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

AIM Begins Tonite!!!

yay! after 11 attempts - i'm in! this shit better be worth it! a week or two ago i submitted yet another application to the LMCC Workspace program. i almost didn't cuz i was fed up w/applications in general. especially when they ask you 3 times in different ways to describe your work. they want an artist statement, want to know what you'll be doing in the studio (painting bitch!) and a description of the work you've submitted. it all seems like bullshit. just look at the work. if you like, give me studio. i'm fine w/an artist statement, that seems reasonable. but all the other bullshit, why? i think it's to weed out people. if you can get thru the application, that says something. but i'm no good at writing, so i hate doing it.

last year a friend was kind enough to really, i mean really help me out w/the statements the LMCC wanted. it was a real struggle for me. i found that the process of trying to figure out what to write led to some over conceptualized bullshit. i had to start over again, and again. i learned not to think too much about the statements and write honestly. to a certain extent, writing these things help me crystallize what i'm doing in the studio. i get that it's important to speak intelligently about my work and understand my place in art history. i've heard too many artists fumble and not be anywhere near articulate when they talk about their work .....and i cringe.

so hopefully AIM will help w/writing artist statements, give me insight into what people want to hear and provide some feedback. over the wkend they gave us an itinerary of the 13 wk program:

1: MEET THE CURATORS
2: The Art Community – Presenting Yourself
3: The Art Community – Creating the Future                
4: WRITING WORKSHOP       
5: WRITING WORKSHOP       
6: MEET THE DEALER
7: MEET THE CRITIC
8: FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
9: FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
10: MARKETING
11: COPYRIGHT LAW
12: STUDIO VISIT13: AIM ROUNDTABLE

looks like good stuff. i'm notorious for asking lots of questions....i hope they're ready for me!

Art Toronto

ny.10.#35

 

 

This weekend you'll find the painting above and more at Parts Gallery's booth #1114 at Art Toronto! another artist's work they'll have on view is Fiona Ackerman, (below). i've been having a lot of art krushes lately including Mira Schor and Deborah Kass and i'm gonna have to add Fiona to the list! btw: my latest art krushes w/Mira and Deborah stem from the very informal (which is why i liked them sooo very much) talks both ladies had at the Jewish Museum, in conjunction with the exhibition Shifting The Gaze.

The Original Analog Sound Wave, Fiona Ackerman, Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 72," 2010

and in other news i've finally been accepted into the AIM Program at The Bronx Museum of Art! the program will begin in april and lasts 13 weeks. from their website:

Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) marks The Bronx Museum of the Arts' ongoing commitment to provide professional development opportunities to emerging artists in the greater New York metropolitan area. AIM comprises a thirteen-week seminar program offered annually in the fall and the spring. Classes meet at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and other off-site locations, on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. Enrollment is limited to 18 artists per session. The program culminates with an annual group exhibition and accompanying publication.