This week, apparently, artists creating with unexpected materials are striking a chord for me. In his Ordinary Behavior series, Kevin LCK has constructed dioramas within cardboard and paper models of familiar (if not always thoroughly modern) gadgets. The works are intended to interrupt assumptions about our behavior and interactions with others and with technology, and they are detailed, […]
Category Archives: Art + Design
09
Dec
Dec
I’ve seen Zaria Forman’s work before; you might have also, scrolling past it online, assuming it to be striking photographs. What brought me back yesterday was an instagram photo of a work in progress. Zaria Forman works in pastels. I am blown away by Forman’s skill, and her dedication to exploring climate change and its […]
08
Dec
Dec
Jack and I tend toward a minimalist approach to holiday decoration – we’ve got a wreath and a poinsettia, and we break out the gold accent pieces for New Years, but our many past apartments and time spent out of the city throughout this month every year have never led to a curated collection of keepsakes. Still, […]
24
Nov
Nov
This morning was a dreary one, warmer than recent days but with a fine mist that mixed with more mature raindrops as I rode to work. I’ve had this series of collages from Tang Kwok-hin bookmarked since it caught my eye on the last grey day we had in Boston, and I still find them […]
13
Nov
Nov
As we work at finishing out our awkward alcove so that I can move my work away from the dining room table, photographer E. Brady Robinson is fueling my work space envy. Art Desks is a book and ongoing project capturing gorgeous photographs of the work spaces of Robinson’s fellow artists. (I was glad to see […]
03
Nov
Nov
We’ve taken the day off work to spend some time finally finishing an as-yet-underutilized alcove space in our apartment, assembling Ikea cabinets and turning into an alternative to my usual dining room table workspace. But never mind that. Our alcove space is one that doesn’t make sense, a holdout from a previous renovation that doesn’t […]
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Oct
Oct
Halloween is one of Jack’s very favorite holidays: he loves the costumes, the trick-or-treaters and the festivities. I really love the dark spin the season brings out in art and design. As Halloween approaches, a few new-to-us pieces with a seasonally spooky theme have caught our eye. There is nothing especially subtle about a skull, but there is […]
22
Oct
Oct
If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute, but the next couple of days are likely to be misty and grey like today in Boston. When Henrik Uldalen’s oil paintings came across my monitor, they felt fitting next to the watery non-view from my window. The light palette and abstracted breakdown in the otherwise impeccable portraits […]
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Apr
Apr
We’ve been in marathon mode for a while now, and have loved watching our Boston poster pop up in Etsy treasuries and around the web; when Lindsey at More Awesomer reached out to ask us to join a Boston-themed giveaway of local goodies, we jumped at the chance. And though the marathon has come and […]
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Apr
Apr
It’s officially April, and today felt this close to spring. Even if New England weather is refusing to relent, runners the world over have entered their taper for the Boston Marathon; having been one of those runners, early April marks spring and marathon season no matter what. This year is more emotional than most, and […]