Taking a break from thesis work to assemble this recycled coffee table. I used Ikea pieces we already had (probably to be swapped out for "real wood" legs eventually) and a window from my parents' dining room. What a difference a drill can make! I got the idea after visiting several amazing artist studio lofts at Eclipse Mill. Thanks, Dawn!
I finally searched for more on this artist after seeing a great fishnet photo at the Photographic Figures exhibit. His website has a lot of images and even an ongoing diary of his work... I like him more already. The photographs are gritty and beautifully depressing, but also cropped, patterned and have lots of contrast. Moriyama's subject matter varies from face-less figures to environments - this one looks similar to the prints I just made. He shoots like a contemporary William Klein and Henri Cartier-Bresson - see the video.
Squishy flesh!
Went to the ICA this week. Saw multiple new solutions to everyday objects. Lots of pattern/repetition. My favorites were the plastic and foam cup sculptures and mylar wall. I left certainly not as excited about this year's Foster Prize or Momentum pieces.
"In her sculptural installations and works on paper, Katja Strunz transforms found and humble materials—scrap metal, wood, and old pages or photographs from books—into playful, fantastical, and somewhat mysterious landscapes. Her works posit an intuitive and abstract language as they imbue the gallery space with intimations of memory or past phenomenona, paradoxically communicating both delicacy and aggression. She meticulously places the various forms in her installations to create constellations whose parts seem to be in direct communication with one another."
"Magdalene Odundo was born in Nairobi and educated in Kenya, India, and England where she studied and taught at the Royal College of Art in London. She currently has a studio in Hampshire, UK and is Professor of Ceramics at University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. Odundo was recently honored with the African Art Award by the Detroit Art Institute and by her appointment as Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the arts. Her hand built and coiled vessels with their lustrous burnished surfaces evoke associations with traditional African arts and contribute to the contemporary cross-cultural dialogue."
