I'm trying to decide which option--either filling in the shadow/reflection or filling in the floor--works best for this new painting. These are photoshop docs; I'm leaning towards filling in the floor...
Post Gogol: The Silent Absence of the Body opens tomorrow night (2/18) at Slag Gallery in NYC from 6-8pm. The show is guest curated by Mount Royal critic-in-residence Marek Bartelik and features Mount Royal student Jason Irla. For more on Slag, go to slaggallery.com. For more on Jason, go to Jasonirla.com. The gallery is located at 531 West 25th Street, Ground floor unit #10. See you there!
The March/April edition of MICA's Juxtapositions newsletter is out now and features info on all the MFA Thesis groups. For the entire issue, please go here:
The Raw Art Sale features student artwork that is unframed/un-matted. I submitted almost all of the work I did while in Vermont and priced pieces ridiculously low (between $5-$30). The sale takes place in the BBOX in the Gateway Building on Sunday 2/14 from noon-4pm and Monday 2/15 from 10-4pm. For more info, please go here:
I've been reading The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard. I'm really enjoying it--it's beautifully written and really communicates a lot of ideas I've had about my recent work.
Cindy Cheng and I are having a show at Loyola University Maryland in their Julio Fine Arts Gallery. The show runs from February 22-March 28 and the gallery talk/reception will be Thursday February 25 from 5-7pm. For more info and gallery hours, please visit http://www.loyola.edu/gallery/upcoming/.