In making these pieces, I have focused on my love of graffiti, with the intention of packing a visual punch into each tiny square.
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The result is a series of fabric and paper collages on 8- and 12-inch-square boards (shown below), aimed for an upcoming solo show at Gallery 65 on William this May. In addition to the process of organizing and boxing my possessions, I have been squeezing some last-minute creation time out of my old studio. I feel overwhelmed but excited by the prospect! After 12 years in the same space, I will be relocating, with all of the personal and artistic reevaluation (not to mention elbow grease) that experience entails. Here are some photos documenting my activities in the new space.ĭear Friend: It's time to bid farewell to 2015 and turn our attention to all the promise that 2016 holds! In the case of my studio, the new year will bring a major transition. So I'm decidedly headed down a new road, looking forward to turning the new studio into a productive place to work. I was pleased that a piece from my "Bubble" series sold to an enthusiastic collector who is also an artist.Ī week later (last weekend), I dismantled the open studio setup and arranged the space in the ideal way for me to work, and a few days ago, I finally put brush to canvas. Many old friends came by, including one I hadn't seen since 1982 and one I hadn't seen since 2010, and there were many new guests who seemed to enjoy my work. Soon after I moved in on October 1, the group held its annual open studios event, and I was excited to participate. The space is at Hatch Street Studios, a dynamic community of 50+ artists working in a restored 19th-century textile mill in the historic North End of New Bedford. It was intimidating to consider the daunting road ahead: I needed to find a new place get moved in get set up and get my creative routine rolling again.įast forward five months, and here we are. When I wrote it, I had no idea where my new studio would be. It seems strange to look back at that last post.
It has been 5 months since my last post! And not because there has been nothing to write about!
"Filigree 6," acrylic on canvas, 40" H x 30" W, 2015 "Filigree Square 7," acrylic on canvas, 20" square, 2015 "Filigree Square 10," acrylic on canvas, 20" square, 2015 The School of Fashion Design is open Monday and Friday 9 AM to 4 PM, Tuesday to Thursday 9 AM to 9 PM, and Saturday 9 AM to 3 PM. The shapes in this series are inspired by expansive, looping forms such as fiber weaves, calligraphic marks, and natural shapes like roots and vines. The show will include works from my "Filigree" series, most of which are being exhibited for the very first time.
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The exhibit will run from April 10 to May 10, with a reception open to the public on Friday, April 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.ĭuring the reception, scheduled as part of ArtWeek Boston, I will give a talk on my creative career, which began as a graduate of the School of Fashion Design, and explain how that experience led to my current work as a professional artist. When he did an interview in 2010 about the music video for Best I Ever Had, Drake said something that rings true today: “When I read the comments, I was like, man, I guess no one wants to laugh anymore,” he said.I am excited to present a solo show titled "Ornamental" at the School of Fashion Design, 136 Newbury Street in Boston. In many ways, his music avoids repetition. It was just a way of pinning down the joy of color.”įor Drake, the opposite could be true. “To create that structure, to do those colors, and do nothing,” the artist writes on his website. Hirst has created over 1000 spot paintings, from 1986 to 2011. Repetition is a common theme in Hirst’s artworks, as the repetition of dots helped elevate the British artist into the first brand in the art world during pre-internet times. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A.
Conceived as a single exhibition in multiple locations, “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986– 2011” makes use of this demographic fact to determine the content of each exhibition according to locality. Most of the paintings are being lent by private individuals and public institutions, more than 150 different lenders from twenty countries. The exhibition will take place at once across all of Gagosian Gallery’s eleven locations in New York, London,Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens, Geneva, and Hong Kong, opening worldwide on January 12, 2012. Gallery in New York Januas they present “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011” by Hirst.
Artist Damien Hirst stands in front of one of his paintings during a media preview at the Gagosian.
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