Jump, Step and a Hop

Hey guys! Just touching base and letting you, dear readers, know that I have not forgotten this blog. I've just been swamped with a lot of projects and meetings recently; as an unfortunate result, I haven't been able to give my blog some love...le sigh.

But in other news, there will be lots of new changes coming up, so I will be back to posting on a regular schedule :)

As a side note: the above image is a detail from one of my favourite paintings in a series called "everything we wanted, in our nostalgic future" by my friend, Tessar. I went to see his show last month...and as always, had no time to post & review :(

*I will blog about the show in the future though - it's definitely worth mentioning!

Cheers.

CUTMR

Last week, my friend E & I were invited to check out a friend's installation (you can check out their progress on their blog) at the Gladstone Hotel, Come Up To My Room.

I can tell you that it was one of the best art shows I've been to in a looong time! Each room & installation piece had a strong vision with excellent execution. I don't always leave an art event feeling engaged and conceptually satisfied, so I was quite pleased. Well done :)

I also bumped into a few familiar faces that I haven't seen for a while, which was an extra bonus! It's like the cherry on top of a sundae ;) Overall, it was a great day!!!

Here are some of my favourite works from the show:

Undertaking Acquisition - Chronicles of Our Time

(Maggie Greyson, Christine Lieu, Phoebe Lo)

A Piece of the Pie

(Edward Lin, Kira Varvanina)

Untitled

(Jamie Webster, Berkeley Poole)

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(Lisa Keophila, Jon Margono, Fiona Lim Tung, Kristen Lim Tung)

Can You Remember My Dream?

(Julia Hepburn)

The night ended with some good eats (nom nom nom!) and a super bargain on vintage sherry glasses (not shown):

Lune

If you know me well enough, you know that I'm interested in anything related to food ;)

So I'm really excited to be sharing this thesis project of a friend of mine, Christine L. :) She's an incredible industrial designer and her newest creation, Lune, is inspired by and an homage to her grandfather.

After seeing how difficult it was for her grandfather to eat using standard Asian utensils, Christine did a little more research and found that this was a common problem among the Chinese senior community. She went on to create this line of dining ware (all hand made!) to help them stay connected to their culture.

Simply charming :) Congrats Christine!!!!! You can read more about it here.

Get your Geek on

"mobile evolution"

kyle bean

When it comes to art, I have a preference for more contemporary pieces; fun & quirky makes it even better. And when an artist can re-invent something traditional like Russian maroushka dolls to showcase the cellphone, I think it's genius :)

I <3 Tara McPherson

Okay, this post was a long time coming! Several weeks ago, I went to see Tara McPherson's show curated by Magic Pony on Queen at the Narwhal Art Projects. It was my first time actually seeing her work, and it didn't disappoint.

Her style is a mixture of the surreal and cute - fits right along the lines of the stuff I like :) She's probably best known for her seductive, bizarre and innocent girls - and Mr. Wiggles.

My favourite piece from the show: A Halloween Portrait

Even though all the prints that I wanted were sold out (bah!! darn her popularity! haha), I left with a little momento - meet my little Vampire Boy (yes, the same one from the Hallowe'en Portrait):

***hurray, it's another little figurine to add to my toy collection :P hehehehe.....

Hopefully I'll be able to make the upcoming Junko Mizuno show. It'll be awesome to finally see her work in person after only seeing them in print. Good times.