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Lisa Solomon  |
frances stark, aeroplane as well as bricks, 2008, collage
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i was at an fine art collectors line of piece of work solid the other 24-hour interval oohing as well as ahhing over a dwelling filled alongside fine art when i noticed a frances stark slice on the wall - as well as i idea OH ! i similar her work. nonetheless similar her work. she's a smart artist...
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| frances stark, blooming, 2004, carbon transfer as well as collage on casein on canvas |
i ever tell students that using text inward a meaningful as well as "good" way inward artwork is something that i retrieve is a daunting task. inward my heed in that place are really few artists/works that utilize text good - as well as past times good i hateful inward a way that does look superficial or haphazard or superfluous. mayhap it's because she's too an accomplished author - as well as thus there's an inherent agreement of text as well as how it functions inward our brains/society....
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| frances stark, 2004, complimentary money, ink, gouache, casein on canvas |
when i retrieve of creative somebody to demo that i retrieve job text exceedingly good - i ever furnish to frances stark. i retrieve partially because the text inward her piece of work is as well as thus INCORPORATED - it tin dismiss move role [as inward you lot should read it] as well as it tin dismiss too move playful - a agency to brand a grade as well as fill upwards up space.
i too retrieve that she uses collage inward an interesting way. inward my heed collage oftentimes leads to a piling on - the job of a lot of unlike sort of papers inward novel as well as semi-surreal contexts.
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| frances stark, inward as well as in, 2005, junk post service as well as linen record on paper |
as well as while, yes, this is truthful inward frances' piece of work - i gravitate to her job of collage because the negative infinite is only every bit of import every bit the actual collage. it's no clandestine that i'm a fan of expansive white/plain areas. areas of balance - as well as stark's piece of work has that inward spaces [and inward compositions that brand me pause].
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| frances stark, and brrrptzzap the subject, 2005, gesso and collage on paper |
her piece of work tin dismiss move graphic, witty, natural language inward cheek. it feels impeccably crafted. P R eastward C I south E. [i dearest a proficient job of an xacto knife.]
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| frances stark, a adult woman as well as a peacock, 2008, mixed media on canvas |
her newer piece of work is larger. incorporates mixed media inward a way i honor exciting.
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| frances stark, butterfly sculpture, 2008, fabric, foamcore, mixed media on canvas |
i LOVE the cutting out as well as the job of stuff inward the slice above. it's as well as thus simple. but not.
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| frances stark, past times way of digression, 2007, newspaper collage, graphite on paper |
i am too drawn to her job of women - as well as her involvement inward what is domestic. on her website it states:
Through both writing as well as visual art, Frances Stark addresses the atmospheric condition of creative labor, producing candid as well as affecting piece of work close the nature of artistic practise as well as the corresponding yet integral banality of the everyday. The artist’s trunk of piece of work stands every bit a self-reflexive research into the procedure of artistic production, as well as the often-elided demands of daily life.
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| frances stark, i must explicate specify rationalize sort etc, 2007, vinyl, paint, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation impress on paper |
as well as thus if i were to take away a slice for me? i retrieve i'd convey to become alongside the above. i experience similar that could move me on a chair [on wheels - aye non the safest] alongside my trusty degree trying to straighten out something that is slightly off as well as contemplating if the "offness" is genuinely essential to the pregnant of what i'm trying to do or if inward fact it needs to move inward a perfectly instantly line. it's as well as thus elementary as well as poignent as well as what i would desire inward my home.
until side past times side fourth dimension - follow my collection every bit it grows [20 pieces !] on
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