Seminal Detroit techno hits

Graham Sutherland - Bird About to Take Flight

George Grosz - Toilette

Edward Hopper- Night on the EI Train (etching)

Henry Moore (1971)

I found these pieces as I rummaged through my countless printmaking bookmarks.

I think it's good to see where the medium has been (in addition to where it is and where it's going).

Enjoy.

weird science

The Coolest Video

The above video is simply flabbergasting. It's tracking the development of an embryo of C. elegans (pictured above). The green stain shows the nuclei of each cell (nuclei pictured in purple below), the red is a specific stain for the digestive system, and the yellow is when they're "co-expressed" simply meaning the two are very close to each other.

now it's morning and we are the sleepyheads

I could use one of these

I've been busy.

(I'd rather be in the studio)

Caught my breath on my way home

The Bird Machine's posters remind me of things I want to be reminded of

 

 

I had a great day and really fantastic weekend. I had the studio to myself and began printing three projects, with another couple on the way. My plans for the fall are coming along beautifully: I secured an internship for the fall with pistachio press and I could not be more excited about it. I also received some really constructive feedback about my current work today, which is always encouraging and invigorating. It makes me want to just spend all of my time in the studio.

magnolia mountain (browsing turned blogging)

Shahzia Sikander

Featured on Art 21

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Jan Toorop

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Jackson Pollock

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Christine Baumgartner -- Lin Tianmiao

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Mon chapeau il a trois coins

Nagi Noda's Hair Hats

 

  

Must be the Moon

Moon (website)

After a week of designing costumes, filming screen tests, and script re-writes (which, in all fairness, I only partially partook) we relaxed with some sci-fi inspiration: Moon. It was thoughtful, well-crafted, and a welcome change of pace. I highly recommend it!

breaking it up

This is how I think when I get dressed.

from Wear Palettes- great blog!

sugar on my tongue

I think too much about (my) art.

I worry that what I make looks like everything everyone else is making.
I worry that I'm not using the right medium.
I worry that what I'm conveying is too simple or too complex.
I feel like I'm cheating on science when it influences my art.



(Microbo, Andy Rohr, Blu)

This usually means it's time to take some time off to just make and look. (not think)

with a little help from my friends

I was able to meet up with one of my absolute favorite people/artists last night. She recommended Emily Barletta, a Brooklyn-based fiber artist that crochets medically-themed pieces.

Her pieces would be great to see (and ideally feel) in person, but what I really like are her drawings. Check out her website and blog here (and there).

Enjoy!:

I really think so

I like the complementarity between and Gordon Matta-Clark (b/w)  Tadashi Kawamata (color photos)

I think I can officially say that I find photography endlessly fascinating. Although it's not "my thing", I find successful photography absolutely mesmerizing, and the conceptual uses and applications are themselves interesting. 

Like Gordon Matta-Clark: most of his pieces exist only as photographs but they're not just documents- they're objects within themselves. The compositions are just as interesting (to me) as the sculptures he created, and the act of making these carefully crafted images became a work in itself. He is definitely one of my favorites. 

Plus, he loved puns, and I love puns... (I am dating a comedian, after all)

it's time.

Spring. is. here. (for now)

reminds me of this:
Arrested Development Clip
Happy Holidays everyone

just a little bit

Yin Xiuzhen's Portable Cities series is really interesting.

I also really like her shoes.

Made of recycled/thrift-ed fabrics and suitcases.

Clockwise, starting at the top: NYC, Berlin, Frankfurt 

She addresses the transience and permanence of memory, globalization and how it affects homogenization and individuation, and portability (of lives, experiences, thoughts, and self).

slide to the right. reverse, reverse!

Reverse Graffiti.

(I love this.)

I am wayyy too much of a pansy to actually graffiti anywhere that matters but I'm enraptured anyway.

from Moose, the (likely) original reverse graffiti artist.

  others, found.

temecula sunrise

I thoroughly believe in doing things you don't like (especially as an artist) because they're usually good for you.

Honestly, nine times out of ten I don't like works done solely using illustrator/photoshop. But this piece by  Matei Apostolescu reminds me of things I've been thinking about.

new shoes

I love canvas sneakers and so does she. (great blog!)

Hey, hey it's scary movie night

some really interesting work with translation

Nina Katchadourian

guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime