Move-In Ready

August 24, 2010 karly hand

I guess I've been living under a rock because I just today caught a first glimpse of fashion designer David Delfin and his luva, photographer Gorka Postigo's Spanish home. And, well, let me tell you, I wouldn't change much. Ok, maybe I'd swap out a piece of artwork or two when little junior has a playdate, and perhaps the little art "installation" over the bed could take a permanent vacay, but other than that, really, it can stay as is.

For the record: those creepy baby heads would not move an inch under my watch. I've been working towards a creepy bust collection for years but they are surprisingly hard to get your hands on. I'm maxing out at 2 really good ones and 1 medium good one right now.

In other news: my love affair with white walls is still going strong.

In other other news: Erin and I would like to send a big, fat, congratulations to the King of Paint, Sanders, who just became a dad for the second time around on Sunday. He and his wife welcomed a beautiful, healthy baby girl. Welcome MacKenzi, xoxo to your whole family!

Featured Artist Friday: Mandy Greer

August 20, 2010 karly hand

Last night a reader left a comment on Erin's pom pom post with a link to a bedroom she had personally pom-pom-ified. While I waited for the page to open I anticipated a neuvo pop pom bedspread and maybe a cute throw pillow. What I got was this:

Holy Awesomeness!!! Mandy hand made the rug and pom pom installation as part of her larger work at the Bucheon Gallery.

Here's what fiberarts magazine had to say about the matter:

In December 2008, the Bucheon Gallery of San Francisco invited Mandy Greer to create an installation at the international contemporary art exhibition Aqua Art Miami, Florida, a satellite fair to the annual Art Basel Miami Beach. Whereas Art Basel Miami and its sister fair, Art Basel, Switzerland, typically assign booths to their exhibitors, Aqua Art Miami was presented at the Aqua Hotel in South Beach and used the facility’s individual rooms to display a wide range of artwork. Exhibitors at the Aqua Hotel typically tend to disguise the fact that the rooms are sleeping areas. Not so for Sheila Cohen and Sidney Brown, owners of the Bucheon Gallery, who invited artists to play up the bedroom theme. Greer included (among other works) two pieces from her 2004 installation project the Wolf Prince and the Parrot Princess. In their original incarnations, these pieces—a white rag rug and a chandelier comprised of a multitude of pom-poms—evoked a vast arctic landscape that separated an amorous yet oddball couple. In Miami, they came together more literally as erotic ornament for the boudoir: the soft chandelier hung seductively overhead while the supple coverlet, like swirls of pure white snow, adorned the lovers’ bed.

For a complete view of the installation, check out the flickr gallery, check out Mandy's blog and recent work here, see a preview of Mandy's work in the film The Silvering Path Here.

Oh! And be sure to have a super happy weekend! xo

Big Money No Whammies

August 5, 2010 karly hand

Lately life has handed me quite a few lemons: literally - my husband's new van stopped working and figuratively - my interwebs are haunted. I guess I'm supposed to find a way to make lemonade, but with all that sugary tartness I'm not so motivated. Art duo Ghost of a Dream stumbled upon a bunch of lemons in the form of a pile of losing lottery tickets. The pair took it among themselves to consider the nature of the lottery, the things we desire, and the anticipation of the win followed by the inevitable loss. Then, they made lemonade: