LOOK INTO MY OWL

Last week, we had the opportunity to look around at the Starn studio in beautiful Beacon, NY. It was one of those experiences that is not easily forgotten. The building is approximately the same square footage as an American football field and filled with work in various stages of development. The director of the studio, Gaudéricq Robiliard, showed us around and explained the various experimental processes that are currently being used in the two and three dimensional artworks.

A piece of Big Bambú engaged a large part of the studio. The huge sculpture is comprised of more than 2500 strips of bamboo lashed together with nylon mountain climbing rope. The piece changes often as lengths are unattached and reattached elsewhere moving the behemoth structure in a slow, cascading manner. The rest of Big Bambú is currently occupying the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art overlooking New York City’s Central Park through October 31st. This is one artwork that you must see.

There is a constant buzz of activity that envelops visitors to this place. The inherited space has a raw, industrial feel that is completely overshadowed by the warmth of creativity and workspace ingenuity. The harsh warehouse lighting has been dispersed by hanging large white semitransparent textiles. This sort of handmade feel to the functional furnishings pervade the interior design and predicate a sense of the practical genius that is at work. We took tons of pictures so that you may share in the amazing experience.

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This past weekend, Ron English opened the bar to a few hundred of his closest friends at his temporary space, “Status Factory” in NYC. The swanky 5,000 square foot space in SoHo is filled with two and three dimensional works illustrating Ron’s personal “Popaganda.” The show runs through the end of October, so if you have the time, stop in and get overwhelmed.

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Re:Form School, “a high profile group art exhibition, event series and public awareness campaign… that brings together the creative community in a call for the reform of the American Public Education System.” opens today and runs through Monday at 233 Mott Street in NYC.

Last night, we attended a special preview of the exhibit and took these photographs before the crowd arrived. It’s a sprawling, three floor group show in an old school house involving more than 150 artists. It’s for a great cause so get to SoHo before it’s gone.

Once the doors opened to the artists and media, it didn’t take long for the school to fill up. If you plan on attending this weekend, it might be a good idea to arrive early and expect to wait in line.

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