Walton Ford

I came across Walton Ford on Art21 (PBS) and I am in love with his natural history style (surprise..) But if you look closely, he hides little fucked up happenings. Some of his other illustrations are pretty raunchy but I like these two the best. Ian and I were convinced he illustrated "Animalia", but I just looked it up and it aint him..

-Kelley

Hey you guys

http://www.sophiejodoin.com/

This lady had a show at Skidmore last year and her work chilled me to the bone. When Im spending too much time on facebook I try to look here instead.

Hannah

PS: Hey Nadja!!

Sophie Jodoin:

Philipp Malyavin

The Whirlwind

1906

oil on canvas, 223 x 410 cm

Loved to Death

http://www.lovedtodeath.net/

"We have always been animal lovers and feel that the life of an animal doesn’t necessarily end at their death. We seek out obscure and unique materials to create Loved To Death items. Loved To Death began this endeavor creating Anthropomorphic Taxidermy dioramas and have expanded to include their truly unique Jewelry and Accessories line.

Beginning in the mid 1800’s, Anthropomorphic Taxidermy is an art form that is both inspiring and somewhat unaccepted. Hermann Ploucquet, a pioneer who was well known for his “Fighting Squirrels“, was the first to show his works in 1850. One of the most well known and influential Anthropomorphic artists was Walter Potter. With his collection of works that were exhibited in the Potter Museum, Potter was the first to be so publicly accepted.
Having a keen sense of recognizing and appreciating small details is a big part of what makes these pieces so unique. All animal parts in our jewelry and accessories line come from recycled sources and have all been professionally preserved. No animals have been killed for use in our work. They are Loved To Death by us and hopefully you too!"

Haven't been here yet, but a girl at Anthro told me about it!! Check it outtt

-KO

how do i work this thing?

Reminds me of the last post

Short film by Blu
animation painted on public walls.

http://www.vimeo.com/993998

for more of his videos and art work go to:

http://blublu.org/sito/blog/

-Check out the video I posted and more if you like the first one! -lllllLindSAY

Automatic Writing - William Kentridge

I saw this artist's work at the SF MOMA. He has awesome animated short movies, etchings, prints and sculptures! In one room, he built a small stage and had an animated/puppet opera. The sketchy animation and music in this short movie somewhat remind me of "The Snowman"- when we watched it at Anna's last winter!!

-KO

Kate MacDowell

Kate MacDowell hand-sculpts with porcelain. I find her detail-oriented, impossible natural history style very intriguing. However, upon reading her statement, I was disappointed to hear that her intent is to show man vs nature and the fragility of ecology blah blah blah. Sometimes, its best to trust your own convictions with a piece of work and breach the artist's intent...What do you think?

-Kelley

Check out more at her website

http://www.katemacdowell.com/index.html

Mirrors

(posted by lindsay)

....Im a nerd for posting so much. Its just because the weather.

I came across this picture of a cat and it reminded me of a photo by Arno Rafael Minkkinen.

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

-"I treat the medium the same way a street shooter does. What happens in front of my camera happens in reality. There are no double exposures, no digital manipulations."

Deborah Butterfield

(posted by lindsay)

Deborah Butterfield is one of my favorite artists.

The best website with slides of her art is: http://www.lalouver.com/html/butterfield_bio.html

Like her, I tend to come across obsessive forms in my art. But I cant imagine being loyal to that object for decades! Even though there are hundreds of horses she has done, they never become boring. The materials she collects and uses are so creative. I know you guys can relate to the addiction of collecting...I remember walking down the street with Anna and we both glanced at a piece of twisty scrap metal and dove for it, knocking each other out of the way! Anyways there is something really intimate about what someone is drawn to . Her work reminds me to keep thinking like an artist even when I'm walking through an alley or down the beach:)
Joseph, 1988

Found steel, welded

85X84X64''

Verde,1990

found steel, welded

79X108X31''

Cat Creek, 2001

Casted Driftwood

28 1/2 x 34 x 15 in.

Her paints....

I need to buy a property this big. My room is busting out at the seams with the crap I collect! I like her idea!

Her pencils....

Her driftwood collection is a lot more impressive than mine. Its incredible that she makes the horse with driftwood and then they cast it in bronze! It looks so tricky. The patination blows my mind. Her casted pieces are beautiful!

Lindsay's Inspirations

I found these guys a while ago while looking at some school in Sweden. Wish I knew the artists!

Dixie Darling Jewelry

I also saw these in Seattle. They were in a boutique, one of three called Fancy, (Shmancy and Nancy).

Here's what the artist has to say:

"My current body of work combines my interest in plant life, jewelry, and sculpture.
The work consists of organic rings and necklaces that reflect an experimentation and exploration of materials, unique color combination, and texture. During the creation of each piece I focus on objects that are either found, bought, given to me, or created from other materials. I find it intriguing to use materials that have little monetary or social value in order to create something beautiful. It is important that each piece work as well off the body, as a sculptural work, as well as on.
I want the viewer to be able to adorn themselves with each piece and form a personal bond with my work. I believe that art that can be worn by the viewer creates more of an intimate bond between artist and wearer."

FIRST FRIDAY ART

Here's the piece I put in the BFA first friday gallery show. Inspired by my crazy circus mind, I figured we are but naive low beings looking up and seeing birds perched on a phone wire. The ants probably look up and think the birds are God. Ironically, birds can fly as far as they want but their brains are too small to be able to do anything substantial. Makes me reevaluate my position in this world. We're all the way down here living seeminly mundane lives, getting hung up on sometimes trivial things but we have the "world at our fingertips" I dont know about you but I'd send messages upward to find out what's our bigger purpose. If we dont have a bigger purpose, we can just enjoy the circus-Nadja

I saw this installation at Free People in Seattle!

Kathryn Spence

Kathy Spence's pigeons are awesome! I love her loose craftsmanship.

" The city's so dirty, you just don't have access to nature. So I was happy to even see pigeons on the concrete. I started trying to figure out what to make them out of. I'd see newspapers run over by cars and think that they looked like dead pigeons. So I started gathering up the newspapers and street garbage to make the pigeons."