Jim Lambie Installation

So, this summer I started volunteering at the Bass Museum of Art on Miami Beach, it's a small museum but a really beautiful one with a great atmosphere. The upcoming exhibit is titled "Vanishing Points" and opens August 5th, its going to be awesome so check it out and tell everyone you've ever met to go see it!

There is a huge ramp at the museum that as part of the upcoming exhibit has been covered in colored vinyl tape as part of a Jim Lambie installation titled "Zobop," this is Jim's signature piece that has been in galleries and museums across the globe. Jim lives in Scotland, so his assistant Benny (really awesome and interesting guy) came and led the installation process with the help of several student volunteers (including myself). The installation took about a week to complete and here are pictures that I took each day to show the progress of the piece.

The ramp has two landings, 3 ramps, and a set of stairs so unfortunately it is impossible to get a photo of the entire thing but here is a selection.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 5

Day 5

Day 6

Day 6

Day 6

All Done!!

Go see the exhibit! Seeing it in person is incredible, fun, and it definitely plays with your vision.

Drawing 102

In the spring I had Tim Lane once again, but now as my Drawing 102 professor.  He really understood me and my artwork and I like to think that he helped me improve a lot and heightened my self-esteem. Drawing 102 involved the use of color and was a more conceptual class than 101. Unfortunately Tim is extremely unorganized and I haven't gotten back all of my work from 102, but here is a sampling.

Female Bust (live model)
Pastel
18 X 24 inches

Family Portrait
Pastel
38 X 26 inches

Detail of Family Portrait

Drawing 101

Recently I have been looking over my artwork from high school and my college portfolio and all I can say is, why did I ever think that I had any remote talent. Some of the stuff was just terrible. But, thanks to the wonderful teaching of Tim Lane I realized that I always showed potential, but that I've never had any direction. Here are my best works and biggest projects from Drawing 101, a class that is defined as an introduction to representational drawing only using black and white. The change from how I had been drawing and what I'm now capable of is vast, and I really must thank Tim's quirky teaching and encouragement.

Anatomy, Graphite, 18 X 24 inches

Underlying Form "Sink," Charcoal, 3 X 4 feet

Drawing 101 Final, Conti crayon, 3 X 4 feet

Freshman Year

Well, freshman year dealt with basic principles of design. Thus, I had to take 2-D Design, 3-D Design, and Drawing classes. 2-D Design was definitely my least favorite of the classes and I feel that a lot of the work is tedious and doesn't give room to show creativity or imagination. But I have the best pictures so far of my 2-D Design work so here is an exploration into the world of 2-D Design, as taught by Ron Laboray, an interesting man with extremely conceptual tastes, who is definitely not a morning person.

Narrative Collage Series
Sizes Varied

 

Symmetrical Design
Acrylic Paint
12 x 12 inches

  

Color Wheel
Acrylic Paint

Asymmetrical Design
Acrylic Paint
9 x 9 inches

  

Line Morphology
Cut Paper