The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so the the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
KILLER WHALE of your own!
(watch him follow your cursor)
All day in the studio yesterday and I take back the nice things I said about the sewing machie. It started cutting out again, though I tried everything imaginable to keep it humming along. I managed to get a bit more of the background stitched ad ready for the top layer, and realized I don't have any good 'flesh color'. So today I'm off to a couple of fabric stores hoping somebody has something that will work. All my fabrics are too gray or too pink. The rtrepair guy won't be back at the shop until Tuesday so I will go into the studio against my will today ad tomorrow to go as far as I can before it'a gone again for who knows how long. When I get back to MA I will send down the other machine, I can't be without a backup like this again.
I've overdone it with my knitting and my shoulder is screaming even when I'm just sitting still. I couldn't reach a shelf right in front of my face earlier, so will start my old PT exercises and see if that helps. Funnily enough my opposite leg is't working either, probably because of the way I sit while knitting. Gotta fix this before I can make another stitch. It doesn't seem to affect my computer access yet.
Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto (previously) recently stopped by Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina to pour one of his immense, twisting clouds of salt. Titled “Floating Garden” the piece was created over several weeks from February through March before an crowd of attendees was permitted to destroy it. Watch the time-lapse above to see everything come together (and apart).
from Geoffrey Gorman's article in the ArtBiz magazine, the second point
2. Get Regular Reviews on Your Work from Your Peers. Start making it a habit to invite artists whom you respect and admire to your studio to see your work. This should be done at least once a month, if not more often. At some point, when you have your network of peers set up, you won't even think about having to find artists to invite to your studio.When you start inviting professional artists to your studio, you will find they can give you critical reviews of your work. An honest, sincere, accurate critique can be very important to your growth as a professional artist. Another reason to have your peers visit your studio is that they are a great source of information on the "trade." One artist I know has lunch at least once a week with another professional artist. This is his way of staying connected to the art world outside his studio. Both artists are able to compare notes about the art world, hear and discuss other exhibition opportunities, and learn from each other..
Brooklyn-based artist Adam Parker Smith's installation at The Andrew Freedman Home, a short-lived and abandoned structure where large portions of the house laid vacant. Until 2012, when NYC-based public art exhibition curators No Longer Empty sent in a team of talented artists to transform the lot into a commissioned installation. The home a grandiosity that advertised its odd function: a privately endowed retirement home for the formerly well-to-do, those who might have lost their money but not their manners or manorial tastes. The house was established to include the wealthy folks who lost everything but didn't want to lose their lifestyle.
Benjamin Grelle's (http://thefrogman.me) series, Warp Dogs. A collection of images of dogs hanging their heads out of car windows - jowls flapping, ears flying - whose backgrounds have been replaced with galaxies viewed at Warp Speed.
No comments :
Post a Comment