Crochet Jam creator makes art a form of liberation By JEN CHIEN • 21 HOURS AGO Crosscurrents Courtesy Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts Listen 7min. 45sec. Ramekon O’Arwisters is a fabric and social practice artist who likes to say he has “no reverence for systems of control.” He is best known for creating a series of […]
Posted on 27 January 2018. by Maria Porges Mending #17, 2017, fabric, ceramic, 18.5 x 10.5 x 8 inches In Japan, the practice of mending broken ceramics by gluing them back together with a mixture of lacquer and gold dust dates back hundreds of years. The resulting objects, veined with gleaming seams, are highly valued, […]
Ramekon O’Arwisters 6 Jan — 10 Feb 2018 at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, United States 13 JANUARY 2018 Ramekon O’Arwisters. Courtesy of Patricia Sweetow Gallery Patricia Sweetow Gallery opens 2018 with the crocheted fabric sculptures of San Francisco Bay Area artist Ramekon O’Arwisters. The exhibition opens Saturday, January 6th through February 10th, […]
Cornelia Schulz @ Patricia Sweetow “If anyone understands the hugely plastic and seductive physicality of paint, it is Cornelia Schulz,” wrote Julia Couzens. “Troweled slags of cadmium yellow, puckered splots of minty green, and regressive planks of flat black collide, slip, slide, splat, and skid into the chunky-luscious concoctions that constitute Schulz’s new paintings. Where […]
By Charles Desmarais Updated 3:08 pm, Wednesday, January 10, 2018 In the galleries Many art galleries in San Francisco will open exhibitions this week and over the weekend. Here is a selection of exhibitions I have seen and recommend highly, followed by a list of shows I intend to see before they close. Admission is free […]
Published January 17, 2018 Janis Carr Professor Tony MarshTony Marsh, renowned ceramicist and professor at Cal State Long Beach, was named a 2018 USA Fellows, a group of artists and collectives from across nine creative disciplines. He will receive an unrestricted $50,000 cash award. The Fellowships honored 45 artists, who come from a broad cross […]
DECEMBER 18, 2017 IN ESSAYS & INTERVIEWS, MARKUS LINNENBRINK, NEWS BY MANON MARKUS LINNENBRINK Interview by Frédéric Caillard, November 2017 Can you tell us about the cuts, those thick layered paintings into which you literarily dig trenches? Yes, the cuts make up the latest body of work that I introduced in the last two years. They are similar to my drill pieces; it is […]
Posted on 29 November 2017. by Julia Couzens If anyone understands the hugely plastic and seductive physicality of paint, it is Cornelia Schulz. Troweled slags of cadmium yellow, puckered splots of minty green, and regressive planks of flat black collide, slip, slide, splat, and skid into the chunky-luscious concoctions that constitute Schulz’s new paintings […]
Finley and Noda: Imagination flourishes with small-scale artwork By Kimberly Chun Published 7:31 pm, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Small-scale realms — both natural and strange, avian and alien-like — unite two exhibits at Spun Smoke. One focuses on San Francisco artist Jeanne C. Finley’s video work “Protocol,” which captures the birth of […]
New Exhibits Open at Tarble Arts Center Nov 16, 2017 The Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University announces its exhibit openings on Nov. 18: Jiha Moon: “Double Welcome, Most Everyone’s Mad Here,” “Living Room” and “In All Around I See.” Featured in the main gallery, Jiha Moon: “Double Welcome, Most Everyone’s Mad Here” is […]