by Carole Epp | Aug 18, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
“Beauty and Natural Forces: Part II” by Sarah McNutt
Year: 2014
Location: Solana Beach
San Diego, CA
Materials: Unfired mold clay
Measurements 3′ x 1′ x 5′ feet
Second
work of a pair of sister pieces exploring the fleeting and controlling
nature of the idea of beauty when subjected to natural forces. This work
was handbuilt at San Diego State University, from unfiredable junk
clay, and allowed to disintegrate over a few hours in the ocean. It is
subjected to sun, waves, salt, and sand leading to it’s ultimate
destruction.
by Carole Epp | Aug 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The following via his website:
Rochefort’s sculptures are provisioned by the artist as ‘Gloops’. They
are interpretive, mis-formed, and flawlessly amassed hollow ceramic.
Each piece profiles an affective relationship to the emasculated
characterization of infantile attachment to object. Typically, a teddy
bear, robust at core, falls short of true charity with arms truncated
and squat. In these sculptures, Rochefort’s idea pairs the masculine
iconography of automotive paint with the symbolic gifting of toy for
love.
Brian Rochefort is a Los Angeles based mixed media sculptor working in
ceramic and automotive paint. Born and raised in Rhode Island he
attended the Rhode Island School of Design, receiving a BFA in Ceramics.
He was the recipient of the Lillian Fellowship as an artist in
residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic arts from
2007-2009.
For more information regarding CV and/or artist statement
contact:
Brian Rochefort
[email protected]
www.brianrochefort.net
oh and he makes these drool worth cups too!
by Carole Epp | Aug 2, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Michael Lorsung – Artist Statement
I am interested in objects that are human made, but not necessarily hand made. I love the idea that as a species we have largely created the contemporary world that we live in and interact with on a daily basis. Our relationship to the objects that run through our lives is largely passive in so far as our thoughtfulness about their origins. Because of the ubiquitous nature of human made objects coupled with the throwaway, utilitarian culture we live in, it seems we frequently dismiss or simply never recognize the beauty in these things.
My work is an attempt at giving time and attention to objects from my own life that I find beautiful; whether these inanimate, soulless things want my attention or not. I care. Be it a grain silo whose form follows its innate function is beautiful in the way that sailboats are, as is a wrench on a tool bench that bears the marks of years of use or disuse by its owner. The objects themselves are monuments to our abilities, and their ubiquitous, oftunappreciated existences serve as reminders of the hubris that we project as a materially privileged culture.
I make these objects because I truly do believe that we do not recognize how much of ourselves as humans are inside of the man made things around us. Through the process of leaving my marks, drawings, and narratives on the surfaces of these pieces I am trying to leave the viewer with the sense that the meaning in the objects is created indeed by the user, and becomes part of the object’s history, despite its inauspicious beginning as an object of pure utility or function.
by Carole Epp | Jul 26, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
JESSICA
HODGSON
Growing up on a conventional family
farm in Southwestern Manitoba, I was raised with a fundamental respect and
understanding of the environment and our food. After moving to Winnipeg
in 2006, I was surprised by how quickly I lost this sense of respect. No
longer getting my food straight from the garden or neighboring farms, I lost
touch with the understanding I once took for granted,
as
it became easier and more acceptable to drive to the supermarket and fill a cart
with convenience.
At a point where the public is
becoming more aware and more alarmed by what is being labeled as food, I often
find myself disturbed and confused by the information we are surrounded
by. Coming from a farming
background surrounded by companies like Monsanto, paired with a concern for how
safe many of the foods we are eating actually are, I find myself on a slippery
seesaw of what is right and what is safe.
Frustrated by the topic, I designed
the Stratum line in reference to the
mysterious layer of chemicals, control and deception that seems to be veiling
our food system today. Typically the white surface of sterility that
covers functional dinnerware is comforting and customary, providing us with a
smooth, safe surface to present our food.
In Stratum however, this white
surface is only superficial, draping over dark, organic sections, masking them
in uniformity and perceived appeal.
