Monday, October 31, 2011
Maria Walker
I dig her work a lot, and Im very impressed that she has a decent looking wordpress based website
Maria Walker
I really like the quirkiness of her work. The rawness mixed with careful consideration, or maybe a confusion between the two? I like how they address the viewer; they interact, or react to the wall and some to the space they are in, while holding their ground as paintings. They arent beautiful but I feel like they are somehow about beauty, maybe a hard fought, beat up kind of beauty. It is really interesting how the painting takes on the form while the image takes on a formlessness and at times even seems incidental. This makes for an interesting play between support and image; which one is more consequential here? She gives a whole new meaning to the term "handmade stretcher bar" that she uses to describer her older supports. I imagine them being made with hand tools in some basement by a 10 year old or something, or totally being brought together by accident. If that makes any sense. The backs of the paintings are just as considered as the front in some cases, enforcing their objectness. She comes from Elsworth Kelly in the way that the wall is the canvas before the canvas is. Having trouble pinning her down with anyone else right now.
Maria Walker
I really like the quirkiness of her work. The rawness mixed with careful consideration, or maybe a confusion between the two? I like how they address the viewer; they interact, or react to the wall and some to the space they are in, while holding their ground as paintings. They arent beautiful but I feel like they are somehow about beauty, maybe a hard fought, beat up kind of beauty. It is really interesting how the painting takes on the form while the image takes on a formlessness and at times even seems incidental. This makes for an interesting play between support and image; which one is more consequential here? She gives a whole new meaning to the term "handmade stretcher bar" that she uses to describer her older supports. I imagine them being made with hand tools in some basement by a 10 year old or something, or totally being brought together by accident. If that makes any sense. The backs of the paintings are just as considered as the front in some cases, enforcing their objectness. She comes from Elsworth Kelly in the way that the wall is the canvas before the canvas is. Having trouble pinning her down with anyone else right now.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Thought I was ahead with this
but Im actually behind. So to start to catch up....
I like this guy's work. Found him while looking at the faculty at Queens College I think.
Jim Lee
Its inspiring, some of the forms he finds, as well as the materials he uses... Its tough though work like this can end up being so much about a particular aesthetic, and Im trying to figure out if that is ok. I think its kind of bad because it is easy to make worn out old stuff look good when its hung on a wall... or I think so at least.
So I have some pictures of recent stuff... A few things are done, but some of it is still moving around. It feels like more and more work gets broken down and reassembled into other work.
Saw the Blinky Palermo show at The Hessel Museum and CCS Galleries at Bard College. It was a really good show, I can complain about the lighting because it was all natural and very dim, but I also dont have the best eyesight to begin with. Ill definitely be thinking about this show for a while.
Trying to get to the city soon to see some work, I really want to see the Joanne Greenbaum show at D'Amelio Terras and the Michael Krebber show at Green Naftali (whose site is not liked by my computer so I cant get a link)
I have been looking at grad schools on the US News ranked list, which I dont really trust because I think its based a lot on how much money the school has and how many kids leave with jobs, but it is a good way to find "top schools" and see the faculty at them. I think Im going to wait to go to grad school though, probably a year. I just want to see how it is to make work outside of school for a while, and free myself for a little bit, travel, hopefully see the country.
Anyway so that was a lot. My goals for this week are to finish some work for my crit in painting class on tuesday, finish a sculpture for crit on wednesday and thats pretty much it. I might try to apply for a few shows that are coming up too, even though Im broke.
I like this guy's work. Found him while looking at the faculty at Queens College I think.
Jim Lee
Its inspiring, some of the forms he finds, as well as the materials he uses... Its tough though work like this can end up being so much about a particular aesthetic, and Im trying to figure out if that is ok. I think its kind of bad because it is easy to make worn out old stuff look good when its hung on a wall... or I think so at least.
So I have some pictures of recent stuff... A few things are done, but some of it is still moving around. It feels like more and more work gets broken down and reassembled into other work.
First up is a sculpture for the Chance show, part of a collaboration with Rory Rosenberg all about Chance the white American Bulldog from Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey:
The rock was replaced with a porcelain dog sculpture I got at an antique store.
I finished 3 paintings recently:
Random stuff moving around:
The bent cardboard was like a mini Richard Serra, so I thought it would be dumb to have little people looking at it.
Saw the Blinky Palermo show at The Hessel Museum and CCS Galleries at Bard College. It was a really good show, I can complain about the lighting because it was all natural and very dim, but I also dont have the best eyesight to begin with. Ill definitely be thinking about this show for a while.
Trying to get to the city soon to see some work, I really want to see the Joanne Greenbaum show at D'Amelio Terras and the Michael Krebber show at Green Naftali (whose site is not liked by my computer so I cant get a link)
I have been looking at grad schools on the US News ranked list, which I dont really trust because I think its based a lot on how much money the school has and how many kids leave with jobs, but it is a good way to find "top schools" and see the faculty at them. I think Im going to wait to go to grad school though, probably a year. I just want to see how it is to make work outside of school for a while, and free myself for a little bit, travel, hopefully see the country.
Anyway so that was a lot. My goals for this week are to finish some work for my crit in painting class on tuesday, finish a sculpture for crit on wednesday and thats pretty much it. I might try to apply for a few shows that are coming up too, even though Im broke.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Im Thinking...
about forced confrontation....
Marc Handleman Tomorrow's Forcast: Strikingly Clear
Ann Craven White Cat on Blue
Raoul De Keyser Falling Balls
I was talking to a friend about Marc Handleman and Ann Craven. After saying Im not to sure how similar their work is to each other my friend said it is all about the confrontation. How on earth are kittens and sunsets confrontational you say? That is the beauty of it.... De Keyser makes me think the same thing, because his paintings are so stark and unassertive that they become just the opposite....
Not much
Not much to report... Ill try to get some pictures of the studio. Ive been sick in bed for 2 days after going to canada for the weekend so Im a little behind. Check out the side link though to look at my newly updated CV.
Oh yea Ive been reading a decent amount.
Painting Beside Itself by David Joselit
Merlin Carpenter On Michael Kreber
Tomorrow's Forcast: Strikingly Clear
Me and a few friends started up a little discussion/ critique/ confession/ potluck/ drinking group. We meet every other wednesday and every other thursday to discuss our work, or an article that someone picked. Its like an Artists Anonymous group... "Hi my name is Kevin, and my work is about...." Its been good, we have our second meeting tonight at my apartment.
I went to a few good shows 2 weeks ago too, Ill mention them in an upcoming post.
Thats all for now
Oh yea Ive been reading a decent amount.
Painting Beside Itself by David Joselit
Merlin Carpenter On Michael Kreber
Tomorrow's Forcast: Strikingly Clear
Me and a few friends started up a little discussion/ critique/ confession/ potluck/ drinking group. We meet every other wednesday and every other thursday to discuss our work, or an article that someone picked. Its like an Artists Anonymous group... "Hi my name is Kevin, and my work is about...." Its been good, we have our second meeting tonight at my apartment.
I went to a few good shows 2 weeks ago too, Ill mention them in an upcoming post.
Thats all for now
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