Summer, 2011, made from all my summer shoes
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Group Show
I have some work is this show opening tomorrow night....
Slight Gestures
Curated by Gregory Denton and Xenia Benivolski
The ten artists whose works make up Slight Gestures create objects and images that are strangely compelling, and they do so with relatively simple methods and with everyday materials. Certainly, these strategies are not new in art making, but these ten share a sensibility that deserves some direct attention. The pieces are marked by a sentimentality and reverence that offsets the straight conceptualism of some of the process-based work, and inspires reverence and curiosity in the viewer. Why do we keep some things while we throw others away? How do you decide which piece should be seen, what is worthy of an audience? what is the minimal requirement for a gesture?
Entropy and chance play a role here, as does humour:
By allowing technical flaws the artists are freed from the burdens of style and are guided instead by moral and emotional attachment to an absurd end. In an interview with Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Jörg Heiser once said "These stories of failure and collapse and then not failing after all – that’s also the heroic theme of slapstick: the hero who accidentally breaks something, but in so doing brings about a stroke of good fortune and knocks over the villain, etc. You laugh because something that cannot really work actually does work. It’s a kind of triumph."
In choosing these artists, we wanted to know if that sensibility could be made clear. We asked the artists for their own views about their practice and used their input to create the show’s title. In the transcription of that conversation, included here, Nikki Woolsey describes her sculptures as a collage of objects that speak to one another - their relationship is even described as a romantic one. In seeing these works together, we create a larger conversation between the diverse and thoughtful practices of these artists.
By using found and ready made objects, prints and collage, artists are building things that they feel warrant our attention and sentiment. Janis Demkiw is embellishing an embellishment, James Gardner rescued pieces of compositions from his studio floor otherwise headed for the garbage bin, Victoria Cheong presents a projection screen specific for video that has detached itself from its original function and Mark MacKinnon aesthetically alters his TTC Uniform in a minimal, performative gesture.
This exhibition features work by:
Nadia Belerique
Victoria Cheong
Lyndsey Cope
Janis Demkiw
James Gardner
Christy Kunitzky
Cameron Lee
Mark G. MacKinnon
Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
Nikki Woolsey
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, October 14 at 7:00pm.
The exhibition continues on Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16 from 11:00am - 6:00pm.
A commemorative publication will accompany the exhibition.
via Xenia's website
Slight Gestures
Curated by Gregory Denton and Xenia Benivolski
The ten artists whose works make up Slight Gestures create objects and images that are strangely compelling, and they do so with relatively simple methods and with everyday materials. Certainly, these strategies are not new in art making, but these ten share a sensibility that deserves some direct attention. The pieces are marked by a sentimentality and reverence that offsets the straight conceptualism of some of the process-based work, and inspires reverence and curiosity in the viewer. Why do we keep some things while we throw others away? How do you decide which piece should be seen, what is worthy of an audience? what is the minimal requirement for a gesture?
Entropy and chance play a role here, as does humour:
By allowing technical flaws the artists are freed from the burdens of style and are guided instead by moral and emotional attachment to an absurd end. In an interview with Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Jörg Heiser once said "These stories of failure and collapse and then not failing after all – that’s also the heroic theme of slapstick: the hero who accidentally breaks something, but in so doing brings about a stroke of good fortune and knocks over the villain, etc. You laugh because something that cannot really work actually does work. It’s a kind of triumph."
In choosing these artists, we wanted to know if that sensibility could be made clear. We asked the artists for their own views about their practice and used their input to create the show’s title. In the transcription of that conversation, included here, Nikki Woolsey describes her sculptures as a collage of objects that speak to one another - their relationship is even described as a romantic one. In seeing these works together, we create a larger conversation between the diverse and thoughtful practices of these artists.
By using found and ready made objects, prints and collage, artists are building things that they feel warrant our attention and sentiment. Janis Demkiw is embellishing an embellishment, James Gardner rescued pieces of compositions from his studio floor otherwise headed for the garbage bin, Victoria Cheong presents a projection screen specific for video that has detached itself from its original function and Mark MacKinnon aesthetically alters his TTC Uniform in a minimal, performative gesture.
This exhibition features work by:
Nadia Belerique
Victoria Cheong
Lyndsey Cope
Janis Demkiw
James Gardner
Christy Kunitzky
Cameron Lee
Mark G. MacKinnon
Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
Nikki Woolsey
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, October 14 at 7:00pm.
The exhibition continues on Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16 from 11:00am - 6:00pm.
A commemorative publication will accompany the exhibition.
via Xenia's website
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Me + Chrissie
Something I think about often in life and in terms of conceptual art making is names, and how they affect people's lives. How does the name you have affect, limit, or influence your life? Would I be the same person if my name was different? I would say I'm slightly obsessed. I'm also slightly obsessed with birthdays for similar reasons. Chrissie Hynde has the same name (Christine!) and the same birthday as me, so I feel like we must have some sort of connection, or at least a lot of similarities. I can't decide if the fact that neither of us go by Christine strengthens or lessens the connection, but Christy and Chrissie are pretty close too, (Magic!). I'm not sure what kind of work could come out of this obsession, but I have a feeling it's the beginning of something.
And now, a Pretenders song! This one is kind of a guilty pleasure, try not to weep!
And now, a Pretenders song! This one is kind of a guilty pleasure, try not to weep!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
I Like What I Know
I have some new work in this group show taking place at The Whitehouse next weekend. There will be beautiful people and lots of beer I'm sure, all good reasons to stop in. Curated by the lovely Lyndsey Cope.
Artists showing are...
Derek Aubichon
Nadia Belerique
Emily Cook
Adam Cowan
Laura Curley
Greg Denton
Julia Dickens
Cameron George Lee
Jen Hutton
Christy Kunitzky
Jonathan Mayhew
Nitasha McKnight
Vanessa Bee Rieger
Liana Schmidt
Rebecca Fin Simonetti
Ceilidh Stidwill
Xenia Benivolski
Krista Buecking
Liz Knox
Jesse Harris
Amanda Rataj
See you there!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Attempts at Perfection #3
masking tape, copy paper
Attempts at Perfection is a series of works I have been working on which are based upon simple, repeated actions, and simple materials.
Highlighting the limits of the human body, Attempts at Perfection #3 was created with the goal of creating perfect rectangles out of copy paper and masking tape. Using simple, uncomplicated, repetitive actions, I taped piece after piece of paper to a wall, allowing errors to present themselves, capturing the evidence of the human hand in this processed based work.
Monday, December 21, 2009
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