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IN THIS ISSUE  
FEATURED ARTISTS: Kayleigh Speck, Christophe Muylaert, Jess Levey, Susan Heggestad, Joshua Parker, Horatio Holtzbein
INTERVIEWS: Caniglia, Alan Rankle, Bonnie Lane
ART NEWS: China's red-hot art market; Museums go Web 2.0; myartspace launches "The Daily Art Feed". . .
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Below are a few artists we'd like to call your attention to this week.
   

Kayleigh Speck
Graduate Work		 In Kayleigh's words "I use photography as a tool for exploration of surroundings, people, events and happenings. With subjects varying from portraits to landscapes, the content is derived from personal experience." She is a candidate for an MFA in Studio Art from the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a BFA in Studio Art with a Concentration in Photography and Printmaking from Rhode Island College.
   

Christophe Muylaert
Paintings 2008		 In his own words "At this moment in time I make oil paintings and video-installations. My paintings are situated between abstraction and figuration. A formal approach is essential to me. Recently I started painting abstracted seascapes, mainly because the impervious and endless nature of the ocean strongly appeals to me. In romanticist esthetics reference is made to the "sublime" in order to express the spiritual experience of the Absolute when man is confronted with nature in its vastness."
   

Jess Levey
The New Intimacy Project		 Jess graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University where she studied with renowned photographer Thomas Roma, who quickly became her Mentor. At Barnard she was awarded the largest grant possible allotted to a single student for her senior thesis photography project titled, “intimate portraits: Women on the Loos.”
   

Susan Heggestad
Susan M Heggestad		 In Susan's own words "I am drawn to printmaking because of the endless potential for variations on a theme. I have little interest in creating multiples, which is the definition of the medium. To me, this captures the very nature of our mysterious existence in this universe: endless variations on a theme… My mixed-media prints are always one-of-a-kind works. They all begin, however, with a limited number of collagraphic plates. The collagraphic process is about texture - thin layers of found objects and modeling material are used to gradually build the printed image. The technique relates directly to collage, relief sculpture and mixed media. The collagraph process is sculptural in its conception and my understanding of spatial relationships and the effects of light are strongly influenced by my experience in technical theater."
   

Joshua Parker
Gallery		 In Joshua's words "I love to create, always have. And I try to be fresh and original. I work in a variety of methods and materials, from steel fab, wood carving, moldmaking, hand sculpting, glass blowing to regular printer paper. Art is my life and i never stop thinking about the possibilities."

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Horatio Holtzbein
Holtzbein		 In Horatio's words "Predicated on the conviction that it is a good thing for an artist to feel like a tortoise perpetually chasing a hare, one of my current goals in life is to produce a figurative drawing worthy of Thomas Rowlandson in the form of a painting worthy of Jacques Louis David! Though not immune to the allure of contemporary methods of working, I'd rather indulge my obsession with and passion for the techniques prevalent 'pre-impressionism'. It's just a personal preference."
   
Brian Sherwin, our senior blog editor has been continuing his interview series with artists. Below are a couple of recent highlights.

Caniglia

"Caniglia is an American figurative painter and illustrator, primarily in fantasy and horror genres. He has done book and magazine illustration, conceptual artwork, book and album covers, and comic books, and his work is in several important public collections including the Joslyn Art Museum and Iowa State University. His art has also been shown at the Society of Illustrators' Museum of Illustration. Caniglia studied traditional classical painting at Iowa State University, receiving a BFA in drawing, painting and printmaking in 1993. After graduation he studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland under well-known abstract expressionist Grace Hartigan, where he received his MFA in 1995. "

Alan Rankle

"Alan Rankle is a British artist, born in Oldham, Lancashire, England in 1952. He studied at Rochdale College, School of Art (1968-70), and Goldsmiths' College (1970-73). He is one of the leading artists of his generation to explore social and environmental issues of the day through Landscape Art. His first exhibition, held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, was a multi-media performance/installation based on Chaucer's The Pardonner's Tale (1973). Since that time he has worked primarily as a painter. Rankle takes as his main subject the development of landscape art as a concept related to changes in attitude to the environment. In some works he treats the entire history of landscape painting almost as a found object; manipulating and cross-referencing styles and techniques from diverse periods and cultures, within a post-modernist fusion of abstract, trompe l'oeil, and figurative imagery..."

Bonnie Lane

"Bonnie Lane is an emerging artist originally from Melbourne, Australia. Bonnie's practice currently takes the physical form of installation, photography, video, text and object based works. By constructing interactive spaces she translates memories of intimacy from her own life, inviting the viewer to physically and emotionally engage with the work. Bonnie spent her childhood growing up in a world packed full of the arts. Growing up in a family where her mother is a nationally recognized comedian, her father a clown/street performer turned festival events coordinator and her brother an up and coming musician, she is certainly no stranger to the role of the artist and the dedication and determination it entails to become one..."



Art News by Art News Journal
 


China's White Hot Art Market (At What Cost?) "The art district has become a thriving institution, but its commercial success has come at a cost. Formerly quiet alleys now throng with tourists and traffic, and most of the old workshops are now terrace cafes, boutiques and trinket shops. Sharply rising rents and tighter government controls have driven out many founding artists. Small studios have been replaced by big galleries - a sign, say critics, that commerce has supplanted creativity." The Guardian (UK) 03/13/08


Museums Jump Into The Digital World "It's no longer enough for a museum to put up a Web site and hope that people find it. Many museums are discovering that the Web 2.0 world lets them advance their mission online to bring in new and often younger visitors and to educate a wider audience." The New York Times 03/12/08


myartspace launches "The Daily Art Feed" - Highlighted work each day "myartspace.com, the premier online social network for the art world, has launched an exciting new offering The Daily Art Feed. This service is free and available to all and provides a new contemporary piece of art to be viewed each day. The art can be delivered in one of three ways – through a daily email message, our Facebook widget, or through the RSS feed. myartspace 03/11/08


13 Million Photographs at Your Finger Tips "There is no central department for locating images by photographer, subject or theme for the artwork. But an online project, the Smithsonian Photography Initiative, intends to change that." The New York Times 03/12/08




The recent goings-on.
> The ImageViewer was integrated into myartspace this past week. Users can view a particular image rather than an entire gallery. For an example, click HERE.
> 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'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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