Category: art

SMFA Traveling Scholars

Posted on by Hijiri

We went to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston last Saturday for the opening of the SMFA Traveling Scholars — this very noble scholarship award that our friend Niq received from School of the Museum of Fine Arts — and of course to see him and his film for this exhibition!

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston :: entrance is on the other side, but back side is already great.

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The entrance:

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Big head statue :: there was another one on the other side and that one had opened eyes.

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Our friend Niq’s work description:

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“Film comes alive when projected but exists as material in its dormant state. In ‘Sunburns’ I am exploring the intersection of materiality and visuality. Solar energy has been focused through a magnifying glass and its imprint burned into the film. Projection transforms the process; the light of the projector takes the place of the sun and the eye becomes the receiving surface.” — Nicolas Brynolfson

How interesting. The film was really interesting and beautiful to me, every burned frame was different and created an amazing art. It was like watching a slide show of painting, but it also had a rhythm.

His projector:

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OK, there was no way to capture his awesome film nicely on my camera in the dark, but here are some that I tried… these are the creation of Niq and the sun.

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There are 6 more artists’ work in this exhibition, they are all different type of art, if you are in Boston area, this is going on until May 3rd so you should go check it out.

Congratulations again, Niq, for this great film, great exhibition!!

MoMA Atlantic Pacific

Posted on by Hijiri

I heard that MoMA is having an exhibition at Atlantic/Pacific station in Brooklyn, but I never really had a chance to walk around the station until yesterday – it was cool! It was like a whole station take over by MoMA and their collections of art.

The station is covered by black and pink graphic designs. Very simple and bold.

Pollock!

Chagall!

How dynamic is this big pink sticker over the board! It’s for membership information, I even thought I should be a member of MoMA already. The board also includes a map of the station and where you can find certain artists and their piece.

(It is a huge station and the collections are spread out to everywhere.)

It is pretty cool! I wish I use this station everyday. It’s until March 15th, ending soon, though… they should keep it longer!

Little Heart Pottery

Posted on by Hijiri

These little heart potteries from JD Wolfe Pottery are soo cute! Perfect for my little thingy like earrings! I like the black one the best, I have to add it to my wish list.

They make a perfect little gift for Valentine’s day, too.

They have more cute stuff like a polka dotted tumbler and espresso cups!

I have been wanting to take some pottery classes, this actually inspires me to look into it again… I need more time, please!

Typographic Art at Cooper Union

Posted on by Hijiri

For the last 10 times when I was at the Cooper Union for the letterpress class, I was very fascinated by this typographic art by the entrance in the foundation building. It is stunning! I guess it was a gift to Peter Cooper’s 80th birthday from the class of 1871 (!!) – wow. When you take a close look, it’s even more wonderful because there are so many great use of typography, I’m sure it’s all done by hands, I can stare at this all day.

The 5 art works in the gorgeous frame:

Left side: (sorry for the blurry image… but you still see the great types, right?)

In the middle:

Right side (close up):

Right side (whole):

The curved wood: I love it!

On the bottom – very nice:

More information about this work:

Cooper Union also offers a Calligraphy class, I am actually really interested in the class after seeing this amazing work of art!

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I am traveling to Boston today to spend Christmas time with my family-in-law! I’ll be back tomorrow, though, if you are traveling this week, have a safe and fun trip!