Art Addict

If I lived in Minneapolis...

Watering Hole, Survival Design: Jason S. Brown, Sean P. Frank, Elizabeth Scofield, and Frederic Scofield

...I'd make a date to head to the Walker Art Center's miniature golf course. Yep, nothing says summer like Mini-Golf. Walker on the Green brought together artists and architects to build holes for the open-to-the-public miniature golf course. This year's mini-golf comes with a cause...

“The last course was artists and the Walker having a lot of fun. This one is fun with a message,” says Christi Atkinson, an associate director in the Walker’s education and community programs department, who coordinated the entries. “Most proposals incorporate a lot of ideas. We just had to make sure the courses will stand up to four months of weather, not to mention an enthusiastic, club-wielding public.”

May 24 - September 7 on the Walker Campus, $8 adults, $6 kids

If I lived in Dallas...

...I'd head to The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Fair next weekend - May 30 - June 1. CADD, in its second year, is a small art fair showing Dallas area contemporary galleries only. Eleven galleries. Totally doable in one afternoon. An easy way to check out the Dallas scene in one stop.

And if you go, I am the keynote speaker on Saturday from 2:00 to 3:00 - with a book signing. Hope to see you there.

If I lived in Seattle...

Ron van der Ende, 727, 2008, bas relief/wood, 122" x 55" x 6.3"

Head to the OKOK Gallery for the opening weekend of a small but fabulous one man show - Motor Memory. Ron van der Ende is from the Netherlands and this is his first solo show in the US. He builds his structures out of salvaged wood. (This plane is ten feet wide.) The color of the wood is never changed by Ron. He pays close attention to how the original color adds the illusion of light and shadow - painting with wood. Check out the hint of Boeing's logo in this close up.

Detail of 727

OKOK Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday, May 10, 6-10
Through June 7

Another AbFab

Ed posted an Absolutely Fabulous clip a week ago. It made me remember another of my favorite (and biting and brilliant) clips:

Small Treasures

I discovered some treasures in Chicago. New artists and new galleries for me.

The first was found "upstairs" at Art Chicago. I was only able to spend a few hours at Art Chicago. The fair felt more cramped, most likely because of the lower ceilings and traditional booths that created a mall-like feeling. Tucked away in a corner of a booth shared by Galerie Anita Beckers (one of my favorites) and Galerie Martina Detterer, both from Frankfurt, Germany, were these...

Tossed into the corner like empties at a frat party, these life size gems by Lei Xue attracted a lot of smiles and snickers. Beautifully executed, the artist must sculpt the cans larger than life because they shrink when fired. Applied to the cans are traditional Chinese motifs and colors. Each "can" cost $2,000. The artist made 100 of them. These are the last available and no more are planned. Each can is unique.

Lei Xue, Drinking Tea, 2004-2008, bone china