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I happened upon a few paintings by Don Fritz completely by accident in a back room at Billy Shire Fine Arts gallery in Culver City and fell hard for his work. Multi-layered and appearing almost as if encased under ice, the paintings are rich with symbols, graphics and memories of childhood, something to behold in person. See and read more here.
I stumbled upon these amazing photos of Picasso drawing with a small flashlight by LIFE photographer Gjon Mili from 1949 and was taken with the simplicity of it all and the fact that his drawing is unmistakably pure Picasso caught for moment in time, on film. No Photoshop, no fancy digital cameras. Just the artist at play and a incredibly talented photographer. Pure and simple.
Simply stunning! These intricate artworks by German artist Simon Schubert are created by painstakingly folding, scoring and creasing a sheet of paper. They are absolutely beautiful, I can’t stop studying them! See many more pieces of his here.
Not your grandmother's cuckoo clocks, these over-size timepieces by artist Stefan Strumbler are a nod to pop culture painted in bright colors and adorned in bones, guns, and everyday objects such as air fresheners. Check out more on his blog which is only in German but has some good images of the clocks installed in galleries.
Really loving the latest collection of artist beach towels from the Art Production Fund and Works On Whatever (WOW). The 2009 collection features contemporary artwork by Karen Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon, Julian Schnabel and Ed Ruscha reproduced on large soft 100% cotton, 50" x 60" beach towels. The four limited edition beach towels will be carried by Target (online only, free shipping) and also available online from the WOW link above.
The Artist Towel Series 2009 is part of Art Production Fund's WOW (Works on Whatever) project, a unique collection of everyday items designed by artists. APF invites artists to experiment with the latest commercial materials and techniques to bring art off the walls and into homes as everyday objects. WOW introduces contemporary art to a larger community with revenues from sales supporting their non-profit mission. WOW works conceptually with APF's program of expanding art audiences and helps fund additional major civic artworks.
Beautiful concept for a series of garments from artist Li Xiaofeng, do check out the collection, it’s stunning on actual models.
Another reason maybe I need to make a trip up to San Francisco, The Museum of Modern Art, SF has a Frida Kahlo show running through September 28, 2008. I have never viewed her paintings in person and can’t imagine how wonderful an exhibit this is. The exhibition, commemorating the centennial of the artist's birth, brings together paintings that span her career, along with a selection of her own collection of photographs, most of which have never been on public display.
I just discovered the work of Thomas Doyle and I am almost tempted to make a trip up to the Bay area to catch his show Forces of Nature at the Limn Gallery. In his words, “My work mines the debris of memory through the creation of intricate worlds sculpted in 1:43 scale and smaller.”
Spent the day on a marathon tour of the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA. My favorite installation was artist Barbara Kruger’s 3-story very graphic installation that covers three walls of a gigantic elevator shaft. The graphics are so huge, the impact is quite arresting. The guard would only let me take a photo from outside, but here's another shot of an exhibit she did back in 1991 at the Mary Boone Gallery.
Artist Barnaby Barford works with found ceramics, cutting, splicing, repositioning and repainting figures to create uncomfortable and irreverent narratives that have a dark twisted humor that really appeals to me. The photos above are from his latest series, Private Lives , very naughty indeed.
I recently uncrated some boxes from my folks house and discovered my first set of books that really made an impression on me as a small child. The embossed cover images from these Childcraft volumes are pretty wonderful, my favorite one was Art for Children. In it, at a very early age, I learned that art is a kind of language that we use to say things we think, feel and imagine. Each page had been burned into my memory, as I found going through it for the first time in over 40 years. I may have to hunt on Ebay for the missing volumes that didn't survive.
Being brought up not to desecrate books, I would not normally be responsive to this technique, but there is something intriguing about Brian Dettmer’s book autopsies of carved books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures. Through the cut-open cover of a book the viewer sees layers of selected text and illustration carved from the pages of the book. His pieces seek to bridge the gap between the medium's form and its message. Dettmer manages to use the contrasting layers of image and text to explore the conveyance of information, as well as being able to get the viewer to examine what that can mean.
What a brilliant installation this going to be of typographic tree columns, being created in collaboration with Gordon Young at the Crawley Library in West Sussex County. The photos are of work in progress, with the library opening January ’09. Firm: Why Not Associates, London. (Via Coudal)
I happened upon a few paintings by Don Fritz completely by accident in a back room at Billy Shire Fine Arts gallery in Culver City and fell hard for his work. Multi-layered and appearing almost as if encased under ice, the paintings are rich with symbols, graphics and memories of childhood, something to behold in person. See and read more here.
I stumbled upon these amazing photos of Picasso drawing with a small flashlight by LIFE photographer Gjon Mili from 1949 and was taken with the simplicity of it all and the fact that his drawing is unmistakably pure Picasso caught for moment in time, on film. No Photoshop, no fancy digital cameras. Just the artist at play and a incredibly talented photographer. Pure and simple.
Simply stunning! These intricate artworks by German artist Simon Schubert are created by painstakingly folding, scoring and creasing a sheet of paper. They are absolutely beautiful, I can’t stop studying them! See many more pieces of his here.
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It was love at first sight upon viewing these typographic mixed media artworks by Sarah Bridgland. See more of her visually exciting works here.
I am quite drawn to these woodcut portraits by Lisa Brawn who doesn't make prints from the woodcuts but paints them after carving. See many, many more portraits at her site Expeditionism and also on Flickr. In my imaginary gallery, I'd hang that Jack Kerouac woodcut in a heartbeat.
Not your grandmother's cuckoo clocks, these over-size timepieces by artist Stefan Strumbler are a nod to pop culture painted in bright colors and adorned in bones, guns, and everyday objects such as air fresheners. Check out more on his blog which is only in German but has some good images of the clocks installed in galleries.
I am so heading to the POVevolving Gallery this week to see this wonderful installation of recent sculptures/urban dioramas by Jeremy Mora and a collaborative installation with Robert Reynolds.
Wishing everyone a colorful & happy Easter. Image from an installation by artist Benedetta Mori Ubaldini who creates these magical sculptures. Thanks again Krysta for sharing this! (Happy Bunny 1.0)
Considering my love of dioramas and any artwork encased in glass or domes, Sarah Woodfine's work is just a delight to behold. Her drawings take the form of three dimensional constructions in glass boxes or liquid filled domes. Thanks Krysta for alerting me to this fine artist.
Really loving the latest collection of artist beach towels from the Art Production Fund and Works On Whatever (WOW). The 2009 collection features contemporary artwork by Karen Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon, Julian Schnabel and Ed Ruscha reproduced on large soft 100% cotton, 50" x 60" beach towels. The four limited edition beach towels will be carried by Target (online only, free shipping) and also available online from the WOW link above.
Beautiful concept for a series of garments from artist Li Xiaofeng, do check out the collection, it’s stunning on actual models.
Another reason maybe I need to make a trip up to San Francisco, The Museum of Modern Art, SF has a Frida Kahlo show running through September 28, 2008. I have never viewed her paintings in person and can’t imagine how wonderful an exhibit this is. The exhibition, commemorating the centennial of the artist's birth, brings together paintings that span her career, along with a selection of her own collection of photographs, most of which have never been on public display. 
I just discovered the work of Thomas Doyle and I am almost tempted to make a trip up to the Bay area to catch his show Forces of Nature at the Limn Gallery. In his words, “My work mines the debris of memory through the creation of intricate worlds sculpted in 1:43 scale and smaller.”
Spent the day on a marathon tour of the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA. My favorite installation was artist Barbara Kruger’s 3-story very graphic installation that covers three walls of a gigantic elevator shaft. The graphics are so huge, the impact is quite arresting. The guard would only let me take a photo from outside, but here's another shot of an exhibit she did back in 1991 at the Mary Boone Gallery.
I recently uncrated some boxes from my folks house and discovered my first set of books that really made an impression on me as a small child. The embossed cover images from these Childcraft volumes are pretty wonderful, my favorite one was Art for Children. In it, at a very early age, I learned that art is a kind of language that we use to say things we think, feel and imagine. Each page had been burned into my memory, as I found going through it for the first time in over 40 years. I may have to hunt on Ebay for the missing volumes that didn't survive.
Being brought up not to desecrate books, I would not normally be responsive to this technique, but there is something intriguing about Brian Dettmer’s book autopsies of carved books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures. Through the cut-open cover of a book the viewer sees layers of selected text and illustration carved from the pages of the book. His pieces seek to bridge the gap between the medium's form and its message. Dettmer manages to use the contrasting layers of image and text to explore the conveyance of information, as well as being able to get the viewer to examine what that can mean.
What a brilliant installation this going to be of typographic tree columns, being created in collaboration with Gordon Young at the Crawley Library in West Sussex County. The photos are of work in progress, with the library opening January ’09. Firm: Why Not Associates, London. (Via Coudal)
