work work workAday
better at the original size
from left to right:
jonn herschend
michele theberge
lauren davies
connie begg
lorene anderson who was my co-curator
robert ortball
yes - if you want to see anything original is better
from right to left :
me
tracey cockrell
sylvia min
freddy chandra
james sterling pit
cynthia innis
so lets work backwards [mostly because i was able to get through these images first! i'm still working on the over the river shots. it's hard to figure out how to represent an installation accurately].
the workAday opening was really fun. practically all of us know each other in this show - i chose people mostly i went to grad school with and lorene chose people that both of us knew [i even taught with one recently]... so it was a chance to see friends if nothing else.
both lori and i had done daily projects in our studio. we wondered what it'd be like if we proposed that parameter to artists we knew. there is something about the pressure and also complete lack of pressure of making a work in a day that is daunting and freeing. i kept hearing over and over that this project really changed an artist's approach to something else they were working on. i guess what i'm saying is that if you've thought about setting up a project like this for yourself ... DO. i don't think you'll regret it.
i showed week 5, 3, 45 and 52 of the drawing a day series.
there's another opening for the show on Friday Nov. 2nd from 7-10pm - so if you feel like coming out..... the show is up at Blankspace Gallery through Nov. 19th. if you want to learn a bit more about jonn, james and tracey's pieces [and see an HORRIBLE picture of me] go here . timothy buckwalter also wrote a little something on the show....
i'd really like to thank a bunch of folks for talking about my show at little bird gallery. i was thrilled, honored, and touched by the mentions.... so in no particular order.... and if i forgot someone please forgive me [and/or let me know] my brain is still ridiculously fried from the last 2 weeks..... apartment therapy LA , daily candy LA , whip-up , diesel art which was due to poppytalk's jan! , marshall astor , design*, and hopping for happy accidents [and because of k.c. i'm thinking lindesy adelman and i should have a show together??] hmmmm
so shari i think i'm finally ready to return to the documentary project next week... game???
have a great tuesday!
Comments
thank you for all your inspiring hard work.
ox
Your curated show looks lovely! I just can't get over how amazing your wall looks! I love the feeling of weight that the drawings have, because they're only a fraction of all the drawings you made for that year. It's like your wall of drawings have the weight of history, or ancestors, something you can't see, but feel. Am I making sense:)?
xoxo
to see
what pieces
you chose...
love the idea
of a drawing/work
a day
if only
i could find
time
for it.
xoxox
i hope you are resting a bit now and soaking it all in. really inspired lisa!
babel - working quick is actually really freeing. i think most of the artists agreed. the one thing i kept hearing again and again was how this project influenced the other stuff happening in the studio. that was my reaction too.....
How did you choose only 20 drawings? They look really good hung up together.
Congratulations onputting all of this together.