Lindsay Joy - Latest Comments

Re: how to get through an mfa

Nola — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:18:59 -0000

Maybe the booklet is an integral part of the work.

Re: time and space

forestine — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:23:06 -0000

That's really interesting! There is a lot of mythos about the artist in (mostly "his") studio, and I often bristle at that because I have a hard time using one. Once I'm done my MFA, I'll probably just go back to making work in my house, so I'm thinking of this as a residency in some kind of transient space. After reading that I found this review of a book that Blake's studio is featured in: "the book details the extraordinary personal circumstances that surround the creation of some of the most important, and controversial pieces of art to emerge from this country in the past 4 or 5 decades." But what if the actual space is the art and nothing comes out of it but documentation? Thanks for the thoughts!

(here's the review http://artmagonline.wordpre... )

Re: time and space

Thea (aka Tami McDonald) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:53:56 -0000

I am reading this interview with Peter Blake by Michael Peppiatt and it made me think of your studio. Although affected by so many different influences (that I am not at all aware of ) I thought you might appreciate this line, if even to create an objection.
On speaking of the artist's studio Peppiatt states "One knows that Peter Blake has created an entire world of his own, peopled with tribes of jaded pop stars and pin-ups, pensive chimps and Mad Hatters, Shakespearean heroines and battered boxers."

Re: I have no idea what I’m doing right now.

Jennifer Akkermans — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:47:24 -0000

I'm in the same boat right now, the no idea boat. I think we just have to trust the process- easier to see where we've been than when the path is more clear. Faith that it will work out in the end. I like that you still have your calming corner- it's been more than 2years, more like 3. :)

Re: Playing with couching

Kate Rolison — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:41:46 -0000

I'm very impressed with this, Lindsay. :)

Re: So many things, so little time

Kate Rolison — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:41:03 -0000

I am SO EXCITED about this exhibition, Lindsay! I wish I could come. xx

Re: New techniques

Kate Rolison — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 15:13:44 -0000

How exciting! Looking forward to it!

Re: Passive Affections

Kate Rolison — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 09:04:00 -0000

Wish I could come!

Re: Film

Kate Rolison — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:33:43 -0000

Me too! Lovely rich deep colours!

Re: Film

Jennifer Akkermans — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 13:00:09 -0000

I like the first two especially!

Re: Yessssss a feminist art journal

Kate Rolison — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:43:16 -0000

Excited!

Re: bunting

Kate Rolison — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:43 -0000

Good for you, Lindsay! It's so easy to get bogged down trying to define your practice, I'm glad you're just getting on and making for the sake of it; sometimes that's the only way. And I'm excited to see how your bunting turns out, I'm rather fond of the odd bunting meself.

Re: New business cards!

Lorna Abrahamson Joy — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:33:21 -0000

They look great!

Re: The “thing”

Lorna Abrahamson Joy — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:18:51 -0000

I look at it as hiding in all the folds and nobody can see you. It stands on its own without performance or mechanical structure.

Re: The “thing”

Kate Rolison — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:56:57 -0000

I rather like it, Lindsay - I like how the words themselves hide, nestling into the fabric.

Re: 6 am ideas strike again

forestine — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:18:23 -0000

Haha, supposedly. Like you don't actually know what you're doing. I feel like that sometimes. (:

Re: 6 am ideas strike again

Kate Rolison — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:18:50 -0000

Fantastic! I'm supposedly sewing a narrative about sickness and recovery on to a beautiful/hideous floral tablecloth... whether it will ever actually be done is another matter.

Re: Testing

forestine — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:35:47 -0000

Hah, did that on purpose.

Re: 6 am ideas strike again

forestine — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:31:02 -0000

I am hoping to cover it in text. Time will tell if I'm still feeling the idea when the quilt arrives.

Re: 6 am ideas strike again

Kate Rolison — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:45:42 -0000

What a gorgeous quilt! I am excited to see what you do with it. It has so much character already...

Re: Testing

Jennifer Akkermans — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:05:33 -0000

"borken" is broken. Was that a test?

Re: Readin’ ’bout vulnerability

forestine — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:07:01 -0000

I haven't read it, because I tend to stay away from all the 9/11 stuff, although I read most of Everything Is Illuminated (I think something sad was about to happen and I couldn't handle it). I think talking about the pictures with the story like that is different from printing them gigantically in a gallery, right after the events happened (the show opened in 2001). I think the photos were also appropriated from journalists, and the journalistic context and the artistic one are different, in a way. I don't know, it just squicks me out. The same article talks about Andy Warhol's series where he reprints pictures from newspapers of people who have committed suicide. Same reaction, for me. Ugh.

Re: Readin’ ’bout vulnerability

John — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:01:09 -0000

Did you ever read "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer? Despite the fact that he's supposedly "hipster" reading material, I really like his novels. "Extremely Loud.." followed an autistic boy whose father died in the towers. He saw pictures just like these, the famous ones of the people jumping from the towers. He wondered if one of them was his father. Foer reprints the pictures in the books too, and there's a fantastic moment at the end that shows the picture, then the next page zooms in on the figure falling, and the next page zooms even closer, etc., until there's nothing but a grainy pixellated blob. I think one of Foer's points was the effect of the media on survivors - how exploitative those pictures of the people jumping from the towers were - and how, despite our repugnance of how they're exploitative, we can't look away. I think this artwork is different, because it's an actual record of people dying - not a representation. It's horrifying - and yet, every time I see those pictures, I get a visceral reaction... which is the kind of reaction you should get from art, right?

Re: Safety net

Lorna Abrahamson Joy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:17:56 -0000

Excellent!

Re: The Front Door

forestine — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:18:35 -0000

Also, this one will also do slides and negatives, if she's got those.