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ARTmonday: Jed Devine

When I lived in NYC, back in my twenties (no, not in the twenties, my twenties, in the nineties), my then boyfriend and I began to collect photography. A friend of ours, whose dad had (has?) an outrageous photography collection, which includes Arbus and Mapplethorpe, pointed us to the small, well-respected Bonni Benrubi Gallery on the Upper East Side, just blocks from our apartment. (Today the gallery is at 41 East 57th Street.)

We popped in often on the weekends, poring over print after print in the flat files. One of my favorite artists was Jed Devine. I loved the spare white on white still lifes printed on Japanese rice paper that seemed so delicate, but that Bonni assured us were quite strong. After much deliberating between bottles, colanders, and cups, we purchased Stacked Cups and had it framed in a simple semi-glossy white wood frame. I still own it; it now hangs in my Back Bay kitchen. And I still love it.

Stacked Cups

Pear and Colander (Bonni Benrubi Gallery)

Shaker House in Snow (Bonni Benrubi Gallery)

untitled 2000 – 2002 (Bonni Benrubi Gallery)

Untitled, Ca. 1985 (Bonni Benrubi Gallery)

Untitled 200 – 2002 (Bonni Benrubi Gallery)

Central Park series (Bonni Benrubi Gallery)

Design Diary: Eric Roth’s Barn

Last summer I stopped by photographer Eric Roth‘s barn/studio on the North Shore for the profile “A Room Of His Own” in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine.

Photo: Eric Roth

It’s a real barn, 200-years-old, with a loft (where Russ and Mary, his assistants, work), and lots of junk (his word, not mine!) amidst the high tech equipment. Eric says, “Having a barn is a license to collect too much junk, and I have an endless stream of junk I can’t get rid of.” But there are also great vintage signs, furniture salvaged from churches, and all sorts of fun collections. Let’s take a peek.

That’s Eric in the corner. “The barn has been my best friend for years. It’s always been my escape, even though it’s also my work.”

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Photo: Eric Roth

An antique dentist’s cabinet.

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Eric’s childhood sled. He grew up nearby, in Newton.

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Cameras acquired on ebay. Most don’t work. Eric says, “It looks like a press conference.”

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Photo: Eric Roth

Tin robot collection acquired on ebay.

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Photo: Eric Roth

This cabinet was salvaged from a Catholic church. I love the Gothic arch.

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Photo: Eric Roth

Eric uses this Esso gas pump, found at an antiques fair in Topsfield, as a night light.

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Photo: Eric Roth

The vintage signs came from his grandfather’s diner, the F&T in Kendall Square. Also, notice the blue stain glass window he added. It was salvaged from a church and purchased in Montpelier, Vermont.

Get the Look: Wallpaper in Ocean Hues

Ok, all of you sea and sky lovers, get yourself a wall of wonderful blues and greens in the most amazing patterns . . .

Anderson Jazz Colelction Ogee Damask; Walnut Woodstock; Timorous Beasties; Tres Tintas Barcelona Amapola; Graham and Brown Monsoon Amelie; Graham and Brown Julien Macdonald Dazzle; Graham and Brown Basso and Brooke Chinoiserie; Graham and Brown Basso and Brooke Chain; Sandberg Marlene; Sandberg Neo; Sandberg Kaj; Sandberg Ebba; Sandberg Dino; Sandberg Claudia; Cavern Home Casa; Anderson Jazz Collection Star Flower; Walnut Wallpaper; Bodrum Eyes at Design Your Wall; Sum Underwater Bamboo; Studio Printworkds Recessed by Given Campbell; Flavor Paper Aster Space Palm; Flavor Paper Farmer’s Market; Cavern Home Navajo; Tres Tintas Barcelona Lineas; Second Hand Rose Flock 132; Second Hand Rose Novelty W-16; Second Hand Rose Mylar K-208; Designer’s Guild Kashima; Flavor Paper Sharp Descent; Flavor Paper Onda.

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ARTmonday: Grace Hopkins

Grace Hopkins is one of many New England artists whose abstract artwork defies expected New England standards. Hopkins grew up in NYC and is now based in Portland, Maine, with her artist husband and sweet little girl Gigi. Grace shows her work in galleries all over the Northeast. I discovered her work in Cape Cod. Her father, artist Budd Hopkins, is a longtime friend of my in-laws. (I’ll do a post on Budd at some point too.)

Hopkins characterizes her work as abstract photo-paintings. I have included a sampling of her photos from 2005 to the present , so you can its progression. This is how she describes the evolution: ” In the past few years I have been getting closer to my subject matter and minimizing the number of objects in my pictures, essentially zeroing in on what really interests me and excluding everything else.”

2009 South Beach

2009 Europe

2008 Michigan

2008 Maine

2008 Las Vegas

2007 Belize

2006 St. Maarten

2006 Curacao

2005 California

Shopping Trip: Brimfield Antique Show

Yesterday I went to Brimfield for the first time! Luckily, I met up with Jill Goldberg with the impeccable taste from Hudson, who pointed me in the right direction. It runs to the end of the week if you have a chance to visit. (And it’s back again in July.) It was a quick 90-minute drive from Boston. Here are some things that caught my eye:

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