Well Hello there stranger. Where did you come from?
Inspirations over the summer have been plentiful. Here are some things i've been looking at:
Bruce Metcalf, Contemporary Craft:A Brief Overview
Gerardo Feldstein
Figurative sculpture
Tom Beddard
Gerasimos Plantanas
Photography
Artiphany
Design
Motoi Yamamoto
Sand sculpture
Sandrine Pelletier
CANDY!
Heather Hansen
Dennis Oppenheim's Two Stage Transfer Drawing
Judith Ann Braun
Finger print art!
Baptiste Debombourg
Do Ho Suh
Aurland look out
Architects: Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen
Tran Nguyen
So it seems to me that most of the work that i've been into this summer has been destructive, decorative or work that uses the body directly in the work or in the making of the work.
I suppose all work uses the body in some way, but these are more direct ways of using the body where the piece depends solely on it, and if you were to remoce that specific body the piece would be completely different.
I am very interested in the destructive, or the seemingly destructive. To me it ties directly into the disposable, because disposable things are inherently destructive.
As for the decorative, I have an addiction and refuse to seek help. Decoration is what makes my world beautiful and I refuse to give it up. So there.
Off to Arrowmont school of arts and crafts this week to dye fabric and create abstract quilts with it. Another tool under my belt!
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