acts like a twat, but she is a top banana.

all of my good ideas are battles« by adam katz

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:18:22 -0500

all of my good ideas are battles« by adam katz

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:14:25 -0500

thetuesdayafter: Francis Alÿs at Zwirner

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:12:58 -0500

thetuesdayafter:

Francis Alÿs at Zwirner

devidsketchbook: CY TWOMBLY No painter since Pollock has...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:22:50 -0500

Artist Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011) | Posted by devidsketchbook

Artist Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011) | Posted by devidsketchbook

Artist Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011) | Posted by devidsketchbook

Artist Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011) | Posted by devidsketchbook

devidsketchbook:

CY TWOMBLY

No painter since Pollock has refused to separate landscape and language more than Cy Twombly. His work is at its best when “no” withstands “yes,” when all of the things that make it beautiful to look at in the affirmative are never left to their so-called natural devices.

Map Art

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:05:44 -0500

Map Art

Devin Powers

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:17:20 -0500

Devin Powers

Chad Hagen - Square Things

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:04:24 -0500

Chad Hagen - Square Things

Helvetica by Woonji Kim

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:29:52 -0500

Helvetica by Woonji Kim

Type Directors Club, 2012

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:28:49 -0500

Type Directors Club, 2012

vahc: (by Madeleine Roberts)

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:13:43 -0500

vahc:

(by Madeleine Roberts)

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Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:07:03 -0500

openlabartists: Painter and collagist Beth Hoeckel. You can...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:17:11 -0500

Excerpt from the "Treasure Trash" project

Molecules, 14 x 14 inches

Ancient, collage

Toy Boat, collage

Plume, collage

Star Stuff, 12 x 12 inches

Excerpt from the "Treasure Trash" series

Relics, collage

Crystal Balls

Work, collage

openlabartists:

Painter and collagist Beth Hoeckel.

You can also get her awesome work for your technology, too! Go here.

K.N. Describe your background, and can you tell us how you got into collage?

B.H. I started with drawing, then oil painting, and simultaneously got into 35mm photography. I always worked in many different mediums at once. I liked to include paper scraps in paintings and what not. In college I discovered my love for printmaking and kind of put photography on a back burner. After school I didn’t have access to fancy equipment or studio space and I moved around a lot and didn’t have any money. Collage materials are basically free if you know where to look, so it was a natural progression.

K.N. Do you feel like your brain is working in a different way when you are painting rather than working with collage elements?

B.H. Yes. With collage it’s more like puzzle pieces and treasure hunting, with painting it’s more experimental, since you start with nothing.

K.N. Do your collage works inform your paintings, and vice versa?

B.H. I think it’s all one big blob of creativity that can’t really be separated. To me, at least.

K.N. What do your Arches paintings mean to you?

B.H. It is one of my favorite shapes and one that naturally recurs in my work. But it can’t just be any arch shape, there are certain ones I’m drawn to, for example the shape of a tombstone.

I made those paintings in a meditative way, they are more about the way my hand-eye wanted to do it and not about the way it would look.

K.N. I read that you spent several years in Los Angeles - how did you like living there? Were there any distinct switches in your work after your time living there? People always talk about how east coast artists tend to “brighten up their palette” after a stint on the west side.

B.H. I liked it at first but quickly snapped out of it. The main distinct switch in my work was that I didn’t do much. It’s easy to be very lackadaisical there, and you don’t notice time passing since every day is the same. I also felt extremely overwhelmed by Hollywood culture, which you can’t really avoid, and the whole “I’m better than you because I’m rich” attitude. It’s real. I was just out of place. I did eventually make a small body of mixed media work on paper, which looking back seems to be about feeling like an outcast.

K.N. Can you tell us about Treasure Trash?

B.H. I like the idea that ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’. That saying applies to pretty much every aspect of my life. The series is all shot on cheap 35mm film with used cameras I found at thrift stores. I would buy a camera for like $5.00 without knowing if it worked, then have the film developed at CVS or Target or somewhere like that. I guess the point was to not take myself too seriously and just see what happens. I think the resulting images reflect that care-free spirit.

K.N. What are your thoughts on re-appropriation?

B.H. I love the physical aspect of recycling old materials into something new. I think it can be great if done tastefully and with tact.

K.N. You have an absurd amount of work. Describe your daily practice of art making.

B.H. It’s true. I have too much. I don’t even know what to do with all of it. I can’t stop!

K.N. What design and art projects have inspired you recently?

B.H. There isn’t one project in particular, but right now I love strange methodical clothing, bizarre jewelry, artifacts from the early 1900’s through the 30’s, outsider and folk art, as well as more minimal paintings and prints.

K.N. What sorts of projects should we be looking forward to in the future?

B.H. That’s a mystery even to me.

Communal Lighting Installation

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:08:44 -0500

Communal Lighting Installation

Douglas Gordon. Self Portrait of You + Me (Jayne Mansfield).

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:23:43 -0500

Douglas Gordon. Self Portrait of You + Me (Jayne Mansfield).

by Jes Cervoni (jescervoniphoto.tumblr.com)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:36 -0500

by Jes Cervoni (jescervoniphoto.tumblr.com)

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:59:08 -0500

http://www.beckmans.se/maximillian-george/

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:55:36 -0500

http://www.beckmans.se/maximillian-george/

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