New Painting: A Mailbox

Look how pretty: Vija Celmins

There's a show of hers up right now in Houston,TX titled, Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964-1966. I wish I could go!


http://www.menil.org/index.php

Look how pretty: Elad Lassry

New Painting

More artists I like: Vija Celmins

Conrad Bakker

So basically Conrad Bakker has already done everything I've done in my studio this semester. Depression glass? Yes. Wastebaskets? Yes. Here is some of his lovely work:

new painting

New paintings

Painters I like: Alex Katz

I only knew about his portraits, which are ok, but it's his landscapes that are beautiful. I want to make paintings like this:

This guy is good: Ryan Johnson

http://www.guildgreyshkul.com/artist.php?id=91&show=works

New paintings- painted this week.

Tired Old Queen At the Movies

You should look at this:

New painting of Latkes and Pierogies (in progress)

Work by my new advisor

This artist, Tony Tasset, is going to be my advisor at UIC in the fall! Should be fun!

Video: Chicago's new eyeball: "
The Chicago Tribune looks into the making of downtown Chicago's newest sculpture, a 30-foot orb modeled after sculptor Tony Tasset's eyeball. Props to the motherland: The fiberglass ball was fabricated in Sparta, Wis., -- not so far from where I grew up -- by F.A.S.T. Corp., which made the world's largest fiberglass sculpture, the 145-foot-long muskellunge that makes up Hayward, Wisconsin's Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

Via C-Monster.

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New Painting in progress

Painters I like: Sara MacCulloch

New work at work

A new Flower/Welcome display on the wall. Thanks Dad for giving me four of the old windows from your house.

Look who was in Time Out Chicago

My Hagia Sophia was a Critics' Pick in the April 15- 21 issue of Time Out Chicago.

Fancy Times

This morning I went to the home of a fancy art collector downtown. I met him a few years ago at work. I think I sold him a box of crackers. I said something like, "I'm really putting this art degree to work," and his ears perked up. He's always on the lookout for new painters. He and his wife have art covering every inch of wall inside their home, art which is probably worth more than the home itself.




That's a real Elizabeth Peyton watercolor in the background!

Girls at the Harlem stop

Look how fancy I am!

Lots of mentions of my show this weekend. Thanks Spoke Gallery!

http://onthemake.org/2010/04/17/gwendolyn-zabicki-hagia-sophia/

http://www.artslant.com/chi/events/show/100805-hagia-sophia-gwendolyn-zabicki

http://chicagoartreview.com/2010/04/15/weekend-preview-but-is-it-net-art/gwendolyn-zabicki-hagia-sophia/

http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/04/cam-weekend-listings-6/

http://chicago.timeout.com/events/events/333697/4416223/hagia-sophia

http://badatsports.com/tags/gwendolyn-zabicki/

My Pa at Spoke Gallery

Today my Pa helped me install my Hagia Sophia project at Spoke Gallery. It looks swell. Thanks, Pa.

Hagia Sophia at Spoke Gallery

My Hagia Sophia piece is going to be at Spoke Gallery!

Open by appointment: April 11th to April 17th

Closing Reception: Saturday, April 17th, 6 to 9pm (free drinks!)
Hours: By appointment contact us at gwensmail@gmail.com or
spokechicago@gmail.com

The Hagia Sophia basilica, in Istanbul, Turkey, is famous for its history, beautiful dome, and the mystical quality of light that reflects inside of it. Built in 330AD, it withstood no fewer than 17 sieges between the time it was founded and 1204 when it finally fell to the Christians of the west (the Normans). In its long history, the Hagia Sophia has been home to Pagans, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and is currently a museum.

Saturday, April 17th from 6 to 9pm, Spoke will be home to a miniature version of the Hagia Sophia. Complete with gold dome, marble floors, and 168 windows, this recreation is just big enough to seat one adult inside. Hear about its colorful history, and enjoy the warm golden light of seasonal affective disorder therapeutic lamps housed inside its walls.

This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency.

at SPOKE
119 N Peoria #3D
Chicago, IL 60607

New Work

Some Cute Work from Work

A drawing I made of a Jewish Pony.

Did you know most ponies are Protestant? It's true.

Painters I like: Rudy Burckhardt

Known mainly for her photography, Rudy Burckhardt made some pretty excellent paintings as well...




34th Street, New York, 1978 (photo)




Los Angenes Rooftop, 1962, oil on masonite




Parking Lot, 1970, oil on linen

Today

I would like to be in this painting by William Trost Richards today.

Painters I like: Shane Neufeld

shaneneufeld.com

Chloe's Surprise Party

We scared her good!