An Outline Shape

outsiderontheinside: Elly MacKay has captured the beauty and...

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:06:52 -0500

She brought back a gift...

On the back of a tiger

Catch

In his world…

Elly MacKay has captured the beauty and simplicity of childhood and put that magic in a bottle. Or, rather, a box - MacKay creates stunning dioramas out of layers of paper and then lights and photographs them to create these images.

From MacKay’s bio:

My work often tells a moment in a story, and often plays with the themes of childhood, and the ephemeral. I look to my own childhood, my experiences as a mother, Victorian curiosities, vintage book illustrations, set design, and the land and weather.

You can read more about MacKay’s process here.

katharinazwicky: Getting ready for open studios

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:03:27 -0500

katharinazwicky:

Getting ready for open studios

Photo

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:49:16 -0500

theories-of: MIRIAM CAHN

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:59:32 -0500

theories-of:

MIRIAM CAHN

prettyclever: Anna Ropalo

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:21:22 -0500

prettyclever:

Anna Ropalo

"I really must stop saying sorry; it doesn’t make things any better or worse. If only I had it in me..."

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:53:26 -0400

“I really must stop saying sorry; it doesn’t make things any better or worse. If only I had it in me to be all fierce, fearless and forthright instead of forever sprinkling my discourse with pitiful retractions, apologies and prevarications. It is one of the reasons I could never have been an artist, either of a literary or any other kind. All the true artists I know are uninterested in the opinion of the world and wholly unconcerned with self-explanation. Artists are strong, bloody-minded, difficult and dangerous.”

- The Fry Chronicles (via fuckyeahstephenfry)

workman: artistandstudio: Mark Rothko, 1964. Photo by Hans...

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:23:26 -0400

workman:

artistandstudio:

Mark Rothko, 1964. Photo by Hans Namuth. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

"To be able to analyse the contemporary image production – and intervene into this production – art..."

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:23:22 -0400

“To be able to analyse the contemporary image production – and intervene into this production – art needs a certain distance from everyday life. The museification of art is related to the concept of the ‘permanent collection’ that gives to the artworks a promise of eternal or at least indefinite time of survival. But the relevance of permanent collections decreases as the number of the museums of contemporary art increases. The museums of contemporary art are theatres in which the drama of the contemporary life is staged always anew.”

- Boris Groys

blackcontemporaryart: Driftglass, Camille Norment,...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:57:26 -0400

blackcontemporaryart:

Driftglass, Camille Norment, 2001-2004

Interactive series of optically deceptive mirrors with sonic feedback. Mirror, optic film, proximity sensors, audio components.

urhajos: Choi Xooang

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:18:00 -0400

urhajos:

Choi Xooang

pulmonaire: Thin Layers by Şakir Gökçebağ, creates astounding...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:42:11 -0400

pulmonaire:

Thin Layers by Şakir Gökçebağ, creates astounding objects and sculptures with paper rolls.

Bruce Conner

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:30:09 -0400

Bruce Conner

the near extinction of a modern critic in art

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:48:45 -0400

the near extinction of a modern critic in art

Ed Ruscha

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:46:23 -0400

Ed Ruscha

Photo

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:42:54 -0400

blackcontemporaryart: Middle Passage, Ruby Onyinyenchi Amanze,...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:52:50 -0400

blackcontemporaryart:

Middle Passage, Ruby Onyinyenchi Amanze, 2008

workman: notationnotes: Piet Mondrian :: Broadway Boogie...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:19:38 -0400

workman:

notationnotes:

Piet Mondrian :: Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43

“True boogie-woogie I conceive as homogeneous with my intention in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means – dynamic rhythm.” [Mondrian]

relevant to my interests

workman: arpeggia: Cai Guo-Qiang & Shiseidō - Light...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:48:12 -0400

Light Passage--Autumn, 2007, gunpowder on paper, 400 x 600 cm

Light Passage--Winter, 2007, gunpowder on paper, 230 x 462 cm

Light Passage--Spring, 2007, gunpowder on paper mounted on wood as six-panel screen, 230 x 462 cm

Light Passage--Summer, 2007, gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as five-panel screen, 230 x 385 cm

workman:

arpeggia:

Cai Guo-Qiang & Shiseidō - Light Passage, 2007, gunpowder on paper

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atavus: Louise Mann

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:13:01 -0400

atavus:

Louise Mann

Minimal paintings by Jarek Puczel. He refers to these works as...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:09:15 -0400

Minimal paintings by Jarek Puczel. He refers to these works as “abandoning the developed form”.