Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Chelsea Highlights

Alice Neel; Late Portraits & Still Lifes at David Zwirner
 Mary Beebe, 1975, Oil on canvas, Framed: 42 7/8 x 32 7/8 inches, 40 x 30 inches 



Alice Neel, Abe’s Grandchildren, 1964, Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches



Hartley, 1978, Oil on canvas52 x 40 inches


David Sokola, 1973, Oil on canvas, Canvas: 48 x 44 inches






Florian Schmidt, Untitled(Immunity)15, 2012, Acrylic gel, lacquer, vinyl, cardboard and wood, 49.21 x 47.24 inches



Florian Schmidt, Untitled (Hold) 18, 2012, Vinyl, acrylic gel, lacquer, cardboard, canvas and wood, 84.25 x 60.63 inches




Florian Schmidt, Untitled (Hold)17, 2012, Vinyl, acrylic gel, lacquer, cardboard, canvas and wood, 84.25 x 60.63 inches



Florian Schmidt, Untitled (Ribbon ) 06, 2012, Vinyl, acrylic gel, lacquer, cardboard, canvas and wood, 82.68 x 59.06 x 8.66 inches





Palma Blank; Fully Charged at Horton Gallery

KOOL Man, 2012, Acrylic & Swix wax on canvas, 37x33"





UV Dreaming, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 23x33"




RADRacer, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 73x95"






Martin Kippenberger; THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA at Carolina Nitsche Project Room



UNTITLED, 1983, Double sided collage on paper, 11 ½ x 8 inches




UNTITLED, 1985, (Gefängnisaufseherinnen in Njertschindsker Frauenkatorga /Female Prison Guards at aSiberian Katorga), Collage on paper with teeth gold inlets and string, 13 ½ x 9 ¾ inches




UNTITLED, 1983
, Double sided collage on paper, 11 ½ x 8 inches




UNTITLED, 1983,Double sided collage on paper, 11 ½ x 8 inches





DON JOINT: FISHING FOR KNICK KNACKS, at Pavel Zoubok


Green Pigs, 2011, Mixed media and collage on hand-made paper , 40 x 30 inches





Orange Birds, 2011, Mixed media and collage on hand-made paper , 16 1/2 x 12 inches





Blue Spaceships, 2011,  Mixed media and collage on hand-made paper , 16 1/2 x 12 inches













Sunday, May 20, 2012

Painting into Textiles




for several years many people have mentioned that my paintings would look great as textile designs. i didn't get it and actually still don't. i don't see how my earlier paintings could be translated into to patterns, but with my more recent work that is driven by geometric and mostly angular patterns, i get it.

a 'friend' on facebook mentioned Spoonflower as an easy way to make fabric and it wasn't until recently that i checked it out. holy fuck, they make it easier than i ever thought was possible! plus they have organic fabric, clean printing practices and tools that help you create patterns. just upload a hi res photo and add a pattern effect. BAM, DONE. this makes me very happy.




L. ny12#01 - mixed media on paper, 5" x 7"R. rendering of 2 yards of fabric based on the painting ny12#01 via Spoonflower.com using the layout option "half drop".





L. ny12#03 - mixed media on paper, 5" x 7"R. rendering of 2 yards of fabric based on the painting ny12#01 via Spoonflower.com using the layout option "half  brick".  




L. ny12#03 - mixed media on paper, 5" x 7"R. rendering of 2 yards of fabric based on the painting ny12#01 via Spoonflower.com using the layout option "mirror repeat".  






L. ny12#04 - mixed media on paper, 7" x 5"R. rendering of 2 yards of fabric based on the painting ny12#04 via Spoonflower.com using the layout option "half brick".  




L. ny12#04 - mixed media on paper, 7" x 5"R. rendering of 2 yards of fabric based on the painting ny12#04 via Spoonflower.com using the layout option "mirror repeat".  







Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Art on Etsy


Lydia Vanasse, 8" X 10", acrylic paint, colored and vintage paper on canvas, 


here's some killer art i've found on Etsy. i set up a shop several months ago to sell some collages and screen prints, and in doing so i've exposed myself to a lot of great artists. below is just a few of my 'favorites'. i could go on for days, but i'll just leave it for another post in the future. enjoy! the captions are links to the items on Etsy.




Karen Anne Glick, 12.5" x 9.5"





Karen Anne Glick,  9.75" wide x 13.5"







Schatzi Brown, Pohoa, 8"x10",  handprinted linocut in turquoise ink on 65 lb acid free neon pink card stock. 





Stanislav V, acrylic on paper, 14 x 20 cm





Stanislav V, acrylic on paper, 14 x 20 cm



Sarah Louise Matthews, 29.7 x 21cm, 3-layer papercut featuring a top layer of vellum with a cut and folded geometric tribal inspired pattern, over a metallic shimmer graphite-grey coloured sheet of paper with geometric cut out design





Sarah Louise Matthews,  29.7 x 21cm, paper and acrylic paint



c and e, The Glider, 5x7 print on archival 300gsm paper and printed with pigment-based ink.





c and e, nervous traveller, 5x7 print on archival 300gsm paper and printed with pigment-based ink.









Justin Brown Durand, an emotional monster making decisions about his life, Approximately 8.5"X 11", Graphite & colored pencil on paper



 J. Macon, acrylic painting on canvas board. 11"x14"


Ben Kafton, 24 x 36 in, screen print on 80# oatmeal speckletone paper, printed with red and black ink. Signed and numbered. Edition of 100.