Monday 12 March 2012

When artists collect other artists's work - Rémi Thériault

Rémi Thériault, Ottawa photographer.

I asked Remi if he had collected other artists work. he told me has a couple of small pieces.
"No real collecting. Mostly friends."
Here is his list, and a representation of their work, not the actual pieces.


Amanda Meehan
Self portrait.






 Amy Thompson







I really like Amy's work - and not only because she did the above piece of children with owl's heads, similar to my piece Parliament Luncheon. I don't know which one came first.
She is on my wish list. 



 Daniel Martelock









 Guillermo Trejo





Howie Tsui





Spectral, by Howie Tsui. (handout photo)




 Of Manga and Mongrels (composite), by Howie Tsui. (handout photo)




Carp Feed, by Howie Tsui. (handout photo)

Magida El-Kassis






Michelle Wilson





Michael Ross



Theo Pelmus






Tony Fouhse



Design wish list - furniture devision

Want this:
Louis XV goes to Sparta arm chair
by Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman
for Italian manufacturer Cerruti Baleri.

It looks like its carved out of marble, but is actually soft,
upholstered with an external cover made of 100% silk
that is finished with a photographic print of carrara marble.
And its only $6,189.00.

Please contact me for gift delivery instructions.

Thursday 8 March 2012

When artists collect other artists's work - Amy Schissel

         Living and working here in Ottawa, and through all the work I do with The Council for the Arts in Ottawa, I meet and get to know lots of people in the local art scene - artists as well as people who help support them. Several years ago I began a modest little art collection, with an emphasis on local artists and emerging artists especially, (this is due partly to budget constraints - newer artists can be more affordable!). I have also met other people who do the same thing, and am currently a member of the Collectors Group at La Petite Mort Gallery. I guess this is nothing new or groundbreaking.
         I am, however, also interested in "behind the scenes" stories from the art world, about people themselves, and part of that is a curiosity about artists who manage to collect work from other artists. I always find it interesting to see what the artist likes in other's work, especially when it is completely different from their own. It may be that I am the only one fascinated, but what the hell. Its fun to find out.
       I asked Amy Schissel if she had work from other artists, and if so, who did she have? This is what she told me;

 (Note - This blog was always intended to be more visual than blather. Below I have Amy's list of artists whose work she has, with images representing their work. The images are not of the actual pieces themselves, and I have just grabbed them from the Intranet only for illustration purposes. If anyone involved feels slighted or anything, just let me know and I'll get rid of them.)

  Amy has some Stephan Thompson drawings,
Stephan Thompson

Cathead



  Andrew Smith paintings,


Ottawa artist Andrew Smith poses with Rhythm Section,
one of the pieces in his new show at city hall, called Of the Appearance of Bees.

Involution,  2011, oil on canvas

Hive House, 2011, beeswax and acrylic on plywood, 173 x 218 cm



A Steven Stewart photo,
The Coachman

The Summit



An Andrew Morrow drawing,
 Andrew Morrow poses in front of his work, Something Went Wrong In The Bedroom,
a multi projection on a bedroom setting, now on display at Mississauga Art Gallery.
 Photo by Peter C. McCusker

Detail from
Perfect, Pristine, Magnificent, , 213cm x 446 cm, 2011, massage oil and oil paint on canvas


Commision for the Tsar, by Andrew Morrow, from Enriched Bread Artists. (EBA photo)
And a photograph by Micheal Opalski .
(This was the only image I could find.)

I will add more if Amy wants me to.

Saturday 3 March 2012

New Artwork for T-shirt design - Her Clownfish hat.

New Artwork

Her Clownfish hat.  18 x 24.

I am working on this new one. For to be sold. For money.
Get out your checkbooks.

Friday 2 March 2012

Local artists to keep an eye on - Amy Schissel

Amy Schissel


Amy Schissel completed her BFA in 2002 from the University of Ottawa and her MFA from the University of Ottawa in 2009. She was Canada’s 2009 recipient of the Brucebo Fine Arts Award – a fully funded three month residency in Visby, Sweden. Schissel has shown both nationally and internationally, including solo exhibitions at the University of Brussels Gallery, Belgium, the Karsh Masson Gallery in Ottawa, and at Centre d’art Imagier in Gatineau, Quebec.
She is currently a professor in the Fine Arts Program at Algonquin College here in Ottawa, and is co-organizing the grad show, happening at the end of April. The grad shows are always great, and I hope to go to check out the new talent. I like to encourage the youngins to stay here in Ottawa as best they can.

She does great vibrant pieces, sometimes huge, and they are stunning.
Here are some of her recent works;

1. Traceroute (on the run).  2011
ink, oil, acrylic,on wood
72” x 82”


2. Zycloid blast.   2011
ink, oil, acylic, encaustic on canvas
38” x 55”



 3. High Frequency. 2010
ink, oil, acylic, plaster on canvas
96 x 42”



4. Neuro-City  2011
acrylic on wood
130” x  91”



5. Detail -  Neuro-City 2011
acrylic on wood




 6.    Prolix V .    2010
acrylic, plaster, ink, paper on wood
72” x  72”
 This was selected for the finalist Canadian tour of the 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition http://www.canadianart.ca/online/slideshows/2011/08/04/rbc_competition/index13.html



7. Outbreak.  2011
ink, oil, encaustic on canvas
52” x 59”


Amy will be having a solo show at Patrick Mikhail Gallery
 opening on April 20th (on until end of May).
She will show her largest work yet! (14 feet by 9 feet). She will also will have about 3-4 monster size paintings (as she terms them) and then some more regular sized work as well.

 In March, Amy will prticipate in Papier12: Contemporary Art Fair Works on Paper in Montreal (courtesy of Patrick Mikhail gallery)
 And in September she will be showing at the Toronto International Art Fair, also courtesy of Patrick Mikhail Gall.
Check out these links for more images and info.
http://www.amyschissel.net/
http://www.patrickmikhailgallery.com/

Amy's work is on my wish list of artwork that generous people could buy for me
if the feeling strikes them. Just mentioning it for future reference.