thanks to Rery for posting pieces from Melissa Cooke’s tumblr, I’ve posted her work before but didn’t know she had a tumblr presence…
THE PROCESS
My drawings are made by dusting thin layers of graphite onto paper with a dry brush. The softness of the graphite provides a smooth surface that can be augmented with details by erasing. No pencils are used in the work, allowing the surface to glow without the shine of heavy pencil marks. Illusion dissolves into brush work and the honesty of the material.
The scale of the drawings demands a physical interaction with the work. I traverse a path, back and forth, first to work intimately with the surface and then to see the piece from a distance. This dance with my drawing has become a ritual, and ultimately, a release.Melissa Cooke
MELISSA COOKE
Vacuum #6 |Graphite on paper, 50 x 38”
via: melissacooke
New York is a Lot of Work [2011] by Reed Seifer.
My first ever ‘Nestoon’ back at the end of 2010 at the Old Vic tunnels. Such an amazing space to work in. Takes me back to a freezing few December days in a dark dark tunnel with a torch strapped to my head, a thermos flask filled with hot elderflower to thaw me from the inside out and a soundtrack of echoing rattling train tracks as Waterloo station life permeated from above! Note to self get back down to those magical tunnels!
Three Hundreds Silent Pollens by BYOUNGHO KIM
2009 - Aluminium, piezo speakers, condenser microphone, mixer, amplifier - 600x900x450cm
ARARIO Gallery - Seoul Korea
JORDAN EAGLES
RED GIANT 1-5 | 2011 | 132” x 72” x 3” (RED GIANT 1-4, 36” x 36” x 3” each + RED GIANT 5, 60” x 72” x 3”) | Sun dried blood, copper, preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
JORDAN EAGLES
HEMOGLYPHS | 2011 | Installation view | Causey Contemporary
JORDAN EAGLES at work
image found here
JORDAN EAGLES
URBC | 2009 | 36” x 36” x 3” | Blood, copper preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
Private Collection
JORDAN EAGLES
TSV + TSV1 | 2008 | 36” x 72” x 3” | Blood, copper preserved on plexiglass, UV & white resin
JORDAN EAGLES
LF1 | 2008 | 24” x 18” x 3” | Blood preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
Collection of Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
LF2 | 2008 | 24” x 18” x 3” | Blood preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
LIFE FORCE, 48” x 36” x 3” | 2008 | Blood preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
Private Collection
JORDAN EAGLES
PHASE (Detail) | 2008 | 36” x 36” x 3” | Blood preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
Private Collection
JORDAN EAGLES
UR15 | 2008 | 48” x 48” x 3” | Blood, copper, preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
Private Collection
