Currently looking at work by Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst. Sarah Lucas could be one of my new fav artists. I've been reading and looking at work in a book called In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, published by Tate. It features a show that Angus Fairhust, Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas put together in 2004. The show might reinforce a notion I've had that similar artists, working separately though in proximity, create a charged body of work when they are working toward a singular show. The energy created when artists are keeping close tabs on each other and are in and out of each other's studios, while working toward a show together, seems to generate good art across the board. This is just a thought, or, something I'd like to believe. I am not even sure that the above artists actually worked that way, though the show seems to have created a fairly unified body of work, or work that complements each other. Maybe they were just similar artists that a good curator pulled together for a show. I don't know. The link I'm providing doesn't provide a great gallery of images. There might be better ones out there...
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/inagaddadavida/gallery.htm
2/18/10
New Painting
Entering the Mainstream, 2010
mixed media on found masonite with pre-existing images
24"x24"
Okay, so I'm done with this idea of stars and soccer players, etc., on the found masonite for now. I felt the need to make something; the needs been satisfied. I'm happy with this trio, but they don't really WOW me in any major way.
Would like to take the images that I've been digitally manipulating and project them on the wall in large, medium and small dimensions. Does anyone have ten thousand bucks I can have?
The three new paintings are priced at $5,000 apiece, or all three for $10,000.
I've been very dissatisfied with painting. There's so much out there; I guess I've really lost interest in painting for the moment and feel the need to explore other possibilities.
I've turned to videos/short short films for the moment. I'm also working on some ideas for sound/screenplay installations. Aaron and I made a film yesterday called Changing Coats that no one, except my family, will probably ever see...
2/14/10
some stuff i've been lookin at
i've been interested lately in different ways to map information/aesthetics of info. i'm very jealous of sites like these:
2/13/10
daniel
i met Daniel in my shop
hes an architect by trade and a graduate of an art school somewhere down the line
he started creating this work recently , i think to get back into art
i enjoyed looking at his work. so i hope you get something out of it
2/12/10
what we're lookin' at
Travis recently mentioned that it might be worthwhile to occasionally upload pics of artwork we've been inspired by or interested in, and I agreed.
I'm posting a couple images of digital collages, created by MSU BFA student Erica Birkhold, that are currently showing at scene. These are large prints, roughly 36x52, displayed like unframed posters. I first saw Erica's work in the fall. I was attracted to the color, the embracing of fashion and media culture. In short, I thought they were bright and hip. They're "me" collages in a sense that the subject matter reflects things that interest or reflect Erica: she's a young woman, she likes fashion, she likes nature, and she likes color. There are four posters in the gallery in all, and they've garnered a lot of attention. They've been featured in two different feature articles in two local publications...I've overheard one artist reflect that they'd be cooler if they were paintings, that they lack surface quality, but I think this misses the point and is completely off the mark.
I've received permission from the artist to post these, and I've supplied her with the link and explained our format. Thus, comments are welcomed.
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