Soulful Article by Judy Kirpich

Anxiety No. 3

Judy Kirpich

This has been a busy and disjointed week and here I am on Friday, the day I have been posting to this blog, and I have nothing prepared.  I did spend a few minutes checking out the blogs of friends and was delighted to find a wonderful article by Judy Kirpich titled Bamboo In My Soul.

The article touches on concerns shared by many artists "facing" retirement from regular positions.  If you are approaching this milestone or if it is many years away, I think you will find something to ponder.  So check it out and thank you Judy for such an honest and soulful article.

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Brain Candy

Studies from 2009.

Terry Jarrard-Dimond

An update:  My arm is still on the mend and in a cast.  It is very difficult to type so I've decided to share a few links to artists sites whose work I enjoy.

Two of the artists are painters and one works with fabric.  Those of you who have been with me for a while know I have great admiration for many forms of creative expression and believe that in order to make work that is relevant to the larger art world, we must know what is happening outside our own medium.  Be sure and look at more than 1-2 images when visiting these sites....you never what you might see that will be important to you.

Ivo Stoyanov
http://www.ivostoyanov.com/

Matthew Harris
http://www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk/cloth-echo.html

Simon Frost
http://peterblumgallery.com/artists

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Paper, Wax and Pins

Shannon Rankin

Untitled No.2

I don't recall how I found the work of Shannon Rankin but I was immediately drawn to her exploration of materials.  Her materials include paper, wax and found objects.  I believe the pictured work is cut papers.

To see more of Shannon's work: http://artistshannonrankin.com/home.html

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Clever and Sophisticated

Jessica Drenk

Soft Cell Tissue: Tubule

toilet paper, wax

20" x 24" 

Jessica Drenk is a sculptor with an eye for beauty where others might only see ordinary or perhaps ugly everyday objects.  Yes, the pictured work is made from toilet paper.  Other materials include pencils and book spines merged and carved into elegant fascinating forms.

To see more of this unique work:  http://www.jessicadrenk.com/index.html

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Extremely Intense Embroidery

Cayce Zavaglia

Carol - Hand Embroidery

Crewel Wool and Acrylic on Linen - 14 x38"

A friend gave me an article that was in one of her art magazines about Cayce Zavaglia and her amazing hand embroidery.  It is amazing!  Check it out here:  http://www.caycezavaglia.com/

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A Tip of the Hat

Here are a couple of interesting links you might enjoy:

First a Tip of the Hat to Melanie H. for sending me a link to a wonderful exhibition at The Japan Society in NYC. The show features textile artists from Japan who work with both traditional materials and high tech materials and processes. Be sure and look at the embedded video of the show. If you live near the city this one is a "must see" according to my friend.

http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery

My second offering is for a juried show, REFUSE re-seen sponsored by the Fiber Philadelphia Venue.

This next exhibit encourages artists working in fiber to become infatuated with the idea of

exploring the possibilities of this disposable and diregarded stuff as the basis for this submission. Our challenge for fiber artists everywhere is to take the most ordinary, non-precious and every day materials and to create the most extraordinary. The reuse of every conceivable material is already imbedded in the psyches of many working artists today. This exhibit will require the use of materials which are not durable and are normally considered ephemeral and short lived.

The show is juried by Warren Seelig who holds the rank of distinguished visiting profess in the Fibers/Mixed Media program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Here is a link to the prospectus:

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103077498865-205/refuse_reseen_prospectus.pdf

New Feature - Favorite Links

Cultural Assimilation - Detail

Terry Jarrard-Dimond

Not too long ago I posted several links to some of my favorite websites. I love receiving recommendations from my friends to sites they find interesting and so I have decided to make Favorite Links an on-going feature.

The Links will all focus on some aspect of art that is made from textile materials, process, techniques or appear to have been inspired by or influenced by textiles. The featured links will also include articles relating to textiles of all forms and I am going to start with just such a site.

Textile Designss is new to me but it features nicely written articles on everything from African Textiles to Zoffany Textiles. (I had never heard the word zoffany either so I'll just let you read the article and learn for yourself.) The site appears to be new, listing articles starting in April of this year but there is already a long list of postings.

In light of the recent demise of a couple of excellent publishers of articles on textile arts, I was pleased to find this site. At this point I haven't read all the articles but I hope there are some reviews of shows.

The second suggestion for today is Textile Arts Center. This organization is located in Brooklyn NY and the following is part of their mission statement for their gallery.

The Gallery at Textile Arts Center aims to offer a view into the not-always-soft-and-plushy world of fiber and dispel preconceptions that limit fiber art to craft. It showcases solo and group shows, as well as student work.

I like that statement...alot.... so I hope you enjoy the links and I'll have new suggestions for you next week.

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Some of My Faves - Day Four

My featured gallery site today is on the West Coast in Seattle, Washington. The gallery is the Catherine Person Gallery and my two favorite artists are Nicholas Brown and Bryan Cypher.

Check it out! http://www.catherineperson.com/

See you soon.

Some of My Faves - Day Three

Day three of my links. The Peter Blumn Gallery features many artists whose work includes and refers to textiles including John Zurier, John Beech, Helmet Federla and Louise Bourgeois.

This New York city gallery has two locations and you can find their addresses on their website.

http://peterblumgallery.com/

Some of My Faves - Day Two

The Von Lintel Gallery is a New York Gallery and represents artists with a wide range of styles. Click through the images of the artists and you will see many whose approach refers to textiles including Yvonne Estrada and Arnold Helbling.

http://www.vonlintel.com/index2.html

Some of My Faves - Day One

I will be away from my computer for about a week so I thought I'd share some of my favorite links with you in regards to galleries and art sites.

Hope you enjoy my offering and come back for more.

Geoform

"Geoform is an online scholarly resource, curatorial project, and international forum whose focus is the use of geometric form and structure in contemporary abstract art."

This is simply the best. You will be taken to the A section of the artists directory but be sure and go to the W's. Jeanne Williamson is represented there.

http://www.geoform.net/directory.html

Article on The Textile Blog

CRUSH

Just received a notice about an article at The Textile Blog on my work.

I invite you to drop by and read the piece. John Hopper is the author of this site and he presents an interesting mix of historic and contemporary artists and work.

A Wonderful Review for Joan Schulze

Recently I presented an Artist Profile on West Coast artist Joan Schulze. Joan has just mounted a mid-career retrospective at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. The name of this show is Poetic License: A Retrospective by Joan Schulze. She kindly shared her work and some comments with me for the article.

Yesterday I received a note from Joan with links to two reviews of this exhibition. The first link is to an excellent blog called Venetian Red which is a very classy site featuring articles by more than one writer.

Link to Venetian Red: http://venetianred.net/ (You will need to scroll down the page to find the story)

This review was written by Liz Hager, a frequent contributor to this site, and it is one that I would love to have of my work and my efforts at some point. It a very refreshing piece as much for what it doesn't say as for what it does say. The writer talks about the importance of how Schulze has handled herself in her studio and her exploration of materials. I was very interested in the description of her fearless approach to working in a medium which can sometimes be somewhat oppressive.

Schulze has been working in a wide range of materials for some years and has been instrumental in breaking through to incorporate new materials and processes into her work. Hager points out the issue that I have seen before in regards to how the origins of innovations are often forgotten when the innovation is accepted by others and incorporated into their studio practice. Great point. It was great to see the examples she presented in the article of approaches to work from years past which we see now on a regular basis from other artists.

The second article was in the San Jose Mercury News.

http://www.mercurynews.com/theater-museums/ci_14421291?nclick_check=1

This article was certainly nice as it was a full page story but it is more the standard newspaper review.

Hope you enjoy the links and go to your studios brave and powerful.