{"id":25878,"date":"2016-06-10T21:33:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T04:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=25878"},"modified":"2016-06-10T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T04:35:00","slug":"cute-and-poisonous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;cute and poisonous&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/kirstinlamb1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25885\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb1.jpg\" alt=\"kirstinlamb1\" width=\"584\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb1-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4434816\/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>Paintings of installations, installations made from paintings, and a painted zebra rug? Yep, it&#8217;s safe to say that I&#8217;m totally in love with the work of Rhode Island based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nitsrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kirstin Lamb<\/a>. She has a library of painted &#8220;props&#8221; that she uses to create her own still life scenes&#8230; and a detailed glossary to go with it. Be still my organization-loving heart! \u00a0She has a literature degree from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown<\/a>, and a painting-focused MFA from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.risd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">RISD<\/a>. She&#8217;s smart, thoughtful, and really into lists\u00a0&#8230; so you know I&#8217;m going to love her! You can listen on\u00a0the player right under that fabulous installation,\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>.<\/p>\n<p>Alright first things first, Kirstin&#8217;s still life paintings. This work is inspired by her interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanitas\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch Vanitas<\/a> still life&#8230; but with a modern, weird, wonderful twist:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/kirstinlamb2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25886\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb2.jpg\" alt=\"kirstinlamb2\" width=\"584\" height=\"2214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb2-79x300.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb2-270x1024.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love! Those were the paintings I wrote about years ago,\u00a0and yes, I still love them. I think it&#8217;s the portraits and cake&#8230; and ok, all of that meat too! So from 2D paintings that looked like 3D installations to 3D installations made from 2D paintings:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/kirstinlamb3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25887\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb3.jpg\" alt=\"kirstinlamb3\" width=\"584\" height=\"1964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb3-89x300.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I cannot get over how much I <strong><em>love<\/em><\/strong> this body of work. Paintings as props? So good. I told Kirstin that I really want to curate a show of her work&#8230; mainly so that I could pick from\u00a0her vast library of painted\u00a0&#8220;props&#8221; and then sit on the floor amongst them. That would be my happy place. <em>Sigh.<\/em> Alright, moving on. The evolution continues:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/kirstinlamb4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25888\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb4.jpg\" alt=\"kirstinlamb4\" width=\"584\" height=\"1905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb4-92x300.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb4-314x1024.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to paintings on the wall, but now she&#8217;s painting the installations! Hello full circle! She&#8217;s creating her own still life set ups by first painting individual paintings, gathering props, setting it all up and then painting the scene. Beautiful, brilliant. So where does all of this magic happen? Take a look:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/kirstinlamb5-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25890\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kirstinlamb5-1.jpg\" alt=\"kirstinlamb5\" width=\"584\" height=\"2560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow. I think sitting on her\u00a0studio floor might be my other happy place. So. Much. Stuff!\u00a0Thank you so much to Kirstin for talking to me <em>{and inspiring me to index the meaning of everything in my studio}<\/em>, thanks to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting the episode, and great big thanks to you for listening&#8230; there will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bunkerprojects.org\/residency.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bunker Projects, Residency<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wassaicartistresidency.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wassaic Artist Residency<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portiamunson.com\/installations\/pink-project.php\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Portia Munson&#8217;s Pink Project<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Art-Teaching-Learning-Foundations-Drawing-Based\/dp\/0195130790\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Art of Teaching Art&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Photography of Kirstin&#8217;s work {not studio} by\u00a0<a id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1465507970724_205\" href=\"http:\/\/karenphilippi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Philippi Photography<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paintings of installations, installations made from paintings, and a painted zebra rug? 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