“Slippery When Wet” – Wet Dreams Exhibition
Image is from Joanne Mattera: an artist being featured at the exhibition.
Wet dreams now has a new meaning as two photographers and fiveartists set their sights on exploring the liquid landscape that covers the majority of the planet we live on.
For humans water has a timeless fascination. Covering 2/3 the surface of our planet, water nourishes, cools, cleans, entertains, and inspires us. And no wonder, as is commonly known, 96% of our bodies is comprised of water, we are literally made of the stuff. In our embryonic state we develop while floating in a sort of inland sea, sporting the gills that suggest our own distant evolution from the enveloping oceans. As a subject for artists, water is an endlessly fluid metaphor presenting an ever-changing surface of reflection, complex color, and translucent mystery. Its’ varied nature can be seen as a mirror to our own mercurial moods. Rain can be soothing or pelting, a stream can murmur gently or roar with destructive force. Water is the only element that we know well in all its’ different states frozen, liquid, and gas, but it is the liquid state flowing, turbulent, or still that most attracts us. In Slippery When Wet, 5 painters and 2 photographers explore this liquid realm bringing the stillness of art and a variety of sensibilities to bear on the the restless motion of this most common yet still elusive element.
The exhibition is being shown at Metaphor Contemporary Art. There’s two months left for this exhibition so make sure to get there if you’re in the New York area, it’s definitely worth a visit.
Timeline: 2009-09-18 To 2009-11-22 Opening Reception on 2009-09-18 from 18:00 to 21:00
Artists: Suzan Batu, Susan Homer, Joanne Mattera, Nancy Manter, Andrew Mockler, Don Muchow, Peter Schroth
Website http://www.metaphorcontemporaryart.com/Ex_SlipWet.html
Price: Free Venue Hours: 12:00 To 6:00 Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Holidays
Directions: Between Hoyt and Bond St. Subway: A/C/G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, F/G to Bergen Street 382 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 718-254-9126
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Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics
Somewhere between found art, Picasso, and industrial design is where Object Factory’s newest US based installation takes place.
Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics is the first major U.S. museum exhibition to survey contemporary innovation in industrial ceramic production and the renaissance of ceramics in art and design today. The exhibition explores how artists and designers are reviving interest in ceramics through collaborations with industry that enhance and sometimes subvert the industrial process. Object Factory presents works created for leading manufacturers as well as artworks by independent artists and designers. Both non-functional and functional works are highlighted, as are important technological advances in ceramic material that allow for its use in electronic appliances, cutting implements, and other surprising products.
Object Factory has more than some 200 works by over fifty artists, designers, and industry manufacturers. This large collection features work by some of the greatest American, European, and Russian designers. The exhibit runs from May 6 to September 13th and it can be found at the Museum of Arts and Design
By train: A, B, C, D or No. 1 to Columbus Circle at 59th Street; N, R, Q or W to 57th Street and 7th Avenue F to 57th Street and 6th Avenue By bus: M5, M7, M10, M20, M30 and M104 to Columbus Circle at 59th Street or 57th Street and 8th Avenue
Museum Hours Tue. – Sun. 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Thurs. 11:00 am to 9:00 pm Closed Mon. and Major Holidays
SUMMER HOURS: Due to popular demand, the Museum will be open on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm throughout the summer.
Fashion-able Exhibitions
Since the past several fashion photography exhibitions at The International Center for Photography in New York City, showing amazing collections by Edward Steichen and lost photographs of Martin Munkacsi as well as the more unconventional in “Weird Beauty”, the center has moved on to exhibiting the stunning works of Richard Avedon.
An icon in the history of fashion photography, the works in this collection span his career of capturing cultural changes with the same vitality of the time, breaking the mold of what was a more reserved world of simply showing clothes. The Richard Avedon exhibition runs until September 6th [more information here], but while its appearance is an unusual occurrence in a formal exhibition setting, fashion seems to have spread beyond the ICP.
“The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of art is also exploring fashion, offering a look at the changing silhouettes and beauty ideals in relation to the changing times and culture of the times as shown in fashion photography, videos, and the fashions on display. The exhibition is surprising for what is traditionally expected from The Met, and is definitely a must-see exhibition before it ends on August 9th for those interested in fashion as a whole. [More information about the exhibition at the met here.]
[Images via http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.5079531/k.9571/Avedon_Fashion.htm and http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={EB2C67EF-1CCB-4EB2-9329-A955A7EDFBC2}&HomePageLink=special_c3b]
Double conventions at the Javits Center
It’s back to writing for Creative Fluff and other non school-related design work. Now that I have some free time, there are two design events opening at the Javits Center in New York City to mention, but the real question is: will you get in?
Isao Takezawa
The first of which is the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, otherwise known as ICFF (http://www.icff.com/page/home.asp). Going from May 16, 2009 – May 19, 2009, the show will present a great number of wonderful designs from around the world. While, it does last 4 days, it is unfortunate that only one day is available to the general public, and that is Tuesday the 19th. Among the designers is a group of RISD students, with such beautifully unique pieces as featured in a recent Fast Company article (which you can find here).
Another exciting event is the National Stationery Show (http://www.nationalstationeryshow.com/), beginning the 17th, another trade show, but without an opening to the general public. But if you are able to register with the needed requirements, it is yet another show that I would recommend, just from my sheer obsession with stationery goods.
Those who don’t qualify for the trade shows, Tuesday’s furniture show for the general public may be the only opportunity to get into one of these events, but in any case it promises to be a great show (with a high likelihood of being extremely crowded).
[Image from http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/kids-are-alright-risd-exhibition-icff]
Dyslexic Spiders – Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel at the MoMA
An interesting link that I got from @fiammetta137 this evening. Apparently over on at the MoMA there is what appears to be an invasion of dyslexic spiders that take joy in mashing up alphabets of all languages and creating stunning visual pieces out of them. These “spiders” are none other than artists Leon Ferarri and Mira Schendel. Here is a breif background of the two along with a description of the exhibition going on over at the MoMA starting tomorrow.
León Ferrari (Argentine, b. 1920) and Mira Schendel (Brazilian, b. Switzerland, 1919–1988) are considered among the most significant artists working in Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century. Their works address language as a major visual subject matter: the visual body of language, the embodiment of voices as words and gestures, and language as a metaphor of the worldly aspect of human existence through the eloquence of naming and writing. They produced their works in the neighboring countries of Argentina and Brazil throughout the 1960s and 1980s, when the question of language was particularly central to Western culture due to the central role taken by post-structuralism, semiotics, and the philosophy of language. Although their drawings, sculptures, and paintings are contemporary with the birth of Conceptualism, they are distinctively different, and have not yet been exhibited in their entirety in the United States.
I highly suggest if you’re in the tri-state area to come drop by NYC and come to the MoMA for this exhibit. You’ll notice if you’ve been keeping track of Creative Fluff’s design events that last week we had posted about Sun Kwak’s tape mosiac exhibition. The MoMA seems to have great and innovate things going on so you should see it while the movement lasts!
Directions, dates, and times.
April 5, 2009–June 15, 2009
The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor
Directions: Click Here.
Wish @ ritPuddle.com
What is a wish?
A wish is a person’s desire for something to happen, a subjective thought connected deeply to a person’s psyche and emotions. Our intention is to tap into these desires and see what the world truly wishes for. Puddle is an interactive installation that allows the exploration of literally thousands of people’s wishes that are submitted anonymously. The installation will be on display at the Imagine RIT Creativity Festival. The Festival is on May 2, 2009, on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus.
What can you do?
Submit a wish! Just go to ritPuddle.com
Where to get more information?
Check out each step team Puddle makes at their blog.
The tape that binds us – Sun K. Kwak’s Enfolding 280 Hours
One of the most interesting exhibitions to date seems to take focus on one of the most mundane items in our everyday lives: tape. Korean-born artist Sun K. Kwak has taken simple black masking tape (not duct tape which binds the universe together) and covered what is near three miles of white walls in it. The creative Kwak has then shaped and molded the tape into vast, flowing murals that guide you through the Brooklyn Museum. Below is a shot of the beautiful imagery she’s managed to create using the black masking tape.
If you’re in the New York/New Jersey area or you’re looking for a reason to visit the Big Apple you should make sure to stop by the Brooklyn museum and see this event before the wonderful tape-art is taken down.
Location: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052
Telephone: (718) 638-5000; TTY: (718) 399-8440
Admission: Suggested Contribution: $10; Students with Valid ID: $6; Adults 62 and over: $6; Members: Free; Children under 12: Free
Hours: Wednesday–Friday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Get detailed hours
Subway: 2/3 Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum Get detailed directions
*Location, dates, times, and directions taken from www.brooklynmuseum.org
Feeling Felty…
A fun new exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, that opened last week, offers a look at the versatility and creative opportunities that come with working with felt. The exhibition, “Fashioning Felt”, includes the work of over 20 designers spanning products, furniture, fashion, and even architecture.
If you were wondering how to bring more felt into your life, this is without a doubt the exhibition for you!
But in all seriousness, the exhibition offers the opportunity to see how felt-making techniques are transformed into surprising results. Like the exquisite felt necklace with coral beads by Brigit Daamen, a necklace that shows both the durability and fragility of felt… or the very surprising Felt Rocks by Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen that will give your pet rock some competition.
The exhibition can be found at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in New York City:
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
More information is offered on the Cooper-Hewitt’s website for the exhibition: http://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/Fashioning-Felt/
[Images from http://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/Fashioning-Felt/]
The Fluffery: Show Your Fluff!
We want to see your awesome work!
…And we want everyone else to see it too. That’s why we’re introducing The Fluffery: a gallery for you to show off your work, so you can get exposure. And another plus is if it all goes smoothly, this may lead to contests down the road…possibly with prizes (”definitely with prizes” ~ Megalongcat).
So here are the directions…not that they’re needed:
1. Click on The Fluffery button!
2. Click on “Submit” (…you’re getting closer…oh the suspense!)
3. Fill out the form and click Submit.
If you have work that you want to share you can start submitting your work to The Fluffery now.
The art of bringing ideas to life…
Behance and Cool Hunting are bringing to NYC’s Times Center an impressive collection of speakers from such groups as Pentagram, Echoing Green, Squidoo, Threadless, Google Creative Labs, Obama for America, and more. On the 16th through 17th of April, this group will speak about something that all creative individuals should know. Though we should all understand the importance of a good idea, bringing it to life means doing more than sketching. It takes a different set of skills to really take that idea into the world and make it real, and in April, The 99% Conference will be the place pick up tips from those that have already proven themselves more than capable of making ideas happen. However, this information does come at a price…an incredibly high price to most of us. Hopefully, and almost undoubtedly so, the information in comparison will be priceless.
So, to reiterate some of the basic info:
The 99% Conference
April 16-17, 2009
The Times Center, NYC
To get more information see http://www.the99percent.com/
Are You a Photographer? SHOTS Magazine Calls for Water
SHOTS Magazine’s call for entries is nearing its deadline. For photographers with unpublished work, this is a great opportunity for self-promotion. Unlike Communication Arts’ which tends to feature photographs that are more commercial in nature, the work in SHOTS still lean in the direction of art photography.
“Shots Magazine is an independent, reader-supported, quarterly journal of fine art photography in its 22nd year of publication. Shots is known for its democratic presentation of work by a variety of photographers from around the world. Often described as a “photographer’s photography magazine”, Shots reaches a wide audience that includes not only photographers, but also educators, gallery directors, museums and others interested in photography.”
The latest call-for-entries subject is Water, to be received by February 2nd to make the magazine’s spring issue. So if you have a few great water photographs take a look at the guidelines here: http://www.shotsmag.com/shotssubmission.htm
Good luck!
Chris Natrop: Cut Out Paper Never Looked So Awesome
Yet another creative individual from the backlogs of archives collected by our resident blogger Katherine(@fiametta137). I decided to slap my name next to the box that says (which CF staff member is going to review this artist) because Chris’s work seemed particulary..pardon the simplicity of my verbose…awesome. As a child I remember cutting out long streamers of basic shapes and thinking it was the coolest thing on the planet; I had no idea that a person could make a successful living out of it, let alone a fantastic installation and artpiece.
Before taking a look at more of his work lets take a look at Natrop’s background. Natrop recieved his BFA in Painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a merit scholarship. Since then he’s been featured at a multitude of galleries and has been invited as a guest lecturer to the School of Art and the University of Tennessee. Not to mention the Vincent Prince Art Museum. Natrop’s work features installations of fibrious paper cut outs that immediatly give the feeling of soft fabrics and spiderwebs.
Not of all his work consists of these paper cut out installations. His work encompasses a multitude of forms and the paper cutouts can easily become static, wall-mounted pieces of art.
If you want to see more of his work make sure to check him out at http://www.chrisnatrop.com/ Creative Fluff definitely reccomends him.
Wall to Wall – Sol LeWitt’s 1,200 Drawings
Sol LeWitt is easily one of the most well known artists of the modern century known for his artistic drawings and sculptures that reflected the ideas of conceptual art and minimalism. I took particular interest in this artist because of his hometown being one that I have visited regularly; Hartford, Connecticut. His works are currently being shown at the MoMa with 54 days left in the exhibition. Below is information from the MoMa website and directions on how to get there:
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Over the course of his prolific, influential career, Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007) produced more than 1,200 wall drawings. This installation, which fills a single large gallery, features one of LeWitt’s celebrated examples from the Museum’s collection, Wall Drawing #260 (1975). The work’s subtitle serves to describe the installation: “on black walls, all two-part combinations of white arcs from corners and sides, and white straight, not-straight, and broken lines.” |
The Museum of Modern Art
(212) 708-9400
11 West 53 Street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York, NY 10019-5497
Museum Hours
Saturday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Sunday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Monday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Tuesday closed
Wednesday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thursday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
René Magritte – Italy’s Largest Magritte Art Show
“MILAN – Palazzo Reale: Rene’ Magritte and the Mystery of Nature; around 100 paintings featuring Magritte’s signature apples, blue skies and birds; November 22-March 29, one of Italy’s largest-ever Magritte events.” (ANSA.it)
Today, as many of you might know, is René Magritte’s birthday; he was born November 21, 1898. His paintings both witty and thought-provoking are known all throughout the world. René Magritte was an extrodinary surrealist painter, although like many artists, it wasn’t until the near end of his life that his art was truly recognized.
Many of the paintings in this event come from the massive collection stored in Belgium’s Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts, the exhibition will host Magritte’s best-known works from the 1950s onwards.
The Son of Man by Rene Magritte
Magritte is great in the way he uses the contrast between day and night for realistic objects in odd settings, unlike other surrealist artists, who twisted the objects themselves. In addition to his famous paintings, this event will “explore the role of nature in Magritte’s lesser-known earliest pieces, when he toyed with futurist ideas, as well as forgotten works from the inter-war period.”
Many of the great modern and contemporary artist of today have been influence by Rene Magritte. Some of these artists include John Baldessari, Sherrie Levine, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, Marcel Broodthaers and Martin Kippenberger. Many of these artist either include direct references to Magritte or clearly show many surrealistic representations that were used by him.
As said before the exhibition will contain hundreds of great paintings, if you happen to be passing through Milan, it will definitely be worth a visit.
When questioned about the exhibiton the shows curator Michael Draguet had this to say:
”Nature is omnipresent in Magritte’s artistic voyage, on the one hand it provides a myriad of themes, which the artist explores and combines at will, while on the other it is a framework for everything, a container that shapes every form of understanding.”
Victoria Vesna Presents at Parsons the New School for Design
Speaking on Friday (tomorrow), at 10:00 AM at the New School at Wollman Hall, 65 W 11th St., will be media artist Victoria Vesna. After doing a little more research I found her projects extremely interesting and I was actually surprised at myself that I had never heard of her prior to this circulating email from the New School. Vesna’s design background holds a huge number of projects and exhibitions involving identity, technology, and systems.
Below, an exerpt from her biography describes the nature of her work:
“Victoria Vesna is a media artist, professor at the department of Design | Media Arts at the UCLA School of the Arts. She is also director of the recently established UCLA Art|Sci center and the UC Digital Arts Research Network. Her work can be defined as experimental creative research that resides between disciplines and technologies. She explores how communication technologies affect collective behavior and how perceptions of identity shift in relation to scientific innovation. Her most recent installations — Blue Morph, Mood Swings and Water Bowls, all aim to raise consciousness around the issues of our relationship to natural systems. Other notable works are Bodies INCorporated, Datamining Bodies, n0time and Cellular Trans_Actions.”
- NANO | Quantum Tunneling
- Blue Morph
- Zero@wavefunction
- Zero@wavefunction
Though I’m not sure if non-New School Students will be able to attend tomorrow, Vesna is definitely a designer worth looking up, as she deals with issues beyond the visual realm of art and design. If any of this sparks interest in you more information and images are available at http://vv.arts.ucla.edu/
Confrontations with Esquire
For those of you who have not yet seen it, the MoMA in NYC is providing the public a look at what great communication design really is. George Lois: The Esquire Covers exhibition is a collection of the most though provoking, controversial magazine covers designed by Lois. For anyone interested in the communication arts, or just politics or subjects that are… well… controversial, this is an excellent exhibition to see. And though it’ll be around until March 30th, it’s always good to beat the closing-exhibition crowds.
George Lois: The Esquire Covers
[Photos from: http://www.lostateminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/george-lois-8.jpg, http://www.thenewyorkcitytraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/6804-esquire-ali-stsebastian.jpg, http://media.newtimes.com/2175166.47.jpg, http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/04/22858553.jpg.]
Seed Stage at the Whitney
Through January 4th visitors to the Whitney Museum of American Art can peer in on Corin Hewitt’s “Seed Stage”, a performance piece that exhibits the artist himself making the art that will populate the gallery walls. Hewitt’s processes (including not art-related processes) are made transparent to viewers, while he inhabits the space, not only creating artwork but doing his everyday things, many things food related, from the stash of vegetables grown by him earlier in the year to even including composting…yes, composting.
“His methods include cooking, sculpting, heating and cooling, casting, canning, eating, and photographing both organic and inorganic materials. The result is an intimate examination of the cycles of transformation and transience.”
- Whitney Museum of American Art, “Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage”
An interesting display, I would say that it is worth checking out while in the city (though I do have a little more motivation having taken a food and sustainability class). More information is available on the Whitney Museum website: http://whitney.org/www/exhibition/hewitt.jsp
[Photos from http://whitney.org/www/exhibition/hewitt.jsp]
Once Upon a Wall…
The Cooper-Hewitt is featuring “Wall Stories: Children’s Wallpapers and Books” through April 5th, 2009. It is a collection that keeps us all in touch with fairy tales and the child within, and for those of us who can recall the nostalgia of having inspirational wallpaper in their rooms when they were growing up, or their favorite book to read through nap time at school. From the Cooper-Hewitt’s own description:
“Works on view will include papers illustrated with nursery rhymes and designs inspired by works of fiction and adventure, such as Peter Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland, and Cinderella. The exhibition also will trace the evolution of children’s books from instructional to fictional and include developments such as movable and pop-up books, which added an interactive element to children’s reading.”
For anyone interested in designing or illustrating, or writing children’s books this is a good exhibition to see. Read more about Wall Stories and get more exhibition information at http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/wallstories/
People’s Design Award…Last Day!
The Cooper-Hewitt’s People’s Design Award voting ends today at 6:00pm EST. In case any of you would still like to cast your vote there’s still time yet.
If you would like to have your say on the matter of which design is the best you can do so by visiting http://peoplesdesignaward.cooperhewitt.org/2008/ for instructions or go directly to the voting page: http://peoplesdesignaward.cooperhewitt.org/2008/browse/all/0
Chambers Fine Art Presents the The Heaven of Nine Levels
Here in New York, Chinese contemporary artist Wu Jian’an is exhibiting his extraordinary, large-scale “paper-cut” installations. With his inspiration being channeled from Chinese folk art, more specifically Chinese mythology and the eerily beautiful shadow puppets, Wu Jian’an creates detailed and expressive pieces.
Each of his pieces is created painstakingly by hand using the same traditional methods that were employed in creating shadow puppets out of animal hide. This exhibition is named after his largest piece to date which expresses the transference of power in the world.
The exhibition will continue until October 25th at the Chambers Fine Art gallery in New York City.
Images from: http://www.chambersfineart.com/en/contemp/wjianan.html
Little Big Planet Coming to Parsons – Preview
On September 20th to 21st, exactly a month before the game hits store shelves, Sony Computer Entertainment of America will bring the highly anticipated game to Parsons The New School for Design. The purpose is to let a large number of design students get down and busy with the creation toolset for a marathon 24-hour design off. Are you all getting excited yet?
More than 120 students will be broken up into teams of 5 people to design a level. Afterwards each team will present their level to a panel of video game designers from Media Molecule, the creators of Little Big Planet, Parson’s faculty, and media representatives. They will judge them and award the winner levels with a special section of the game, the “City of Parsons” if you will. Are you all salivating yet?
Wipe the drool off and wait until I’m finished. As you may or may not know, depending if you’ve read the About Us page or not, some of our contributors come from that prestigious institution. Best part is that our very own Fred McCoy, aka Megalongcat will be participating in the event and afterwards will be able to give an in-depth view into Little Big Planet a month before the rest of us unwashed peasants can touch the game. Stay tuned.
[ MOMA ] Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
“Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on the Museum’s vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the public. The fives homes erected on the vacant west lot are designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Jeremy Edmiston and Douglas Gauthier (New York); Horden Cherry Lee Architects / Haack + Höpfner Architects (London/Munich); Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning / Associate Professor Lawrence Sass (Cambridge); and Oskar Leo Kaufmann (Dornbirn, Austria).”
The exhibition is located at: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor West lot, exterior, first floor and will run through October.
MOMA is located at:
11 West 53 Street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York, NY 10019-5497
The Realm of James Jean
I’ve been meaning to write a post about James Jean for a while. His illustration work is stunning and imaginative, with a very distinct visual style (almost like Asian painting meets Little Nemo in Slumberland). He works in several mediums and has done work for well known clients: Target, Prada, Rolling Stone, and Time Magazine, to name a few.
Amusingly, his biography lends no information but his birth year, so I discovered that Wikipedia had far more information including education, awards, and a list of some of his work.
More of James Jean’s work can be explored at: http://www.jamesjean.com/
