inky…
Laura Barnard has a really strong inky thing going on in her portfolio of landscapes and railway lines. I especially like the image above of Bristol. It rightly won an award, and you can learn a bit more about her work and her other experimental stuff on her blog.
it’s a sustained kind of something…
It is kind of shocking, and deflating in the same degree, to find someone else has been down the same path you thought you were beating furiously at alone. But on the other-hand, it can be comforting to know that there are other people out there, totally insane, and obsessed with the minute (and for the most part totally overlooked) little details that bring some kind of satisfaction when they blur into one spasm inducing image at a distance. It’s awesome and so is John Borowicz’s work. Check out the rest of his ‘SPRAWLING CONGLOMERATES’ on his blog or butdoesitfloat?
science and art…
Reading through the Japan Times newspaper the other day, I came across an article reviewing a show called “Trouble in Paradise / Medi(t)ation of Survival”. (National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) The show aims to bring art and science a little closer through installations, sculptures and interactive media; but despite being a a fairly interesting idea, the show didn’t quite come off successfully for the paper’s art writer, only emphasizing “the fissure between art and science” as something comparative to a great chasm. Sadly.
Anyway, newspapers and fluff aside…I found someone who mixes art and science in a different way, and perhaps with more success. Former-biochemist-come-artist Kelsey Brookes could be a good candidate for drawing these two worlds a little closer. His paintings are constellations that kind of explode off the canvas like little chemical reactions (did you like that?) Anyway, check it out for yourself. I think it’s pretty rad.
on trees…
Los Angeles based artist Marrissa Textor has some wonderful graphite drawings of trees with a strong environmental message. You can check them out here. Her attention to detail is striking and it would be a real treat to see them in person.
betsy walton…
I woke up with a headache today, but there was something soothing about Betsy Walton’s images that made it go away.
