Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Much Better Mapping

Mark Bradford, a 40-something painter, has a big show at Wexner Center for the Arts, and his map paintings are to die for.


















Above: Giant, 2007. Mixed media collage on canvas, 102 x 144 inches 
Below: Los Moscos, 2004. Mixed media on canvas, 125 x 190 1/2 inches
Images courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co.




















And the website...the website for the exhibition is ab-so-lutely spec-tacular. Designed by Resource Interactive, they have a short video about their inspiration.
















Speaking of exhibition websites, blogger Tyler Green at Modern Art Notes has a fascinating (and short!) essay today about all the different variations that the online catalogs are sporting, since there is no codified style yet.

(A lot of worthwhile link reading/watching/interacting in here today!)

4 comments:

Noah Dziobecki said...

Very nifty site!

Beth Tondreau said...

Gorgeous stuff—and that's some back story to Mark Bradford's life.

Suzanne Dell'Orto said...

More (thoughtful) feedback about the site:
http://www.el-tercer-brazo.com/skinny-jeans

Marla McLean, Atelierista said...

Thanks for posting.
I just wandered around his website and read the NY Times article. I'm a fan of his work now, plus the interactive site (which usually annoy me) I have to say, is pretty innovative.