. Together, we created The Laying on of Hands in the apartment of art curator\/photographer Diane Irby in Wyandotte, Michigan US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-full.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the finished &quot;The Laying on of Hands&quot; painting. The painting features a creepy pope with words and two large hands on top.\" class=\"wp-image-984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-full.jpg 500w, https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-full-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>23.5&#8243; x 35.75&#8243; inches<br>Media: Acrylics on paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Photo closeup of the creepy pope's face in the painting.\" class=\"wp-image-985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-closeup.jpg 598w, https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-closeup-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-closeup2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo closeup of the hands in the painting.\" class=\"wp-image-986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-closeup2.jpg 598w, https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/w2014-renfracture-justinaerni-layingonofhands-closeup2-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/aerni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Aerni Art Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skinny Puppy &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8T9_--qe7iI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8T9_--qe7iI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morpheus Laughing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morpheus Laughing\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8T9_--qe7iI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ren Morrison + Justin Aerni Collaboration It was the summer of 2014, I got to know visiting Oregon artist, Justin Aerni. He was exhibiting his \u201cOutsider Art\u201d in Detroit. Justin this box of used acrylics, some beat up brushes, and cheap poster paper. I brought a Skinny Puppy playlist. Together, we created The Laying on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,110,160],"tags":[32,107,109,108],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-collaboration","category-listeningto","tag-art","tag-collaboration","tag-justin-aerni","tag-painting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strangedefinition.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}