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Below are a few artists we'd like to call your attention to this week. |
 Amanda Potter |
 Couch |
In her words "The direction of my work has been focused for the last 4 years on a subject I would call grotesque representational. An idea to work with a subject of disfigured animals has evolved many times over into the work I am currently creating. I have added the human element into the deformed equation. The characters I create are socially unaccepted and have thus been exiled from their communities. Eventually they find solace high up in the trees, where they wait on the soft comfort of a variety of couches and chairs. It is there that they choose their own destinies: befriending local primates, exploring their surroundings, or even braving the far climb down to face an unwelcoming past. It is with those few that the empty couch signifies their unknown departure and demise. These works, which forego a protagonist, become archeological sites where a whole new set of questions emerge." |
 Jimena Marin |
 2nd Reality |
Jimena Marin is working on her MFA in painting at the School of Art, Texas Tech University. She holds a BFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts, Universidad de las Americas. In her words "My art is a registro of mental and emotional processes related to personal experiences. As a child I learned that by engaging in repetitive tasks, I was able to travel mentally to a place that was better than my reality. My art is a sample of what my hands and body were doing during my mental journey. In this place I build structures that connect with my ideas in a poetic way; I create visual metaphors and by repeating shapes with a rhythm I get a material evidence of my thoughts and learning processes." |
 Mika Johnson |
 New York City |
Born in 1975, in San Diego, California, Mika Johnson studied film, religion and theater at Oberlin College, in Oberlin, Ohio. After graduating, in 2000, he received a grant to make a documentary on Wing Young Huie, a photographer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two years later Mika moved to Tokyo where he studied photography and became a member of the Video Art Center (VCT), a group of video artists. There he experimented with video and made The Mountain of Signs,a thirty minute video about a young photographer who travels from Tokyo to a Buddhist shrine on Mount Koya. In 2004, he moved to Prague to direct and photograph a short film, titled Yonder, which follows a man who is lost in his dreams. Presently Mika is living and working in New York City, where he is raising funds for his first feature film: AMERIKA: a notebook in three parts. |
 Deirdre Fox |
 Digital Photography Exploration |
Deidre Fox graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002, concentrating in animation, painting and printmaking. She also holds a BS in Materials Science & Engineering from Northwestern University. In her words "My artistic soul lies in smudges across iconic interrupting media, distancing paradoxically allowing intimate connection of mark to surface. Form comes from integrating fractionalized elements. Wanting to shine light on rock art in dark caves led to play with light and digital capture and this to questioning virtual and physical space, transience and permanence, questions which guides current articulations of my art." |
 Cara Thayer |
 Soft Materials |
Cara Thayer notes "I am a painter who hates painting. You might not believe me when you notice the stacks of paintings all around, but it’s true. The act of complacently standing like a statue at a canvas is nothing more then an exercise of the eye. My history as a dancer has created a strong connection to body and form and drives me to be highly active while working. This manifests in my work through the visible construction process. Canvas is torn and used to suspend, pull, and create geometry. Paint is not limited to the surface but absorbed into the materials. Soaked, stained and scraped color creates organic variation." Cara holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007 |
 Dennis Jones |
 someday there will be more |
Originally from Detroit, Dennis Jones now resides in Plymouth, Michigan. He is a licensed practicing architect, an educator and artist. He completed his formal education as an architect from the University of Detroit in 1983. He completed his Master of Fine Arts, in Painting, from Wayne State University in 1990. Since, he has exhibited his work extensively in the Detroit area and beyond. Jones has been an adjunct professor of color theory, 2d and 3D design concepts at The College for Creative Studies since 2002. He has also taught architectural design and drawing at The University of Detroit, Wayne State University and Macomb County Community College. |
Premium Spotlight | ||
 Joseph Szkodzinski |
 NYC Night Life 1979-83 |
Leanne Potts of the New York Times notes of Szkodzinski "The strongest work in this show is also the most old-school. Joe Szkodzinski took his camera to the back alleys and backrooms of 1970s New York for street photography that captures revealing moments of reality. His black-and-white images, like one of a battered boxer contemplating his reflection in a mirror at a seedy gym, channel the gritty power of the city when it was still tough; this is New York pre-Rudy Giuliani, pre-chain-store invasion, and pre-loft developers. Szkodzinski's photos pack a subtle punch." |
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Brian Sherwin, our senior blog editor has been continuing his interview series with artists. Below are a couple of recent highlights. |
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The recent goings-on. |
| > | myartspace and Hotshoe International have launched "Next Perspective", a juried photo competition. The competition is open to all myartspace members. Registration and submission fee is $20. The final date for submissions is April 12, 2008. For further details, see http://www.myartspace.com/hotshoe. |
| > | myartspace has released Premium Services for Artists, a series of advanced professional capabilities that will be available for an annual subscription fee. myartspace will remain an open, free community with unlimited uploads, galleries and more. It will also, however, introduce features for artists that want to use the myartspace platform as their primary communication and outreach tool, their eCommerce engine to sell their work and their social link to collectors, critics, and peers.info@catmacart.com |
| > | We hope myartspace members are enjoying the new front-end to myartspace. We are working on a huge new project: "Groups" support for myartspace. Anyone from an informal collective to a major museum will be able to make a group site on myartspace with forums, news bulletins, chat, and more. . . If you have any ideas what features you'd like to see, let us know by emailing info@catmacart.com |
| > | We've made some improvements and fixed a few bugs around the site. If you spot a bug, please email us at info@catmacart.com with details! |
| > | If you need technical support with the myartspace, please email us at info@catmacart.com |
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