Category Archives: Art

February 27, 2012 · 10:45 am

ARTmonday: Lissy Elle

I discovered photographer Lissy Larrichia, or Lissy Elle, as she seems to go by, on one of my new favorite blogs, The Jealous Curator yesterday. Her work is incredibly atmospheric and angsty. She’s a Canadian teen (or maybe she’s just beyond teendom now; her Flickr stream started in late 2009). I really love her work—the settings, the dresses, the props, the narratives. You should have a look at her Facebook page too, where she’s posted some of her most recent images.

Golden Hours

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The Play Pretend Princess

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Untitled

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Princess Alyssabeth’s Belated Birthday

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The Big Bad Wolf

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The End of Alice
“The Alice in all of us dies sometime. From personal experience, the Alice in all my friends were stabbed to death the moment they got breasts. Breasts suck.”

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The Snow White Dilemma
“I hung up all those apples today during a thunder storm.”

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Butterfly Effect

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Alice Saw Some Shiny Things
“So down, down she fell.”

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Alice in Wonderland
Inspired by the shirt she’s wearing, purchased at Downtown Disney.

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Impossible Things

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Untitled
“Green grass grows all around all around and the green grass grows all around.”

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Spirited Away

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Get Back In Your Book, Belle
Beauty and the Beast edition.

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I act like a child.
In her fort.

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Seven Fragile Things

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Natural Disasters
“The snow melted, and there was fog, so Thy Cornrows looked so mystical today…”

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February 20, 2012 · 7:15 am

ARTmonday: Martina Nehrling

Lyrical new works of deeply saturated slashes of color by Martina Nehrling is currently on view at the Zg Gallery in Chicago through the end of this month. Nehrling describes the pieces, which are acrylic on canvas and paper, as “visual rhythms inspired by the cacophony of daily life.” I’m not sure where I discovered her work, perhaps Pinterest. They’re a wonderfully invigorating burst for mid-February.

Leeway

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The Absence of Field

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Solid Sonorous Non-Reality

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Hive

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Surfacing

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Ruse

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Pleat

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Truth and Jest

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Verge

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Of an Evening

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Of the Next Day

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February 13, 2012 · 8:02 am

ARTmonday: Lori Vrba

I discovered Lori Vrba’s magical photographs around the holidays, when I had time to explore. Although I’m not at all a horse person, I was quite taken with the first image here, “Olivia Loves Elvis.” It reminds me of a friend’s daughter who loves to ride. It’s Vrba’s daughter. She has three children, often pictured in her work. Those images are reminiscent of Sally Mann’s, minus the nudity, but with the inclusion of the feminine, yet bedraggled feel of girlhood. As a

The brown hued selenium prints are from the series “My Grace Is Sufficient,” which is “celebrating the quiet power of women.” The gray toned are from the series “The Piano Farm,” shot on the farm where Olivia’s piano teacher works. Vrba recognizes the inherent femininity of her work, and its beauty, and makes no apology. I’m smitten.

Lori Vrba is represented by Jennifer Schwartz Gallery in Atlanta.

Olivia Loves Elvis, 2010

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Cloverfield, 2010

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Cocoon, 2010

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Butterfly, 2009

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The Hand of Grace, 2009

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Knee Deep, 2009

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Marionette, 2009

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Resting, 2009

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Liv’s Light, 2009

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Goose Feathers, 2009

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Morning, 2010

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Winter Garden, 2010

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February 4, 2012 · 9:00 am

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

The Positive Posters by Bisgràfic
(via Design Milk)

ARTmonday: Heidi Lender

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.