January 2012
3 posts
Painterly role-playing
http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/laura-owens/
“The accretion of paint is a process that occurs over a span of time, making every painting a temporal cross-section, and thus making the theme of Owens’s untitled series a meditation on its own medium. This self-reflexivity comprehends a present tense – that of Owens’s painterly rhetoric – in relation to a past: the vertiginous...
December 2011
2 posts
Open Studios at Vermont Studio Center
There are so many amazing artists here at VSC. I’m going to miss them dearly. Here are some pics from my tours. It does not include everyone, just a few highlights from the open studio installations/works.
Install of my studio w/ Champagne, fruit and a deck of cards
A writing showdown in Tommy Zurhellen’s studio. Vincent Valdez on the right and me on the left. It’s not...
November 2011
11 posts
Rema Ghuloum interview
I wanted to post this interview between my friend Rema Ghuloum and Shanna Waddell about Rema’s painting and her trip to India that sparked her Shrine project. I’ve seen bits and pieces of her project, but never saw her whole installation until today because she is too damn modest. See below and here for some images of the work. It’s great.
October 2011
13 posts
Go Figure curated by Eddie Martinez @ DODGEgallery... →
DODGEgallery is pleased to present Go Figure, a group exhibition of 14 artists curated by Eddie Martinez.
ARTIST LIST:
Joshua Abelow
Derek Aylward
Gina Beavers
Brian Bellott
Katherine Bernhardt
Jamison Brosseau
Ted Gahl
Daniel Gordon
Joseph Hart
Denise Kupferschmidt
Jose Lerma
Erik Parker
Allison Schulnik
Michael Williams
THOUGHTS BY EDDIE MARTINEZ:
People say “painting is...
VCS Kickstarter - 26 hours to go!
One day to go and things are rockin’. I want to first give a shout out to Victoria DeBlassie and Anna McAshcroft who are the project’s most recent contributers. Thanks gals, you are the cream in my coffee :)
My residency is 96% funded and there is still lots of art to go around. If you are looking to get a good deal on an eagle tote or one of my drawings, you know where to go....
VSC Kickstarter Day 21 - Almost there!
There has been so much generous support in the last few days. I want to thank the most recent backers Dave Sandoval, Kelly Lynn Jones, Radka Pulliam, Ann Elizabeth Grace, Sonya Blesofsky, Phil and Brigid Klein, Mia and Michael Montpas, Bean Gilsdorf, Mauri Skinfill and Kathryn Dunlevie. Thanks so much. I am proud to say the project is 91% funded with 6 whole more days to go! This means there is...
VSC Kickstarter day 19- Big thanks!
Huge thanks to this round of Kickstarter contributors Jeffrey Gibson in Paris, France and Corinne and Jerry Dulgar in Minnetonka, MN. I’m feeling the love all the way over here :)
I am currently working on a video to promote my project with the help videography help of Philip Knowles, so a huge thanks to him as well. I will hopefully be posting my video to my kickstarter site and onto...
VSC kickstarter day 12
Today’s round if thank yous include giant thanks to backers Li and Andy Dvorak in Minnetonka, MN and Jenna Reed in New York City. Thank you so much for helping me get a few steps closer to my goal. As of today I am at 73% with over two weeks to go.
Also, just spent the day with rock star videographer Philip Knowles shooting a short film for the project. Will post it as soon as it’s...
September 2011
23 posts
VSC Kickstarter day 9- Eagles launch !
Things are going swimmingly thanks to all the support of backers thus far. The project is at 63% of its goal within only a week and a half of launching the kickstarter page and there are 18 more days to go! A few new backers to thank : Peggy Lovering of Minnetonka, MN and Kate Thibault of Seattle, WA. Thanks so much you guys!
Finally, today I am launching the designs for the highly...
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“The black background is a little too jewelry.”
– Richard Shaw on black backgrounds used in art documentation.
VCS Kickstarter day 5
A huge thanks to Maria and Fred Klein for becoming backers of my project! You guys are the bomba.
Will be posting Eagle images soon!
VSC Kickstarter day 4
A huge Artsfarts thank you goes out to backers George Sjoberg and Rachel and Jack Thibault for contributing yesterday. Thanks so much !
VSC Kickstarter Day 3
A super special thanks to the awesome Rema Ghuloum for supporting me in my project!
VSC Kickstarter Project day 1
I am happy to report that I have six people to thank after my project’s first full day on the interwebs. Huge appreciation goes out to Amalia Stott, Jaclyn Mika, George Pfau, Steph G, Steve Ashcroft and Clos. Thanks for making my first day a good one. You rock.
Kristopher Bennedict review →
“Like the philosopher-mathematicians who devised “fuzzy logic,” new casualists,...”
– From “Abstract Painting: the new Casualists.”
