There's a shoutout to our ziggy in Paducah Life magazine this month. The Ziggurat was a temporary, collaborative installation with Ryan Paxton at AIR Paducah, Kentucky. This project was influenced by the natural geography of the area and the strong quilting tradition. The terraced pyramid shape of the ziggurat was used in ancient civilizations as a respite from floods. We also wove painted strips of paper and created a network of colorful strings of embroidery floss on its interior, as a nod to the local quilters.
"Silence Breakers" opening at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art
Join me this Thursday for the opening of Silence Breakers at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art.
March 4, 2018 - April 5, 2018
Public Reception: Thursday, March 8, 5 – 8 pm
Public Closing Reception: Thursday, April 5, 5 – 8 pm
An unjuried exhibition in collaboration with Nasty Women Connecticut
Review for "Mighty Minis" show in Art New England
Read the full review of the "Might Minis" show in Art New England here.
"Outtakes" // Art21 Magazine
There's a new column in the Art21 magazine called "Outtakes" and I compiled the first post for the site here. Read about the new exhibition Art in the Age of the Internet and other news from the week.
Stop motion
I made another stop motion video of one of my recent paintings of a knot.
This Week in Art: 1.29-2.4: Fifty Artists Design “New York” Magazine Covers In Public Art Project
Honoring the fiftieth anniversary of New York magazine last fall, fifty prominent New York-based artists are working with the publication to create a series of commemorative covers. The first eight designs were announced last week, including “PRUMP/TUTIN” by Barbara Kruger. The covers will be shown around New York as a public art exhibition, on view in a variety of venues across all five boroughs, complete with free prints for the first viewers to arrive.
Also this week:
- Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet released a new video from their forthcoming album, Landfall, inspired by Anderson’s experience of Hurricane Sandy.
- William Wegman donated 174 short videos to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, encompassing all of the artist’s video works created between 1970 and 1999.
- Finally, Lorde added an excerpt from Jenny Holzer’s 1977 Inflammatory Essays to her Grammys outfit last night as a form of protest. Lorde had considered not attending the awards because she wasn’t given the opportunity to perform solo like the other male nominees in her category for Album of the Year.
READ the rest of "This Week in Art" on the Art21 site here.
Cat's Paw Video
I made a video that shows the de/construction of a painting I made called Cat's Paw. Cat's Paw is a type of a knot.
"This Week in Art" on Art21
The structure of the Art21 Magazine is changing in 2018 and will be unveiled in the coming weeks. While I will no longer be writing content for the online magazine's themed issues, I will be contributing to the "This Week in Art" column for the next few months.
You can read the first weekly roundup here.
The feature story this week is the announcement of the 2018 United States Artists Fellows. The United States Artists, a Chicago-based foundation devoted to supporting the arts across nine disciplines, has named Dread Scott, Abigail DeVille and Pepón Osorio among the 45 artists and collectives comprising the 2018 fellows. A $50,000 grant accompanies the fellowship, which recognizes contributions to fields such as craft, dance, writing, and the visual arts, among others.
Reading Critically: Alexandra Bell's Counternarratives
A belated post to announce my article about Alexandra Bell's Counternarratives series in the Art21 Magazine. Since January 2017, the artist has pasted her works around Brooklyn, exposing editorial bias in the print version of the New York Times. Others have recently reproduced her works anonymously in Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
Read the text here.
Bell's work is included in the group show, Lack of Location Is My Location, at Koenig & Clinton Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. The exhibition has been extended through January 14, 2017.
Social Patterns
I am happy to have paintings included in the show, Social Patterns, at The Whitney Center and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art. The reception is January 20th, from 3-5 pm.
2018 Flat File: Year Five at Tiger Strikes Asteroid
I'm very excited to have this painting on paper included in "The 2018 Flat File: Year Five" opening this Friday, December 1, from 6-9pm at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York. 1329 Willoughby Ave, #2A, Brooklyn, NY
The 2018 Flat File features works by: Paolo Arao, Carlos Beltran Arechiga, Caetlynn Booth, Ellen Burchenal, Emily Burns, Eddie Chu, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Jacquelyn Gleisner, Rhia Hurt, Raymie Iadevaia, Vanessa Irzyk, Chris Joy, Tricia Keightley, Songyi Kim, Rachel Klinghoffer, Alison Kudlow, Vanessa Larsen, Mary Laube, Amanda Lechner, Tonya Lee, Greg Lindquist, Elizabeth Livingston, Leeza Meksin, Bridget Mullen, Ryan Sarah Murphy, Erin Murray, Justin Plakas, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Lauren Rice, Kristen Schiele, Jennifer Shepard, Niki Singleton, Sarah Slappey, Melinda Steffy, Catalina Viejo Lopez de Roda, Bettina Weiß, and James Woodfill.
Robots, Race, and Algorithms: Stephanie Dinkins at Recess Assembly
Since 2014, the artist Stephanie Dinkins has asked the social robot BINA48 this question several times. Developed by Hanson Robotics in 2010, BINA48 was purchased by Martine Rothblatt, a futurist and self-made millionaire. The robot’s bust is modeled after Rothblatt’s partner, Bina. More than one hundred hours of Bina Rothblatt’s thoughts, memories, and beliefs were compiled to form the personality of this humanoid robot. Although the robot shares its likeness and opinions with Bina Rothblatt, Dinkins is curious how BINA48 sees herself. Can the robot learn to empathize with people?
Read more from the "Empathy" issue (Nov/Dec) in the Art21 Magazine here.
Project al-Khwarizmi (PAK) POP-UP Workshop continues at Recess Assembly through December 22, 2017.
City-Wide Open Studios this Weekends
Join me this weekend at Erector Square for City-Wide Open Studios!
Saturday and Sunday, 10/28 - 29, 12 - 6:00 p.m.
Erector Square, 315 Peck Street, Building 1, 2nd floor, Studio G, New Haven, CT
Also catch me live on the radio on Saturday morning around 11!
WPKN Live Broadcast
October 28, 11:00am - 4pm
WPKN Independent Community Radio will broadcast live from CWOS in the historic offices of A.C. Gilbert, Building 3, 3rd Floor.
Listen in on the radio at WPKN 89.5FM or online
More knots
Still making paintings on paper of different knotted forms...
Feature in the Charger Bulletin
This year I am teaching at the University of New Haven and the school produces its own news program called the Charger Bulletin. A journalism student interviewed me and my colleague David Livingston about our works in the Seton Gallery. Here's the link.
At Work // New Faculty Show at Seton Gallery
I'm delighted to be included in the New Faculty show "At Work" at the University of New Haven's Seton Gallery. Join me for the opening Reception next Wednesday, October 4th from 4 - 7 p.m.
Through October 12th
Featuring works by David Livingston, Jacquelyn Gleisner, Caroline Valites, Serdar Arat, and Luis Victori
Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, Dodds Hall, 300 Boston Post Road, New Haven, CT
FSU Sketchbook
#FSUsketchbookproject completed on my birthday! Featuring (23) - blank-, (24) Jonah Feingard, (25) Nichole Gleisner, (26) Nichole Gleisner, (27) Lindsay Alberts, and (28) Erika Schneider.
Making Paper
Read about artist Hong Hong and her paper-making process in the "Invention" issue of the Art21 magazine here.
FSU Sketchbook project
The fourth set of sketchbook pages from Mazmanian Gallery with the hands of (17) Marissa Malbrough, (18) Josie Dooley, (19) Conall Dooley, (20) Estelle Vignon and Frances Dooley, (21) Emily Robinson, and (22) Tessa Jillson.
#FSUsketchbookproject
Two new press features
Read about my current installations in Peterborough and Newburgh at the links below:
Summertime art walk in Depot Square and Depot Park in Peterborough
Canvas Magazine, September 2017
"Folds of the Cloak" will be on view at the Sharon Arts Center in downtown Peterborough, NH until September 17, 2017.
"The Interaction of Colour" continues at the Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh, NY through October 14, 2017.