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Saturday SAY IT: I Think You Are More Perfect Than . . .

StyleCarrot — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:15 +0000

The Positive Posters by Bisgràfic
(via Design Milk)

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ARTmonday: Heidi Lender

StyleCarrot — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:02:30 +0000

Fashion journalist/stylist-turned-yoga instructor-turned photographer Heidi Lender’s self portrait series “Once Upon” began as a self-imposed weekly photo assignment. The directive — “Stand on a bench. Make sure it’s Monday. Wear something pretty.” — transformed into a “Who am I?” photo-tale. As she examines the characters she becomes depending on what she wears, we peek inside her closet, a colorful, a menagerie of clothes and accessories amassed on her journeys. It’s fashion-meets-decor, which I can’t resist.

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Saturday SAY IT: Don’t Give Up

StyleCarrot — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Ye Rin Mok

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ARTmonday: Tim Bavington

StyleCarrot — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:02:01 +0000

Las Vegas based artist Tim Bavington is known for his vertically-oriented stripe paintings. While many of his works are rigid, the ones I like best are blurred and drippy. The paintings are abstract interpretations of music.

Using synthetic polymer paint, Bavington translates guitar solos, melodies, and bass lines, including those from The Darkness, Oasis, and The Rolling Stones, into vibrant bands of color. Although Bavington has a method that designates sound to color and composition, the paintings are not literal translations.

He also creates some that have an ink-blot sort of feel, though I’m not certain these are also related to music.

Step In (Out), 2007
synthetic polymer on canvas
Installation at Las Vegas Diaspora at Las Vegas Art Museum, 2007
Collection Mondstudio, Hamburg, Germany

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Cannonball, 2010
synthetic polymer and ink on paper
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts Houston

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Blue Monday, 2010
synthetic polymer and ink on paper

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Get Happy!, 2010
synthetic polymer and ink on paper

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Get Happy!, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Happy Today, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Up In Suze’s Room, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Jump, 2006
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Buddy Holly(Weez), 2007
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Heart Above Head, 2011
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Cold Fire, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Study for Manic (Positive), 2010
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Heart Above Head #3, 2011
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Bold as Love, 2010
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Falling Down, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Heart Above Head #5, 2011
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Bavington’s work is included in the collections of MoMA, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Portland Art Museum in Oregon, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Denver Art Museum, among others.

He is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery in NYC and Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica.

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Saturday SAY IT: Read That Book

StyleCarrot — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Erin Hanson

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ARTmonday: Lee Essex Doyle “Dreams of Dawnridge”

StyleCarrot — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:02:39 +0000

Boston-based artist (and one of my dearest friends) Lee Essex Doyle is showing her newest series of paintings, “Dreams of Dawnridge” at Child’s Gallery in Boston. It’s on view until this Saturday, January 21, so if you’re on Newbury Street, try to pop in for a look. They’re absolutely beautiful. The pieces are based on L.A. artist and designer Tony Duquette’s ornate home, called Dawnridge.

“Double Sunburst”

“Library Altar”

“Thai Cockatoo”

“Malachite and Bird Cages”

“Red Interior”

“Ducommon Console and Mirror”

“Green and Yellow Interior”

“Garden Antelope”

See images from Lee Essex Doyle’s “Postcards from India” series.

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Saturday SAY IT: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

StyleCarrot — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:46 +0000

Rachel Castle

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ARTmonday: Maia Fiore “Sleep Elevations”

StyleCarrot — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:02:24 +0000

French photographer Maia Fiore’s images from her ethereal series “Sleep Elevations” are light and dreamy, a perfect escape from a brisk winter day.

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Saturday Say It: Steve Lambert

StyleCarrot — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:00:06 +0000

Steve Lambert, 20×200

starting at $20

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Get the Look: 25 Nude Artworks

StyleCarrot — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:02:42 +0000

If you are feeling inspired by yesterday’s images of interior spaces hung with nudes, here are drawings, oil paintings, watercolors, and photographs available for sale online and at galleries in a wide range of price points.

Francine Turk

Tony Vevers, DNA Gallery

Brandon Herman, Untitled (Suzie Hedge)
archival print starting at $20 at 20×200

Left: Robert Malherbe, Nude with Tilted Head, 2008, oil on linen
$2,950 at Tim Olsen Gallery
Right: Jean Paul Brusset, ink drawing, c. 1950
starting bid $499.99 on eBay

David Bates, Reclining Nude, 2011 Betty Cunningham Gallery

Martine Emdur, Diaphne, 2010, oil on linen
$16,000 at Tim Olsen Gallery

Cynthia Packard, Studio

Left: Embarrassed Female Statue, French drawing, c. 1910, $68 on eBay
Right: Young Female Nude, Michael Werner, $120 on eBay

Jean Fusaro, Nurose, 1959, oil on canvas
$3,800 at Douglas Rosin Decorative Arts & Antiques

Jacqueline Marval, Nu Allonge, 1912, Papillon Gallery

Left: Robert Malherbe, Christina Flats VI, 2007, oil on linen
$4,000 at Tim Olsen Gallery
Right: Pronkin, original india ink female nude, $6.75 on eBay

Neil Rodger, Nude with Bracelet, 2007, oil on canvas, Everard Read Gallery

Dana Ellyn, Balcony, 2011, watercolor, $90

Malerie Marder, Untitled, Artspace

Sally Michel, Reclining Nude, Childs Gallery

Left: Original signed female pastel nude, $14 on eBay
Right: The Rac, Mama Singing in the Rain, pastel drawing, $46.75 on eBay

Rebekka Guoleifsdottir, From the Earth,
archival print starting at $100 at Artspace

Rebekka Guoleifsdottir, Bubble Bath
archival print starting at $100 at Artspace

Left: Lucie Bennett, Green Torso, gloss paint on aluminum
Right: Guna Naruns, nude watercolor, $95 on eBay

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