paperwork
"boycotting the original content" by Valerie Buess
Truly awe inspiring artist books and paper sculpture by Swiss artist, Valerie Buess.
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understated impressions
Riverbend, Collograph by May Babcock
Subtle and sketchy swatches of terrain by May Babcock explore the psychology of place. Refreshing approaches to print and papermaking.
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math
Lissajous curves art from code by Keith Peters
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transcend
new years resolution: transcend your marks
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confetti
Founded in 2010, The Confetti Museum collects your unique confetti bits! Send them to Austria today! Happy New Year!
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fight or flight
Fantastic installation and sculptural wonders by Alexandre Jolly.
Escadrille 50 s, installation @ White box, Le Grütli, Genève 2008 by Alexandre Jolly.
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bon dia
1 of 10 prints from the Bon Dia! series, 2011, stenciled monotypes, 8"x8"
Inspired by the patterns and colors of wandering around Morocco and Spain, I created a portfolio of 10 stenciled monotype prints. I was awarded an artist residency at Can Serrat, on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, where this collection of work was created. I highly recommend this location for international artists of many disciplines to engage their work. The surroundings, personalities, and cuisine are all magical!
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what I see
Here I am.
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by the light of fes
beautiful light at our riad, dar moula, in fes.
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suspended
2,000 Suspended Dandelions by Regine Ramseier
Gorgeous installation of collected wish flowers….look up and dream!
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new work
Gangly, 2011, Copper, Flax, Iron and Polyester thread, 64"x9"x8"
A couple of my new handmade paper pieces are in a group show @ Woolpunk Studios in Jersey City. Check it out!
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busy weekend!
Fri, Sat and Sun have been jam packed with amazing arts events! This weekend is Jersey City Artists Studio Tours. Selections from the 2010 GRAF X-change are on exhibit at the Grassroots Community Space. A visit to the NY Art Book Fair @ MOMA PS1 was intoxicating and stimulating. An impressive collection of books and fantastic network of artists / book nerds of the cool variety. I spent most of my time at the Open House and Print Exhibition at Manhattan Graphics Center. We have managed to move the print shop from downtown to midtown in one month! After all the hard work, this weekend it is time to celebrate! The new shop looks great and it was refreshing to see many new faces.
Litho area at the new MGC printshop; Faculty Exhibition 2011
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remembrance
My Eviscera installation is included in “Remembrance of Things Past,” a juried show featuring the works of 50 New Jersey artists. On view September 8th, 2011 to February 15th 2012 at Gallery 14 Maple, part of the Arts Council of Morris. Opening reception on September 8th from 6-8pm. An impressive array of art, exhibited in a green building and located in a charming town. Not to be missed!
I was mentioned in a write up in Morristown Green! Read it here.
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gangly
What does one do while hiding indoors from a hurricane? Dip wire forms into flax! Hang them to dry in the shower! My army of gangly monsters is growing…
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group show
Mixed Greens 2010, Chlorophyll Monotype and Paper Lithograph, 8"x10"
My work is included in a group show at Alexandria Museum of Art in Louisiana. On view August 19-October 1st, 2011.
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dip
wire dipped in abaca pulp, 2011
I’ve been experimenting with paper pulp. Made a bunch of specimens this weekend. Building an army.
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sieve
Started making a family of kozo rotaries.
handmade kozo rotary, 14"x14"x5"
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basket sculpture #1
My time at WSW was incredibly productive and restorative. The community of artists, instructors, staff and interns were all insightful and warm. Amazing things go on at WSW! I was honored to have Kirstin Demer, a handpapermaker and bookbinder, as my instructor. I learned how to make paper from abaca, flax and thai kozo. Exploring different techniques of working with paper pulp to create and manipulate form was a completely new addition to my skill set. Using basket reed to construct the form/armature, I wove a sort of basket or what could possibly be a lampshade. I dipped it a couple times into the flax pulp which when dry, builds up a sort of skin-like web between the reed and open spaces also adding to the strength of the form. I then pulled sheets of paper and covered various sections. Light passing through this piece produces wonderful patterns. This is a pic of the first one I made in the preliminary stage.
basket skeleton made of reed dipped in flax pulp, approx 16"x16"x12"
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lap of luxury
The site was full last night but tonight I am the last tent standin.
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escape
This week I am preparing for my escape into the woods. I was awarded a class scholarship at Women’s Studio Workshop in upstate NY. So I will spend a week living in a tent and biking back and forth to my Sculptural Papermaking class!! Should be a good time unless I get eaten by wild animals.
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leavings
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line into form
Vena, 2010, Copper plate etching, 22.5"x 22.5" Edition of 10
This is one of my prints from the Eviscera exhibit. My biggest copper plate piece yet…it was so fun to create this form. No expectations, free hand drawing and being in the moment.
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weathering
Scientist and Printmaker, Janet Yagoda Shagam creates finely detailed prints with hints of the natural world, emotional turbulence and layers of process. She frequently uses multiple plates and techniques in combination to create an image. “Weathering” is a fundamental theme which she explores quite literally and conceptually. Simply extraordinary!
"Won Ton Dreams at the Tiki Lounge" multimedia print 3-plate etching (spit bite, aquatint, & softground) & monotype 11.5"x12" by Janet Yagoda Shagam
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membrane
A Strange Form of Life, 2010, 26” x 40”, coffee and ink on paper by Ben Butler
Stunning works by Ben Butler – drawings, prints and sculpture – I love his aesthetic.
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altered books
Altered book by Brian Dettmer
The sickest assortment of altered books I’ve ever seen!@ Brian Dettmer has a solo show on view in Chelsea at Kinz + Tillou Fine Art thru June 11th.
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i heart your skull
Celebrate the first annual SKULL APPRECIATION DAY on June 4th 2011!!! Buy this rad limited edition silk screened poster for 10 bux!
I’m luvin these lover skullies 
Awww.
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ears
Gorgeous elephant ear obsessions by Sue Abramson…some recent work on view thru July 24th 2011 at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburg, PA.
Toned Gelatin Silver and Lumen Photogram by Sue Abramson
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ghosts
Denise Bibro Fine Art has a show coming up I’ve got to check out!
Exquisite Interruption opens June 2nd 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Featuring the abstract works of Don Kimes. Years ago, Kimes’ home had a flood, destroying a lifetime of work and photographs. He scanned these remains and printed them onto canvas or paper, then reworked the surface with layers of paint. The resulting images have a translucent and nostalgic quality, resembling a chemigram.
Don Kimes, Some Yellow for Hans, 2011, Acrylic and ink painting on digital ghost on canvas, 31 1/2"x38"
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a play on function
Vacancy, altered toaster, H 10" x W 12" x D 8" by Robert Wechsler
charming works by Robert Wechsler! one of my favorites! also check out the altered iron and musical mouse cage!
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home
I once heard an old man in a wheelchair yell “Take me Home where I belong!” I have stolen this phrase from him and continue to use it often. That’s how I feel most of the time. When I spotted this painting by Jeremy Geddes- It seemed to say the same thing.
A Perfect Vacuum, Oil on Board, 50cm x 88cm by Jeremy Geddes.
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truth
i am obsessed with this song. i love this friggin song. im gonna play it again now. http://theocmd.com/2011/01/31/alexander-ebert-truth/ 
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Art House Co-op (now located in Brooklyn) is having another Sketchbook Project series of exhibitions all over the country! $25 gets you a book and return it by Jan 31st 2012 to have your work seen by the masses! Read more about it here…
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must see!
i love everything about this show, i have visited several times. its almost over…
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Tags: artist, exhibition, fear eats the soul, gallery, gavin brown's enterprise, NYC, rirkrit tiravanija
Participate in a PRINT EXCHANGE
Untitled, Intaglio by Vanessa Cornell
ArtSpace in Canada has a sweet print exchange and exhibition opportunity – Deadline is August 1st! Check out the details.
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Art Benefit!
Join us Saturday, April 9th for GAME SHOW FEVER!!! A fundraiser for Art House Productions and Pop-UP Art in Jersey City, NJ. Lots of fun, games and wacky outfits! General Audience tickets are $10, or be a contestant for $25 and play to win some fabulous prizes donated by local businesses! I will be one of the lovely sequined hostesses! So come on down!
Location: 1 McWilliams Place, Jersey City
Live Show Taping at 8pm sharp
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a holes i heart
A typographic experiment of the A-Holes.
by Alberto Garcia.
❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉
Limited Edition of 50
Signed & Numbered
11×24 in
❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉
Screen printed on French Durotone Butcher Extra Blue paper.
Buy a limited edition print on Etsy!
Also, check out this site where artists and designers swap pieces! A beautiful and witty array of prints. http://letsswap.it/
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curatorial project
Today was the de-installation of Greg Letson’s work at Windows on Columbus. This marks the end of my one year term as guest curator of this venue. I organized 4 large-scale solo shows of local artists work, planned 3 opening receptions and was featured in an article in the Jersey Journal. Its been an honor and a pleasure working with artists Megan Klim, Laurie Riccadonna, Daniel Brusky and Greg Letson.
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f-it no ones watching
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endangered print
An interesting collaborative project – 365 days of print – invites 10 artists each month to utilize the daily newspaper as a source for art-making. I will be participating for the month of March and will post updates regularly to their blog. Check it out to see all the interesting work or to get involved!
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weekend de-install
Well, the work has been taken down ;( Oh how February goes by so quickly.
I have learned so much from this whole exhibition experience….
Many thanks to those who provided positive and constructive feedback and especially to those that supported me.
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Check out all the works from the 2010 exchange! The Project Space Exhibition got enormous praise and the reception was well attended. For those of you who participated in the exchange, thanks for all of your amazing work and contributions to this project. Thanks to ProArts for partial funding of this project.
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Print Installation
The opening reception for Eviscera was great! Despite the bad weather it was a good turnout of people. I even sold my book, Blub Blub Blub! Here is a pic of my installation from the Eviscera series.
EVISCERA, 2010-11
Paper lithography on muslin with mixed media
Dimensions variable
Origin: c.1600, from Latin verb ēviscerāre,–e (ex) “out”+viscera “internal organs.”
Sometimes used 17 century in figurative sense “to bring out the deepest secrets of.”
I learned of the term evisceration when I studied to become an EMT. My textbook had an illustration of guts pouring out of a man’s body. The concept resonated with me and developed into a volume of artists books.
I have a collection of sketchbooks, journals and diaries in which I recorded and stored specific bits of my history. In ways, these books, have performed like organs: a digest(ive) system selectively absorbing and expelling elements of substance, assisting the integration processes of overall functioning.
In this series, extracted text was transcribed and reprinted onto muslin, which was then deconstructed and reconstructed to form a re-bound book.
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E V I S C E R A
Come and join me for an exhibit of recent print work at the
Manhattan Graphics Center (481 Washington St btw Spring+Canal) NYC.
Sat, FEBRUARY 5th 2011 from 6-8pm
On view through February.
Eviscera Series (detail), 2010, paper lithography on muslin
Also on view in the Project Space: International Print + Stencil Exchange Exhibition featuring over 30 artists work. In 2008 and 2010 I organized an exchange in which artists sent in editions of their work then received a portfolio sampling of a dozen artists works. On exhibit is a selection of these works and the hand-made portfolios. 
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Eileen Ferara, Rebecca Sullivan and I have been working on a mural for the Greenville Fire Department’s Kitchen table. The table is a reclaimed bowling alley from recently demolished Roosevelt Lanes in Jersey City. On the table, we incorporated imagery requested by the firefighters. Our mural is nearly finished! We are putting on some finishing touches and now testing various sealants. This table will reside at the Greenville Fire House on Bergen Ave in Jersey City. The table’s legs will be made from old fire hydrants!
We raised over $1,000 with our fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to support the project. Have a look!
Here is the link: (turn up the volume on your computer)
http://kck.st/c8gm2J
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Another one of my curatorial projects at Windows on Columbus – 135 Greene St, downtown Jersey City, NJ
Greg Letson – Language(s): selected paintings from 2003-2010
Large scale mixed media oil paintings on view Nov 20th thru March 7th 2011. Opening Reception Friday, Dec 3rd from 6-8pm (part of JC Fridays) The work is a playful poke to the noggin. Come and see for yourself! Chat with Greg and ask him to tell you stories about playing with Sonic Youth.
Honcho (Kane), 60"x60", oil, vanity lights on canvas
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A new print of mine will be included in a group show at the National Arts Club as part of the New York Society of Etchers 10th Anniversary Exhibition.
Opening reception: Tuesday, November 9th from 6-8pm
Location: The Nat’l Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South (20th st btw Park Ave So. & Irving Place) NYC
Biosphere (detail), 2010, copperplate etching and paper litho on BFK
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xoxoxo Ester Partegàs
Organized Fries by Ester Partegàs, inkjet ultrachrome print
WHY do i love this print? oh yeah, cuz its Organized Fries! Diggin the recent work of Ester Partegas…check out this installation at C.Grimes Gallery in NYC. She made this wallpaper for the starchy white gallery and hung inkjets of torn paper collages.
part of Ester's installation @ C. Grimes, NYC
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