Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Flirtatious Asinine

Oh Boy and Oh Joy:

Oh Boy! Today I discovered Jessica Wohl who works with threads and photographs and collage and also  installations making 'the invisible visaible'.  I was initially blown away by her stitching on found photographs like this:
Title:  'White Family'

But she tackles other subjects equally well-  go visit her site because it's large and amazing.
 Look carefully for the car that is embroidered in the left foreground.

But then....
There is her installation work too-  here a river of hair running down a stairway in an abandoned hotel.  





Oh Joy!  Joined a book club today- we're in the process of organizing it.  Going to keep it small, take turns hosting, and we are open to suggestions for 'thought provoking' books.  And ideas to add to our pot?







3 comments :

Terry Grant said...

Best two books I read last year:

"Just Kids" Patti Smith

"Blood, Bones and Butter" Gabrielle Hamilton

Both are memoirs. Both beautifully written. The Patti Smith one is extraordinary and beautiful--well, so is the other--but Patti Smith!

Jo's World said...

Swamplandia by Karen Russell

Tony and Susan by Austin Wright

Both excellent!

Jo in MN

:Diane said...

Cutting For Stone

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/books/review/Wagner-t.html