Beautiful Failures / AIM Homework

Jane Dickson gave us some homework last week for today's session; create a dream group show, including yourself. i started jotting down names of all the art crushes i have. it could have easily turned into a train wreck of a show if i didn't focus and really think about who's work is rocking my world right now. she asked us to come up w/a title, concept and location. the show is below and artists are in alphabetical order. i've mentioned these artists b4 on this blog, so their names should come as no surprise: Kadar Brock, Vince Contarino, Jennifer Sanchez (me!), and Justin Valdes.

TITLE: Beautiful Failures
LOCATION: Minus Space in brooklyn, "a platform for reductive art on the international level."
CONCEPT: all 4 us us share a similar aesthetic sensibility which includes geometric shapes, minimal compositions and a subdued palette w/splashes of color. although we may apply our materials differently, what ties us together is our approach to painting. whether it's gestural application of paint, using discarded parts, building up layers, breaking things down or inviting chance, we combine careful planning with a faith in failure. or as bob ross liked to call it "happy accidents". we reduce our paintings to a clear, straightforward, uncluttered, and elegant end.

KADAR BROCK, demigg, 2008-2010, Oil, acrylic, flashe, house and spray paint canvas, 72 x 48 in

KADAR BROCK, demiu,2008-2010, Oil, acrylic, flashe, house and spray paint canvas, 72 x 60 in

KADAR BROCK, daboc, 2010, House paint, spray paint, and ballpoint pen on canvas, 96 x 72 in

KADAR BROCK, daem,September 2010, House paint and spray paint on canvas, 96 x 72 in

VINCE CONTARINO, Untitled (4), 2011, 10” x 8.5”, acrylic on paper

VINCE CONTARINO, Untitled (6), 2011, 10.75” x 9”, acrylic on paper

VINCE CONTARINO, Acoustic No. 6, 2010, 12” x 14.75”, acrylic, flashe, tyvek on paper

VINCE CONTARINO, Acoustic No. 13, 2010, 12” x 14.75, acrylic, flashe on paper

ny.11.#07, 2011, mixed mediums on panel, 16"x12"

JENNIFER SANCHEZ, ny.11.#05, 2011, mixed mediums on paper, 19.5"x16"

JENNIFER SANCHEZ, ny.11.#07, 2011, mixed mediums on panel, 16"x12"

JENNIFER SANCHEZ, ny.10.#20, 2010, mixed mediums on paper, 22" x 15"

JUSTIN VALDES, untitled, 2011, 11" x 13", acrylic and ink on paper

JUSTIN VALDES, untitled, 2011, 11" x 13", acrylic and ink on paper

JUSTIN VALDES, untitled, 2011, 22" x 30", acrylic and ink on paper

JUSTIN VALDES, untitled, 2011, 11" x 13", acrylic and ink on paper