New Artists to Discover/ Established Artists to Re-Discover

Untitled - detail - Lauren DiCioccio

from her paper pad reconfigurations series

As I mentioned last week, we had guests for most of last week so I'm a little behind.  It was a wonderful week with friends but now I'm trying to get my "train" back on it's usual track.

With that in mind I thought I'd share a few links to wonderful artists I have discovered.

Lauren DiCioccio works as a painter, makes drawings, objects and installations.  I really like her exploration of objects and her paper work.

Love Is Calling - Installation at David Zwirner- Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is a fascinating artist.  Click on her name and it will take you to a site with lots of information about her including a biography.  She began painting dots when she was a child and has never stopped.  Some of her work has the feeling of a primitive artist while some, such as the installation, looks like work from the 1960's.  She if prolific.

Tapestry - Man Ray - 1911 

 composed of swatches from his father's tailor shop

In collection of the Pompidou

Man Ray is the famous DaDa artist often remembered for what he called photograms or what he called Rayographs which were images produced by laying objects directly on photographic paper.  I found the above pictured Tapestry to be charming in it's use of materials connected to his father.  If you click on his name you will discover an excellent site about him and his work called the Man Ray Trust.

Fountain - Marcel Duchamp

  Previously I referenced a sculpture titled Fountaine and incorrectly attributed it to Man Ray.  That work was created by fellow DaDaist Marcel Duchamp.

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Mark Goodwin - Honesty and Simplicity

Archeology - Mark Goodwin

21.5"h x 15"w - 2010

milk paint, beeswax on paper

Many of you know that I am a fan of Pinterest and on occasion I publish links to artists whose work I find interesting.  Today is one of those days and I want to introduce you to Mark Goodwin, an artist living and working in Vermont.

Hint 1 - Mark Goodwin

42.5"h x 36"w - 2011

rabbit skin glue, pigment, graphite, milk-paint on paper

Mark's work spans painting, works on paper and sculpture.  His work has a spontaneous quality and is a bit raw and primal.  The scale of the pieces are modest and his color palette is mostly neutral.  The work spoke to me about honesty, trust and sublimity.  The work has a quiet confidence and modesty which I find very appealing.  It's the idea of showing your audience something rather than telling them something.

Web 2 - Mark Goodwin

9.5"h x 7"w - 2011

rabbit skin glue, pigment, milk paint on paper

After viewing the work on his website I read his statement and found a kindred spirit.  

Raised in a place where representation was paramount for something to be labeled art, I found great excitement in non-objective work where a black square on a canvas was enough. Today, in my own work, I flirt with representation yet shy away from rendering a specific illusion. Working in different media, my process both guides and responds to the inherent nature of the materials. I paint, draw, erase, scratch, fold, rub, and cut. Through the merging of traditional and unorthodox methods, I make something happen.

My attraction to older cultures and vernacular art, has informed my travels, readings and work. Without mimicking these references, I search for a similar sense of synthesis where something complicated is distilled to a natural simplicity. This doesn’t always happen quickly. The Chinese scholar stones and written tablets that I saw in China in 1983 are obvious influences on my recent sculptures. The scratches on the steps leading to my house are less obvious influences.

In a time when people expect a translation of a visual work into a written statement like this, I am a strong proponent of the belief that visual art is its own language, a non-verbal form of communication. The best way to understand my work is to look at it.

Group of Sculptures - Mark Goodwin

Mixed Media - 2010

I hope you will enjoy the pieces I have selected for viewing and please jump on over to his website and tumber pages.

View 16 - Mark Goodwin

15"h x 16"w - 2011

hide glue, pigment, milk paint, acrylic medium, paper on canvas

stretched on canvas

I had a hard time selecting works to use in this post as there were so many I responded to so I encourage you to investigate further to enjoy more of his work.

Thanks you Mark for allowing me to share your work and your insight.

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Trekking from the Comfort of Your Own Home

Wendy Huhn

The potential for research via the web continues to amaze and delight me.  It is wonderful to be able to sit at my computer and discover or re-discover artists from around the world.

I think we often get stuck when we think about our personal medium and only look at work that is of a similar nature so as I began my web trek today I was happy to come across the inventive and well known work of Wendy Huhn.  Wendy is a west coast artists who works extensively with images often juxtaposed to make statements on current topics or just make the viewer smile.  You can find her website here:

http://www.wendyhuhn.com/gallery.cfm

Wendy also has a fabulous list of books and magazines listed on her website you may enjoy.  Thank you Wendy for sharing this list.  It's always informative to see the books that have been important to other artists.

http://www.wendyhuhn.com/html/bibliography.cfm

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Elana Herzog

Elana Herzog is an artists who works with found materials and paper and creates both wall pieces and installation work.  I believe she resides in New York state.  I have to share this piece with you as it hit a soft spot in my heart.  It's an old chenille bedspread that she has "deconstructed" and installed on a wall.  I remember seeing this very pattern on the beds of my friends when I was a child.   Our bedspreads were not always so colorful so I always coveted these flamboyant spreads.  

You can see more of her work here:  http://www.elanaherzog.com/art.html

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Josh Faught - How to Beat the High Costs of Living - 2009

Hand woven cotton, nail polish, toilet paper, silk flowers,

indigo, sequins and ink

92 x 72 inches

detail - How to Beat the High Costs of Living

Josh Faught is my third artists today and he is also new to me.  You can see 33 of his works/details at:

http://www.lisa-cooley.com/artists/josh-faught  

The work incorporates all manner of materials including textile materials and also the use of numerous processes.  You will see printing, weaving, crocheting just to name a few.

Don't be fooled.  The first image you will see is one of his sculpture pieces so scroll through and you will find many works that focus on textiles.  He is represented by the Lisa Cooley Gallery at:

http://www.lisa-cooley.com/

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Vadim Katznelson

 Blend - Vadim Katznelson

acrylic - polymer gel on board

21" x 9.5", 2012

This week I have been featuring artists from the Roy Boyd Gallery.  There has been something about the work of each artists that for me, connect the work at least visually, with textile materials.  My last artist is Vadim Katznelson whose focus, according to the gallery, is "pushing the paint".

Polar Moment - Vadim Katznelson

acrylic paint and mixed media on board

43" x 66", 2010

The gallery states that there is no element other than paint used in the making of these objects.  Despite that knowledge, I can not look at these works without seeing the potential for working with fabric in a similar manner.  There is no disrespect intended to Katznelson and the process he has developed.  I love it, especially the shiny surfaces and the smears of colors.

To see more of Katznelson's work visit: http://vadimkatznelson.com/

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Joan Livingstone

Odds and Ends - Joan Livingstone
Felt/Dye/Thread/Acrylic Paint/Grommets
44" x 144" x 3", 2005

Joan Livingstone is the third artist I'm featuring this week from the Roy Boyd Gallery in Chicago, IL.  I mentioned in my previous posts that one of the connecting threads between the works I've selected has to do with the visual appearance of the work in that it appears it could have been made using textile materials.  Joan Livingstone's work IS made from textile materials.

Migrations 5.58 - Joan Livingstone
Felt/Thread/Grommets
64" x 67" x 7", 2005

I believe my first introduction to Livingstone's work was a description of a workshop at Haystack school on Deer Island, ME.  I loved the edges of the work and the textural surfaces.  This work has strong references to skins/pelts/hides.  It is mysterious and beautifully constructed.  She also makes sculpture but the references to fabric and stitching can be clearly seen.

When you visit Livingstones personal website, give the program time to start as there is an interesting slide show of her work on the homepage.  This slide presentation gives a good idea of the breath of her work.

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Anthony Sorce

This week I am featuring artists from the Roy Boyd Gallery in Chicago.  All of the work of these artists attracted me in part due to their use of shape, texture, color and the overall feeling that while the work has been made with paint, paper etc., it could have been constructed with fabric.  Anthony Sorce is the second in this series.

Crossover - Anthony Sorce

acrylic, dry pigment, gel on board

20.75" x 16.75" framed, 2005

Those of you who know my personal work can easily see why I might be attracted to Sorce's work.  His interest in shape and space are both very important to me.  I also connect to the statement on the galley site about his work:

"Anthony Sorce is committed to developing a physically engaged way of making art that is open to chance.  He wants to be simultaneously involved in and removed from his process, harmoniously melding ideas from both Abstract Expressionism and something closer to Conceptual Art."

Journey - Anthony Sorce

acrylic, dry pigment, gel on board

23.25" x 19.25" framed, 2005

You can view more of this body of work at: http://anthonysorce.com/home.html

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Brigitte Riesebrodt

This week I am featuring artists discovered through Pinterest and all are represented by Roy Boyd Gallery in Chicago, IL.  Today's artist is Brigitte Riesebrodt.

Chicago by Brigitte Riesebrodt

oil, wax, collage on canvas

50" x 52", 2004

I am always interested in work which appears it might be constructed from fabric so I was immediately drawn to the work of Brigitte Riesebrodt.  The gallery says her work references Renaissance era painting and nature.  She employes layering techniques with paint, wax, and paper which stress the sensual aspects of these materials.

Sand 1 by Brigitte Riesebrodt

paper, wax, collage on board

10" x 10", 2009

Notice the sizes of these two works.  One is roughly 52 inches square and the second one 10 inches square.  

If you do a search on Brigitte Riesebrodt you will find a number of places to view more work and read about this accomplished artist.

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Sue Benner

Cellular Structures V (2+3)

Sue Benner

2007 - 39.75" x 50"

dye and paint on fabric (silk, cotton, polyester, commercial and found

fabrics, recycled clothing), fused, mono-printed, machine quilted

Cellular Structures V (2=3) is from my favorite series of works by Sue Benner.  The work is energized and bursting out of the picture plane.  In addition to her artistic talent, Sue is an accomplished teacher and keeps a very full workshop schedule.

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John O'Connell

Between Breaths - John O'Connell

Mixed Media on canvas - 72" x 84"

This is the first post of some of my favorite works discovered via Pinterest.

I am intrigued by the surfaces and layers of this work.  Here is an excerpt from John O'Connell's Artist Statement.

"In my work as in a dream, all things become me and I become them.  I am the painted moments frozen in time.  I am the abstracted field built layer upon layer as an accumulated history, only to be lost and obscured by the relentless layering of the next moment."

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Do You Know About Pinterest?

Scrapbooks have been around for a long time and very fashionable in the crafts world for many years.  I have one my mother kept and one I began in high school but haven't had the time or interest to start one until recently when I discovered Pinterest.  Most likely you know about this site and perhaps have an account.  My first glimpse left me "nonplussed"....  I didn't get it.  It just seemed like a site where people were posting images of stuff they wanted to buy.  Well that is true in many cases but that is only a small part of how to use this site.

Weeks later I returned to the the site and began to read and realized there is a ton of art presented there and it's a wonderful way to compile digital scrapbooks (Pinterest calls them boards) of art you like, love, admire or otherwise have an interest in.  I'm not going to go into detail about how this works but basically you "pin" images from other sites you find online onto your boards.  If someone wants to know more about the images they can click on it and they will be taken to the the location where you  found the image thus opening the door for a viewer to become better acquainted with your work.  Other people on Pinterest can also "repin" the image onto their boards.

I haven't had any detailed discussions with anyone about how they feel about having their images pinned on these boards but my personal feeling is that it's free promotion for the artists.  As long as no one is making money from this or putting your art onto mugs, t-shirts, decorative pillows or textured art boards I'm ok with it.  If you don't want your work pinned it's easy enough to block people from taking images from websites.  

It has been very interesting to go back and look at what I have personally pinned.  It gives you a clear snapshot of what is catching your eye.  It also reminds you how much wonderful work is being made.  Right now I need to create more boards with more specific categories as the number of pins is growing.

With all this beautiful work now identified I've decided to do a series here at Studio 24-7 of some of the artists whose work I've been introduced to via Pinterest.  Each post will have one image, a link to the artists site if I can find one and some comment as to why I feel the work is interesting, exciting, beautiful, challenging, unusual etc. or perhaps something more to encourage you to visit their website.  Hope you'll enjoy the collection.  This adventure will start soon.

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