Focus

Back to trying to find a word to reflect on as part of an update. Thinking about this one- focus- because the intellectual exercise of drawing my way through Oblique Strategies has already shifted from my last update. After a scattered start I am finding it easier to use the prompts to think my way through my practice of drawing the cubes. I’ve also given the practice some “rules”: 1 drawing per day; pick drawing materials before the prompt; 15 minute time limit; photograph each drawing with the prompt and the music I was listening to while drawing; and journal briefly about the thought process immediately after.

Also, my work got to be in focus for the local scene this last week. I’m so excited by the work I have up at Attic 506, I hope those of you in NC are able to check it out (they are open on second Friday art walks, by appointment and most Saturdays 1-4pm, announced via their IG feed). Time lapse of one of these wall drawings below!

Duane Linklater

is included in Junkyard of Dreams at Bortolami. Linklater’s practice is concerned in part with the exploration of the physical and theoretical structures of the museum in relation to the current and historical conditions of Indigenous people and their objects and forms. These explorations are articulated in a myriad of forms including sculpture, photography, film and video, installation and text works.

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Dimensions reboot

Hey readers- if you’re around the Thrill tonight, head on over to Attic 506. Yours truly will have some of the largest versions yet of the cube assemblies up! And if you miss it today, they’re up through March. Other great openings at Peel and FRANK as well. I’m very excited about this work and will add new reflections to my previous ones on this blog very soon.

Richard Smith

Richard Smith, CBE (27 October 1931 – 15 April 2016) was an English painter and printmaker. Smith produced work in a range of styles, and is credited with extending the field of painting through his shaped, sculptural canvases. A key figure in the British development of Pop Art, Smith was chosen to represent Britain in the 1970 Venice Biennale.

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Lisa Nanni

is one of many artists* featured on this blog that was included in Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA**, 1936–present.

*Anne, Laurie, Gabriele, Rhia and Emily (as well as many creatives who were members during their lives) are members of **American Abstract Artists, a predecessor to the New York School and Abstract Expressionism, and contributed to the development and acceptance of abstract art in the United States. American Abstract Artists is one of the few artists’ organizations to survive from the Great Depression and continue into the 21st century.

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