Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Sheri's Collection


  • http://www.trollop.com/
    • Really not a fan of her work. Her photos are just photos that I've seen a million times all over the interent that could be taken by anyone with a camera. Her photogravure images remind me of images I made when I was messing around in photoshop for the first time, playing with the shitty filters.
  • http://www.turtlesilk.com/
    • I really enjoyed seeing her dog sketches. They're so adorable. I love how simple they are, yet totally capture the dog.
  • http://www.preneo.org/nwylde/
    • The structure of this site is a bit confusing. But I eventually found a link to Nanette Wylde's books! They're fantastic. I'm super impressed that she actually made a book with the flexagon method.
  • http://www.tjreddickart.com/
    • I was not surprised at all when I read that this artist was interested in skate art. They also are clearly interested in sharks, cats, and snarling animals. Eh...
  • http://www.ghadaamer.com/
    • Oh! We learned about this artist in our Art of the Book class! In fact I emailed Sheri this link. This artist is so great! Special thanks to Karen for telling us about her! 

The Center for Book Arts and IPCNY

This week the class went down to Chelsea.
We visited the Center for Book Arts, located at West 27th Street. This place is amazing! I'm so happy we went there. I really love book arts. Our tour guide was very informative. She ld us about all the programs available in the studio such as artist memberships, residencies, and studio rentals. They also have classes there that teach you about letterpress and various bookmaking techniques.
They have a really great show going on there as well. They had a bunch of prints and articles having to do with Occupy Wall Street. They also have an exhibition of the book artist Kumi Korf, who's work is really beautiful.
This is definitely a place I would like to visit again, and hopefully one day work in!


Our next stop was the International Print Center New York, or IPCNY, located at West 26th Street. 
This was another great place. Unlike the previous stop, IPCNY is not a studio, just a gallery. Their current show is their New Prints 2012/Autumn show. The show was very well put together and included work of all types of printmaking. It's really amazing to see work from all over the world, from all different skill levels, all placed in one show.
That's the best thing about IPCNY. They accept applications from everyone for their shows, giving everyone an equal opportunity, which is hard to come by in the art world.


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Rachel's Collection

This is definitely one of my favorite collections so far!
  • http://redlandrambles.com/
    • This site is really great! It's a little peak into Rachel's life and it's like a whole other world. I really enjoy reading the posts about all the different fruits that aren't native to NY.
  • http://www.arthousecoop.com/
    • The sketchbook project is actually a really cool idea. I would totally participate in it if it wasn't so expensive. I've seen other projects with the same concept going on, for free, somewhere on the internet, but I doubt they are as successful.
  • http://www.ericvalli.com/
    • I've seen Eric Valli's work floating around the internet for some time now. But, I still find his photos completely breathtaking. It's amazing how these people live in these super harsh environments such as the Himalayas and get by without the use of modern technology. In fact, I'm absolutely jealous of their capability to do so (and Eric's ability to have this amazing experience of having such a close view into their lives)
  • http://kittiesandbullshit.com/
    • Too good. This definitely ruined a few songs for me I think my favorite was the Biz Markie cat.    

  • http://theballetcats.com/
    • This is really interesting to see after looking at Eric Valli's photos. So, I guess the cool thing now is to take pictures of "foreign" cultures. But I find myself not as drawn to these photos as opposed to Valli's. I guess it's the really shitty Urban Outfitters, Holga camera effects on every picture.
  • http://www.thefeaturedcreature.com/
    • This site was really cool. Until there were posts about TERRIFYING SPIDERS. NOPE. NO THANK YOU. definitely done with that site. I'll stick to cat pictures.
  • www.wwoofusa.org
    • Um, excuse me, this is awesome. I totally want to work on an organic farm! I'm very surprised that the closest one to my house is in New Rochelle, of all places. 

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Abby's Collection

Sorry for posting this so late!


  • http://www.feministe.us/blog/
    • This blog is super interesting. It's funny how when people think about feminists they always think that is just women interested in women problems. But it's really so much more than that, and this blog shows this perfectly. 
  • Lynd Ward's Frankenstein Illustrations
    • Oh God. Theses are so beautiful. And they're all woodcuts. The images are so perfect for the story. I'm in love.
  • Decompression in Comics
    • While reading this, I couldn't help but think back to the class I was an assistant teacher in two summers ago; Comic Drawing. Many of the students in the class did a lot of decompression in their final comics. So for me, it was interesting to read that this is a big trend going on right now in the comic world, and not just students ages 10-18.

Bettina's Collection

Again, this is a super long collection, so I'll just write about certain links that get a reaction out of me.

  • http://losmuroshablan.wordpress.com/artistas/
    • Even though it's written in spanish, they have some really beautiful work. It's really interesting how long murals have been a part of of spanish-speaking culture.
  • http://sofiamaldonado.com/
    • I'm not a huge fan of all of her work, but I really enjoyed seeing her murals that were more abstracted. For example, LA COMERCIAL and her mural in Gowanus.
  • http://www.la-pandilla.com/
    • For some reason I'm not too fond of this work. I love super detailed drawings of animals and everything,  but something just isn't doing it for me here. Maybe it's the combination of different animals.
  • http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk/
    • I just want to point out how awful the layout of this website is. Seriously, it's terrible. And it seems like a collection of work and various things for/from very angsty people.
  • Resurrection of Diner
    • So I'm very upset about this. After the Book Fair, I was standing outside of this place and didn't know anything was special about it. If I knew I definitely would have gone in to eat!
  • Aliene de Souza Howell
    • I'm in love with this installation. Her illustrations are beautiful and the way she created depth and space on the flat wall is amazing.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Elena's Collection

This is a really long collection, so I'm just going to write about what really caught my attention


  • The Finer Points of David Rees
    • I really can't tell if this is serious or not. If it's not then I applaud him. If it is, he needs to get over himself. They're just pencils. Stop it.
      But from 9:50 on was actually pretty funny. I usually use mechanical pencils so he would hate me.
  • Green Mile Experiment
    • This is really interesting! I personally would never be able to watch a movie without actually watching the movie. But I constantly watch movies without any background knowledge. It make it more interesting.
  • Art Genome Project
    • This is so cool. I'm constantly using pandora and looking at art blogs. So naturally I would want to combine the two. I'm currently waiting for my invitation to Art.sy. I really hope it is as cool as I think it is!
  • http://www.mcbess.com/
    • His work is fantastic. I love it!
  • Lil Bub
    • I'm really happy that my grumpy cat link started a cat trend. Lil Bub is my second favorite cat on the internet. I love his face. I had a picture of him as my desktop for like a month.

Tova's Collection

This collection was pretty interesting. There was a lot about Israel, but I haven't read an article that isn't partial to one side of the war going on, so I have yet to make a decision about that topic. With that said, I'm going to leave that out of this post.


  • Hostess
    • I'm really not a huge fan of Hostess snacks, I find them too sweet. But every now any then, actually more like maybe once a year, I'll eat maybe one of those disgustingly orange cupcakes and hate myself after it. But it is pretty sad that they stopped production. Now what are we going to eat after the end of the world?!
  • http://www.josephbau.com/
    • Not a huge fan of this type of work. After growing up going to synagogue and going to hebrew school, I'm really turned off by all of this. But it is a great example of this type of work.
  • Denver Print
    • I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be looking at here. It's just a list of exhibitions that I can't go to because it's in Denver.
  • Banksy
    • A classic. Everyone knows about him and either loves or hates him. Why bother putting him in your collection.
  • http://endless-swarm.com/
    • Gross. Bugs. Ew :( I really could have done without this.