{"id":24757,"date":"2016-02-26T22:21:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T06:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=24757"},"modified":"2016-02-26T22:26:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T06:26:02","slug":"paper-nerds-unite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/26\/paper-nerds-unite\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;paper nerds unite&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis1.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis1\" width=\"584\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis1-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4179133\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ah, beautiful little sandwiches of paper, paint and found images! Today I&#8217;m talking to Austin based artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/xochisolis.com\/paintings\" target=\"_blank\">Xochi Solis<\/a>. We&#8217;ve worked on a few projects together but we&#8217;ve only communicated through email, so I was very excited to hear her voice and get to know her a little better. It worked! You&#8217;ll notice throughout the post I&#8217;ve put the titles of each piece&#8230; thanks to a little tidbit I learned\u00a0during\u00a0the speed round. Oh, the speed round&#8230; such a wonderful source of information. Alright, you can listen right up there under &#8220;she sings hymns out of tune&#8221;,\u00a0or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>. <\/strong>Let&#8217;s kick things off with a few of my favorite pieces of Xochi&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis2.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis2\" width=\"584\" height=\"2427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis2-72x300.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her work makes me want to make things. I want to find paper, flip through old books, squeeze out a few tubes of gouache and get stackin&#8217;! I was so thrilled to have Xochi as one of the artists in my book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/titles\/collage.html\" target=\"_blank\">Collage<\/a><\/em>. In that book I gave all 30 artists the same starting image to do with whatever they pleased. It was a photo of my dad and uncle as kids so it was really fun for my whole family to see the amazing artwork that came back. Here&#8217;s a peek:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis3.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis3\" width=\"584\" height=\"1889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis3-93x300.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis3-317x1024.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love! Can you see where\u00a0Dad and Uncle Bill are? And as mentioned, Xochi sweetly packed up her original piece <em>{above}<\/em> and sent it to me! It&#8217;s hanging in my living room as we speak&#8230; and so is the other piece shown right beside that photo of my dad and uncle. I had no self control so I made a collage for the book too.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we also talked about her work going from paper to walls&#8230; in the form of giant installations:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis4.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis4\" width=\"584\" height=\"2439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis4-72x300.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis4-245x1024.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful! Up next, her love of hands! Yep, she loves hands and elbows in her work. See if you can find them in these next three pieces:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis5.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis5\" width=\"584\" height=\"2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis5-72x300.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where&#8217;s Waldo&#8230; but more hand-ish. Now what kind of an artist interviewer would I be if I didn&#8217;t ask the question, &#8220;What&#8217;s your favorite color?&#8221;. Well, she had a complex answer! Sort of a peony pink\/orange and an avocado\/citron green. Here they are in action:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24790\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis6.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis6\" width=\"584\" height=\"1611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis6-109x300.jpg 109w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis6-371x1024.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I <em>looooved<\/em> her story about finding that green paper, hence the title of this episode! So, somehow in the excitement of talking about paper and tacos, I forgot to mention\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/the-jealous-curator\/decor\/solis-peach-wall-art\/s632548\" target=\"_blank\">the piece she did<\/a> for my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/the-jealous-curator\/decor\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2016 collection at\u00a0Land of Nod<\/a>. It&#8217;s so gorgeous, and <em>surprise surprise<\/em>, also includes her favorite colors:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/the-jealous-curator\/decor\/solis-peach-wall-art\/s632548\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis7.jpg\" alt=\"xochisolis7\" width=\"584\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/xochisolis7-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that lovely? My favorite thing about working on that Nod\u00a0collection is having accomplished contemporary artists make gorgeous work that could hang in a nursery&#8230; or in the middle of your living room. Love.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, that&#8217;s that! Thanks to Xochi for talking to me&#8230; I wish we could have shared a few tacos and margaritas <em>{next time}<\/em>; thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saatchionline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting the episode &#8211;\u00a0and don&#8217;t forget, I&#8217;ll be drawing one\u00a0name this Monday, February 29th for a $50 gift card to be used toward art at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saatchionline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">saatchiart.com<\/a>&#8230; just sign up for my <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/artforyourinbox\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;art for your inbox&#8217;<\/a> email if you&#8217;d like to be entered;\u00a0\u00a0<em>AND<\/em> huge thanks to you for listening. There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, beautiful little sandwiches of paper, paint and found images! Today I&#8217;m talking to Austin based artist\u00a0Xochi Solis. 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