Category Archives: Art

March 15, 2010 · 3:08 am

ARTmonday: Polly Apfelbaum

I learned of Polly Apfelbaum when I saw her work hanging in interior designer Amanda Nisbet‘s daughter’s pink bedroom. It’s the framed pink piece affixed to the bookcase, on the right.

I promptly Googled (thankfully the mag supplied the credit) and was rewarded. I LOVE Polly Apfelbaum.  Her work reminds me a bit of another favorite of mine, Beatriz Milhazes. Turns out that fine art publisher Durham Press creates prints of both women’s work. Seeing how MOMA owns Apfelbaum’s work, a print is about as close as I’ll get to ever owning one.

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Blossom, 2000
Dye, Synthetic Velvet
Collection, MOMA, NYC

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Bloomings II, 2005.
Ink on silk/rayon velvet
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica

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Funkytown (detail), 2005-09
Dye, Synthetic Velvet
Group Show: “Painting and its Environs” , Palacio de Sastago, Zaragoza Spain

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Love Park V, 2006
Unique multi color woodblock monoprint on Hiromi Handmade DHM-11 Triple Thick
Frith Street Gallery, London

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Dogwood Park 4, 2009
monoprint on Hiromi handmade Kozo triple thick paper, published by Durham Press
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

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Rainbow Park I, 2006
Unique multi color woodblock monoprint on Hiromi Handmade DHM-11 Triple Thick Paper
Frith Street Gallery, London

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Color Field Notes – Orange, 2009
One of Eight Woodblock Prints in Color Field Notes
Paper: Osamu Triple Thick Edition: 43
Durham Press

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For Alice, 2003
Paint and Glitter on Building
The 2nd Valencia Beinnial, “The Ideal City”, Valencia, Spain

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Spooky Love #4, 2003
Large format Polaroid
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica

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Today I Love Everybody, 2004
Dye, Synthetic Velvet
Group Show: “Optima” The Ballroom, Marfa, Texas
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Las Vegas Room (detail), 2009
Synthetic Sequined Fabric
Solo Show: “Anything Can Happen In A Horse Race” Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK

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Wallflowers (Purity), 1990
Wire, paper, glitter, tacks, pencil
Galerie Nachst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwalder, Vienna, Austria

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Wave Park
Durham Press

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Little Dogwood 33, 2009
Multi-color Woodblock Monoprint
Paper: Hiromi Handmade DHM-11 Triple Thick
Durham Press

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Inked blocks for a Polly Apfelbaum print at Durham Press


A Polly Apfelbaum Dogwood print in the press at Durham Press

Durham Press’ blog has a lot of cool images and info on Apfelbaum, Milhazes and other artists.

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March 1, 2010 · 3:37 pm

ARTmonday: Focus Line Art by Tracy Melton

Last month while browsing Etsy I came across these amazing tree ring encaustic paintings from Focus Line Art by Tracy Melton. I’ve been really interested in wall installations of late, and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try one out. So I promptly purchased several sets (well, after much agonizing over just which sets). They’re amazing. I plan to hang them over my green Twilight Sleep Sofa in my study on the Cape. That is, if I can convince my husband to bang 12 nails into the pristine wall. I will post a pic if I prevail.

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February 22, 2010 · 1:08 pm

ARTmonday: Tina Barney

I spotted a Tina Barney photo in a room featured in a decorating magazine recently; luckily they provided the credit. I love the atmospheric, more casual than thou, but I’m guessing posed, slice of privileged East Coast life that Barney portrays.

These are the kind of shots that make me feel like, “Well, why can’t I take one of those of my kids at a museum or a friend’s family at their house (and I know just the one)?” Obviously, not so easy, as Barney’s work goes for $20,000-$30,000. Maybe I should grab my camera and try.

Barney also shoots amazing, stylish en scene portraits for The New York Times, so be on the lookout.

The Daughters, 2002

The Graham Cracker Box, 1983

The Brocade Walls, 2003

The Granddaughter, 2004

The Hands, 2002

The Red Sheath, 2001

John’s Den, 1985

Sunday New York Times, 1982

The Young Lady, 2003

Marina’s Room, 1987

Marina and Peter, 1997

The Young Men, 1993

Jill & Polly in the Bathroom, 1987

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February 8, 2010 · 6:31 pm

ARTmonday: John Goodman

I first learned about photographer John Goodman from Sharon Kitchens of Delicious Musings, who owns one of his pieces. He has a show, along with two other photographers in Boston this month (see details on previous post), so I finally perused his works. I love them. Very evocative, a bit gritty, and beautiful. These are my favorites among the images from the Howard Yezerski Gallery website.

Curlers Boston
1977 c print

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Breakfast Apri
1987 c print, 16 x 20″

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Ballerina
2004, Silver Gelatin Print

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Echo
2004, Silver Gelatin Print

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Larissa Ponomarenko
2004, Silver Gelatin Print

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Raw Dance
2004, Silver Gelatin Print

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Sleeping Beauty
2004, Silver Gelatin Print

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Headless and Bag
1993, Silver Gelatin Print

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Robert’s, Nashville
2006, Silver Gelatin Print

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Dominos
2000, Silver Gelatin Print

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Yael/ Blue 2
2002, Silver Gelatin Print

John Goodman’s photographs are in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Public Library, The Fogg Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and SF/MoMA. He is on the faculty at the Art Institute of Boston.

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February 8, 2010 · 11:10 am

ARTmonday: Boston Combat Zone

Sharon Kitchens of Delicious Musings sent over this invite for the opening of the photography show “Boston Combat Zone 1969 – 1978” featuring the work of John Goodman, Jerry Berndt, and Roswell Angier at the Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston’s South End. Goodman’s photos are quite evocative. (I haven’t looked at the others yet.) I’ll post more images later today.

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