“My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined.”
Odilon Redon about his work
Somebody came to our exhibition today and saw my painting “Above the Forest”. He asked me about Odilon Redon; I had not heard the name before (shame on me), so the vistor showed me some images on the net:
Odilon Redon, Spirit of the Forest, 1880.
Redon, Eye-Balloon 1878
Redon, The Smiling Spider 1881
I have to go to the library and get some books soon!
A couple of reasons to watch this lecture by swoon from 2007:
1) ”I’d bee pasting work on the street for a long time and been thinking about how does this gesture translate into a gesture of not just “me”, “me”, “me”, “I want my name”, “I want my image on the city”. But to sort of make it more of a statement about the permeability of these public spaces and to open up and democratise these public spaces. And how you make this gesture a real gesture.” /quote end
I flinch about tags (including rough images of men’s private parts) on fences and bus stops as most people, but I am running round cities to make images of street art I like and I see as “Art”. One can’t draw a line on “It’s all about me” to distinguish between annoying scribbles and art. For me “Art” is all about the “Artist”. However if one puts his/her/its art into the public space, should there be more than ”me”, “me”, “me”? Something to think about… ^_^.
Having said this I have some issues with her using the word “democratise” and with the example of pasting children’s drawings on billboards. That’s too easy or simple…
2) Jeeeeeeeeesssssss ! I am a printmaker myself. To cut images like this into lino or wood (with or without a Dremel), to make prints to put them into the public space for everybody to enjoy and in the end to decay… you at least have to respect this ^_^…
3) From the street into the gallery. I think that Swoon’s art translates smoothly from the street into the gallery without loosing any imagination or context. It seems to me her art just develops and grows wildly inside a protected environment.
Found today: Art by Stefan Thompson, Ottawa, Canada
Stefan Thompson is living and working in Ottawa, Canada. You can find more of his work on his website and on deviantart. In the Earth Paint section of his site you will find a good overview over non-toxic mediums and pigments.
He is having an upcoming exhibition ‘NEW NEW SHOW SHOW’ on FEBRUARY 8- March 6 2011 in Ottawa Art Gallery.
Found via Goggle images searching for drypoint and etching ^_^…
Roa is a street artist from Ghent, Belgium. He exhibits in Galleries worldwide. I instantly fell in love with these creatures. You can see more of his work on Roa’s website or his Flickr photostream. I found his work via unurth.com. I especially love the Mural by Roa in Los Angeles.
A friend of mine got this fantastic book ‘Brodsky & Utkin, the Complete Works’ by Lois Nesbitt, Princeton Architectural Press, New York ISBN 1-56898-399-9.
Dome, Etching 1989
Brodsky was part of the “Paper Architects” a group that protested against the corrupted standardized production in the Soviet Union. (…»Wikipedia).
The drawings and etchings are depicting ‘narrative’, dreamlike architecture that defies the rules of physics but is strangely familiar.
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