J3: Brush With Greatness

"J3: Brush With Greatness", J3 replied to a capricious invitation by then-form/space atelier curatorial workers, June 27, 2008. J3 declined to lecture in a handwritten postcard, but maybe it was James Meyer's handwriting. J3s gallery would not authenticate the postcard, saying "in any case, the postcard is a special momento for posterity" . J3 turns 93 in May.

Alterrealism: Joanna Salska

Alterrealism, Joanna Salska

"Alterrealism", Joanna Salska, selected images, dimensions variable.  Joanna Salska is a painter and a founding member of a new interdisciplinary art movement, Alterrealism, which is described as “…a cultural movement with the purpose of accentuating [in a variety of artistic mediums] the fluid connection between the subconscious and conscious worlds.” She says, “the scraps of paper are like stones for a stonemason: they tell me what to do and how to fit them together…”. Salska adds geometric vocabulary and gesturally portrayed content from earlier landscape paintings, evoking fleeting memories, dialogues hidden within formal structures, hinting at a narrative from the artist’s own subconscious. Thus, Salska’s work displays ethereal strength—a provocative combination.  Salska divides her time between Warsaw, Poland and Berkeley, CA, her work has been shown at Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, Allrich Gallery, PII Gallery, Roshkowska Galleries and others.  She was invited twice to Beijing Biennale, and her paintings are in many collections, including Beijing Museum, Bonino collection, Yaddo, Washington Museum of Women in the Arts, and many others.
 

Encoding Narrative of Artwork In Binary

P Space K

Use of encoded narrative is intended to create an esoteric subgroup connected to the in-person relationship with the artist, in this case, P Space K encoded in binary invites the layperson to seek further narrative from the artist Paul Kuniholm.  Kuniholm has created innumerable artworks incorporating binary encoding for murals, performative, and other time-based art.

 

Interstice ÅTTA

Sophie Fotini, Untitled, 2022.

Interstice ÅTTA Feb 2-Mar 1, 2023

Sophie Fotini was formally trained in the atelier of arts professor Dmitriy Sergienko at Lugansk University of Culture and Arts, though now she is based in Austin TX, where she has exhibited her paintings for a juried exhibition at an exhibition space at St. Mary Magdalene in nearby Manor, TX.  Fotini's artist statement reads: "I am inspired by nature movement, universe and cosmic energy. My philosophy of art is to seek connection between soul/human beings and nature, that every life and every human that was created are perfect in imperfect."

 

Interstice SJU: Helena I. Blom

Fossil Kvinna, ink and collage (detail)

Helena I. Blom b.1962

ARTIST STATEMENT:

My artwork is an exploration of how we humans interact with

nature. In my work I play with the randomness of putting my

own ink paintings together with pictures from old books that

visualize nature. My collages explore the subconscious and

plays with archetypic forms.

EDUCATION :

2010 Digital Gestaltning, Konstfackskolan, Stockholm

1989 BFA, Design (glass),West Surrey College Art Design, UK

1987 The Glasshouse (TA), London, England

1984 Orrefors School of Glass Sweden

1984 BA, Art Education Umeå Universitet, Sweden

1980-81 Konstfackskolan- Stockholm, Sweden

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS :

2023 "Interstice SJU", art gallery PKULTRA, Seattle US

2019 "Curiosum", Österängens Konsthall

2014 "ART 360+",Fågelmuseet, Jönköping

2014 "The National Codema",  MR Gallery, Havana Cuba

2013 "Reminicenser"-Visingsö Konsthall

2013 ”FIRE” Jönköpings Tändsticksmuseum

2008 "The Glasshouse", Contemporary Applied Arts, London

2008 "Reminiscenser", Galleri Bäckalyckan, Jönköping

2007 ”The House of the Spirits”, Stockholm. Edsviken konsthall

2005 "Cast Glass", Glass Museum of Riihimkäki, Finland

2004-5 ”Unblow'n", Cast glass på Nationalmuseum Stockholm

2002 "Kropp & Glas", Glassmuseum Växjö

2002 ”Waterglass” Smygehamn

2000 ”Between Sky and Sea”, Karlskrona