Jennifer Forsberg

Another does of surrealist ceramic art from Swedish artist Jennifer Forsberg. My favorite image here is of the ladders... I don't know why, I just dig ladders.

(images via artist's website)

Off Subject: Dan Flavin

Freakin' awesome. I learned about Flavin from watching PBS's Art21 series. (If you aren't already familiar with this series, I highly recommend it.)  These pieces are incredible. I love how such a distilled combination of light and color and space can still evoke such powerful feelings. Just incredible.

(images via the Tate, Pacific Standard, Grammar Police, Asymptotia, David Byrne, and axmk.com)

Video: Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds at Tate

What a lovely video to come across this morning. Ai Weiwei is one of my favorite artists and perhaps just one of my favorite thinkers overall.  I'm not typically one who appreciates conceptual art very well, but Ai Weiwei's work always touches my heart some how. I wish I could see this piece in person, but the video was a nice consolation prize.

Has anyone seen the work of Ai Weiwei? We actually have a piece of his here in the Presidio in San Francisco right now, but I haven't been to see it yet.

What are you feelings about conceptual art? How do you think ceramics plays into this genre?

Off Subject: Sarah Applebaum

I'm slightly at a loss for words over Sarah Applebaum's work. The San Francisco native has me completely whipped. Her work emblazons an emblem of nostalgia like nothing else I've seen. I never thought I would put granny square and fine artist in the same sentence, but there it is. The artist humorously explores the new pop iconography and nostalgic issues of comfort while fearlessly tackling the chemistry of color and architecture of geometry.  I'm so in love. Give me more.

(images via artist's own website)

Katy Krantz

This installation looks like it was interesting. It seems Krantz interpreted her collage-paintings into ceramic form for this piece. I love the wonky shapes, textures, and surface design. Right now I am really into the whole wabi-sabi, wonk factor in clay. It's so personal.

(images via artist's website)

Video:Betty Woodman in Bejing

Thanks for this video, Clementina!

Off Subject: Cal Lane

Cal Lane is a rockstar. She's the sculptor girlfriend you always fantasized about in art school. Her work combines feminine delicacy and masculine crudity so incredibly well. I can't wait to see these works in person one day. Over a computer screen they blow my mind. I can't imagine how awesome the up close and personal experience is.

(images via DesignAmour, ArtNet, ArtMûr, PaperScissorsStone, Lace in Translation, and Vancouver Island University)

Joe Page

More whimsy.  Forgive me, I have been terribly ill for the last couple days, hence no posts yesterday. So, though I don't have much energy to write about why I like Joe Page's work, I wanted to leave you with some photos that might speak for themselves... Maybe you can tell me, why do you like Page's work, or maybe why don't you like it? Has anyone seen it up close and personal?

(images via artist's website)

Stillwell 2009: An annual jurried exhibition of student work

 

 

 

So the Stillwell is the annual juried art show at SFSU. I didn't submit anything this year because I was unaware of the show until a week or two before the submission deadline. Definitely not enough time to get any work together to submit. And after the apartment fire the March before last, I don't have any work that I am confident in sharing with people. Enough said... there were some cool pieces overall. A couple paintings I really liked, a couple sculptures that were really interesting, and our grad student Shenny Cruces had a couple pieces too (pictured).  And I looooooove her work.  Love, love, love, love.  So I took pictures to share with you. Neato, huh?

Chad Curtis

 

 

 

 

I'm totally loving the conversation about environment that Curtis is having with the world right now.

(images via artist's own website)

Jasna Sokolovic

Linda over at We Swim with the Fishes just posted about an artist that I've been meaning to share with you. Jasna Sokolovic is wonderful and I highly encourage you to step over to Linda's blog and take a look.  While you're there you should take a thorough look around.  Linda has a wonderfully inspired blog that I love reading.  She also makes charming pottery and sculptures... ;)  Thanks for posting, Linda!

(image via artist's own website)