RE: MONDAY'S CLASS

hello, hello.
monday should prove to informative.  i would like everyone to bring the 3 images they have selected to analyze by their respective artists.  color images are ideal.  in addition, be prepared to discuss with the class what you have discovered, as well as bringing your in-progress work you have created for INTERACTION ABSTRACTION. 

please stay tuned for additional information!

in the meantime, check out fellow student kathryn d.'s contemporary drawing journal, lots of interesting things going on in there!
http://drawingiv.blogspot.com/

FEATURED ARTIST: JEREMY FLICK

deliciously abstract work by artist jeremy flick:
www.jeremyflick.com

Snowflakes Make the Sidewalk Softer, 2008-09
Screenprints on polypropylene
Dimensions variable

Sisyphean Camouflage, 2009
Latex on wall
Dimensions Variable

Absent Without Leave, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 60 inches

Modus Operandi, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 54 inches

C’mon, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches

Still Waters, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches

Labyrinth, 2009
Enamel on canvas
20 x 16 inches

New Wave, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

Framed, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

Squirt-Gun Assassin, 2008
Acrylic and inkjet print on canvas mounted to panel
8 x 8 inches

Postcards From Oran, 2008
Postcards
Dimensions variable

Postcard From Oran, 2008
Postcard with ink stamp
5 x 7 inches

You Seem Not To Be Listening, 2008
Digital pigment print on canvas
40 x 32 inches

jeremy in his own words:
"My recent works are premised on the dull impulse of relating to the artistic investigation of the found patterns of tinted security envelopes. The works are not mere formal, reductionist exercises, but very self-conscious investigations of abstraction that signal both its history and poetic possibilities. Most of the envelope patterns I have collected (I believe it is close to 400 different patterns) allude to ‘painting’ in both their geometric and gestural aspects. Many of the patterns seem to reference specific modes of abstraction typically associated with High Modernism, though the envelope itself, the site of the pattern, is banal and nothing more than ephemera—transitory, mechanical, mass-produced, and not intended to be retained. I am currently interested in the idea that when removed from their common, everyday usage these patterns could be mistaken for serious critical investigations of abstraction.  Through works ranging from traditional drawings and paintings, to meticulous, serial installation, the displacement of the patterns is one of mindful fragmentation, redirecting the attention focused on the pattern away from the context of the envelope to reposition it in the rubric of abstraction.  By combining mechanical and digital methods with other painterly processes, I transform pieces of ephemera into works capable of symbolic and communicative exchange as a way to offer the understanding that even the most banal or trivial, and the most marginalized patterns and decorative motifs can become symbolically, even poetically, vested with meaning."

LET THE INTERACTION WITH ABSTRACTION BEGIN!

in the spirit of our new assignment, "interaction / abstraction", read this compelling article on the resurgence of artists working abstractly...

new abstract art.

wednesday should offer some interesting discussion, (hint-hint, wink-wink).

IN-PROGRESS CRIT ACTION

25 states of being in an in-progress state of being:

  

  

 

 

 

THE BODY AS SUBJECT.

here's a link to a fanstastic interview with artist kiki smith...  well known for using the body as a visual communicator...read her thoughts on the work, and see how this can inform you in the process of exploring your 25 states of being.

Kiki Smith

"Lying with the Wolf"
2001
Ink and pencil on paper, 72 1/4 x 88 inches
Photo by Kerry Ryan McFate
Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

ANOTHER INTERESTING CALL TO ARTISTS.

this call is interested in artists dealing with the issue of time, perhaps you could submit your accumulation drawings, even though they are works in progress until mid-april, you could submit an image of it, and explain that you will continue working on it until it enters the gallery, perhaps even the work continues after its up on the gallery wall...oh the possibilities...

T E M P O : An International Competitive Exhibit of Works Exploring Time

A CALL TO ARTISTS....OR SEVERAL CALLS...

first, an oppurtunity to show your work and build your resume:

PAINT An International Competitive Exhibit of Works of Contemporary Painting

and through the Art Academy community:

We are launching auditions for The Art Test which is our new YouTube
reality series.  We are going to select 4 students to focus on in the 6
episode video (throughout the semester).  Their challenge will be to use one
of their existing art assignments from this semester and demonstrate how
their art makes a difference (in keeping with the new theme, "Make
Art, Make a Difference"). 

Selection Criteria:

Submit a 90-second YouTube video of yourself including: 
Name 
Hometown 
Major 
Year in School 
Communicate Talent(s) 
Explain Why You should be in the Series 
Feel free to be creative! 

Please participate. 

Post Your Audition Video on YouTube and

email the link to:


kendall@kendallbruns.com


 
DEADLINE: 
January 22!

25 STATES OF BEING INSIRADO CONT.

also if you're feeling a bit uninspired, here's a jaw-dropping collection of self-portraits to examine.  in-progress crit on wednesday, the 20th...

a collection of self-portraits

who's this?

FACE FOR THOUGHT.

p.s....this last one is by a 12th grader...

SEE WHAT WE LIKE.

the following are new sites to inspect, mull over, digest, etc...thoughtfully donated by several students:

kristy recommends: personalized children's books

julio: the illustration & design of zach johnsen

steve: bunk news

tyler: the art of shawn barber

        12ozPROPHET

and last but not least, scott suggests: fecal face dot com

thanks for the links guys, i look forward to seeing more from all of you.

to continue exploring, see the links listed under, 'some of our favorite things'.

wednesday out.