crescent
Here's an interesting image that I shot a little over a week ago while in the studio preparing for a new A Ply piece...
Uta Barth: Interview
Uta Barth is an artist that was recommended to me to research by both Ben Sloat and Marilyn Waligore. This is strange to me because I was previously unaware of this artist. Ben was referencing the curtain/drapery photos and Marilyn was referencing some window diptych work and an interview with Sheryl Conkelton with the Journal of Contemporary Art.
interview: http://www.jca-online.com/barth.html
Jeanne Dunning: Bodies of Work
Also, during the meeting with my mentor, Marilyn Waligore, she mentioned some similarities between the work of Jeanne Dunning and my Figure series. It is interesting to see how other artist may use the body as subject matter and the similarities & differences.
James Welling
While meeting with Marilyn Walligore, she mentioned the early work of James Welling and his silver gelatin early abstract foil photographs. These are very interesting to me. I just think that they could use a little more variation. This goes somewhat along the line of my A Ply and Linear Darkness series of abstraction.
http://jameswelling.net/projects
the sky is the limit
Instead of putting prints into the backdrops of my worlds, I've decided to experiment and try with digital image composites. Here's a sky that I just finished that measures approx.20"x96" and is composed of 45 photographs. This may serve as the background of one of my worlds.
another large A Ply piece
I switched materials for this new piece that I finished today. It measures approx. 20"x60" and has hints of Georgia O'Keeffe in it.
Introductory meeting with Marilyn
I had my first introductory meeting with my mentor this afternoon, Marilyn Waligore. It was great to speak about photography, art, artists, and ideas. It's nice to have these conversations and feel like I'm gradually reintegrating myself with the art community here in Dallas.
William Kentridge at Harvard
I'm not going to lie, I'm a bit jealous that I'm not in the Boston area at the moment. William Kentridge, a favorite of mine, is going to be giving a "Drawing Lesson One: In Praise of Shadows" lecture at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 4pm. Oh, did I mention, it's FREE and open to the public. What an opportunity! His black box project and animations continue to sit on my sub conscience.
Read more here: http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/william-kentridge-drawing-lesson-one-praise-shadows
A Ply – going large
Today, I experienced a great success in making A Ply go large. Unfortunately, one of my sons took my studio paper and ruined it so I was forced to experiment with pattern paper. The experiment proved successful but I need to change the subject material before proceeding with more. Below is the first full hi-res image. The print file measures approximately 20"x60" at 300 dpi.
Adam Fuss is keepin’ it real
Ever since I began doing silver gelatin photograms twelve years ago, a person every couple of years remarks about Adam Fuss. Fuss is an amazing artist. I have find a kinship with him. I was doing photograms and pinhole photographs far before I had ever heard his name. I recently came across his new Home and the World series. I have a couple of Fuss' books and have seen his photograms and scanograms in person at the Modern Museum of Art in Fort Worth on several occasions. It was refreshing to see that Fuss is keeping it real by sticking to black & white silver gelatin photograms with his latest work, using snakes. Some of Fuss' work with the smoke from My Ghost came up during my last residency. I am very interested in spending more time with his new work and revisiting his previous work to inform some of my current work.
read more at http://www.cheimread.com/publications/adam-fuss-home-and-the-world/