creates expansive maps of landscapes dotted with codes, signs, and symbols that refer to processes of memory and intuition.
#jessicarankin
Richard Gorman
Learned about Richard in Sharon‘s most recent newsletter. He shows with Kerlin Gallery.
#richardgorman
Tracey Lamb Artist
is a visual artist working with sculpture, installation and photography.
She also curates Not a Man Date over on IG where she shares the practices of woman and nonbinary artists.
#traceylamb
Sarah Rosalena
Elizabeth Buhe at Brooklyn Rail has words about Sara’s Star Rose, Rose Star at Sargent’s Daughters, and notes the works in Star Rose, Rose Star at combine emerging and Indigenous technologies, including dying, weaving, beading, and basketry, some of which Sarah Rosalena learned from her Wixárika relatives.
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#sarahrosalena
Jeffrey Hirst
A Chicago-based painter, printmaker, sculptor, and teacher, Jeffrey’s work combines architectural ideas with urban decay, fragments and repetitive pattern.
#jeffreyhirst
Jong Oh
Excursus
I started painting on glass largely due to inspiration after visiting an exhibit of Light and Space artists. I had been hoarding the stuff, I’ll say… subconsciously because the affinity for this work resonated through the material. I also had the pleasure of seeing the well known work to which the title of this blog refers by Robert Irwin (who is my favorite and influenced me greatly) at Dia in the early ‘aughts (when Dia was still in Chelsea). It had a huge impact on what I thought Art could be- definitely an instance where photographs do not convey the impact of a work.
I completed the piece below recently which has, for me, a small amount of reverence for if not reference to this work, which made me more curious about it. In googling for more info on Excursus (which, in literature, means “a departure from the main topic”) I found the title actually included a reference to Albers- it’s full title is “Excursus: Home to the Square3.”
Mind. Blown.
I titled the work (which should ideally be viewed in a space where it can be lit by ultraviolet or “black” lighting, another homage to the Light & Space movement) “departure from the main topic“. I assume that, through his title for his work, Irwin was referencing his oft-sited belief that art is not about objects- objects being the “main subject” not just of Art but specifically of Modernism. I think we should conclude this is his intention with pointing to Albers in the title as well. I also assume that, as always, Irwin’s work here is about the shape of our perceptions. I didn’t think I could love Irwin more but… thanks, universe.
Titles have certainly become much more important to me in the last year+ as I recounted in this essay about experiencing Stanley Brouwn’s work and my actions afterward (which were my first experiment with AI), and have elaborated on in statements about titles for the works “through” and also “CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O” (the latter takes you to Instagram). You can see my other current paintings in this growing body of work here.
Emmanuel Awuni
Emam Gbewonyo
is a British-Ghanaian artist and curator living in London, and is the founder of the Black British Female Artist (BBFA) Collective – a platform that supports Black women artists. Gbewonyo studied BA European Textile Design at Bradford School of Art and Design and began her career as a knitwear designer in New York. Following six years in the industry, redundancy prompted her return to the UK and subsequent career change. Her art practice investigates identity, womanhood in particular, whilst advocating the healing benefits of craft.
#emamgbewonyo
Alteronce Gumby
says they are “drawn to works that were given a lot of attention to details. The devil is in the details. It’s in the color composition or orientation of the work or the clever use of contrasting materials that look or feel very seamless.” His artistic practice includes painting, ceramics, installation, performance, and film.
#alteroncegumby
Vaughn Spann
Vaughn’s radically divergent painting practice embraces duality. His canvases range from impastoed mixed-media abstractions to surreal portraiture that echoes the two halves of his output.
#vaughnspann
Ficre Ghebreyesus
Ficre was an Eritrean-American artist who made colorful paintings in a series of styles including representational, abstract, and a surreal combination of the two. His paintings show influences of European and American art as well as the culture and scenery of his native country.
#ficreghebreyesus
Sunday is for Instagram
I wrote a lot from the heart today.
Love you guys.
Fred Eversley
Frederick John Eversley (born 1941) is an American sculptor who lives in SoHo, New York, and for many years, as a Venice Beach resident, was associated with the California Light and Space movement. He is recognized for his “centripetal casting” process and for being a pioneer Black abstractionist.
#fredeversley
Charles Alston
was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. Like many Modernists he explored figuration and abstraction.
#charlesalston
Painting After Art is Dead 