Friday, December 28, 2012

Changes coming to the website in 2013

I have decided to adjust some of the design elements of the website. I will be introducing certain aspects throughout the year. The main change (sneak preview if you will) is quite apparent if you follow the blog. Note this change will continue to change, maybe more often than you would imagine.

I hope you have a great year and please continue to view the blog, and/or support me.


Friday, December 21, 2012

Fine Artist of the Month: Linked underscores for Robert Barry

Each month I am adding to an on-going series of writings and works about Fine Artists who work(ed), or are primarily working in the NYC area. This month I produced a text work: Linked underscores for NYC Fine Artist, Robert Barry.

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Ghost Modernism - The Hague 2013

I was invited to be a part of a group show in the The Hague, Netherlands. The show, Ghost Modernism, will be opening Spring, 2013. Currently, I am working on a new installation for the show.

Below is a drawing for the installation, Retroactive Continuity (Retcon) 2012, which may be used in this show:


















I will be updating the progress and potential work to be shown in the show.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Favorite icon/image, colors, logo?, etc...





I have received a number of questions about my favicon image which I also use for my twitter feed, google+ page, etc.

First I do not consider this as my art or anything Fine Art related. Though I am not sure if I consider it to be under the graphic design umbrella either (though I guess it confirms more to those tropes).

Another question I have received was if I ever use this as a print logo, or use it as such. The answer is no, and it is not intended for print, ever.

To answer the question of how this doesn't work as graphic design is that it does not really transcend it's space. The colors in this image shift depending on the context color use around it, as well as its size. There is a certain amount of uncertainty, which is key.

There is some relation to modernist thought and image (see Albers, Noland), but the dimensions of the squares are not precise/formula. In the end the 'graphic' is simply meant to expand and extend the context of the given format (a focus from an abundance of pixels).


Sunday, December 2, 2012

Happy Holidays

























Happy Holidays to all. Click on the image to see it larger. Please note: As always, due to the process and thinking in my creation of this: I consider this Graphic Design, not Fine Art; therefore color.