Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Rob has another show opening this weekend at Locks Gallery in Philadelphia.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Some new work by Dave Cole at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery. The show is entitled All American.
Dave Cole, Knitting with Loaded Shotguns (Safties Off). 2008, spun statuary bronze with 12 gauge shotguns, 72″ x 66″ x 10″.
Dave Cole, Kevlar Party Dress. 2008, Kevlar (Used Gulf War Bullet Proof Vest) cut, sewn, hand knit and [...]
Monday, September 1, 2008
Moribund mural (creeper’s delight) 2006, salt dough (detail) by Shane Waltener
A large mural made out of salt dough will run along whole length of the gallery. Pattern in this will recall plant creepers, baroque relief’s and street graffiti. The scorched and burned surface of the salt dough providing a stark contrast to the colourful [...]
Victoria May creates beautiful, though-provoking work using textiles and everyday objects. She also happens to be one of the artists featured in By Hand. A show of her most recent work just opened at Don Soker Gallery in San Francisco. We wish we could be there to see it in person.
Collateral Damage Buried silk, thread, [...]
Two of the artists who participated in By Hand are being featured in an exhibition and in a new book from Black Dog Publishing. Shane Waltener is in a group show called The Fabric of Myth at Compton Verney in Warwickshire and Tucker Schwarz has work in a new book about fabric and art titled [...]
Shane Waltener, one of the artists from our book By Hand, is involved in the GNAM - Gastronomia nell’arte moderna (Gastronomy in Modern Art) project. Funded by the European Union, the aim of the project is to “promote inter-cultural dialogue through trans-national circulation of art works and cultural products.” Translation, art will bring us together! [...]
Carolyn, one of the By Hand contributors, has posted a new website featuring some of her more recent installation pieces. I’m very much liking her installation piece Feast of Burden, pictured below.
Our friend Rob Wynne has just launched a website featuring some of his work from the past 10 years. Some of Rob’s thread drawings were included in our book By Hand, but his new poured and blown glass pieces are also stunning.
The Heartbeat of a Bird, installation view, 2006.
The Last Fairy Tale, 2007. poured [...]
It started a couple of years ago with a free weekend and a proposal sent out to a few publishers, and today the finished product arrived at our door. The book is called By Hand and it features a selection of really talented contemporary artists. Shu and I compiled, wrote, edited and designed* the [...]