Here are some installation shots from the group exhibition "Summer School", now on view through September 6th at the Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas. The show features work by Mayra Barraza, Tim Best, Du Chau, Ryan Goolsby, Letitia Huckaby, Vince Jones, Kathy Lovas, Leigh Merrill, Mi-Hee Nahm, Laray Polk, and myself.

All the images were shot by photographer Leigh Merrill, who's upcoming solo exhibition, "Cinder Blocks and Cherry Blossoms", will open at the gallery on Sept. 13th.

Check out this new publication from Index Books - Cut Out for Collage, featuring the work of 39 international artists.

Some highlights include:

Beomsic Won
Karin Miller
Shannon Rankin
Greg Lamarche
Clark Goolsby
Jacob Robert Whibley
Jessica Bell
Laurie Frick
Liz Miller
Richard Vergez
Scott Albrecht
Sebastian Wahl

Martha Graham:

“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action,
 and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. 
And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. 
The world will not have it. 
It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. 
It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. 
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. 
You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate YOU. 
Keep the channel open.”

Lina Puerta at Odetta Gallery

See artist Lina Puerta's work in the group exhibition "Eden", on view now through August 24th, at Brooklyn's Odetta Gallery. Lina has recently been awarded a Summer/Fall 2014 Artist Residency at Materials for the Arts in LIC, NY. 

These tiny, sculptural worlds are playfully strange and captivating. They have this incredible mix of materials and a carefully constructed oddness that really pulls you in...

Visit to Alcatraz

East Harlem Looking West, 2014

                                      Next door's window, 2014

I recently submitted a proposal for a series of collage works to be included in the Brooklyn Community Supported Art + Design 2014 season. 24 artists & designers have been selected from a panel of jurors, and from here 6 finalists are to be chosen by YOU, the art-loving public. 

CSA+D, now in it's second year, is a really interesting & engaging project. I would be thrilled to see my proposal through to its completion, so vote now! Voting is open until May 13th. Please follow this link to see all 24 semi-finalists and to vote for your favorite 6 artists & designers:

http://csa-d.org/2014-semi-finalists

About CSA+D

Brooklyn Community Supported Art + Design is a non-profit organization, proudly taking part in a national movement to provide a new marketplace for up-and-coming artists and to make contemporary art accessible and affordable. 

Following the model of Community Supported Agriculture, in which shareholders invest in a farm and receive a monthly share of fruits and vegetables, Brooklyn Community Supported Art + Design connects shareholders directly to the artists and designers. The Brooklyn CSA+D offers access to reasonably priced contemporary art and design works produced by artists and designers in order to strengthen and support the efforts of emerging artists by fostering relationships between them and the community.

The 2014 Pritzker Prize was recently awarded to architect Shigeru Ban. Known for his innovative use of materials and his compassionate efforts in disaster relief around the world, I first discovered his work while reading about the Cardboard Cathedral, opened in 2013 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Built in response to the devastating 2011 earthquake that severely damaged the city's original church, the Cardboard Cathedral seats 700 people and consists of cardboard tubes and walls made of shipping containers. It will serve as a transitional space while the Christchurch Cathedral is rebuilt. 

See more of Shigeru Ban's projects and designs HERE.

William Eggleston  

b. 1939 Memphis, Tennessee 
photographer, American 

Greenwood, Mississippi. 1973

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. 1970

Check out Healeymade - art & toy and toy & art objects...

I recently discovered the work of artist Gerard Carson. Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Carson works in mixed media sculpture, collage and video, with an emphasis on assemblage and ephemeral materials.  

See more of his work here: http://gerardcarson.tumblr.com/

Modicum 2, mixed media sculpture, 2013

 Package 1, mixed media sculpture, 2013

Kraft, collage on card, 2012

Gateway (1), mixed media, 2012

Encampment, mixed media sculpture, 2014

Jim Iserman & B. Wurtz
Mary Boone - 745 Fifth Ave
March 6 to April 26th

Harvey Quaytman

(American, 1937-2002)

McKee Gallery

February 19 – March 22, 2014

Richard Tuttle

Looking for the Map, solo exhibition at Pace Gallery

Feb 07, 2014 – Mar 15, 2014

EFA Open House, March 8th, 2014

with 54 open studios on view including:

Samira Abbassy, Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Lisa Blas, Jessie Brugger, Patty Cateura, Noa Charuvi, Heejong Cho, Clare Churchhouse, Barbara Cohen, Vicky Colombet, Michael Eade, Sally Egbert, Patricia Fabricant, Jonathan Fischer, Angela Fraleigh, Srinjoy Gangopadhyay, Beth Ganz, Del Geist, Lauren Gohara, Mahmoud Hamadani, Amir Hariri, Richard Hart, David Greg Harth, Steve Hayes, Amy Hill, Changha Hwang, Eunjung Hwang, Edgar Jerins, Richard Jochum, Tamiko Kawata, Jane Kent, Bo Kim, Noah Klersfeld, Greg Kwiatek, Patricia Leighton, JC Lenochan, Katinka Mann, Jeanette May, Morgan O'Hara, Javier Romero, Sara Sanders, Hilda Shen, Gabriel J. Shuldiner, Carol Szymanski, Susan Siegel, Maggie Simonelli, Karina Skvirsky, Xin Song, Dannielle Tegeder, Clover Vail, Liselot van der Heijden, Andrew Whitehouse, Ruvan Wjesooriya

Studio Visit with Sculptor Gary Mellon

 Photo credit: Sara Stadtmiller

Last week I visited artist Gary Mellon in his Brooklyn studio. He makes these phenomenal, hand-carved figurative sculptures out of wood. Each figure stands on an richly constructed, hand-painted base, adding to their wonderfully imposing scale. The hair detail alone on these works will blow your mind apart. When I stopped by, Gary was working on #4, the latest piece in his current series. 

upper detail of #3

                                                                                                   

 

To contact Gary or to see more of his work, visit his website here: www.garymellon.com