Chronicles | March 2020
A R T
Making Art Digitally Accessible, Should Be More of a Effort Even Post-Pandemic
Many galleries are archiving their installations and artists’ talks on social media including Talley Dunn where the piece featured above by Francesca Fuchs is currently on display. A snippet from Fuchs’s exhibition statement reads, “Thickly oil-painted ceramics of mugs are paired with paintings of objects and paintings of paintings. Fuchs jostles images of last century stylizations with representations of classical art and the domestically mundane. From a framed image of the Pantheon in her childhood home to the unassuming mugs she uses to drink her daily tea, Fuchs’ subjects are drawn from her immediate surroundings.”
Realted, Glasstire published a new series called, Five-Minute Tours which features Texas-based exhibition walkthroughs. On a global scale, you can virtually tour internationally recognized museums by way of Google Arts & Culture.
D E S I G N
Yuko Nishikawa
Design Milk highlighted the work of multi-media artist Yuko Nishikawa this month, specifically noting her hand made ceramic lights. I enjoy her process of developing characters for each sculpture series and turning them into functional objects by adding lumination. See Keisha Badalge’s write up here to learn more about her process and collections.
Ryan Lawson
Being homebound has led me to delve deep into interior design references. Through this, I found the home of Ryan Lawson, a designer himself, featured in an Architectural Digest’s piece by Paola Singer titled, A Showpiece of Studied Juxtaposition in the Hamptons. Although I can get behind the simplicity of minimalism, I find the trend to be a little sterile because of how much I value using art, color, texture, and memorabilia in the home. Lawson’s house styled by Colin King and photographed by Chris Mottalini (who also photographed the images of Louis Armstrong’s preserved apartment in my last post) does a commendable job at blending minimal and maximal.
L I T E R A T U R E
Local Book Stores
D Magazine’s article features suggestions by Deep Vellum’s founder Will Evans. Out of his recommendations, Heather Harper Ellett’s East Texas-based fictional mystery, Ain’t Nobody Nobody was most compelling to me. Additionally, Deep Vellum is offering digital care package’s which include four digital books for $20. Keep in mind you can also order books online from local bookstores like Interabang Books and Half Price Books too. For art-related reads, I’ve been looking towards an article for Artsy, 13 Art Dealers Share the Books That Helped Them Navigate the Art World. For any other genres, I would suggest perusing NPR’s Favorite Books of 2019.
L O C A L
Small Businesses to Support
Aiming to help maintain small business during this time is a personal focus, D Magazine published a running linked here. WFAA also published one and I’ll feature places to support accordingly as well. While I look forward to expanding to this, any suggestions are warmly welcomed in this post’s comments. An item from a locally based candle shop I have my eye on is “Alexandra”, a candle made of Lavender & Vetiver from Old Flame Candle Co. The reason being, the vessel’s history of a 1970’s ginger jar, the combination of two of my favorite scents, and you know…its namesake. Yet I’m most excited about my new wallet by Admonish pictured below.
M U S I C
Bob Dylan Knows About Dallas
There were plenty of releases that I had on repeat this month but I decided to showcase Bob Dylan’s Murder Most Foul. It’s his latest published song after eight years and resonates more like a spoken word poem. He speaks about the murder of JFK with clever metaphors, descriptive visualizations, and stories of sociologic happenings in the 1960s that are perhaps relevant now. All the while detailed references to Dallas interestingly intertwined.
You can view Dylan’s lyrics on Genius.
P E O P L E
The Strength of Mexican Women
Tw: Sexism & Violence
On March 9th women of Mexico, collectively protested Femicide resulting in over 80,000 participants leaving metro stations, offices, and schools void of their presence. Some companies were able to give women a paid day off in observance as the need to showcase the consequences of the rapid rise of Femicide is dire. I’d like to applaud all those that able to be involved by reflecting on the work of Frida Kahlo.
Self Portrait - Time Flies, 1929
Fruit of Life, 1953
The Suicide of Dorothy Hale, 1938
What the Water Gave Me, 1938
Still Life with Parrot and Fruit, 1951
P O D C A S T
If you’re looking for a podcast, I recommend Invisibilia published by NPR hosted by Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin. Its description reads, “Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.” Many of my personal project ideas stem from the sources presented in this series.