Artists in Offices

Wow. I totally forgot about this painting I made years...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:46:10 -0400

Wow. I totally forgot about this painting I made years ago.

Museum Rooftops
oil on canvas
48” x 48”
www.erikabhess.com

literaryjukebox: The relation of art to life is of the first...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:02:41 -0400

The relation of art to life is of the first importance especially in a skeptical age since, in the absence of a belief in God, the mind turns to its own creations and examines them, not alone from the aesthetic point of view, but for what they reveal, for what they validate and invalidate, for the support that they give.

Wallace Stevens in Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose (1957)

Song: “Faith” by Room Eleven

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Bridget Watson http://briwats.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/882/

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:00 -0400

Bridget Watson

http://briwats.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/882/

darksilenceinsuburbia: Qubo Gas. Carrot Top, 2010. Felt pens on...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:37:03 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Qubo Gas.

Carrot Top, 2010. Felt pens on paper, 29 x 21 cm.

Jellyfish Blues, 2010. India ink, felt pens on paper, 30 x 42 cm.

Havi Nagila, 2010. Felt pens on paper, 30 x 42 cm.

Green Tambourine, 2010. India ink, watercolor and felt pens on paper, 29 x 21 cm.

scottbergeyart: # 2282 “It Is What It Is” on Flickr. Scott...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:33:57 -0400

scottbergeyart:

# 2282 “It Is What It Is” on Flickr.

Scott Bergey

www.scottbergey.com

“All in Together Now”oil on canvasTitled after Wu...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:16 -0400

“All in Together Now”
oil on canvas
Titled after Wu Tang “All in Together Now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx4KtTezEFg
www.erikabhess.com

All all all in together now. We gettin’ paid, gettin’ dressed for the weather now.

softpyramid: Kyle Field24 Hour Glass20108.75” x 11/25”Ink on...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:16 -0400

softpyramid:

Kyle Field
24 Hour Glass
2010
8.75” x 11/25”
Ink on paper

Friends and I at “Can I Get a Witness” exhibition...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:08:35 -0400

Friends and I at “Can I Get a Witness” exhibition opening, May 3 Tejas Gallery. Yes, I am exhausted in the images.

Paintings: Erika Hess and Rebecca Sargent

www.erikabhess.com

Digital Pattern Drawing Erika Hess

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:45 -0400

Digital Pattern Drawing

Erika Hess

judithbfarr: acrylic and pencil on paper on Flickr.

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:58:31 -0400

judithbfarr:

acrylic and pencil on paper on Flickr.

Installation shot of, “Can I Get a Witness”, Tejas...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:28:00 -0400

Installation shot of, “Can I Get a Witness”, Tejas Gallery, OH. Erika Hess and Rebecca Sargent.

Press release here: http://www.erikabhess.com/#!blank/c1f2

I am completely obsessed with this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:15:03 -0400

I am completely obsessed with this painting.

paperimages:

William Willis

Phillip Taaffe’s work has won me over. It wasn’t...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:27:19 -0400

Phillip Taaffe’s work has won me over. It wasn’t that I disliked it, I just didn’t feel strongly about it.

Phillip Taaffe at Luhring Augustine http://www.luhringaugustine.com/

joannafowles: Pattern play

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:53:40 -0400

joannafowles:

Pattern play

hijaktaffairs: calvin ross carl folded curtain, 2012 enamel and...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:13:29 -0400

hijaktaffairs:

calvin ross carl

folded curtain, 2012

enamel and pencil on canvas, 22 x 22 x 2”

christopherschreck: Travess Smalley: Capture Physical...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:18:18 -0400

christopherschreck:

Travess Smalley: Capture Physical Presence

Higher Pictures

980 Madison Ave., NY, NY

Opening: Thursday, May 2nd, 6-8pm

Runs through June 1, 2013

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Travess’ first NYC solo exhibition opens on Thursday. If you’re in town, you need to see this show.

Click HERE to read the essay I wrote about this work last year for his book of the same name. The text was reworked and updated for the exhibition’s press materials.

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“Higher Pictures is pleased to present Capture Physical Presence, the first New York solo exhibition by Travess Smalley. These dynamic, abstract digital photo collages undulate between digital and physical image making, defying the viewer’s expectation of gesture and medium.

Smalley’s work is at the forefront of the exploration of medium in contemporary art and approaches the evolving nature of painting and optics through experimental working methods. He uses the tools of contemporary, digital, computer-based life, such as the home office printer and scanner, laser printer, and Photoshop, to explore alternate color theories, the languages of Modernist composition, and post-1960s definitions of psychedelia. His vivid, color-saturated works challenge viewers to let go of preconceived ideas of what is analog versus what is digital, and see the hybrid visual reality of our digitized world.

Smalley creates graphics using Photoshop, prints them out, cuts them up, collages them, scans them back into Photoshop, and digitally manipulates the results, over and over again. With notions of medium, origin, and objecthood becoming quickly obscured in the process, these resulting works consistently update – and expand upon – traditional boundaries for creating and presenting collage.

Born in rural West Virginia in 1986, Smalley graduated from Cooper Union in 2010. He lives and works in Jersey City.”

Progress.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:18:12 -0400

Progress.

Abstract watercolor #…. I lost count

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:25:54 -0400

Abstract watercolor #…. I lost count

Suzzane McClelland. I’m reading Shirley Kaneda’s...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:16:12 -0400

Suzzane McClelland. I’m reading Shirley Kaneda’s 1991 essay, “Painting and It’s Other: In the Realm of the Feminine” and going through to post the artists mentioned. http://bombsite.com/issues/118/articles/6263

The two of these paintings popped up on top of each other on my...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:22:57 -0400

Grimes

Trudy Benson

The two of these paintings popped up on top of each other on my FB page. It’s surprising how similar they are.