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February 29, 2008
February 28, 2008
I like this project. No I love this project.
NMS —Nature Matching System was developed by Tattfoo as a reminder to consume your daily recommended doses of color. The shades of color displayed at farmers’ markets are more than skin deep, reflecting the inner potential of every fruit and vegetable; intense colors might even be called nature’s nutrition labels. They get many of their colors from phytonutrients, compounds that play key roles in health and reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. The more colors come together at a meal, the better.
This mural is commissioned by the Dumbo Improvement District and the Department of Transportation with the help of The Dumbo Neighborhood Association, The Dumbo Parents Organization, The Dumbo Art Center and P.S. 307 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School where each students paints a color panel that is part of the big mural.
Dr. Weston
He Listens. He Cares. He Isn't Real.
great article in the NYTimes today
The Terrible Toll of Art Anxiety
here is a quote:
"One major reason for art paralysis, many experts say, is the feeling that when buying art you are opening yourself to ridicule. “Art has always been a barometer of class,” said Jonathan Santlofer, a Chelsea painter and novelist. “If you buy the wrong thing and people come to your house, you’re exposed.”
February 27, 2008
By placing art into the most domestic of circumstances, Third Drawer Down products promote an ongoing dialogue between art and everyday life, whilst promoting the work of International Artists and Designers.
Third Drawer Down has produced a number of limited edition products with Louise Bourgeois, including an embroidered handkerchief, pillowcase, shopping bag and tshirts, all of which are for sale through the Tate Gallery online shop .
Strange Culture trailer
Hendrik Kerstens has used his daughter, Paula, as the subject of his photography for many years, but he often portrays her in the tradition of the Dutch masters. Vermeer is an artist that comes to mind. Modern accoutrements accessorize the portraits; hoodies and plastic bags of today replace the wimples and head wraps of old, and the camera is the new oil paint.
February 26, 2008
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DeCordova Museum, Pretty Sweet
- Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art Curated by Nick Capasso An installation of 75 laser cut acrylic mirrors configured in a loop-de-loop installation
Wasabi
- Wasabi: Contemporary Art with a Japanese Kick at The Nave Gallery
building the Goodwin-Wise Flatpak
- It took 2 years to build this first production version of the Flatpak House. I will post images as we set up home in our new digs.
China painting factories 07
- In March 07 I traveled to Shezhen, China to sort out production for a series of paintings. The factory painters were mostly young and all talented. Like 1980's art students they wore concert t-shirts, took frequent smoke breaks, and played alternative music very loud from a tinny CD player. All of the painters were either friends or relatives of one another. The factories themselves looked less warehouse and more apartment building. The office of the factory I visited had not only wall to wall carpeting but wall to ceiling. It was a plush environment. The Da Fen district, where all of the oil painting factories reside, is marked by a giant, (very communist) statue of a hand holding a paintbrush. Surreal doesn't quite express the region. The images shown do not depict the artwork I was working on, but rather, the artwork these factories all too often produce.
