Artwork of the month: Subodh Gupta

At the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, on the second floor, there is a new "Modern" art gallery.  It is a great exhibit, and a fantastic set of works.  This one is my favorite.  The medium is bronze, made to look like gold and spray painted cardboard.  The context of the work is a philosophy that I can connect with, and after looking over Gupta's portfolio I can see where his ideas are coming from.

Subodh Gupta

Indian, born 1964

"Dubai to Calcutta #9"

2006, bronze with gold patina and aluminum, in parts.


This work is quite a tease...
...I will have to create something very cool now.

Caravaggio my Studio dog

I rescued a puppy at a shelter in Hayward, Wisconsin.  I fell in love with my girlfriend's dog, Nikita, so I just had to have one.  Three years of training and I now have the type of dog I wanted.  He is now three years old and I couldn't be without him.  I love my boy Caravaggio.
Check out some pics.

 Here he is in his first studio...

 Here he is in his first cone of shame...

 He still does this, if a window is open he will stand there and look out...

 2 years old

Here he is with his second cone of shame...

His special Carhartt hoodie for winter.  

He is a fantastic dog and we love to spend time together.

New Chair design

This winter my friend Aaron Conner, from Paraselenic Studio, designed and built a set of chairs for "Roller Revolution," a roller girls store here in Minneapolis.  

We decided to build another set for ourselves.  We did a good job with these, and we do plan on tweaking the design some.  As they are, we can make them with cushioned seats or decorative slats that have any direction to them.  

We designed these from scratch, taking some influence from a living room chair from the 50's.

Aaron and I after we finally completed our first set of chairs. They are very comfortable.

Painted, polished, and ready to sit in.

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