Friday, May 31, 2013

Fine Artist of the Month: Layered Map for Jonathan Lasker

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 Layered Map of the World for NYC Fine Artist, Jonathan Lasker.


Friday, May 24, 2013

Oceans and Parks - Year 3 - updates and changes

Once again, I am curating and organizing a unique Fine Art exhibition in late June 2013 (sorry for the late notice) located in Brooklyn NY, US of A. I can not discuss any other details of the exhibition here. If you are interested in participating as a Fine Artist or experiencing this recurring mysterious project, please e-mail me (studio@benknight.net). As before I'd be excited and happy to share all information with you by that means.

Friday, May 17, 2013

I don't want to fetishize

I don't want to be a designer and fetishize function.

I don't want to be a company and fetishize brand.

I don't want to be a marketer and fetishize ideas.

I don't want to be an architect and fetishize experience.

I don't want to be a blogger and fetishize posts.

I don't want to be an installation artist and fetishize the body.

I don't want to be a photographer and fetishize image.

I don't want to be a craftsman and fetishize craft.

I don't want to be a draftsman and fetishize drawing.

I don't want to be a musician and fetishize sound.

I don't want to be a writer and fetishize narrative.

I don't want to be a poet and fetishize poetics.

I don't want to be a linguist and fetishize language.

I don't want to be a film maker and fetishize images.

I don't want to be a painter and fetishize paint.

I don't want to be a philosopher and fetishize critical thought.

I don't want to be an economist and fetishize economies.

I don't want to be an environmentalist and fetishize the environment.

I don't want to be a manager and fetishize allocation.

I don't want to be a revolutionary and fetishize revolution.

I don't want to be a reader and fetishize books.

I don't want to be a type designer and fetishize type.

I don't want to be a banker and fetishize money.

I don't want to be a sculptor and fetishize objects.

I don't want to be a game developer and fetishize play.

I don't want to be diver and fetishize the ocean.

I want to be a Fine Artist, live life, love and create.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Artcodex, Ghost Modernism in Quartair, Den Haag

Last month I was in the second version of the Artcodex Ghost Modernism show in The Hague, Netherlands at Quartair Gallery.

I showed the EL wire based work, Spectral In-Sourcing.

Originally this was shown at Transparent Studio at Bose Pacia, Brooklyn.

Here are two writings on the show: One, Two. and Google translation of the 1st article.

Big shout-out to Brian Higbee for all his help.

Below is some documentation of the work.





Friday, May 3, 2013

New Installation Drawings pt.2

Like I said in an earlier post, my process for creating installations differs and evolves all the time. Sometimes I make a drawing, other times I just work with the materials, sometimes a combination of both. Here are two more drawings for installations that I am curious about exploring.