Tonight: The Cooper Union presents Herb Lubalin’s original sketches, magazines, and posters and the work of graphic designers inspired by Mr. Lubalin’s expressive typography.
Lubalin Nowcurated by
Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky
When
Opening Reception: November 5, 2009
6 – 8 PM
On view until December 8, 2009
Closed Fridays and Sundays
Martin Soby brings color and life to the typically unnoticed, little nooks and cracks of NYC with his unique brand of street art. You can see more of his installations here.
I just discovered Eric Fortune’s process videos! Oh, joy!
Here are 3 time-lapse process videos for his piece from the Overdose group show at the Copro Nason Gallery.
Eric will be one of the featured artists of the upcoming show, Go East: LeBasse Projects in New York. Here’s his latest installment: unexpected clouds.
Now you can write on NY walls without the risk of getting arrested. The Walls Notebook is a sketchbook with 80 blank New York City walls to use as your canvas. Purchase your own copy of Walls Notebook here for $11.53.
I had the pleasure of meeting Paul Sahre at a talk some 6-7 years ago (I even got a nice silkscreen print from him). He is a truly inspiring, humble graphic designer and a fantastic human being.
I’m so happy that AIGA/NY’s first video podcast features Mr. Sahre and gives us an honest, humorous look at the mistakes and uncertainties of his life and career.
Tweenbots is social experiment designed by Kacie Kinzer from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. This little, cardboard robot travels at a constant speed in a straight line and his goal is get from the North-east of Washington Square Park to the South-west corner. He can only reach his destination with the kindness and aid of New York pedestrians.
The journey the Tweenbots take each time they are released in the city becomes a story of people’s willingness to engage with a creature that mirrors human characteristics of vulnerability, of being lost, and of having intention without the means of achieving its goal alone. As each encounter with a helpful pedestrian takes the robot one step closer to attaining it’s destination, the significance of our random discoveries and individual actions accumulates into a story about a vast space made small by an even smaller robot.
Mission 1: Get from the Northeast to the Southwest Corner of Washington Square Park / time: 42 minutes / number of people who intervened: 29
Silverpoint was the tool artists used before there was what we know today as a pencil. Learn the Old Master’s techniques of Leanardo Da Vinci as well as the new techniques of contemporary artists to create traditional still lifes, landscapes, portraits or mixed media abstract images.
Last week, I received a friendly email from the UK artist, Timothy Hon Hung Lee, kindly requesting that I take a look at his artwork.
There is an intriguing sense of still beauty and quiet undertones of violence that run through his work. I was struck by the intense detail and complexity of his linework from the smallest blossom to the thinnest wisps of hair. His paintings are executed in ink on hand made paper and are very reminiscent of traditional Chinese scroll paintings, Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and Kimono patterns. After viewing his work online, I was left with a longing to take in and examine his work in person.
Recently, Timothy has shown in the Delineations exhibit at the Ad Hoc Gallery in New York, was featured in NY Arts Magazine and in Die Gestalten Verlag’s book on contemporary illustration, Illusive 2. Next month, he will be taking part in a touring show in the US.
Here’s a short documentary on his work:
NvP: When did you develop an interest in art? Timothy: I don’t recall a specific moment when I realized that this was what I wanted to do in life. I have always mentioned my Uncle (Lee Man Sang) as my biggest influence. I believe that in my early years where I was exposed to his works and paintings, that’s when I took a keen interest. I was never surrounded by art though; my uncles’ practice was almost private, like a hobby. Only once he returned to Hong Kong did he develop his career. My parents were never supportive my creative endeavors and I rarely went to see shows or openings. I just drew and painted for the enjoyment of it and I don’t think I’ve changed all too much from that. I think the lack of a creative upbringing has maybe pushed me to be more creative, to explore art from both the inside and out.
NvP: What’s your favorite subject to paint, and how would you define your style? Timothy: When I’m drawing I don’t have a particular subject in mind. Obviously its clear in my work that they’re figurative but what I hope to convey is a feeling or an emotion. My work addresses mortality a lot, I don’t feel it is as clear-cut as a singular subject; there’s many sides of a human being. The people act as messengers. I’m not concerned whether my audience understands the work; I’m concerned with whether they feel from them.
NvP: What things inspire and influence you? Timothy: I always struggle in describing where my inspiration comes from. It’s a balance of seeing things in everyday life that interest you and then thinking about them endlessly until your imagination re-interprets them, like dreaming. You whittle away the needless information until you have a pure image or sentiment.
NvP: How you go about your art-making process? Timothy: Once I have that idea or feeling, that’s when I begin a drawing. My images are never born of sketches or rough drafts. Just outlined and inked. I find it much more exciting to work in this manner as the work changes with each mark you make. It always comes back to balance and composition; there are times when you have to let the image guide itself and times when you need to exercise restraint.
for $11.53.
. Next month, he will be taking part in a touring show in the US.
