Naomi Pelletier's blog

Yayoi Kusama- The Obliteration Room

 

I would have loved to have seen this exhibition at GOMA by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Starting with a white room that John Lennon would be proud to call his own. Over a series of weeks, little people were given the opportunity to stick brightly coloured dots over the perfectly white room. I would have loved to be there when the first dot was stuck. Thousands of dots were given out resulting in a piece that Kusama has called The Obliteration Room. To read more about the exhibition pop over here.

 

Ian Burns

I love the simplicity and complexity of this work by  Ian Burns. The light creating the letters is transformed through magnifying glasses. Sometimes the quietest moments take a lot of work.

Images from www.fecalface.com

Regine Ramseier

 

When you say the word dandelion I'm instatnly transported to my childhood self. Laying in the soft grass of my school oval and watching the delicate little seeds be swept up by a summer breeze. Whether this actually happened is hard to tell, that idealized image though makes me very fond of the dandelion and I think almost every child's first experience with blowing the delicate little fluffy seeds must be a magical one. Regine Ramseier has taken that feeling and times it by 2000. Her installation suspended 2000 dandelions from the roof of a gallery, as part of ArToll Summer Lab 2011. The images themselves are beautiful but it is amazing to imagine picking 2000 dandelions. I think walking through a field of dandelions would be pretty awesome in itself. After viewing this work and reminscining I was intrigue how Dandelions got their name, so I looked it up.

"The English name, dandelion, is a corruption of the French dent de lion^[14] meaning "lion's tooth", referring to the coarsely toothed leaves. "

 

The images below walk through her process of collection the delicate little lions tooth's.

Images are via www.thejealouscurator.com

EYE-LIKEY

via eye-likey.blogspot.com.au

Casey Roberts a painter from Indianapolis discusses his work with Eye Likey. Very cool and unusual process, check it out here.

Book by it's Cover

Book by it's Cover is a lovely website that loves lovely books. Above is a little taste of their comic book section. 

A Tattoo a day keeps the boredom at bay: Tattly temporary tattoo's

 

What's not to love about Tattly, a website devoted to contemporary temporary tattoo's. Tina Roth Eisenberg, founder of Tattly must be a bit of a legend. I particularly love the watch, when time stands still.

 

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 Here's a bit of info about the site:

 

Tired of putting poorly designed temporary tattoos on her daugther’s arm, she took matters into her own hands. In July of 2011, Tattly Temporary Tattoos launched online, featuring an all-star lineup of professional designers and illustrators. Starting with just a handful of different designs, Tattly received thousands of orders from around the world.

There are now over 250 designs available both online and in select retailers worldwide. Since launching, Tattly has shipped millions of tattoos to more than 90 countries.

Continuing to partner with leading artists and retailers, Tattly has found that the world was indeed waiting for designy temporary tattoo.

Thanks to http://tattly.com/pages/about

 

Atelier pour enfants

 

This is a lovely little French blog with inspired art ideas for children. Junko Nakamura, also has a website of lovely etchings. If your in Europe perhaps you can sign up for one of their workshops.

Atelier pour enfant

(Workshops for children)

 

Bruce Munro: A Passion for Light

 

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 Bruce Munro: A Passion for Light

Although I wouldn't want to pick up Bruce Munro's lighting bill, I would love to see his large scale lighting installations in situ. His works are a little magical. His website describe him as;

'...an installation artist working in light. The small team of lighting designers working at his studio also create architectural lighting schemes for private residences, hotels, restaurants and other commercial spaces. These schemes often require spectacular feature lights such as contemporary chandeliers, wall lights or sculptures, and these are designed by Bruce Munro himself to complement the scheme.'

You can see his website here.

 

So it's confirmed, drawing helps you listen.

I always find half occupying my mind, at times, opens it to drift into other places. Some that I need to go, others not so much. It helps me to concentrate in some strange way. Doodling for example whilst I'm on the phone or at a meeting. It kinda helps me hear better. I have always felt a bit guilty about this, well at meetings it feels a little rebellious. Apparently all I need to do is quote the study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. They have found proof that this will help me listen to banality better. Clearly I'm not implying that school staff meetings are banal, that's just a ridiculous idea but those other meetings that I attend can get a bit boring. As Jackie Andrade explains.

“If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream. Daydreaming distracts them from the task, resulting in poor performance. A simple task, like doodling, may be sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task” [BBC News], Andrade says.

Better not tell the students, as they may site this as an excuse to draw while I'm teaching incredibly fascinating things. Or talk while I'm teaching drawing, regardless seems like a slippery slope. If you need a little moderate distracting. Try this site www.carnalfury.com sounds a lot dirtier than it is.

 

Marion Bolognesi

via www.marion-b.com

Beautiful water colours dripping with lovely.