From the NYC subway, yet again.
T.B.
Archive for March, 2011
Represent.
Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, figurative, gesture, gesture drawing, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, contour drawing, Drawing, figure, gesture drawing, life drawing, sketch, subway drawing, Tom Bennett on March 31, 2011 by Tom BennettI’ve Been Out Wandering
Posted in Art on March 30, 2011 by Toni TillerWhich of course means I am a little behind on my project, and when I think about how much time it might take to cut up hundreds of little pieces of paper and get all antsy and overwhelmed I’m just going to think about this guy, who doesn’t seem to have that problem at all.
Lilliputian Bedspread
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings with tags Art, miniature, quilting, sewing, smurfs on March 29, 2011 by jdhastingsThese quilts are each 3″ x 3″ or smaller. I need to practice before getting to the major task of quilting and binding the larger quilt I’m making so these are good exercises.
These are bigger on your screen than they are in life. My rush job to scan and editing last night didn’t do them much justice either.
Not much decoration here, but the binding is hand sewn.
Machine applique, with machine binding.
My first attempt at hand applique. Not quite circular, but whatever, I’ll get better, and the small size made it more challenging. This will be hand bound but is currently held with pins.
-JD
(Get it? Minnie? Mini? I’m hilarious?)
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Mr. Ando Of The Woods
Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags animation, Art, cartoon, humor, lickety-lickety, Mr. Ando, peng-peng, penguin love, shits and giggles, Takashi TaniGuchi on March 26, 2011 by ssstephgBTW, I’m in the market for my own personal Mr. Ando. Anyone interested in applying for the position send a special email with “Lickety-Lickety Peng-Peng” as the subject line to Artspit@gmail.com. Arigato for the link, Bodart-san!
One Round Jack
Posted in Art with tags interview blog, Jason Gray, One Round Jack on March 25, 2011 by Jason Gray
Over the past few weeks, I have been busy building a new blog using the short-form interview as its basis. Read the first three interviews now (and check back in every so often) by clicking on the pic above.
Abduction and Marriage
Posted in abstract, Art, figurative, homage, narrative art, nude, oil painting, Painting, rape, technique, Tom Bennett, Work in Progress with tags abstract, Art, figurative painting, homage, nude, oil on panel, oil painting, Painting, rape, rubens, Tom Bennett on March 24, 2011 by Tom BennettRubens’s Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus confronts the viewer with an interpretative dilemna. The composition illustrates the story recounted by Theocritus and Ovid of how the twin brothers Castor and Pollux (called the Dioscuri) forcibly abducted and later married the daughters of King Leucippus. Rubens’s depiction of the abduction is marked by some striking ambiguities: an equivocation between violence and solicitude in the demeanor of the brothers, and an equivocation between resistance and gratification in the response of the sisters. The energized ebullience and sensual appeal of the group work to override our darker thoughts about the coercive nature of the abduction.
I’ve decided to take this painting and place it in another ambiguous and disconnected space, distorting much of the narrative and for lack of a better cliché, recontextualizing. At this late stage it still needs some tweeking and resolution of various passages.
Tom Bennett
Sisters, oil on panel, 24″ x 30″
Transformative: More Than Meets The Eye
Posted in Art on March 23, 2011 by jdhastingsToday on Tumblr I wrote a long thing about appropriation art law and what I think of the recent ruling regarding Richard Prince. Long story short, I think people are making it out to be a bigger deal than it is. I explain my understanding of the history and use of some of the key concepts in copyright law and fair use. I’d repost the text here but the formatting is going to be too hard to transfer.
Eternally Forgetting it’s Tuesday.
Posted in Art on March 22, 2011 by jdhastingsI’m a jerk who has issues following schedules. Lately I’ve been working on a large quilt. It’s not ready to be displayed, but whateva. Here it is. You’ll get a better view when it’s more done.
-JD
monster pattern
Posted in Daniel Allyn Lee, design, Drawing, Illustration, Textile with tags fabric, Illustration, monsters, pattern, plaid on March 21, 2011 by Daniel Allyn LeeHere’s another fabric pattern I was messing around with. I don’t know about the plaid in the background, but that can be easily changed out. I might try polka-dots instead.
Sketchy Subconscious Unearthed
Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, acrylic, Art, charcoal, Drawing, gouache, Painting, pastel, sketch, steph gerolimatos, subconscious on March 19, 2011 by ssstephg
gouache, acrylic, charcoal and pastel on mat board
16.5 x 10.5 inches
I found this sketch the other day in a pile in my studio. I did it a few years ago and then forgot all about it. When I found it, I was surprised at how relevant it seems to what I’m doing now, but then I figured that’s how things work. I concentrate on one thing while another part of my brain sorts through other stuff. I never know what the hell’s really going on.
With amused acceptance,
-Steph
Urban Decay
Posted in 35mm with tags Jason Gray on March 18, 2011 by Jason Gray
I am continuing my exploration of the city of Saint Louis and its unique mixture of what was with what is. As mentioned last week, most of these photos were taken in an abandoned (except for the homeless) building downtown.
All Nikon N80 with either Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D or Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G lenses; Ilford HP5+ BW Film.
More after the jump–> Read more »
Aesthetic Limbo
Posted in abstract, Art, figurative, homage, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett with tags abstract, allegory, Art, homage, oil on panel, oil painting, Painting, tiepolo, Tom Bennett on March 17, 2011 by Tom BennettI’m continuing with the deconstruction and reconstruction of antique allegorical paintings. This was initially influenced by Tiepolo’s The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew. I’m concerned here with the relationship of process and the subconscious; finding the ambiguous spaces between the concrete and the obscure. At this stage it simply looks like a semi cubist painting, so I’m unsure of my feelings about it.
The support for this painting is a ready-made cradled hardboard with a texture I’m not entirely happy with. The acrylic gessoed, evenly patterned surface seems to absorb the medium too fast and too much, and the texture isn’t quite responding to the tools I’m using for mark-making. I think I’ll be returning to a little more resistant surface.
Tom Bennett
Bartholemew 3-11, 2011, oil on panel, 24″ x 18″
Special Delivery!
Posted in Art, sculpture, Toni Tiller with tags Art, sculpture, Toni Tiller on March 16, 2011 by Toni TillerMy friend Andy is moving to the west coast, so there is a lot of art that needs to be placed and it looks like I’ll be getting a lot of it. They delivered this half ton wooden sculpture with a crane, how exciting!
Cat approved!
Enso
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, enso, Japanese Art, miles davis, Painting, sewing on March 15, 2011 by jdhastingsEnso is the Japanese word for “circle” (so I’m told). It is also a vital concept in the tradition of Japanese Zen art. In that tradition, the calligrapher must center himself mentally before composing the circle in one or two strokes. The symbol is meant to represent everything, including nothing.
Clearly, this piece is not calligraphy and took more than a moment to compose, and instead of seeking enlightenment I was probably watching the X-Files. However, it was also created with the tradition of the Enso in mind. The simple elegance of that symbol has had a large impact on me, and anytime you see a circle in my work, it has informed me to some extent. I thought this week was an apt time to share this.
“Enso” 16″ x 13″ Acrylic on Canvas, sewn
The tradition of Japanese calligraphy is cited in Bill Evans’s liner notes to Miles Davis’s seminal album “So What” as an important point of reference to understand the concept of “Modality” that album experimented with.
-JD
Test Pattern
Posted in craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, digital, Illustration with tags Drawing, fabric, Illustration, monsters, pattern on March 14, 2011 by Daniel Allyn LeeI managed to get this group of monsters to wrap around after fiddling with them forever on the computer. I’ve wanted to try this for a while to get some fabric printed with my characters in the pattern. The pattern doesn’t match exactly, but close enough. I’ll probably just have a swatch printed with this exact pattern. I’ve had some fabric printed with monster faces before, that I made into dolls, but not an original drawn pattern. I’ll have to experiment more with.
Emerging Patterns: Another Sketch In Paint
Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, Art, Painting, sketch, steph gerolimatos on March 12, 2011 by ssstephg
acrylic and collage on 3/4 inch birch plywood
21 x 8 inches
Above is another sketch I finished this week. The previous sketches I finished in this vein were about working out a kind of chaotic, icky element to incorporate into my current work. This one is about starting to combine that stuff with ordered pattern underneath. As usual, the photo representation of it is only so decipherable. Maybe I’ll get some detail shots to add later.
Have a happy Saturday!
-Steph
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Bzzz, The Sound Of Pi
Posted in Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, bottles, cool, flight of the bumblebee, fun, geekdom, geekery, music, pi, sounds, video on March 12, 2011 by ssstephgWell, the numbers are kind of animated. Enjoy!
and yet another non-cartoon with a fun musical theme.
-StephG
Black and White Part Two
Posted in 35mm, abstract, Art, art school, Jason Gray, landscape, St. Louis with tags 35mm Film, Jason Gray, Photography, St. Louis on March 11, 2011 by Jason Gray
In the last two weeks, I have switched from focusing on the small patch of woods in the urban park where I work to the more industrial side of St. Louis. My city is a strange place that still makes things, all kinds of things, from chemicals to jet planes. This reality means that there is a lot of space (most manufacturing centers stopped building up and started building out at least by the 1940′s), and since most of my city’s population had left for the suburbs by the end of the 1970′s, that means a lot of empty space. So “space” is what I have been concentrating on lately (with a few exceptions). Enjoy!
All Nikon N80 or Nikon n8008s with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D or Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G lenses.
More after the jump–> Read more »
M & M Peanut in a Tea Cup, or Blindfold Painting Helps your Organs
Posted in Art, comic, Illustration, Painting, performance, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, caffeine, cartoon, Drawing, Illustration, m&m, Painting, teacup, Tom Bennett, video on March 10, 2011 by Tom BennettAll I have is this representation of how I feel with or without coffee.
This may be a solution:
Sometimes I take the Long Route
Posted in Art with tags Art, J. D. Hastings, sewing on March 8, 2011 by jdhastingsI forgot it was Tuesday for a second. I’m trying to make it through this wee without caffeine. Please bear with me.
These aren’t all that to look at on the screen. I apologize for that. Sincerely. They look alright in person though. Good enough to tear up for use in something else anyways.
They are patterns that have been “drawn” with thread and a sewing machine.
The funny thing about these is they took far longer to make than is even remotely reasonable. The one below took 6-7 hours of work and they aren’t even that big.
This is one of the interesting parts of the type of work I do. There will be some initial thought, then I’ll set myself on some long, repetitive process that requires little thought. During that process, I’ll then think idly about other stuff.
Now I’m trying to flip that process a bit by taking on more complicated representations. So, though, far I’ve spent most of my time ironing fabric.
-JD
darteboard
jdhastings
ssstephg
Tom Bennett
Toni Tiller
Jason Gray
probrucer
laelia e. mitchell
galinatodorova
