Mark Garry's Being Here

Phenomenal site-specific installation by Mark Garry for the Mattress Factory in Philadelphia. It's called Being Here and there were a few elements to this piece including sound. The spectrum of color Mark created was comprised of thread; the manifestation changed depending on time of day and season, as well as where one was physically in relation to it. via SeeSaw Designs

IOSSELLIANI rings

Still very much into gawking at metalwork and jewelry. Rings have the perfect canvas; I thought these from IOSSELLIANI were particularly striking. The grouping in the first set is gorgeous, and the black diamonds in the second set - I die.

David Band

Artist David Band. via katy elliott

Cy Twombly

The current Cy Twombly at the Art Institute of Chicago (The Natural World, Selected Works 2000-2007) is spectacular. Self-explanatory, mostly, but one note - the way he is able to translate the complex emotions of experiencing peonies with just paint on canvas is amazing.


A couple more not from the AIC exhibit but caught my eye in Google image search:





The Gagosian frequently exhibits his work. Just take a look at the scale of his painting installations...



He is certainly a master; I bow down.

Linda Perhacs - Chimacum Rain

HEAD OVER HEELS for this song. Only knew the Prefuse 73 version, which was already ridiculous, but never thought about the source until I recognized it immediately in le film (via Ringo, have a banana!) - a Vanessa Bruno fall promo video directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto, which is gorgeous but you need to be into Lou Doillon aka pouty, skinny French models. Anyway, the emotions for this aforementioned version of this song runs deep:

Everyone has THAT time in their lives; that was mine. Now, to find the 1970 LP of Linda Perhacs' Parallelograms in a thrift store would pretty much complete the circle...

Soft color

From square(Good old school days) series on Flickr. via simply photo

Nos Da by Donna Wilson

There's more where this came from - I wanted to post them all, so I just posted one to restrain myself. Donna Wilson's textile art is killer. via katy elliott

Owen Gatley

I love pop-up dioramas! Owen seems to whip these babies up out of nowhere. A couple more:

via design work life

Two Are One

"Two Are One" by Dri, directed by Neil Krug. via the blue hour

Today I saw

So much admiration for people who commit to producing something every single day. I'm trying to channel this by posting blog entries on a daily basis (lame, compared to what other folk on the Internets are doing, but whatevs - it's better than nothing). I've definitely recognized that my determination comes in waves, so I'm attempting to smooth that out a bit.

Daily gestures of creativity I took notice of lately: Jill draws a postcard of what she saw and sends them out to her friends. via {frolic!} & fine little day