the Art speaks for itself

New York Times covered this controversial art work by Brett Murray of South Africa which was defaced by members of the African National Congress (A.N.C. - South Africa's governing political party).
See the Article here - it's worth a quick read
On the side of art, it's interesting to think of the defacing of artwork as the "finishing" work, and I wonder if Mr. Murray feels similarly as his preference is to let the art speak for itself.  I think the Goodman Gallery is awesomely bold as it states: “In this space, the A.N.C.’s right to condemn the work is acknowledged as much as the artist’s right to display it. This, the gallery believes, is democracy at work."  You can see the original painting and the whole satirical exhibit, Hail to the Theif II on Goodman Gallery's website.  It's enlightening.  Go see it.

5.22

Happy Birthday to my husband, Christian Butler who inspires and motivates my art work, shares his creative work with me, and promises a future of creating and building a beautiful life together.

He's my hero.
and I love him.

 (ok, so I'm 2 days late on the blog, but I still wanted to post this here for obvious reasons.)

ryoji ikeda for honda - data.anatomy [civic]

ryoji ikeda for honda - data.anatomy [civic]

A beautiful minimal art work based on the digital data for building a Honda Civic.  Artist: Ryoji Ikeda.

Check out the motion graphics version and/or look at the whole story on the designboom.com website (click this post's title to link).

Thanks to my friend Nick Mancusi for turning me on to this very cool art work.  You know me. :)

Hot Box

These Designers/Artists/Enthusiasts need your money to unite the streets of America with Art.  Check out Hot Box's website and their kickstarter campaign!

click on the image to see it larger and see their route through major cities of the US (starting with Chicago).

pixel upon pixel upon pixel

Working on a long-anticipated project to plot pixels for this double portrait jpeg.  First half first.

 "Disappearing, and other long term goals." 
Jeffrey King introduced this concept to us at GroundSwell Gallery as the central point from which his body of work would operate.  The work pictured above, titled as the show, is Jeffrey's quietly bold visual comment regarding our temporary status in our shoes, on this ground, standing, here...  With most of the works for Jeffrey's current exhibition (up through April 10), we are directed by elaborate "pointer sticks" to associate images with colors and shapes.  Maybe the colors and shapes indicate the arbitrary nature of things to which we attach ourselves.  The stylistically ephemeral drawings depict a place, a thing, a "Memento" of our existence, our memory - that to which we may attach meaning to ourselves.  King's choice of objects with which we self identify (speaking of our collective humanity from the artist's perspective) run the gamut, ranging from a "Have a nice day" smiley plastic bag to the icon of American architecture, Falling Water a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  Working together, the framed drawings, pointer sticks and colored shapes create a sort of mind map that sets us off balance until the humor sets in.

We at GroundSwell Gallery would like to thank Jeffrey King for his outstanding work and work ethic. 

GroundSwell gallery is located at 3121 E. Colfax Ave.  We invite the public to visit the gallery Monday through Saturday 11a - 7pm and Sunday 12 - 6pm.

glad for our city

...Congratulations!

Sara Kate Baie & Adam Lerner at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

Arts

Puppies, Paintings and Philosophers

By CAROL KINO

Published: March 1, 2012

Adam Lerner, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, likes to mix things up, which has led to more donations, increased membership and sold-out programs.

Congratulations Adam Lerner and Sara Kate Baie, and congratulations to the whole amazing crew over at MCA.  After volunteering for almost 2 years, I still love it!