+ The Neche Collection relaunches! And Felt & Wire just opened a special online gallery with framed versions of Veronica’s prints as well. I want them alllll. These WILL be gone soon, do not delay! + Locally, there’s been quite the hubbub surround the giant, and rather racy, Marilyn Monroe statue downtown….Seems like Chicago’s managed… Read more »
Category: Visual Research
An open letter to my photo friends
Time to take my pants off and get real. Don’t you get tired of people asking you for your photos? Like, I can imagine it gets to be annoying shooting an event and being hounded by people like me for pictures after the fact. It’s like that camera is a target and me, your Mom,… Read more »
Hattie Newman
I’ve kept a tab open of Hattie Newman’s work open for nearly a month already. I’ve forgotten entirely where I found her illustrations and paper landsacpes, but I’ve kept it up because it’s so stinking exuberant. Every time I return to the tab I get a little jolt of cheer. Thank you for the small… Read more »
The Interrupters
It’s deadline city around these parts until Wednesday, and though I have three sizable posts in the works, I doubt I will get to wrapping them after then. In the meantime, have you heard of this new documentary The Interrupters? It’s by the same folks who did Hoop Dreams & Typeface & it’s already garnering… Read more »
Jessica Drenk
Also spied these glorious sculptures by Jessica Drenk at my trip to the Affordable Art Fair. Warped almost beyond recognition, they are made from books (!!!) that have been treated with a wax and then carved into shape. I love these because the paper starts to take on the appearance of wood, like it’s forcing… Read more »
