Thanks to my pal Daniel for sending this really cool link. Vision Care Opthalmic Technologies has developed a visual prosthetic device designed to correct or improve vision loss due to dysfunction of the macula. Basically, they implant a tiny telescope of sorts directly into the eye which functions to enlarge images 3X or 2.2X across the retina. The larger image is then focused on not just the damaged area of the macula, but on healthy tissue as well which allows the patient to see without blindspots. Wow! Telescopes, cameras, what’s next? So much potential! This sort of technology sends all kinds of exciting artsy sci-fi fantasies through my geeky little head. Thanks Daniel! -Steph Gerolimatos
Archive for April, 2009
Miniature Implantable Eyeball Telescope
Posted in "But Is It Art?", science, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags eye, prosthetic, technology, telescope, vision on April 4, 2009 by ssstephgI Bought Art
Posted in Art, art on paper, Toni Tiller with tags Art, lyndi sales, Toni Tiller on April 3, 2009 by Toni Tiller
So last night we went out for the San Francisco first Thursday gallery openings they have every month. JD Tweeted and I took photographs, and we have yet to decide if most of it is worth posting (we’ll see, a lot depends on motivation, I am on vacation after all) but for certain I wanted to post my new acquisition. Lyndi Sales is a South African artist who’s work I was previously familiar with, introduced to it by a mutual friend I featured it on WAN about a year and a half ago. She has an incredible and tragic story about losing her father in plane crash creating a body of work using mixed media and laser cut paper to create art that is both visually stimulating and emotionally moving. The center piece of the show is a large Phoenix made out of individual kites she crafted to represent each of the people who died in the crash, and this was what caught my eye as we moved past the door, it is an unmistakable piece that I recognized instantly.
After employing our usual eavesdropping strategies we realized the artist was in attendance and so we took the opportunity to speak to her about her process where she briefly described the laser cutting process before being swept away by other admirers. It was at this point that JD noted that I needed to drink more so I could be a little more pushy, he was probably right but there was no more free wine to be had so we did the next best thing, we took a look at the price list. Read more »
Today I Need This
Posted in Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Bob Barker, Gerald L. Sabatini, oil painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos on April 3, 2009 by ssstephgFabulous is the word that comes to mind.
Bob Barker – Original Art Oil Painting
Created on 2007
Original: Hand made sculptured, painted & signed by Gerald L. Sabatini – Artist.
32.0″H X 27.5″W X 2.0″D
15 LB.
And when I say need, I mean I may shatter into a bazillion tiny particles and dissolve into the universe if I don’t get it. Such is my desire. So please, if any of you out there with an extra $3,500,000.00 in your pocket care an ounce for my existence, I beg you. Please make my life worth living with this magnificent gift.
The above description was borrowed from the ebay listing where this masterpiece is being offered. I know what you’re thinking. you’re wondering if the seller has more art for sale. OH yeah.
with love,
-Steph Gerolimatos
Paging Tom Brown- Destiny Calling on Line 1…
Posted in Art, Links, Miscellaneous, MOMA, news with tags Art, competetive art, Layer Tennis, MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, photoshop, Tom Brown on April 3, 2009 by jdhastingsClose friend of d’Arte Board, Tom Brown, who could be said to be stepfather to the site due to his pioneering work in the field of Myspace Group Moderation, has long been a fan of two things: Photoshop Trickeration and Chess.
Well now the two have been somewhat combined into Competetive Photoshopping.
(Yeah they call it tennis, but it could just as well be chess, unless you choose to wear a headband. Which you should probably wear at all times anyways, whether playing chess, jazzercizing or taking a nap after eating a bunch of pork ribs.)
I just learned of this thanks to the Museum of Modern Art’s Twitter Feed.
You can view today’s match LIVE at this website or via their own twitter feed.
This still doesn’t replace my idea of a Competitive Painting League where artists have to contend with their opponents playing active defense, trying to disrupt their attempts to accomplish their goals, but it’s a step in the right direction. I’m all for it.
recommandé
Posted in Links, recommandé with tags Art, click, lien, Links, sites, web on April 3, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeHomeless in the Windy City
Posted in Jason Gray, Photography on April 3, 2009 by Jason GrayNormally, I try not to do exploitative photography; I hate those jerks that have no qualms about sticking their camera in the face of someone less fortunate just for the sake of getting that “gritty” shot. Nonetheless, there is still that side of my photographic being that desires to document what is going on around me, whether I am around the homeless and the hapless, or the lucky and the loaded. I have resolved this internal dichotomy by focusing on my subjects with sensitivity to their existence. In other words, I want to bring the viewer in; this instead of just promoting someone’s circumstances like an advertisement. The following are a few of my shots from wandering around with the homeless and hapless.
All were shot with Nikon N80, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 or Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, and Fuji Superia 400:
Second Monthly Twitter Art Crawl
Posted in Art, events, exhibits with tags Art, First Thursday, galleries, gallery crawl, San Francisco, twitter on April 2, 2009 by jdhastingsTonight is the monthly “First Thursday” art event in San Francisco, and I will be honoring it by running from gallery to gallery tweeting like an idiot. But this time I will be joined by likeminded d’Arte Boardist, Toni Tiller, who will be taking photographs for posterity and blackmail, if at all possible.
You can follow me at http://twitter.com/j_d_hastings. I don’t know if she’s set up to tweet mobiley (mobily?), but if so, Toni is at http://twitter.com/reverend_bunnie.
I will also try to set up a temporary widget that updates this site with my tweets directly.
Hope you enjoy.
-JD
On Chinese Art Bubbles and Market Darwinism
Posted in Art, news with tags Art, Art Bubble, Chinese Art, Economics, recession, Value on April 2, 2009 by jdhastings
by Zhang Wei on www.artscenechina.com.
Upon hearing the term, “Chinese Art Bubbles” maybe you think of some form of exquisitely blown glass or an acrobatic display of soap bubble mastery. No, unfortunately it’s just another story about the artworld being affected by the economy. This time we’re looking at China, where newfound accessibility to the outside world and the great push towards urbanization have helped drive the art market to dizzying rheights in recent years before it inevitably crashed along with the rest of the planet.
I Will Cut You
Posted in Art, figurative, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett with tags Art, bartholomew, biblical, figure, flaying, homage, martydom, martyrdom, oil painting, Painting, saint, tiepolo, Tom Bennett, torture, wip, Work in Progress on April 2, 2009 by Tom BennettIts the flaying of an old forgotten biblical character!
Warning! Work in Progress!
A painting I started a while ago. I placed it facing the wall for several weeks and have come back to it, battling with it to seek out some sort of resolution between the abstract, the representation and the physical properties of the material. It’s at a state of total unresolution and confusion, much like I imagine the old man was at the time of his skinning. I’m struggling with it and its been bitch slapping me. I welcome the pain and the tears , but the biting has to stop. I want my mother.
Tom Bennett
The Martydom of Bartholomew (after Tiepolo), oil on canvas, 48″ x 36″
extreme detail:
d’Arte Board Wins It’s First Pulitzer!
Posted in Art, news, Toni Tiller with tags april fools, Art, d'arteboard, pulitzer prize, Toni Tiller on April 1, 2009 by jdhastingsWord was leaked today that darteboard.com’s very own Toni Tiller will be awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the category of “Best Online Story That Links To Another Online Story With Minimal, Yet Snarky, Commentary” for her late 2008 piece, “File Under: Not Surprised In The Slightest.”
In light of this achievement, Tiller will receive $10,000.00 and be honored with some of the most prestigious names in the journalist profession.
Asked for her reaction, Tiller responded, “What’s a Pulitzer?” Fellow d’Arte Board contributor J.D. Hastings commented glumly, “I thought I had a shot at this one, but I guess I’m not minimal enough….” He expounded upon this for several minutes before confusing himself and giving up.
I Heard Somewhere That Naked People Are Popular
Posted in Art, Photography, Toni Tiller with tags Art, found, nude, NYC, subway, Toni Tiller on April 1, 2009 by Toni TillerI think it might just be a fad though, I mean all styles swing in a pendulum right? So I figure we are about due to bring back the modern version of petticoats and make ankles the raging hot mystery they once were again. Until then I am just going to have to follow the trend as best I can in the setting I work in even if it means including this salacious depiction of elbows and knees. Despite all the rumors you may have heard, naked people are not easy to come across in the NYC subway so this was the best I could do, but maybe I will have better luck out in Berkeley this week, I hear them hippie types take their clothes off all the time. And for anyone who thinks I am just being prurient I will direct you to the label for the Whitney Museum down in the lower right corner, and everyone knows if you can attach a museum to something it automatically makes it art.
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