Natalie Kane

The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye, from ‘Shaking The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:02:00 -0400

The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye, from ‘Shaking The Habitual’

c0ssette: Gerrit van Honthorst - Saint Sebastian,detail,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:56:47 -0400

c0ssette:

Gerrit van Honthorst - Saint Sebastian,detail, ca.1623.

a-ppunti: Nan Goldin, Self-portrait in blue bathroom, London...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:28:55 -0400

a-ppunti:

Nan Goldin, Self-portrait in blue bathroom, London 1980

Natalie D. Kane - Art and Code

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:26:13 -0400

Natalie D. Kane - Art and Code:

Should artists understand the digital technologies they use in their work, should artists code? In a word, Yes.

sergioalbiac: Unreleased thoughts - Generative portrait random...

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:37:35 -0400

sergioalbiac:

Unreleased thoughts - Generative portrait random variations

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Spent today walking in East Brighton Park with Oskar. He’s...

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:46:13 -0400

Spent today walking in East Brighton Park with Oskar. He’s scared of smaller dogs and is the friendliest, most conversational dog I’ve met in a long time.

artruby: Chiharu Shiota, Dialogue from DNA, (2004).

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:17:22 -0400

artruby:

Chiharu Shiota, Dialogue from DNA, (2004).

Once a week I work at a charity that gives free qualifications...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:58:00 -0400

Once a week I work at a charity that gives free qualifications to young people at risk, either they’ve been referred by a youth offending team, they have had to leave college for one reason or another, or they live in a young people’s home where they are referred to us. I teach Art, and I really enjoy it, it’s part of the reason I hold the attitude I hold today concerning the democratisation of art. It’s hard for those who feel disenfranchised to really get on board with intellectual art speak, and claim themselves so outside the parameters of ‘Art’ that they have real problems making an entrance into it. Some stay with us for the whole course, but I’m very used to seeing new faces to replace those that have left prematurely.

I can’t tell you how tough it is sometimes, and I have no right to moan, because I can go back to my home with my small family who love me, and read my books and make my art because I am lucky. However, today really tested me. Aside from the usual, expected distractions, where a student refuses to work, or won’t get off their phone, or they have decided to wind up the person next to them, there are so many things going on in their young lives that I’m not surprised they can’t concentrate on the page in front of them.

Today I learned of a situation with one of our learners that angered me so much that I couldn’t really talk to my colleague on the drive back, I was close to tears. We had to drive a learner to A&E to get her face, and eyes, and head looked at because her boyfriend had beaten her unconscious two nights before. Her mother blamed her for letting the situation happen, and let her go back to the young people’s home that she lives in, alone. A friend watched her all night to make sure she didn’t fall asleep, and when she eventually did, her friend found it hard to wake her up. No one thought to take care of her, and it was a real fight to convince her that she needed to see a doctor. She is scared to go to the police because she’s scared he’ll do it again because she ‘grassed’ on him. This girl is so young, and it makes everything hard to swallow, I can’t get angry when she doesn’t finish her work, or she just wants to rest her head on the desk because she hasn’t slept.

And yet these are the people that are being left behind, I can’t even talk about the cuts that are being enforced to our charity. We’re already so stretched for resources. It makes me ill to think how easy it is for a load of posh privately educated politicians to just take, and take, and take.

Today was tough.

Arthur Russell, This Is How We Walk On The Moon, from Another...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:32:00 -0400

Arthur Russell, This Is How We Walk On The Moon, from Another Thought, 1994.

This is the last song heard in the wonderfully sad film ‘Keep The Lights On’. The whole film features Arthur Russell’s music.

likeafieldmouse: Tomas Saraceno - Galaxies Forming along...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:09:50 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Tomas Saraceno - Galaxies Forming along Filaments, Like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider’s Web (2008)

"‘And so life is reckoned as nothing. Habitualization devours work, clothes, furniture,..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:16:45 -0400

“‘And so life is reckoned as nothing. Habitualization devours work, clothes, furniture, one’s wife, and the fear of war. “If the whole complex lives of many people go on unconsciously, then such lives are as if they had never been.” And art exists that one may recover the sensation of life; it exists to make one feel things, to make the stone stony. The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known.’”

- from ‘Art as Technique’ by Victor Shklovsky

I was reminded of this remarkable piece of criticism by Amanda, so thank you!

actegratuit: Octavio 2007 Crystallized handmade chenille stem...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:20:50 -0400

actegratuit:

Octavio

2007

Crystallized handmade chenille stem letters, monofilament

Visual depiction of the poem Sight and Touch (for Balthus) by Octavio Paz.

Mirror Matter

MOCA Cleveland, Ohio

Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series

Olga Ziemska

kyol: therhumboogie: By Kaarina Kaikkonen, the Finnish artist...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:15:46 -0400

kyol:

therhumboogie:

By Kaarina Kaikkonen, the Finnish artist creates these huge installations using second hand children’s shirts. The larger pieces resemble the bones of a large ship, the tonal changes of colour that progress from the centre of the installation to the ends, give it an interesting aesthetic.

I like big arts you can be inside

For the last two weeks I have had the pleasure of assisting Kaarina in her installations in Brighton, the first ‘The Blue Route’ at Fabrica, the second is due to be installed at the end of this month to honour Brighton Festival, a month long celebration of culture.

I spoke to Kaarina about the documentation of process in her work. She doesn’t allow it, and the stolen two I took are on my instagram - only of the sorting of shirts. She doesn’t like the internet, she thinks that it steals away from the finished piece, that the mystique is gone in showing how the trick was done. I disagree, I love looking at the process, it makes it more human, more democratic. It shows us that art is something we can all achieve when we find something we feel passionate about. The method is just as much the piece as the finished result. I know a lot of artists disagree.

vjeranski: Picasso, Constellation drawings, 1924.

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:55:15 -0400

vjeranski:

Picasso, Constellation drawings, 1924.

jenmann: My niece Abbey, hanging out in the studio and painting...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:43:46 -0400

jenmann:

My niece Abbey, hanging out in the studio and painting whimsically with me on top of an old painting, to finish it up.

This is making my heart cry with joy. Last year I ran a weekend of arts workshops that a lot of younger children attended, which was genuinely one of the funnest things I’d done in my life. Kids are cool.

itscontemporary: Bill Culbert - An Explanation of Light (1984)

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:43:56 -0400

itscontemporary:

Bill Culbert - An Explanation of Light (1984)

When did he get so big?

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:08:12 -0400

When did he get so big?

lessadjectivesmoreverbs: Ad Reinhardt - How to Look at Art,...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:31:00 -0400

lessadjectivesmoreverbs:

Ad Reinhardt - How to Look at Art, Arts & Architecture, January 1947 (via stoppingoffplace)

belgic: Charles Ray - Steel Human Body and Untitled, 1981-85.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:06:41 -0400

belgic:

Charles Ray - Steel Human Body and Untitled, 1981-85.

Leo Villareal, Origin (Macedonia), 2008, Light emitting diodes,...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:49:17 -0400

Leo Villareal, Origin (Macedonia), 2008, Light emitting diodes, circuitry, microcontroller, diffusers, and anodized aluminum,