Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
The eastern textile principle of “phulkari” was introduced to me during a gallery talk with the artist Jenny Mullins last year.
The principle indicates that some mistakes in various textile patterns (mostly wedding apparel) are voluntarily introduced into the embroidery work in
order to protect a bride from the evil eye (”nazar”). Indeed a perfect piece could have attracted others’ jealousy.
I thought about this as I admired the tile work in a restaurant bathroom a few months ago. In a digital world which demands perfection, it’s very humbling to acknowledge and embrace illustrious imperfection.
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
“In Country” is the result of five years’ work by Ms. Karady, who interviewed dozens of veterans and asked them to talk about their most traumatic war moments. She then overlaid those memories onto their present-day lives, in the suburbs, back at school and, in one case, on the streets.
Ms. Karady, 43, described a process that she called equal parts journalism and psychotherapy. “This thing is replaying visually in the person’s head, and we really have no idea what is going on,” she said. “But the idea, conceptually, of taking that moment and recontextualizing and placing it in the civilian world, is based on a therapeutic model.”
Jeff Wall meets Martha Rosler. I love these and wish I could fly to San Fran for the day to take a look in person.
read more here
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
May 14th 7PM-11PM
Gallery Four presents part one of a two part series. Volume One features new sculpture, installation, photography, and video works by four artists from Idaho, New York, and Baltimore. You & Me Living Today (anatomically modern explorers) examines our ever-baffling material culture as an adaption to ironic biological confines. Evolutionary pitfalls abound, we continue to explore the boundaries between our bodies, our rituals, our desires, and our visceral responses to a haphazardly nurtured environment.
read more here
Tags: Art, baltimore, gallery four, H&H building
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
Many talented young designers today have abandoned their roles as improvers of the general visual environment. Many only want to work on cultural work, or not-for-profit work, or on projects they perceive as “good-for-society” which may have a high profile within the design milieu, but don’t really reach ordinary people. These designers are afraid to get involved in mainstream packaging, promotion or corporate work. They forget that these are the products and messages that most people really encounter in their daily lives, that these products and services are at the heart of the American condition, and that there is responsibility for us as designers, always, to raise the expectation of what design can be. We are responsible for that daily experience. These “ivory tower designers” leave the job to others (ad agencies, schlock shops, etc.) who are simply doing it for the money, and are often cynical about the outcome.
read the full article here.
Tags: Design, new york city, paula scher, pentagram, pretty shitty
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
I found this article and illustration work at a perfect time.
Maybe it’s the years worth of luggage under each of my eyeballs or maybe because I went for a run yesterday and ended up about four miles from my apartment without noticing.
I need a vacation.
GOOD is good.
Tags: Art, Design, illustration, life
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Sarada and Jessica came by to make the first marks on the quilt last Sunday. Very fun process and always good conversation.
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Collaboration with Jen Gin for Baltidelphia!
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Collaboration between Baltimore and Philadelphia artists. I was able to get to know Jen Gin over the course of 3 months and it turns out we had a lot in common. Communication came easy and we were able to bounce ideas around right away, but it also turns out we are both really busy and unable to pull through with some of our better ideas. All in all – still a great experience and a great job by Phu and the rest.
read more here.
Most of the Baltimore artists will be heading to Philadelphia for the opening at “My House”, but there will be a soft opening in Baltimore this Saturday January 9th from 6pm – 9pm at the Hexagon Gallery on Charles Street. A larger, more raucous closing reception will happen with the Philly kids as our guests in February.
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
New project! Website and news to follow in the coming weeks.
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