PRESS
"Toying With A Classic" - Dave Mason, Santa Barbara News-Press, January 10, 2010
"...but there's also a bit of laughter to be gleaned from this show: James Van Arsdale displays a wall built from tiny, lovingly sewn sandbags. Funny thing is, these are exploding sandbags – it says so, right on their sides. So as long as the sandbags aren't doing their job (absorbing impact), you're safe, but if they thwart a bullet or even the brunt of a storm, baby, you're toast."
- "Anxiety", Wayne Alan Brenner, Austin Chronicle, September 3, 2009
"Another
Artist in Bloom" - Review of "(Safe Inside My) Green Zone" by
Josef Woodard, Scene Magazine, Santa Barbara News-Press, Friday, August
10, 2007
"Artist Profile - James Van
Arsdale": Casa Weekly Magazine, July 21, 2007
"The mock packaging of James Van Arsdale's self-explanatory "(Build Your Own) Pinewood Derby Tank" drops a gentle depth charge at this historical moment, as ruthless White House occupiers ponder usage of deadly boy's toys."
- "Size Matters", Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara Independent, Oct 10, 2002
"A New Perspective", Karen L. Shaw, San Antonio Express-News, July 7,2001
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