Monday, January 7, 2013
Anders Arhøj is the creator of ORB, an art object / piggy bank. The objects, which are playful in function but sophisticated in form, are made from stoneware and glazed. Don’t they look lovely in a group? Arhøj says he was inspired by a fortune teller’s crystal ball, but I also see these as bowling balls and gumdrops. The raw finishes remind me of Edith Heath and her experimental work with finishes and glazes.
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And here is the “Ghosts” project Arhøj did with Louise Gaarmann which is based on the “ideas of the Japanese Shinto religion believing that everything in nature has a soul.”
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Monday, December 31, 2012
I love the wonderfully creative, pocket-sized world of Sabine Timm.
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via all the mountains.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
I just love this potted plant series by Australian artist Emily Ferretti via Sophie Gannon Gallery and Studio Visit.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Works on paper by Brooklyn artist Laurel Sparks. These gridded and heavily-intersected pieces are quite cool… some are all about geometry and hard lines, others incorporate a melange of shapes and patterns for an almost Art Deco vibe. Klimt certainly comes to mind with the last piece.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
I came across this exhibit by Nobuhito Nishigawara by chance walking through the Lower East Side. I don’t have any strong attachment to Asian art but the metal and terracotta animal sculpture I saw at Tally Beck captured my heart. The playful and quirky conception of each animal is nothing if not fresh and inspiring while the materials and basic iconography, on the other hand, reference historical art of both Japan and the ancient world.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Gabriel Jesiolowski is an artist/ poet/ curator with an impressive body of work that is part-installation, part-performance art, part-photography and often includes poetry. Gabriel explores “theories of embodiment, transgendered subjectivity and questions of uprooting and regrounding” in his art. What stands out most to me about Gabriel is that he is an imaginative maker and creator of his own iconography.
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