On April 4th, 2008, I quickly made a print using the headlines that were in the paper that day. I considered the headlines as thought bubbles for the day. It was a challenge to make an image quickly in the same hasty manner that newspapers have to shape stories everyday. I thought of my image […]
(For more information about the “Viewfinder Project” click here.) Lauren Schiller’s “View Finder” depicts a stereoscope and a stereoscopic card. Schiller’s work often presents food in a way that creates a sense of longing along with a sense of mild guilt. It is not that sweets like cupcakes or cookies are that bad, it is […]
(For more information about the “Viewfinder Project” click here.) I met Rachel Welling in 2003 at the Vermont Studio Center’s artists’ residency program. Rachel is a native of Indiana and at the time was finishing college at Indiana University in Bloomington. While in Vermont, Rachel was struggling to both use the traditional skills in painting […]
(For more information about the “Viewfinder Project” click here.) I met Joshua Mosley at an opening at the Fleisher Art Memorial in 2005. Since then, I have not seen him often but have kept in contact (Mosley is a Professor of Animation at the University of Pennsylvania). I sent him a request to contribute to […]
(For more information about the “Viewfinder Project” click here.) Several of the artists involved in the “Viewfinder Project”, including Katie Parry, transformed the initial “Viewfinder” print in sculptural ways. Parry built outward glueing new materials to the back of the print. Below is a view of the print after Parry had worked on it. Relief […]