Category Archives: Art

Le Laboratoire

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Seth Winner

Le Laboratoire is a playground of ideas where science meets art or art meets science.

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Beili Liu

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Seth Winner

Yesterday’s post on Akiko Ikeuchi‘s thread volumes reminded me of Beili Liu, who almost stole the show at ArtPrize last year. (ArtPrize is a curious new Annual Grand Rapids phenomenon that I’ll write about when it comes to town again)

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Akiko Ikeuchi

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Seth Winner

Akiko Ikeuchi creates vast delicate geometric volumes out of knotted thread.

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Warren Seelig: University of Lexington

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Seth Winner

Warren Seelig sent these images of the work he and Sherrie Gibson installed at the University of Lexington just last week. This was too good not to share.

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Oslo Opera House Curtains

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Seth Winner

To be honest, my appreciation of Opera is limited to Looney Tunes parodies and Fitzcarraldo‘s obsession with bringing Enrico Caruso to Peru. I make my annual Valentines day trip to the Opera, but never really have been a super huge … Continue reading →

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Sheila Hicks: 50 Years

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Seth Winner

Being a textile blog, I would be remiss to not mention this show. THIS retrospective almost requires a trip back to Philadelphia. Sheila Hicks is a Sculptor working in the medium of Fiber. She took a wrapping technique that I … Continue reading →

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Sol Lewitt: Recent Installations

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Seth Winner

I’ve been an uncomfortable fan of Sol Lewitt ever since I discovered him in college. I’d pour through his catalogs and books, enjoying the way he created systems and worked them through to the end. The books were intimate looks … Continue reading →

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Noiz Architects: Honeycomb!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Seth Winner

I want to play with this honeycomb furniture/art/textile/construction by Noiz Architects. This was designed and constructed for the lobby of Le Méridien Taipei in Taiwan. It is the corporate mandate of Le Méridien to attract the ‘creative guest’ and this … Continue reading →

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Tara Donovan: Constructed Surfaces Volumes and Landscapes

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Seth Winner

Tara Donovan manipulates mundane materials into massive constructions, landscapes and volumes that transcend the material they are created from. Paper plates, plastic cups, pencils and the like become the individual motifs of a larger naturalistic pattern.

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Lanny Bergner

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Seth Winner

My guess is that Lanny Bergner has thick fingertips after all his years of cutting, twisting and bending wire screen. I’ve worked with wire screen and its a bloody affair. So I’m imagining that ‘aha’ moment where he thought “this … Continue reading →

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