Ji Lee’s latest project, “Duchamp Reloaded” can now be seen in various places around the streets of New York
From Ji: “In 1913, Marcel Duchamp took found objects from the streets and placed them in museums. 96 years later, if Duchamp were alive, he may want to do the very opposite.”
Jessica Burko is an artist based in Boston, MA, USA and creates photographic mixed-media works on wood, and is currently working on a series of paper quilts called “In Stitches”.
She has kindly sent in a few photos of her studio. It looks much cleaner and more ordered than my studio.
To see what comes out of Jessica Burko’s artist studio see her website here.
“Lima, Peru is a beast of a city. A seemingly endless grey expanse teeming with life. Anywhere you go in Lima you will come across phone numbers scrawled on the walls, sidewalks, bridges and highways. These numbers are painted throughout the city by escarchadores (pebble dashers) and serve as a crude and subversive form of advertising. Intrigued by these mysterious characters, who get up so much they would put any tagger to shame, I decided to do a street art project about them. So with the help of my partner in crime Chanchito I tracked down the people behind the numbers and we managed to convince some of them to be photographed next to their numbers. We then created life size wheat-pastes of them which we posted up in the original locations where they were photographed.”… Makisapa
I have been spending quite a bit of time in the studio lately, which is one reason why I haven’t been updating the blog as much (the other reason is laziness). I’m painting a bit of everything with no real focus, but I’m having fun which is the most important thing. I counted the paintings I’m working on at the moment and found that I have 21 pictures in various stages of completion, so I’m definitely not starting any new ones until I start finishing a few!
What does your studio look like? If you send me a few (smallish) photos of your art studio I might post them. I love seeing other artist studios, it’s like reading the artist’s diary.
Here’s a few pics from this afternoon..
T-bone steaks, mince meat and potatoes.
Paintings and easel.
Paints, brushes, and phone.
Tiger comes down to check on me and remind me that I have to feed her while her owner is away.
Landscape, Melbourne scene and meat.
Self portrait (in need of a shave).
Portrait and box of canvases.
Sydney cityscape.
Here’s some of my older paintings online.
Title: Running Free
Size: 102×127 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
J. Bennett Fitts, Victorville, CA, from the series “No Lifeguard on Duty” GOOD magazine (one of my favorites) has a wonderful series called Picture Show that highlights photographers projects. I have collected J. Bennett Fitts’ work and was happy to…
The London Police recently completed the wonderful mural above in the heart of the historic Jordaan district in Amsterdam. Despite getting written permission from the owner of the building, the City Council has threatened to remove it. Local residents are now actively rallying to save the painting. Our hope is that it’s preserved.
Florentijn Hofman has recently opened an exhibition of new work and a site specific video installation at Galerie West in the
Netherlands. The show runs until July 7th. On Wednesday 1st July and artist talk between Florentijn and Jan Wijle, the head afd. Art in public space by Stroom)
For the new show Florentijn has taken his children’s toys and completely changed their use and function by altering the scale to dramatic proportions.
It’s been funny watching the high brow art critics squirm a bit over the Banksy Versus Bristol Museum show. Typically some have questioned the fine art credentials of his work but so as not to look completely out of touch they’ve all pretty much given the show 5/5 for its populist appeal in engaging people with art. They seem to be caught between maintaining their lofty credentials and the fact that this is one of the summer art blockbusters that they make their money writing about.. One exception is Serena Davies, reviewing for the Telegraph, who actually had the guts to come out and say the show ‘succeeds triumphantly in its aim’ and comments very favourably on some of Banksy’s less obvious juxtapositions. Some of her contemporaries need to catch up a bit.
The crowds are still heading to Bristol with the advice on the Museum’s website informing visitors that last entry will be at 4pm due to the very long queues. If you’re planning on going in the next few days or at a weekend you probably need to take that advice on board. Allow yourself a few hours if you want to see / find(!) everything and if you’re taking photos pack an extra memory card and batteries - you’re going to need it!
Here’s a few more photos – there’s more on artofthestate.
