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Post by sin on Oct 24, 2012 8:30:00 GMT -8
so, im asking this question looking for an actual discussion not to be snarky. what makes the hose laying on a tarp art when i literally had that happen at my house in vermont over the summer. not the same design but i left the irigation hose on a vinyl tarp and it left the outline where the sun bleached the vinyl.
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Post by 80 on Oct 24, 2012 8:44:11 GMT -8
intent, innit
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Post by drevil on Oct 24, 2012 9:35:35 GMT -8
The more I think about Falls' fade pieces, the more I like them. They make me think differently not only about what a photograph can be, but also what the entire process of photography can be reduced down to (medium, light, subject). I also like how they capture time and nature, almost like having a snapshot that encompasses a full-length, time lapse video of some point on Earth. The way he seems to collapse elements of abstraction and minimalism into a single work also intrigue me, but I need better background knowledge in this area to say much more.
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Post by sin on Oct 24, 2012 10:20:11 GMT -8
i understand the modern art arguement that
modern art = hey I could do that + year but someone did
i get that when the concept pushes boundaries or opens up new ways of thinking
for example, i found Abromovich(sp) - The artist is present to be an amazingly powerful piece of performance art because she created a mirror where there was none. People would reflect themselves from looking at her.
In this case we are talking about a hose, laid on top of something in the sun leaving an outline of where it was as time and the elements washed away the color from the exposed piece. this happens constantly, many of us have probably done this.
so if its intent, what is the intent, what am i learning to look at differently that I havent noticed in a passing mundane act?
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Post by afroken on Oct 24, 2012 11:07:02 GMT -8
I was unsure about the fabric fades as first but as I've gotten deeper into his work I've grown to appreciate them a lot more. Falls is focused on a single idea. We think of photographs as a moment in time but he explores the possibility that they can capture the passage of time. What isn't obvious from the photograph of the piece is that through the passage of time it's also recording an image of its former three dimensional surface. What i hadn't appreciated until i saw the process photograph is that he has used foliage to affect the crisp outline of the hose and make it look more painterly.
Apart from the passing sun processing the image the pieces are also further connected to their environment through the natural fabric dyes that he creates for them. So whilst it's a hose on a sheet of cotton I think the conceptual intent is very clear, to me at least.
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Post by afroken on Oct 25, 2012 13:10:27 GMT -8
'All The Things I know But I'm Not At The Moment Thinking (The Truth is Out There)' by Louis Eisner  |
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Post by Weezy on Oct 25, 2012 21:01:14 GMT -8
E.T. phone home? But I like it. How big are these? Weezy 'All The Things I know But I'm Not At The Moment Thinking (The Truth is Out There)' by Louis Eisner |
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Post by afroken on Oct 26, 2012 9:25:54 GMT -8
Thanks Weezy. I couldn't resist those eyes! They're 20x18 inches each, oil on linen.
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Post by Weezy on Oct 26, 2012 19:26:18 GMT -8
Oh I was thinking those eyes would be REALLY dramatic if they were super huge, like 10ft across the two of em. I'm sure they pack a punch for the size...
Weezy
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Post by afroken on Dec 13, 2012 2:56:58 GMT -8
Couldn't resist...  |
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Post by rjfro22 on Dec 23, 2012 18:41:42 GMT -8
Funny. Better then some of the ...
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Post by vlcane on Dec 25, 2012 5:13:42 GMT -8
The pie piece looks amazing, congrats?
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Post by caleb on Feb 6, 2013 9:11:43 GMT -8
Some really lovely stuff. One of my favorite collections on here!
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Post by afroken on Feb 23, 2013 13:49:44 GMT -8
Thanks Caleb! Just picked up this very sexy Daniel Turner piece, made with bitumen encased in vinyl, from his 5150 series (a.k.a. the tar paintings). Definitely an artist to watch in my view.  |
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Post by waltercrunk on Feb 23, 2013 14:10:50 GMT -8
LOVE THIS 👆
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Post by afroken on May 3, 2013 13:46:05 GMT -8
A couple of new additions. First up a Sebastian Black from his latest series of much bigger and more complex puppy paintings.  And next a huge and gorgeous Mariah Robertson. I've been looking for the right piece by her for some time.  |
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Post by bmerel on May 3, 2013 18:28:12 GMT -8
love em..especially that robertson. wow!!!
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Post by drevil on May 3, 2013 21:41:20 GMT -8
Loving your Mariah. What are the dimensions on that?
I'm hoping to make it to NY sometime during the next six months or so to see her work in the new MoMA show opening next week.
Congrats.
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Post by mose on May 4, 2013 3:09:10 GMT -8
Loving your Mariah. What are the dimensions on that? I'm hoping to make it to NY sometime during the next six months or so to see her work in the new MoMA show opening next week. Congrats. Make it toward the end of the six months and also catch her show at American Contemporary(besides, the fall season is much better for art than 'group show summer') It's in October. |
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Post by afroken on May 4, 2013 5:47:07 GMT -8
Loving your Mariah. What are the dimensions on that? I'm hoping to make it to NY sometime during the next six months or so to see her work in the new MoMA show opening next week. Congrats. Thanks Evil. It's around 60 x 75 inches. I've been looking for the right piece for over a year and her latest body of work is very strong indeed so had to grab one. They'll have one of her 100ft pieces installed at MoMA apparently so definitely worth a visit. I saw her work at the Saatchi Gallery here in London last summer and it is breathtakingly complex and exuberant. |
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Post by afroken on May 7, 2013 14:17:01 GMT -8
Pleased to have picked up one of the Knuckle Heads from Eisner's show:   |
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Post by waltercrunk on May 7, 2013 18:32:47 GMT -8
Nice one!!!!  Curious what's behind the # sequence. Mine is based on a series of address's Louis lived at in the past. |
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Post by volvic on May 8, 2013 7:58:53 GMT -8
Looks good, congrats,
Is there any reasoning though why louis doesn't centre the stamps up on any of them? they always look off centre.
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Post by rizza79 on May 8, 2013 8:46:39 GMT -8
nice additions lately. congrats.
could you give some background on these Knuckleheads? I've been looking at them for awhile now and still am not 100% sure what I am even looking at.
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Post by afroken on May 10, 2013 12:14:27 GMT -8
In terms of how they're made Rizza? They're done with a rubber stamp to apply ink to sheetrock. The lines are done with blue chalk. They're framed in industrial aluminium strip. This is the original painting that he based the stamp on:  I thought that the numbering in the bottom right was a manufacturing feature of the sheetrock but based on Waltercrunk's post above I guess not. No idea what the numbers on mine signify. |
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Curious what's behind the # sequence. Mine is based on a series of address's Louis lived at in the past.