Diverting a bit from our usual color wheel, we decided to create our very first Pattern Wheel.
THE PATTERN: Geometric shapes
THE ART: Magnets by Elín Hansdóttir
FOUND: 1. Clutch found on Nordstrom Rack / 2. Fendi shoe found on Shoe Snob / 3. Geometric Leather Necklace found on Etsy / 4. Multi Colored Geometric iPhone 5 case found on Zazzle / 5. Geometric Sunglasses by Miu Miu / 6. Geometric Pillow found on Etsy
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Artwork of the day:
Step by Step, 2002 by Richard Tuttle
Artwork of the day:
Total Lunar Eclipse by Sarah Morris
This work is one of a portfolio of 6 to benefit the Vera List Art Project.
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I like this work for the same reason I like the Richard Tuttle aquatints. There is something calming about geometric shapes. -JENN
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Have you noticed that geometric blocks of color are really in right now? I’ve been seeing this trend all over Pinterest lately and have been daydreaming about color blocks on clothing, accessories, quilts, and in art. I was so happy to see this aquatint (one of my favorite types of printmaking, btw) come onto the site —- it would look lovely in my bedroom. Santa, can you hear me? -JENN
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Shifted Lattice, 2006
Print by James Siena
I have had countless arguments with people who make the blanket statement, “I hate abstract art.” You shouldn’t hate something until you’ve endeavored to understand it, and I have often found myself more appreciative of modern and contemporary art when I have grasped the idea or concept behind it.
James Siena’s abstract geometric compositions are visually compelling, but what makes them even more interesting is that there is meaning ingrained in the artistic process itself. Siena renders his patterns freehand by imposing on himself a set of rules for each work, which he calls “visual algorithms.” He begins with a basic unit—a shape or set of lines— and then executes his visual algorithm—by rotating, shifting, dividing, or multiplying the basic unit—to the edges of his canvas. Siena says he can’t predict exactly what the overall effect will be, but he performs his rules faithfully and meticulously, trusting his algorithm to result in a work of art.
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