Artist: Mark Doox, formerly known as Mark Dukes
Medium: Mixed media acrylic collage paintings Style: Byzantine Dadaism Website: www.markdoox.com/ Occupation: Ordained iconographer of Coltrane Church, writer, graphic novelist Interviews: https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2010/01/interview-with-coltrane-icon-painter-mark-dukes-and-archbishop-franzo-king/ https://www.saintgregorys.org/uploads/2/4/2/6/24265184/interview_with_mark_dukes.pdf https://www.christiancentury.org/article/art/our-lady-ferguson-mark-doox//// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Ferguson Reaction: Doox's work is a subversion of Eurocentric art traditions by presenting modern subjects, aesthetics, and present societal concerns. His piece "Our Lady of Ferguson" connects faith to modern issues such as gun violence. This piece is symbolic to a modern audience through its presence as a symbol against gun violence, created in reaction to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. In this painting, the position of hands are referencing both the "Hands up don't shoot slogan" as well as a prayer position. This work is created and informed by "American democratic and spiritual ideals, the African-American experience, as well as humanistic existential reality." Doox's commentary through his art is direct and sharp. His art is an interesting way to reference the traditions of Christian painting while creating it for a modern audience. The idea of creating thematically modern art in a traditional way is something I would be interesting in exploring through paintings, especially related to my more recent pieces. I really enjoy these pieces and one aspect of this artist I enjoy is how he worked to make his art accessible through sites such as Redbubble where prints can be purchased. This aspect also appeals to a modern audience and is able to reach a broader audience by engaging people through social media and the internet. Labels: Our Lady of Ferguson, 2015, acrylic and collage elements Coltrane Icon at The St. John Coltrane Church
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For my at-home project, I have actually changed my planning a little bit. In addition to trying to finish the current series, I decided to move back to a style of painting I did a long time ago, combining painting and collage. Looking back on some of my old art, I really liked the piece I made in the summer of 2020 and I want to emulate that in some new pieces while incorporating elements I have learned. I found some paintings at ScrapRVA that I am going to repurpose into new pieces.
This week, I finished up the project by adding the final touches and a lot of detail work. I added a large number of bottlecaps and computer/metal pieces. My favorite piece that I added was the two birds on the top of the piece.
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To start my home project, I made a few thumbnail sketches. My at home project is a continuation of my last series of paintings, so I plan on having a large amount of symbolic paintings at the end. I’m going to start by doing three more, but it could end up being more by the end.
Artist: Paula Hayes Bio (taken from website): Paula Hayes (born 1958 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American visual artist and designer who works with sculpture, installation art, and landscape design. Hayes lived and worked in New York City for over two decades and now lives in Athens, NY since 2013. Hayes is known for her terrariums and other living artworks, as well as her large-scale public and private landscape commissions. A major theme in Hayes’ work is the connection of people to the natural environment, and much of her work is about the evolving relationship to growing and maintaining large and small-scale ecosystems. Website: https://paulahayes.com/ CV Highlights: “Nocturne of the Limax maximus,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY "Paula Hayes", Aspen Art Museum’s Crown Commons, Aspen, CO (June 1 to October 14, 2018) Multiple permanent planted commissions in various cities Articles: NY1, July 1, 2019, “Meet a Brooklyn Artist Who Inspired a Terrarium Home Decor Trend”, Stephanie Simon, https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/07/01/manhattan-artist-inspires-indoor-gardens- Dwell, January 2018, “Earthly Delights”, Julie Lasky, pp 44-49 CBS Sunday Morning, January 16, 2011, “The Growing Trend of Terrariums,” Serena Altschul, http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7251965n&ta... Reflection: I chose this artist because I had an experience recently with some of the trends and works she has inspired. The other week I had made plans to go to a local event to make little glass terrariums like the ones Paula Hayes creates. It was interesting to see the original artist behind this trend that is now widely available for others to do. I really enjoyed her use of the interconnectedness of industrial and natural elements. The first piece here with the large terrariums is very interesting, I really like the organic shapes of her pieces. I don't have experience with glass work, but I do want to potentially incorporate the man made objects in contrast with nature and landscape. No label information available on website for individual works. |