Buy Some Damn Art : Alan Brown
Posted by Amy on Thursday November 17, 2011
Kate of the indefatigable Art Hound has started a weekly online art show that exclusively features original artwork with prices starting at just $200 called Buy Some Damn Art! She has impeccable taste, and inevitably, the pieces she chooses ends up as favorites on my lists as well. With talented artists like Becca Stadtlander (previously), Yelena Brysenkova (previously), Sara Escamilla and most recently, Alan Brown (images shown above) blazing the art trail forward, BSDA is off to a fantastic start!
Renegade Craft Fair in London!
Posted by Amy on Thursday September 29, 2011
The fact that Renegade is going to London just made me squeal for all your UK-based folks! It’s going to be held at The Old Truman Brewery on October 8+9, 2011, from 11am – 6pm each day — what luck!
See here for more info!
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Dear Japan NY
Posted by Amy on Tuesday May 17, 2011
Fumiha Tanaka contacted me about Dear Japan NY exhibition that she’s organizing with Aya and Miwa, where 170 renowned and emerging artists from around the world will write 170 messages of hope at the back of their artworks. These artworks will be available for sale at the one night benefit party held at Art Connects New York (ACNY) in the SOHO gallery on June 4th, 2011.
For a complete list of participating artists, head to their website for more details. If you’re there, do stop for a visit and support the ongoing relief efforts in rebuilding Japan!
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Bear Skin Rug
Posted by Amy on Friday April 8, 2011
I have a confession. I am terrified of bear skin rugs. TERRIFIED. Especially if the head is still attached to the rug, oh no.
So when I saw these images of Agustina Woodgate’s latest collection it made me smile because all of them are hand-sewn rugs made from recycled stuffed animals skins! We’re talking about teddy bears you couldn’t bear to throw away, or that ripped panda that you played a little too harsh with when you were a little ankle biter. The rugs not only reference the personal histories of the toy’s owners, but investigate the rug as an object organizing and displaying memories and lineages.
And not only that, Agustina goes a little deeper. Taken from her website:
In Eastern Cultures, the oriental rug centralizes the living space in pattern, operating beyond utility to depict the spiritual and mental world in woven form. Woodgate is particularly drawn to the specific meanings in the arrangement of rug designs, and how different histories of the rug represent stories of the past and ways of tracing archetypes in physical and material forms.
Her work is currently on display at Miami’s Spinello Gallery in an exhibition entitled Collectivism, and is on display until 28th May.
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