I bought a large roll of bubble wrap on line to have on hand to protect current and future artworks. I did not consider its size very carefully when placing my order. It arrived by special truck today and it will not fit in the house. Darin is the photo so you can get a sense of the scale. I will unwrap it and make two rolls.
My first international solo show opens in Tokyo on March 14 at Shonandai MY Gallery in Tokyo. Unfortunately I’m not going there for the opening. I have a hunch most of you won’t make it, either. You can see the work from this show in my gallery. Do you think the Japanese will find my subject matter exotic?
Here are some installation views of the Franklin Art Works show. I got some great press from Mary Abbe, Susannah Schouweiler, and (my favorite) Melissa Stang (link is not working now, will fix). Thank you!
Today we got the artwork down from upstairs, out of the kitchen, into the car, and off to the gallery. Show opens Friday.
This is my contribution to “Twenty Views of Dundas”
Our “West St. Paul” video is a big hit so far. As of this writing it has been viewed 2,989 times on You Tube. The Walker Art Center has made it a part of the “Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes” exhibit that opens next week. We also made the cover – almost the entire cover, in fact – of our neighborhood newspaper, the Sun Current. It must have been a slow news week.
My show at Ambrosino Gallery in Miami opens Saturday, November 10 at 7 PM
I’ll be posting some photos from our trip when we return next week…
My future posts will be sporadic at best…
I’ve set painting aside for a while to focus on this new “installation.” I have used appropriated images, handmade gifts, and found objects to deconstruct the idea of expectant parent as consumer. Although this critique calls into question our society’s need to spend money to welcome a child into the world (all she really will need is breast milk) it simultaneously celebrates, through materials chosen with care, the love that we can express through our purchasing choices. Hopefully in the next week we will welcome the living component to this artwork that will mark its completion.