Ellen Altfest @ the Venice Biennale, 2013
Posted: January 18, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2013, 2014, altfest, ellen, hyperrealist, male back, nude, painting Leave a comment
Ellen Altfest, born in 1970 in New York, creates modestly scaled, hyerrealistic paintings of still lives, landscapes, and truncated male nudes that are exceptionally labored. All work is done from life, using natural light. Works take months, even years to complete. Futurelab first encountered her work, pictured below, at the 2013 Venice Biennale show, The Encyclopedic Palace, curated by Massimiliano Gioni.
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Posted: December 15, 2014 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2014, bollinger, zürcher Leave a comment
Matt Bollinger at Zürcher Gallery, December 2014
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John Walker @ Alexandre Gallery, October-November 2014
Posted: November 19, 2014 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2014, alexandre, artist, boston, Gallery, New York, painter, Walker Leave a comment
This John Walker exhibition at the Alexandre Gallery is fantastic. A painter’s painter, these are about the material. These careful abstractions of a real place, a spot he found in Maine, the works are full of creative mark-making that will entice you jump back on the subway and head to the studio to try some of these moves yourself. Or at least that’s how it made us feel. Enjoy!
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house on the hill
Posted: October 27, 2014 Filed under: things I am looking at | Tags: astonishing, babel, beautiful, castle on the hill, church, hill, home, house, mansion, mountaintop, photo Leave a comment
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jimmy carter slipping on ice
Posted: September 27, 2014 Filed under: things I am looking at | Tags: 1977, carter, falling, ford, funny, gerald, ice, jimmy, president, slipping, time, tripping, white house Leave a comment
newsweek, november 26, 1977
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Bedwyr Williams, The Starry Messenager, Welsh Pavilion, 2013 Venice Biennale
Posted: May 14, 2014 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: bedwyr, pavilion, venice, welsh, williams Leave a comment
Bedwyr Williams immersive five room installation looks at the microscope and the astronomic. Its Powers of Ten meets early Mtv. The youtube clip below is an interview with the artist about the piece. Fast forward to 4.0o to see a portion of the video component of the installation.
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Posted: August 25, 2013 Filed under: things I am looking at | Tags: actually, barak, campaign, conference, convention, cry, emotional, fake, obama, politician, sandy, staff, tears Leave a comment
