August | 2009 | UNLESS YOU WILL

Wish I could be there

31-08-2009

Yesterday I received an email from Joseph Bellows Gallery announcing their latest exhibition with Bill Arnold. I have no idea how I got to be on their mailing list, but was very excited to be, as it was a pleasure browsing through their amazing artists list.
Arnold says, “I think the job of the artist is to cheer for life in all its parts. Nothing left out. Nothing exalted. No attempt to improve. Only to show something be it tragedy, ecstasy or buffoonery. We are part of a million, million year process and the artist’s job is to celebrate being part of it.” His photographs are imbued with a spirit of observation and discovery and show us beauty in the everyday and mystery in the mundane. I couldn’t download the images, so you will have to use the link.

The exhibition will be on view from September 5th through October 10th, 2009. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 5th (5-8 pm).

Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037
Tel (858) 456-5620 Fax (858) 456-5621
Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 11am – 5pm

Open for mistakes

By: Heidi

30-08-2009

When I first saw these images by Bryan Graf I was certain that they were photographed with film and opened while the film was still in the camera and not a digital camera, but the longer I look at them – less I seem to know and my certainty fades.

New paper find

By: Heidi

27-08-2009

Brendan Austin

Yesterday I read Pia’s blog and was amazed when I read: “I don’t know about you, but my week has been rather chaotic. Not so much on the outside, but on the inside. My head is full of stuff. It is filled with to-do lists, demands, commitments, negotiations to be made, responsibilities weighing heavy, and emotions riding high. On the outside I may be cool, calm and collected but on the inside, it’s a wild and crazy ride.” So many ideas and sometimes I am not sure how to fit everything in.
I have dreams to organise an online magazine, and have already some lovely and very talented artist lined up, but with more and more work coming in (which is great as the last 6 month have been rather quiet) and maybe the Art Fair in Sydney it is just slipping away each day a tiny bit more…. A couple of days ago I found Brendan Austin and I fell in love with his projects especially the “Paper Mountains”.

Vivid memories

By: Heidi

20-08-2009

Ken Rosenthal

These images by Ken Rosenthal are from his series “Seen and not seen”. In his statement he is talking about vivid memories, but in fact false memories as he wasn’t even born yet. “Interestingly, as this body of work has evolved, some images have become so resonant that the lines between experience and invention have blurred even more.”

BW Magic

By: Heidi

17-08-2009

Kristin Satzman

I am often drawn to forests and when I came across Kristin Satzman’s amazing bw images of her surrounds I just had to post them.
“Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing. Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, squirrels and people. It must be all around us. In this garden – in all places.” The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.