We finally updated our website and its design and put some new work on it as well. Hyeyoung came up with a new category called "Etc". It contains Hyeyoung's various projects.
Opening Night at PHOTO
Hyeyoung is currently showing her "Nurtured by Nature" series at PHOTO Fine Arts Gallery in Oakland. It will be running from July 17 to August 23.
New Images
AKV: I haunted the Goodwill Surplus Store in Kalihi on my lunch breaks for about two years until I moved here to Oakland. It was the place where all the STUFF you and I used to own (and eventually became bored with) goes to die. Random items for sale are poured into large bins and left for people to rummage through at their own risk. I really dug that place and scored a lot of raw material that i am now using to make these images…
New Website, New Work
We finally updated our website and put some new work on it as well. Hyeyoung just finished a series called "Nurtured by Nature". They are giclee prints on silk mounted on wooden box frames using encaustic wax. Here is what she had to say about the series...
"While visiting a Buddhist temple one day, I turned a corner and came upon rows and rows of miniature Bodhisattva statues. Later, I learned there were a thousand of them. They were all placed outdoors and fully exposed to the elements. I imagined these stone idols of the Bodhisattva (enlightened being) as they began life many years ago. They were probably all created from a single ideal to convey that perfect iconic expression of peace, serenity and enlightenment we are all familar with.
When I see them as they are today, I realize that something has happened. They have acquired beautiful imperfections on their faces and bodies from nature and time. I also see other emotions sitting on top of their expressions of peace, serenity, and enlightenment. I now view these stone idols as individuals expressing other emotions like sadness, pleasure, jealousy, joy, suffering, playfulness, regrets, anger, disappointments etc. They remind me of people I may know in my own life."
Duckrabbit Digital's 2010 Portfolio Project
From the press release:
"Duckrabbit Digital has announced the winners of its inaugural Portfolio Project contest, naming ten photographers from across the country the best of a large submission pool. The winners were notified last week, and Duckrabbit Digital will be releasing their winning works, one a week, in limited print runs, for sale on the Duckrabbit website. Each photograph will be accompanied by an interview with the artist, providing insight into the stories and personalities behind the images. . .