Category Archives: Art Monday

June 4, 2012 · 9:32 am

ARTmonday: 15 Sculptures by Henk Visch

I think I initially came across a Henk Visch sculpture (the metallic faceted one, I believe) on Pinterest. Visch is a Dutch sculptor, painter, and draftsman who represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale in 1991. Some of the forms seem very current, though they were done some time back. I love the range, some pieces are very completely non-figural, while some are sensuously anthropomorphic, and others quite whimsical. Another seems to reference mid-century works by Donald Judd, and others have a Louise Bourgeois feel. Here is a sampling of 15, plus two installations.

For what remains, 1985

Het graf (The graf), 1980

The second dream of the art critic, 2009

You are welcome, 1988

Stay strong, 1984

The fourth dream of the art critic. 2008

Names (Nour), 2007

Not for you, 1988

L’absente de tous bouquets #1

Ik was een vrouw (I was a woman), 2007

Exactly how I remembered it #4, 2008

Enemies of the third dimension, 2010

Ships at sea, 2008

Somewhere else, 2011

You will never get a second chance for the first impression

Exhibition at P.S. 1, 1992

ARTmonday: Inge Jacobsen

Using images found in fashion magazines and newspapers, Irish-Danish artist Inge Jacobsen creates textured photo collages by adding embroidery. She sees her technique as a way of linking women’s hobbies from generations ago with hobbies and interests of her own generation. She says, “I can, and have, spent long periods of time reading Vogue magazines just like my grandmother and her sisters spent a long time cross-stitching.”

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May 14, 2012 · 3:53 pm

ARTmonday: Lalla Essaydi

Photo: Courtesy of Lalla Essaydi

I learned about Lalla Essaydi’s photograph’s from my friend, artist Lee Essex Doyle, who invited me to my first sale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston several years back, which my husband and I have continued to support through our many wonderful purchasesevery December. She’s one of the School’s breakout stars, and on May 22 will be presented with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Medal Award. Essaydi, who grew up in Morocco, combines Islamic calligraphy with representations of the female body. The results are beautiful.

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York City

Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grand Odalisque, 2006
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches.

Les Femmes du Maroc: Fumee d’Ambre Girls, 2008
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.

Les Femmes du Maroc: Revisited #1, 2009.
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.

Les Femmes du Maroc: La Sultane, 2008
Chromogenic print.

Harem #4B, 2009.
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.

Harem #10, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches, 71 x 87.5 inches.

Harem #2, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches.

Harem #1, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 280 inches.

Photos courtesy of
Edwynn Houk Gallery, NY
and
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston

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May 7, 2012 · 6:08 am

ARTmonday: Diana Delgado Colorful Abstract Paintings

I discovered painter Diana Delgado on Elements of Style, in which Erin Gates went bananas for the leopard print swatch in the first painting below. Based in New York, Delgado received her MFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2007 and her BFA from Syracuse in 2005. I love the colors in these paintings—note the neon—and mix of geometric forms with drips. In her artist’s statement she explains:

While color is a driving force behind decisions made on the canvas, raw gesture, geometric shapes/forms and pattern play important roles. Representational elements and seemingly unstable architectural structures exist within the abstract atmospheres. . . Reoccurring themes in the large-scale canvases are personal narrative, glam, fashion and the embracing of frivolousness.

You Can Lead a Horse to Water

Menstrual Mountain

Chocolate Fountain

She Could Drape it in Color

Cotton Candy Love

Neon Deer

White Goose Blue Jeans

Untitled-(Ribbons-and-Things)

YoungmanGirl

Copycat Cluster

Chandelier

Double Bubble

Rabbit Ears

And a Hot Air Balloon

Smelly Yellow

ARTmonday: Rhi Ellis Humans, Being and Other Photos

Rhi Ellis is a photographer, film maker, and illustrator who lives in South Wales. Most of these photographs are from the series Humans, Being; some are from White Wheat.