Thursday, January 31, 2008

Color Chart: MoMA


Color Chart celebrates a paradox: the lush beauty that results when contemporary artists assign color decisions to chance, readymade source, or arbitrary system. Midway through the twentieth century, long-held convictions regarding the spiritual truth or scientific validity of particular colors gave way to an excitement about color as a mass-produced and standardized commercial product. The Romantic quest for personal expression instead became Andy Warhol's "I want to be a machine;" the artistry of mixing pigments was eclipsed by Frank Stella's "Straight out of the can; it can’t get better than that." Color Chart is the first major exhibition devoted to this pivotal transformation, featuring work by some forty artists ranging from Ellsworth Kelly and Gerhard Richter to Sherrie Levine and Damien Hirst.
Up through May 12th-score!

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we (kenobi and I) long to spoon with each and every one of you.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

this is probably really easy

Brian Dettmer is Xacto's favorite customer.




For fine motor skills, he gets the crown.

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Toomey-Tourell.com
HaydeeRovirosa.com

jonathan anderson.



(Excavation, 2006, Oil on canvas, 51 ½” x 45”)

Here is a plug for one of our very own professors. link

The work of the painters I have been literally dreaming about (primarily: Pat Steir, Jennifer Bartlett, Kerry James Marshall) have led me full circle back to Jon Anderson. Things I am in love with: the use of simple, simple!, brushwork to create strange and layered spaces, color relationships, a lack of blatant signifiers-meaning seems deeply embodied in the paint itself.

As I head to my pitiful studio, coffee in hand...

Sunday, January 27, 2008

thanks to texas.

The University of Texas has one of the biggest online map collections in the States, if not the world.

A very good way to spend a few hours with a cup of coffee, especially when it is rainy outside.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Feltabulous

Love it!



Can you say... Joseph?

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Shirt alert!

This is a reminder to all:

In just a few short weeks we will be sharing our Nesbit t-shirts with each other (via the internet for some, unfortunately). So get crackin'!

Oh, also, did you know that there is a Nesbit, Scotland? Huh...

"how exactly good it is to know myself in the solitude of winter"

"You are barely one year out of art school, so what you might be experiencing are symptoms of withdrawal, not unlike those associated with mind-altering drugs. You've been on a bad trip, and it's going to take a little while to connect with reality. There are some things you can do, a few techniques that have worked for me, to minimize the confusion and trauma.

Art schools are sort of like Crack dens. While inside, the environment feels cozy, everything there seems remarkable because you're all smoking from the same pipe. In the heady, hazy fog of dialogue and critique, the smallest achievements are amplified. You begin to believe that things you make or do have value simply because you made or did them. Your friends are all supportive, they like your stuff. 'This is all very interesting, a nice piece.' Be wary of this incessant chatter. In the sober world, the world outside, nobody really cares. Here, you have to win attention, and the span allotted for recognition and celebrity is short and narrow, indeed. Nevertheless, you did inhale lots of bullshit, and now it's time to blow it out and rehabilitate." -Kerry James Marshall--Letters to a Young Artist.

A running theme in all of our lives as noted by myself this very morning. Loneliness. But it is "the solitary person (whether in city or desert) who does mankind the inestimable favor of reminding it of its true capacity for maturity, liberty and peace." -Thomas Merton--Raids on the Unspeakable. Being solitary feels to be a gift today and I feel perfect in it with the sky so big after the rain, Hilary Hahn playing the strings off her violin from the bedroom. Here's to me, to Lauren, Libby, Jamie and to Sydney.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

For your information...

Because we were all wondering

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I am posting this merely because I think that the fat actor behind heath ledger looks like Michael, the figure studies model. Wouldn't be surprised if that is him. He has done a lot of extra work. Anyone?

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Delicious Semi-vulgar Plush

I came across Longoland the other day and was intrigued by the soft things I saw.

Some are squidlike:


Some remind me of a Jamie drawing:


Some are very SOFA-ish:


And some are just so awkwardly wonderful that I can't not love them:


Being graduated and all...


Now that I have embarked on this new phase of life, or whatever you want to call it, even though I am scooping ice cream at Coldstone...I have started my own blog...Me

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

yup.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

David Maisel

Take a look at this photography by David Maisel. I'll be interested to see what you all have to say about some of his arial type works because I know we see so much of it these days. But I think he really has a great painter's eye.





He has also done a few series that carry pretty heavy and powerful content and emotion. Here is a shot of a deteriorating can containing the cremated remains of a psychiatric hospital patient.



And here is a shot from a series titled "Asylum."

Friday, January 11, 2008

I know that I have mentioned this before, but you must check out this site called Illustration Art.
I have always enjoyed his writing, especially his evaluation of various artists.

while i was browsing

It's going to be a good day. Why? Because I started off the morning by finding two great links that have made their way into the Bookmark Hall of Fame. The first is a young painter whose work is not necessarily the most inventive or mind blowing, but her brush work is lovely and I thought Elly would like to take a peak (mind you I'm not a fan of the website). Chelsea James
has an eye for color; I love the way she simplifies shape too.




The second link, oh the second link....keep your monies saved ladies because here is a website that features different artists and allows you to buy additions of their work. 20x200 is a fun browse, and an easy way to acquire 8.5 x 11" additions for only $20. It appears that the site is a fairly new project; the archives go back only to September 07. While I do not love everything on here, it will be fun to see what comes out each month. It inspires me to find more sites like this.


Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Just to let you know…

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While there might be some weird stuff floating around in my skull according to my doctor nothing resembles a tumor, or cancer, or death, or pain, just yet.

Thanks for you concern. Seriously.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

The artist documents her work…

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This image is the result of the aftermath of attempting to document a hanging piece (a never hung before, hanging piece) two hours before the documentation due date.

Or it is like a ‘Where’s Waldo” Book!
Can you find:
Wolverine?
A water bottle?
Some tape?
A gnome?
A Basquiat?
A woman about to be destroyed by a tornado?

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

The Sydney Studio Project.




The Sydney Studio Project is complete as of 7:45 pm, January 2, 2008. Exhibition to follow of soon-to-be Biola Alumni Timothy Loo.

I know I know

...it's so easy to be impressed by such beautifully mundane objects that have been represented with detail and care, but really, look at this:



It's freaking porcelain. Lovely.