Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Michaël Borremans

Michaël Borremans and I share an interest in many of the same painters (Degas, Velaquez, and Manet) as well as preferred mediums (drawing, painting, and film) and themes.

"Michaël Borremans‘ drawings, paintings, and films present an evocative combination of solemn-looking characters, unusual close-ups, and unsettling still lifes. There is a theatrical dimension to his works, which are at once highly staged and ambiguous, just as his complex and open-ended scenes lend themselves to conflicting moods—at once nostalgic, darkly comical, disturbing, and grotesque. His paintings display a concentrated dialogue with previous art historical epochs, yet their unconventional compositions and curious narratives defy expectations and lend them an indefinable yet universal character."

    



Suggested to me by Susan Murrell

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Nightingale Gallery's Faculty Exhibition 2013

Susan Murrell. Prints.
Framed Collages: Jessica Plattner; Left framed print: Susan Murrell
Jessica Plattner. Mixed media collages.
Jess Riva Cooper. 
Foreground Sculpture: Jess Riva Cooper, Framed Prints: Susan Murrell
Foreground Sculpture: Jess Riva Cooper; Framed prints: Susan Murrell
Foreground Sculpture: Doug Kaigler; Framed prints: Susan Murrell
Cory Peeke
Cory Peeke. Mixed Media.
Doug Kaigler. Mixed Media.
Mike Sell. Digital Photographs.
Mike Sell.
Doug Kaigler. Personal Navigational Device. Mixed Media.
Doug Kaigler. Personal Navigational Device. Mixed Media.
Doug Kaigler.
Mike Sell.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Joseph Cornell

Artist #7: Joseph Cornell

Cornell's collage work of found objects within these frames is incredibly fascinating. In many ways, collage is very similar to what I'm interested in with analog photography similar to the works of Jerry Ulsmann. It also reminds me of Georges Melies' fantastical films from the late 1890s to early 1910s. My favorite of Cornell's is Tilly Losch. Not only does it evoke a surrealist imaginary quality that I am so attracted to, but there is a clear sense of realistic depth between the background and the chosen objects.

Joseph Cornell. Tilly Losch. Mixed media. c. 1935
Joseph Cornell. Mixed media.
Recommended to me by Cory Peeke.