judy kaufmann prints

judy kaufmann on etsy

barcelona based illustrator who likes to draw animals, people, houses, cars, trees and everything repetitively (taken from her etsy bio).  how very andy warhol of her - i think this makes me like her even more.   



happy friday



busy busy weekend ahead of me.  my parents are in town and we have dinners, monuments, museums, a national book festival, family, friends and a nationals game to fit in.  hope you have a great weekend and maybe one a little bit more relaxing than mine.  see you back here on monday!

venice architecture biennale

two years ago i had the chance to travel to Italy and visit the Venice Biennale (the best of art, architecture and design).  I was studying in London and mid-deep in thesis and a trip to Italy, although would be educational, just wasn't going to happen it my mind.  I should have taken the trip because now i a half way around the world and would give anything to go!

architecture, thanks to my boyfriend, is becoming one of my new favorite things - the following photos were all taken from the Venice Architecture Biennale {via} - and if you thought that the world's largest architecture show would be only about buildings - you are going to be surprised. 

art lesson: tadashi kawamata

a Japanese sculptor and installer, kawamata is known for creating urban spaces that utilize simple materials.  his latest spaces or huts can be found in Paris - at the Centre Pompidou.

 

{via}

“The artist modifies the space on which it operates, creating outgrowths as pods nestled in height, suspended walkways, observation posts, which disturb the established order and challenge our view of our environment.”

i love the contrast between the wooden huts and the metal structure of the museum.  installation art is my favorite - anything that makes the viewer feel not in control of his/her own space is wonderful. 

dreaming of painting

'I dream of painting and then I paint my dream'

Vincent Van Gogh

ever since inception i have been fascinated by dreams.  thank you for dreaming van gogh.

monday morning treat

John Baldesari  'Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell'

(via - c-monster)

he's still got it

"Self Portrait (Eyes Closed)" by Andy Warhol soared past it's estimate of $15,000 to sell for $254,500 at Sotheby's Photography Auction. Well done Andy!

many many thanks matthew barney

Matthew Barney has done it again - and once again i have no idea what is going on (AshHam maybe you can take a guess).  His new exhibition 'Prayer Sheet with the Wound and the Nail' is being shown at the Schaulager Museum in Muenchenstein, near Basel, Switzerland.

Barney is one of the most versatile artists of his generation, known for his ambitious film and performance cycles - I have heard him speak, watched his films and seen his work - but his way of thinking is completely beyond mine and I think that's why his body of work is so interesting.  What do you think?? 

his new work at Schaulager

Matthew Barney (did i mention that his lifetime girlfriend is Bjork)

Close at the Corcoran

Chuck Close will be speaking at the Corcoran this month and I couldn't be more excited!! Not many Contemporary Art celebrities make an appearce to speak in DC so I quickly scooped up tickets for MJ and I this morning. 

Any other takers??

Close self portrait

painting of Kate Moss

Bill Clinton

Close in the early 70s

Close today

Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration opens at the Corcoran July 3 and runs through September 12

Goodbye Louise

One of Contemporary Arts best died yesterday - French born, American artist, Louise Bourgeois passed in New York City at the age of 98. She worked in a variety of materials and tackled themes relating to male and female bodies - creating emotions of anger and betrayal.  Louise was still creating works up until her death.

Exhibition at Tate Modern in the Fall of 2007

Exhibition at Tate Modern in the Fall of 2007

"I really want to worry people, to bother people."  Louise Bourgeois

Back to England

Paul Greenburgh, Director and President of the Corcoran Gallery of Art resigned yesterday - he was with the Corcoran since 2006 .  I was sent the following letter via email this morning. 

Wonder what direction the Corcoran will head now??

Pierre Huyghe

Pierre Huyghe's Wind Chime (After Dream) at the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden

International Klein Blue

Yves Klein With the Void, Full Powers opens today at the Hirshhorn. Klein’s work ranges from painting to sculpture to conceptual thoughts – and that’s why I love his work so much. He started transitioning into what we now call Contemporary Art while Modern Art was still at its peak. He created his own color (IKB or International Klein Blue), signed the sky and dipped models in paint, using their bodies as the stamp for his canvas.

I have never seen a retrospective of Klein’s work before – it’s going to be a lot of blue – and hopefully an interesting exhibit.

With the Void, Full Powers runs through September 12, 2010.