Douglas Witmer
Friday, March 07, 2008
video : vincent romaniello
Vince lets us inside his studio to see some of his techniques for the work in his current show, "Deep" at the Philadelphia Art Alliance's Satellite Gallery. It's on view until May 18. Details and and an installation shot here on Vince's site.
Also, Vince has a higher quality version of the above video streaming at his site.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
pair this with elk
Watch this and tell me if YOU think it's funny, too. I'm beginning to take my wine drinking more seriously (still not breaking the $20 barrier), so I go and check this out, but I have to just laugh. It kicks off with this throwback corny latin music at the beginning, then the female host looks like she herself is working hard trying not to crack up, and then the wine expert describes the one cabernet as "balanced and lush, with a lot of graphite..." I'm not making fun of it exactly. I mean, secretly I fancy talking about wine this way, sorta...but graphite? Gotta luv it! I watched it a bunch of times already and I'm gonna watch it again right now.
Labels: miscellany, video
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artists : odili donald odita
This is the first in a multi-part series of videos on YouTube documenting Odita's wall painting(s) this past fall at Cincinnati's Contemporary Art Center.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
video : larry poons
Here's an interesting series of video interviews of Larry Poons with curator Karen Wilkin, produced late last year to accompany the exhibition Color as Field: American Painting, 1950--1975, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington beginning February 29.
Larry Poons:
"[Ambition]...it's required...you know...to get over the indecision that you live with...all the time."
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
video : linn meyers
Here's a time-lapse video of my friend Linn Meyers making a wall drawing at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. Note that the video documents 5 days of work in the span of a few minutes. The piece was made for the exhibition The Space Between. February 2 - April 12, 2008. It's a small group exhibitions with a nice lineup. Here's info from the exhibition anncouncement:
Featuring artwork by Freddy Chandra, Brent Hallard, Linn Meyers, Gay Outlaw, Mel Prest and Nancy White, The Space Between brings together minimal, op art (optical art) and geometric abstract works that explore the very process of looking.
Below is a temporary wall drawing Linn made at my cafe about a year ago for the show "AltGeo." This one "only" took a day...a long day, mind you. This drawing has since been painted over.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
video : thomas nozkowski
When I was doing my graduate work back in 2000, Thomas Nozkowski came to the Academy as a visiting artist. His studio visit with me was a highlight of my time there. I've always admired the way he thinks and talks about painting. (Thanks, Chris Ashley, for the heads up on these!)Part 1: "A short talk with the painter, Thomas Nozkowski, in his studio." by Casimir Nozkowski
Part 2: "The painter Thomas Nozkowski talks about art while on a hike." by Casimir Nozkowski
Labels: artists, miscellany, Thomas Nozkowski, video
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