More Fiber

I went back to the Crane Arts Building to revisit the show Outside/Inside the Box last week with some friends. This time I remembered my camera and I took pictures of a lot of my favorite pieces.

Andrea Noeske-Porada,
Inside is Outside,
100% Merino wool fibers
9.06in x 7.87in x 15.75in

Emily DuBois,
Naga (1-5),
Polynesian tapa (bark cloth), sumi, acrylic medium, bamboo rods
70in x 30in x 1in

Arlé Sklar-Weinstein
Ice River Vine Bound,
Free floating organza panels, wood dowels, monofiliment thread stitching
36in x 72in x 3.5in

Magali Rizzo,So bitter were my feelings,
Linen cloth, cotton thread
53in x 34in

Tamryn McDermott,
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,
Silk organza, matt medium, fabric dye, aluminum rings
174in x 96in x 96in

Ann Wessmann,
Words Unspoken Series: 37,499 days - June 9, 1932 - December 31, 1941,
Text on vellum on foam board
96in x 96in x 4in

April Dauscha,
Exposed: An Armory of Physical Longings,
Muslin, boning, grommets, ribbon & dress form
72in x 18in x 18in (Close up views)

Brigitte Amarger,
Humanoids,
Bones, organs, prostheses X rays, scanners and magnetic resonance imagery, transparent nylon and color cotton threads
84in x 25in x 0.039in

Picture taken at bahdeebahdu, Warren Muller, lighting sculpture

Kim Kamens, Ken, 5 ft. x 7 ft. thread, nails and wood

Duets Dilemma

I've been trying to choose a duet for my application for the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Annual Members' Juried Exhibition: Duets

The call for entry reads:
Artists are invited to submit paired works of art in order to create duets. The two works by each artist may be in any media. One work may be a video, and the other a painting—or a photo and an etching—or both may be sculptures, or textiles, or drawings, or whatever else is appropriate. The two works may be serial (think Monet’s haystacks) or completely unrelated. Here, the artist acts as a curator of his or her own work. By pairing works in duets, the artist has the opportunity to call greater attention to an aspect of his or her practice, or an element of the work, such as color, scale, subject, medium, and so on. The exhibition that will result from the submissions will be an exhibition of duets. Some works may harmonize, others may offer a radical or unexpected juxtaposition. In all instances, the hope is that the presentation of works in pairs by individual artists will offer the viewer a focused and dynamic engagement with the work. Please do not title the duet. Each work should have its own title and the viewer will make the connection between the two works visually.

I have a lot of options but found out I can only submit one. Here's a few I'm considering.

Duet #1

Bottom of the Ocean, oil on canvas, 48 x 46 inches, and Bubbles, 12 x 12 x 5 inches, silk, dye and nylon thread

Duet #2

Golden, Oil on canvas, 48 x 46 inches, and Sickening, Ink on Paper, 5 x 5 inches

Duet #3

Surf, Encaustic on Board, 9 x 12 inches, and Froth, Silk and dye, 7 x 12 inches

Duet #4

Feeling Blue, Ink on paper, 7 x 11 inches, and Go With the Flow, Silk, dye, wool and nylon thread, 15 x 17 inches

Duet #5.

Ocean View, Silk, wool, dye and nylon thread, 5 x 7 inches and Ocean, Ink on paper, 7 x 11 inches

These are only some of my choices, so you can see my dilemma. How am I suppose to chose just one? Comments welcome.

Soft Sculpture

Recently I've been researching soft sculpture. Searching the internet I found the work of Yuko Takada Keller a Japanese artist working in tracing paper. You can see more on her website.

I can't imagine how she hangs these sculptures, but they're beautiful. I love how light and airy they are.

She writes "Prismatic"is the second work that I installed 3-dimensionally. It is one of my favorite works. It is composed of 7,500 pyramids. The theme of "Prismatic" is a shower of light that I felt in nature. "Prismatic" was traveling in U.K. in 1991 and in Canada from 1993 to 1995."

"Reflection" 1990

I recently stumbled upon the work of Joan Livingstone. Here are some of her pieces in industrial felt and epoxy resin. I love her forms because they relate to nature, even though they're abstract. You can see more on her website.

Sometimes I'm scared to venture into new territory in my own work but then I say what's life like if you're not a little scared? Boring!