TAUBA AUERBACH

Tauba Auerbach, born in 1981 in Frisco.

She's so elegant, and methodical in her optical trickery. I love her works.

Auerbach has a background in typography and an interest in scientific books. Her work can be described as an exploration of semiotics, with a playful hint.

Like a scientist, she dissects language as a code of symbols and a conduit for ideas.

She's (like me and Lewis Carrol, etc.) so into anagram (a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another), which historically has been utilized to carry secret messages or hidden meanings and by great writers such Carroll and most of all, Nabokov.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Quarry, Whitney Museum Construction Site Installation, New York

2010 New Year, Western Bridge, Seattle

2009 Here and Now/And Nowhere, Deitch Projects, New York

2008 Passengers, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California

2008 The Uncertainly Principle, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway

2007 The Answer/Wasn’t Here, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006 Yes and Not Yes, Deitch Projects, New York

2005 All Time, All the Time, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California

2005 How to Spell the Alphabet, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

A lovely week

I've spent the most happy week with one of the most brilliant contemporary young artists, Matt Leines, and his adorable girlfriend, Anni Altshuler, also an artist who makes beautiful prints with lovely girls, both members of the fabulous Space 1026.

The left this morning for Philly and i'm so sad; hope i could go to Philly in the summer, though!

Matt was here in Milan for his first solo show at Galleria Patricia Armocida, Time Before Time.

You totally have to see the show: is one of the best shows of this year!

Here some links...

The Gallery website

Anni's Flickr

Space 1026

Matt&Anni working at the gallery installation:

Some days I think this:

Courtesy of Steve Powers

As Nico said, i don't do too much talking these days.

This Steve Powers' artwork seems to be pretty appropriate.

IAN CURTIS R.I.P.

Jessica Grindstaff & Erik Sanko

I've found on the Selby's, this amazing photos of Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko's place.

It is my dream home, in every shade, every detail. I simply love it.

Actually, Jessica Grindstaff is a talented artist, you can see her dioramas here:

www.jessicagrindstaff.com

Jessica also creates weird prizes broches.

Erik Sanko makes wonderful marionettes and he's also a musician, in the band Skeleton Key.

all photos © todd selby 2010, all rights reserved.

One of the preizes made by Jessica...I definitely want one of them.

conjoined twins always enchanted me.

Mary Chulkhurst and Elisa Chulkhurst (1100–1134) (also known as the Biddenden Maids) are one of the earliest known set of conjoined twins. According to local tradition, the Biddenden twins were born in Biddenden, Kent, England in the year 1100. The twins were joined at the hip, although illustrations also depict them joined at the shoulder. They reportedly lived until 1134, when Mary died from illness. Eliza was asked if she wanted to be separated from her twin, and she answered, "As we came together we will also go together". She died about six hours later. The two left their estate of about 20 acres (8.1 ha) to the churchwardens of Biddenden. The rent from this property was to be used to provide a dole of bread and cheese (and later beer and tea) to the poor of the village on each Easter Monday. There are various documents referring to this tradition dating to the 1500s. The first mention of the twins in print was in the late 18th century, and there is considerable doubt about whether they existed or are simply a tradition that developed around the Chulkhurst Charity. Even if they existed, the period they lived may have been as late as the 16th century.

I want this book

This is a book by Todd Selby, a view of creative hipsters and their houses or spaces. I'll order it on Amazon, since is already sold out...