Jamie Mills is an Illustrator that characterizes animals and mountains in a positive embrace. His detailed monochrome drawings contrast with the primary colour shapes he uses to produce a very attractive effect. I found this work shares similarities with my own practice. It is interesting that it is in the realm of illustration and not fine art. The work he does encompasses maybe the same aesthetic I produce; also he shares his views of nature and human interaction through his art. I am most interested in one of his collaborative projects with illustrator Sandra Dieckmann who works in a similar way. The project comprised of 10 drawings of the most endangered animals in the world.

Myeongbeom kim, an artist dealing with the juxtaposition of nature and manufactured goods. His surreal sculptures convey a certain suspension and animation. There is a great sensitivity to the aesthetic and clarity of the pieces, Chairs growing out of trees and a deer sprouting elongated branches instead of antlers remind me of various studio Ghibli animations. The works are otherworldly and give us insights into different scenarios that could take place on earth, school corridors filled with leaves and plants. The ideas are not apocalyptic but just a different very enchanting way of viewing our world.

AMELIA BAUER- smoke signal series

how globes are made

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgErv6M19yY

Cedarwood sculptures are some works by Brooklyn artist Ursula von Rydingsvard who creates art that conjours up metaphors of childhood memories and asparations. The non-representational sculptures tact the idea of quiet family dramas and ones attachement to the enviroment to these monolithic wood carvings that are chiseled, scrubbed, painted and chopped with an absoulte attention to detail. the result being a profound contrast that instantly grabs the viewers attention.

Archies Crit

Archies Space, An artists studio uncluttured and unattended during the production of two paintings. The tools of production are laid out, abandoned bones of a time now passed. Why paint. Through an insight into this private world exposed to us, there is a questioning of the artists belief in his trade. It maybe considred a pause in time. And we are asked considering this to look at the two paintings which were maybe the cause for this.

The two seemingly simmilar spaces of empty churches are representations of photographs where perspective is a key element. From the use of colour and different tones one of the paintings begins to express the artists vision of the infinite within a confined space, endless caverns with vaulted ceilings depict the abandoment of the church and the silence of the dark.

Tuesdays Crit

We are presented with an abundance of moss pressed onto windows in a door with the protrusions of moss around the edges of the doorway. There is a trapped contrast between glass and life, which speaks of another world as the artwork extends notions of pehaps a reclamation of space by the moss. The beautiful asthetic of the moss underpins the idea of the threshold seeming inviting to this world. In essence the piece is the meeting point where life is described in a different more chaotic and uncensored way. The inate curiosity procurred by the presence of moss in an uncoventional manufactured place suggests a confrontation of our beliefs in how we view the world on an everyday basis. However in this piece we seem barred from entrance to this seprerate reality and maybe we should question why this should be.