#josef hicks

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[craft2eu]

Sheila Hicks - a little bit of a lot of things: St. Gallen (CH) bis 14.05.2023

Sheila Hicks’ (*1934 Hastings, Nebraska) Erfindungsreichtum ist unermesslich. Die in Paris lebende Amerikanerin spielt mit Naturmaterialien in atemberaubenden Farben. Aus Wolle, Leinen oder Seide knüpft, webt oder spinnt sie immer wieder neue Formen. Dabei ist die Künstlerin zum einen durch ihr Malerei-­Studium bei Bauhausmeister Josef Albers an der Yale University von der Moderne beeinflusst.…

[cosmicanger]

Sheila Hicks

Kauai, 2023

Linen and synthetic fiber on wood and aluminium

Since the late 1950s, Sheila Hicks has been producing work exceptionally difficult to categorise. Knotting, wrapping, folding, twisting and stacking wool, linen and cotton: these are only some of the techniques and materials that have seen her undermine conventional artistic categories and their hierarchical relationships. A pupil of Josef Albers at Yale, Sheila Hicks is the heir to both a Modernist spirit that holds the distinctions between fine art, decoration and design to be unimportant and a textile practice that has its roots in pre-Columbian America.

[mybeingthere]

Sheila Hicks (born 1934, Hastings, Nebraska): 

"If I were unable to speak, I could make something, and show it to you, and you would get the idea without my having to verbalize it.""It is difficult to imagine the place of textiles in contemporary art today without Sheila Hicks’ sculptural weaves. She has vastly advanced the medium and played a role in textile arts’ propagation and legacy. 

Now eighty-four, the Nebraskan is renowned for her experimental and colourful textile installations, each holding a deeply personal message. She has thrived beyond the conventions of textile-making, refusing to limit weaving to the realm of decorative arts and transforming it into a sensorial and interactive experience.Hicks’ education at the Yale School of Art was the foundation of her sources of inspiration. The combination of Bauhaus painting classes with Josef Albers and courses led by George Kubler, an expert in pre-Colombian art, shaped Hicks’ aesthetic from an early age. 

She still characterises Kubler’s seminars as her most memorable academic experience; ‘I began teaching myself how to weave because I was interested in how the pre-Incas structured thought with threads, with lines...They were engineering in three dimensions and creating their own materials.’ Using recycled painting stretchers, Hicks constructed her own improvised backstrap loom and set herself on a mission to explore the structures and languages of pre-Columbian textiles."

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https://www.selvedge.org/.../selv.../interwoven-sheila-hicks

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 4.8

Beer Birthdays

Thomas Dawes (1785)

Henry Lembeck (1826)

John F. Betz (1831)

Marc Sorini (1966)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Gautama Buddha; spiritual leader (563)

Steve Howe; rock guitarist (1947)

Barbara Kingsolver; writer (1955)

David Rittenhouse; astronomer, mathematician, inventor (1732)

Katee Sackhoff; actor (1980)

Famous Birthdays

Patricia Arquette; actor (1968)

Adrian Boult; orchestra conductor (1889)

Jacques Brel; singer, songwriter (1929)

Melvin Calvin; chemist (1911)

Ilka Chase; actor (1905)

Harvey William Cushing; neurosurgeon (1869)

Ponce de Leon; Spanish explorer (1460)

El Greco; Greek artist (1614)

George Fisher; cartoonist (1923)

Betty Ford; first lady (1918)

Shecky Greene; comedian (1926)

John Havlicek; Boston Celtics F/G (1940)

Sonja Henie; skater (1912)

John R. Hicks; British economist (1904)

Jim "Catfish" Hunter; Oakland A's P (1946)

Santiago Jimenez Jr.; accordionist (1944)

Taylor Kitsch; actor, model (1981)

Josef Krips; orchestra conductor (1902)

Julian Lennon; pop singer (1963)

Carmen McRae; jazz singer (1922)

Lewis Morris; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1726)

Edward Mulhare; actor (1923)

Mary Pickford; actor (1893)

John Schneider; actor (1960)

Izzy Stradlin; rock guitarist (1962)

Monty Sunshine; jazz clarinetist (1928)

Douglas Trumbull; film director (1942)

Robin Wright; actor (1966)

[lucew-art5]

Artist Research: Sheila Hicks

“I don’t want to go do something I know how to do. I want to go do something I don’t know how to do.” - Sheila Hicks

Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is an American artist. She is known for her innovative and experimental weavings and sculptural textile art that incorporate distinctive colors, natural materials, and personal narratives.

Her diverse approach to textiles put her at the center of the burgeoning Fiber Art movement of the 1960s and ’70s, in which artists, including Lenore Tawney and Magdalena Abakanowicz, were inventing new possibilities for pliable mediums. They created sculptural and three-dimensional fiber works that upended conventions, establishing a new order in the largely male-dominated arena of two-dimensional tapestry-making.

Hicks continues employing intensely saturated color and the raw materials of textiles—wool, synthetic thread, linen flax—in works that are rigorously constructed by wrapping, piling, and weaving her materials. “I don’t want to go do something I know how to do. I want to go do something I don’t know how to do,” she has said. “I don’t want a legacy. I just want to have fun while I’m here.”

Sheila Hicks explores the vibrant possibilities of thread as she crafts wall-mounted textiles, hanging and floor-based sculptures, and monumental installations. While her exuberant palette and keen understanding of color link her work to painting, Hicks has helped propel textile arts, soft sculpture, and modes of traditionally underappreciated women’s work.

Sheila hicks is one of my favourite artists with her innovative and creative textile work. Her work ranges from small wall hangings, to enormous site-specific pieces and her work blurs the distinction between art and craft. “Textile had been relegated to a secondary role in our society, to a material that was considered either functional or decorative. I wanted to give it another status and show what an artist can do with these incredible materials.” Sheila Hicks learned to sew from her grandmother at a very early age and went on to study under Josef Albers, instructor at the Bauhaus and Yale University School of Art and Architecture. Hicks’ work has been featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial and the 2017 Venice Biennale.

[justwatchmyeyes]

Wodka, Wodka, Russland ist ein besoffenes Land… hicks!

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Photography by: Josef Hicks & J. Lewis

[stillunusual]

Pop Avalanche (issue #2) YEAR: 1987 CREATED BY: Brian Orchard (AKA Andrew Rainey), Boy Naughty (AKA Andrew Midgley), Camper Bob (AKA Bob Stanley) and Christoper X (AKA Camper Chris) LOCATION: Peterborough / Edinburgh SIZE: A5 WHAT'S INSIDE.... A fanzine that's "blue for a reason" and has an interesting take on mid-1980s zine culture: "You don't need to read it....we didn't need to write it....we don't need to listen to our records....but we do....do you understand what we're saying? Fanzines are not essential - fatuous views on trivial topics leaning dangerously close to egomania - but the trick is to make them seem to matter....enough to lure you the consumer into buying one at any rate".... It also has The Rolling Stones on the cover and an article about the apparent indestructibility of Keith Richards (Bill Hicks once said that: "I picture nuclear war and two things surviving - Keith Richards and bugs"), both of which would have been unthinkable a few years before, given that the Stones were one of the principal targets of punk's iconoclasm ("no Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones in 1977"). The zine features a fine selection of mid-1980s indie bands, most of whom (ie Hurrah!, 14 Iced Bears, Razorcuts, The BMX Bandits and Talulah Gosh) remained stuck in the indie groove until they eventually split up, and a couple that transitioned to a rock-dance crossover sound under the influence of the rave scene, ie Primal Scream and Age Of Chance (who hailed from Leeds and almost made it into the charts with their cover version of "Kiss"). There's also a retrospective article about Josef K (who influenced all of the above) and a quick guide to up-and-coming bands which includes the future ambassadors of shoegaze - My Bloody Valentine.... Issue #2 of Pop Avalanche is slightly unusual in that it devotes four of its pages to hip hop, which was taking the world by storm at the time but didn't get much coverage in fanzines. Although the empty machismo and casual misogyny in a lot of rap lyrics was not something most indie kids could relate to, the music itself was both groundbreaking and exciting, so kudos to the Pop Avalanche crew for being open minded about it. They recommend the Streetsounds hip hop electro compilations and indicate that #14 was particularly good, although I think the cream of the crop was probably the next one in the series, which I remember buying on cassette and listening to incessantly back in 1986/7. Recent releases by the likes of Schoolly D, The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Heavy D And The Boyz, Kool Moe Dee and a few others are also highlighted, as well as one or two by UK artists (who - to be fair - were mostly shit).... The zine's contributors also manifest their culture vulture credentials with articles about writer Martin Amis and comic actor Norman Wisdom. There's a brief mention of The Pastels, who published their own fanzine called Juniper Beri Beri, and a one page ad for a zine called Camping, which was a side hustle for Christopher X and Bob Stanley (who went on to become a proper journalist as well as forming the band Saint Etienne). Two other contemporary zines - The Legend! and Trout Fishing In Leytonstone - are described as "a load of old cobblers" and "trivial, derivative and monotonous" respectively. Click on the title above to see scans of all the zine's pages.... my box of 1980s fanzines flickr

[uwmspeccoll]

2D Concepts and the Artist’s Book

Last week, two sections of 2D Concepts taught by UWM art lecturer Cynthia Hayes made visits to Special Collections to discuss color theory through the use Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color. This week, those same two classes are just beginning their artist’s-book assignment, so they stopped by again to discuss book-art’s concepts and review a broad selection of artists’ books from our extensive collection.

We identified some of the key concepts we cover with 2D Concepts classes in a previous post. When it comes time to review the artists’ books themselves, we ask that the stuendts critique the works for 2D-, 3D-, and time-based composition. At the end of an hour of review, the students articulate their general response to the experience, and what they found compositionally successful or unsuccessful. This discussion offers them a way of thinking about their own approaches to the book. 

We have conducted instruction sessions for multiple 2D Concepts classes every semester for over 20 years, and we never tire of hearing their responses. Many of these students go on to work professionally in the book form, and then we acquire those works to inspire a new generation of artists. Oh, the joys of being a special collections librarian!

Click on the images to find out what they’re reading.

View other Special Collections instructions sessions from this semester.

[shinnoguchiphotography]

Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable

Described as a “poet,” an “athlete,” or a “philosopher” of photography, Garry Winogrand harnessed the serendipity of the streets to capture the American 1960s and ‘70s. His Leica M4 snapped spontaneous images of everyday people, from the Mad Men era of New York to the early years of the Women’s Movement to post-Golden Age Hollywood, all while observing themes of cultural upheaval, political disillusionment, intimacy and alienation. Once derided by the critics, Winogrand’s “snapshot aesthetic” is now the universal language of contemporary image making. Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable is the first cinematic treatment of Winogrand’s work, including selections from the thousands of rolls of film still undeveloped upon his unexpected death in 1984. Interviews with Tod Papageorge, Matthew Weiner and more attest to Winogrand’s indisputable influence, both as artist and chronicler of culture, while archived conversations with Jay Maisel highlight the gruff, streetwise perspective of “a city hick from the Bronx.” In the tradition of Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Winogrand’s candid, psychological style transports us to a bygone world, one where image lacked the editing and control possible today.

https://www.winograndthefilm.com/ https://www.winograndmovie.com/

Bill Cunningham New York (2010), Everybody Street (2013), Finding Vivian Maier (2013), In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (2014), Josef Koudelka Shooting Holy Land (2015), and next is here..

ビル・カニンガム＆ニューヨーク (2010), フォトグラファーズ・イン・ニューヨーク (2013), ヴィヴィアン・マイヤーを探して (2013), 写真家ソール・ライター 急がない人生で見つけた13のこと (2014), ジョゼフ・クーデルカShooting Holy Land (2015)に続いては、ストリートフォトグラフィーの巨匠ウィノグランドのドキュメンタリー映画を。いやいや、本当に面白い。マグナム/インパブリックのマットらも出てきます。日本で是非やって欲しい。もっと世界の写真を、ストリートを、日本でもお願いします。

[durgapolashi]

Sander Lak’s stuff at the Sies Marjan studio in Manhattan, as photographed by Marcelo Gomes.

“Josef Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, Sheila Hicks, Jim Henson; these are the artists that come to mind when standing amongst the sheer abundance of stuff, spools of fabric, and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves at Sies Marjan. It’s easy to fall under the influence of Lak’s influences. I caught myself wondering if the bottle of Gatorade Glacier Freeze on his desk was a source of inspiration—the crystal-cool aqua liquid, so similar to some of Lak’s laminated, holographic designs. Sitting next to his bottle of Gatorade was a pink My Little Pony, a travel-sized tube of Clinique moisturizer, a copy of Rupi Kaur’s The Sun and Her Flowers, purple highlighters, spearmint gum, and an exhibition book of the artist Sharon Hayes, titled, “There’s So Much I Want To Say To You.””

[sivkus]

How To Make Your Product Stand Out With CHILDRENS BEDROOM INTERIOR DESIGN

Playful kindergarten• In a striped and quiet area• Beautiful space in pink• Fun built-in beds

Looking for ideas on how to create a space that your children will love? The children's room is the perfect place to explore imaginative ideas, from arched bookshelves to butterfly wallpapers to neon bed frames. Be crazy about polka dots or try a more classic pastel aesthetics - whatever the topic is, it's a room that is sure to stand out. So stay away from light pink and baby blue and get ready to design a room that will be as unique to your children (and as cute as you want them to be). Here are 54 examples from the AD archive that inspire your children to renovate another bedroom. Happy girl's room

In the bedroom of the daughter of a Bahamian house decorated by Miles Redd, floral wallpaper by Paule Marrot by Brunschwig & Fils.

Elegant CHILDRENS BEDROOM INTERIOR DESIGN Artemide wall lamps place Sam Francis' imprint in the nursery in Vicente Wolf's Manhattan apartment; the headboard is wrapped in VW Home wool, the bed linen in Restoration Hardware and the side table to the right of Room & Board.

In an apartment in Manhattan by Annabelle Selldorf and D'Apostrophe Design, Tristan, the owner of the homeowner, was accompanied to his room by his sister Emma and their dog Cookie; a bed like De La Espada and Ducduc's drawing board.

Polished kindergarten

At decorator Sarah Story's house in Texas, Dagny's daughters' bedroom was lined with Gournay's wallpapers; vintage chair is covered with canvas by Josef Frank from Svenskt Tenn.

Benjamin Moore's white and blue stripes enliven her daughter's bedroom in a California house decorated by Miles Redd; the curtains are lined with Samuel & Sons edging and Alan Campbell pattern covers the chairs, ottoman and sofa. Unique game space

Hammer and Spear Design Studio has teamed up with PSS Design Cult to create a tool-like storage unit for a children's room in a Los Angeles home; cradle for RH Baby & Child

Rustic kindergarten

In her daughter's bedroom at Thom Filicia's house in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Cavern wallpaper adds a wooden note; historic beds painted by Benjamin Moore green, candlesticks Urban Electric Co. and carpet designed by Matthew Williamson for Rug Company.

At Kourtney Kardashian's house in California, designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard, a neon light installation preceded by Hermès's throw was placed above her daughter Penelope's bed.

• In an amazing kindergarten

In the same house, Kardashiana's son Reign's bedroom has drapes and a carpeted rug.

• Polished twin beds

Photographs by her brother Naomi Watts, photographer Ben Watts, are displayed above the bed of RH Baby & Child in the boy's room of her Manhattan apartment, which was decorated by Ash + Leandro.

The home of designer Fiona Kotur in Hong Kong has built-in beds, cabinets and tables for sons George (left) and Wyatt's rooms made by local craftsmen; the ceiling light is Pottery Barn Kids. • Mod Boye bedroom

In the same house, Eero Aarnio Bubble chairs hang in Rex's son's bedroom; David Hicks hexagon wallpaper by Cole & Son

A room made for sleeping parties

In the men's bedroom you will find the world-famous superpowers Pilar Guzmán and the Chris Mitchell's Hamptons weekend house, the Muji bed, the RH ceiling light and the Ralph Lauren Home candlesticks.

https://sivkus.com/interior-design/children-bedroom-ideas-kids-room-design/

 Enquiry : enquiry@sivkus.com Phone : +91- 9950424333   What'sapp : +91- 9950424333

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[mybeingthere]

Sheila Hicks is considered the mother thinker of all form fiber making. Instinctively so, her exposure to the craft began as a child following her grandmother’s love of knitting, making her ‘thread conscious’ at a young age. From knitting to weaving to wrapping to knot tying, Hicks’ fiber knowledge has been developed through experiencing it all.

Hicks studied under the color theorist, Josef Albers, and was encouraged by Albers’ wife and profound weaver, Anni, to explore fiber art by traveling to culturally rich places such as Colombia, Morocco, Chile, Peru, India, and Bolivia.

WRITTEN BY: KAREN CYGNAROWICZ

https://modernmacrame.com/.../featured-artist-sheila-hicks

http://www.sheilahicks.com/

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 4.8

Beer Birthdays

Thomas Dawes (1785)

Henry Lembeck (1826)

John F. Betz (1831)

Marc Sorini (1966)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Gautama Buddha; spiritual leader (563)

Steve Howe; rock guitarist (1947)

Barbara Kingsolver; writer (1955)

David Rittenhouse; astronomer, mathematician, inventor (1732)

Katee Sackhoff; actor (1980)

Famous Birthdays

Patricia Arquette; actor (1968)

Adrian Boult; orchestra conductor (1889)

Jacques Brel; singer, songwriter (1929)

Melvin Calvin; chemist (1911)

Ilka Chase; actor (1905)

Harvey William Cushing; neurosurgeon (1869)

Ponce de Leon; Spanish explorer (1460)

El Greco; Greek artist (1614)

George Fisher; cartoonist (1923)

Betty Ford; first lady (1918)

Shecky Greene; comedian (1926)

John Havlicek; Boston Celtics F/G (1940)

Sonja Henie; skater (1912)

John R. Hicks; British economist (1904)

Jim "Catfish" Hunter; Oakland A's P (1946)

Santiago Jimenez Jr.; accordionist (1944)

Taylor Kitsch; actor, model (1981)

Josef Krips; orchestra conductor (1902)

Julian Lennon; pop singer (1963)

Carmen McRae; jazz singer (1922)

Lewis Morris; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1726)

Edward Mulhare; actor (1923)

Mary Pickford; actor (1893)

John Schneider; actor (1960)

Izzy Stradlin; rock guitarist (1962)

Monty Sunshine; jazz clarinetist (1928)

Douglas Trumbull; film director (1942)

Robin Wright; actor (1966)

[thegazeofaparisienne]

Welcome, Art Paris 2022

Welcome, Art Paris 2022

Galerie Continua Welcome, Art Paris, face à la Tour Eiffel, nous sommes accueillies par toutes ces couleurs de Sheila Hicks qui donne le ton à cette nouvelle édition, galerie Claude Bernard. L’artiste, ancienne élève de Josef Abers, tisse, noue, enveloppe la laine, le coton, inlassablement. Ses coussins s’empilent, s’accrochent, s’étalent selon ses désirs, une oeuvre aux accents précolombiens…