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Letitia Quesenberry

Burnaway recently published Jodie Bass’s profile from their visit to the studio of Letitia Quesenberry, a Louisville-based artist who extends the boundaries of visual perception. More #letitiaquesenberry

[gregshawzw]

A Bucket of Black #nontraditionalmaterials #art #contemporaryart #zimbabweanart #zimbabweanartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B8l37mZFOnu/?igshid=1772y5ilenlrd

[cariboohoo]

Hi again. Post #2 - some new art! There's actually a pretty good story here- I brought a few paintings over to my mom's to show her, left them there, in a "safe place so we'll remember" but evidently you know where that leads. 4 months later we found them :) In a really obvious place. Of course. Cheers - n. c. Painting is "decay", acrylic and ink on waxed paper mounted on board. https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/520397384/decay #painting #abstract # red #black #city #skyline #melting #aaaaaah #waxedpaper #nontraditionalmaterials #iliketopaint #makersgonnamake #newblog #sawtooth #readytohang #handmade #art #artist #goth

[alexakarabin]

I am so happy that this painting found a home. I consider this to be a preliminary work for Photosynthesis. I thought a lot about how to use texture and material in this piece. When you use material that sparkles, it accentuates the sparkle when you add depth. It also creates interesting shadows. I applied this experiment to Photosynthesis. Even though I prefer to use white backgrounds, there is a lot going on in these backgrounds to indicate space and environment. The lack of information says a lot (I use that idea in all my work), but then I thought, what if there actually is a lot of information in these blank spaces. Like there is more to your initial response to the white background. I like the idea of erasure, and the act of making the viewer fill in the blanks. But wait, there’s more. If you look close, there are stars. My use of glitter and broken non traditional materials speak of childhood innocence and fragility. Since having kids I have been obsessed with their fresh view of the world. After becoming a mother, I have been terrified of the moments this view will be tarnished. This piece also has some surprises and I hope the viewer looks at it at various times of the day (and night). This is an original watercolor painting on panel, made out of handmade watercolors and 24k gold leaf. There are also moon stones embedded. . . . . . #art #painting #contemporarypainting #moon #sun #botanicalart #sparkle #plants #botanical #photosynthesis #materialstudies #artstudies #artwork #nontraditionalmaterial #watercolor #watercolour #watercoloronpanel #plants #florist #biology #greenart #goldleaf #mixedmedia #glasspainting #morethanpretty #artwithmeaning https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iL-83HSFz/?igshid=1i5g7o16x204g

[jhinniey]

Hussein Chalayan...I've been tossing around for a few years of how to do a wooden corset as one streamline piece that is wearable and minimalistic in nature; he already did it and did it beautifully. No straps for something of that weight! I'd like to see something still with less obvious fasteners 

the wooden skirt that turns into a table or vice versa is also fascinating in it's weight and wearability as a structure. 

[brandiamaraskyy]

I am up to something...hmmm..#nontraditionalmaterials #projectnunway #imgonnaneedoneofthese

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Jacquelyn Strycker

had the lovely piece below in Art on Paper 2023: The 47th Exhibition. Combining the unusual and routine, the extraordinary and mundane, she brings together life’s many aspects of inherent spontaneity and attempted order. She merges handmade methods of sewing with the mechanical technology of the risograph-a now outdated printing machine once used widely by schools and churches to create materials…

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Vera Molnar

A 1927 painting by Paul Klee inspired this series by Vera Molar for which she programmed a computer to “place parallel lines within a square grid and vary the alignment (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) and the weight of lines as well as their closeness.” Numerous variations could be produced, which allowed her to “bring to light and to realize images…which only pre-existed in a vague, uncertain…

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Tomashi Jackson

Tomashi Jackson makes compositions—often three-dimensional assemblages composed of layered paper, textiles, plastics, embroidery, prints, photo transfers, and other materials—that meditate on the systemic abuse, disenfranchisement, and displacement of communities of color. #tomashijackson

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Elsa Hoffman

Below is “Ocean Panel (12/7/23-8/17/24 Marshallberg, NC)” in a really terrible photo which I took at Queen Street Magic Boat (where it was part of Death Planted a Garden). It is part of an ongoing project where Elsa bolts sheets of new steel onto a seawall at the North Carolina coast. The panels are submerged then revealed by tidal waters; the water, salt and air transforms the industrial…

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Kari Cholnoky

shows with Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in Tribeca. More #karicholnoky

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Gaby Collins-Fernandez

Jason says Gaby is concerned with the raw material of lived experience and the digital frequency that we personally stream. The writer (also a painter) and subject artist discuss further. More #gabycollinsfernandez

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Lillian Schwartz

recently left us after an amazing career that included the ground-breaking Pixilation from 1970. Artforum allowed Rebekah Rutkoff’s 2016 essay Painting by Numbers out from behind the Paywall briefly (which recounts a pretty wild encounter with Dali). #lillianschwartz

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Zilia Sánchez

Karla Méndez reviews “Zilia Sánchez: Topologías/Topologies” at the ICA Miami—a survey show featuring Sánchez’s work from 1950-1996 – for Burnaway. More #ziliasanchez

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Hilary Harnischfeger

shows with Rachel Uffner. More #hilaryharnischfeger

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Ethan Primason

Hyperallergic notes that amid a rise in waste dumping, artist Ethan Primason gives discarded items new lives, working intuitively until he finds their new form. More #ethanprimason