{"id":27738,"date":"2017-01-13T21:51:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T05:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=27738"},"modified":"2017-01-13T21:57:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T05:57:31","slug":"more-love-less-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;more love, less fear&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/clairebrewster1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27740\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster1.jpg\" alt=\"clairebrewster1\" width=\"584\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster1-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4990340\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I wrote about London based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/clairebrewster.com\/\">Claire Brewster<\/a>\u00a0for the first time in early 2009. Yep, I have loved her delicate, intricate, paper-cutting work from the moment\u00a0I saw it. Since then I&#8217;ve written about her several times, always keeping an eye out for what she might be\u00a0up to next! It was so lovely to finally speak to her in person and to hear her story. From a little girl cutting kittens and saucepans out of magazines at the kitchen table, to a full-time artist using those same<em> {although honed}<\/em> cutting skills to cover gallery walls with lace-like birds. Listen right up there under that stunning bird and his shadow,\u00a0or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, a little taste of what I love about Claire&#8217;s work:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/clairebrewster2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27741\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster2.jpg\" alt=\"clairebrewster2\" width=\"584\" height=\"3118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster2-56x300.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster2-192x1024.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mean, come on!? How beautiful are those? All of the\u00a0old maps? The colors? THAT CUTTING SKILL!? And I&#8217;m just getting warmed up. How about these insane shadows, that were basically happy accidents:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/clairebrewster3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27742\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster3.jpg\" alt=\"clairebrewster3\" width=\"584\" height=\"1935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster3-309x1024.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Sigh.<\/em> Stunning. Speaking of which, her <a href=\"http:\/\/clairebrewster.com\/newwork\/\">metal pieces<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/clairebrewster4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27743\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster4.jpg\" alt=\"clairebrewster4\" width=\"584\" height=\"3181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster4-55x300.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster4-188x1024.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right? Those birds are insane&#8230; they look like metal lace.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we talked about commissions and installations, both of which Claire loves doing. Here&#8217;s a peek at a few of my favorites &#8211; from a hotel lobby, to a gallery, to a corporate office:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/clairebrewster5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27744\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster5.jpg\" alt=\"clairebrewster5\" width=\"584\" height=\"4238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster5-141x1024.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magical! If you&#8217;d like to work with Claire either in a commercial space, or in your home&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/clairebrewster.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">call her!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, at the end of our conversation we got a little political. She&#8217;s working on a new top secret series, but what she could tell me is the premise, and why she&#8217;s feeling compelled to move in a new direction. It is simply, and beautifully, this thought:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/more-love-less-fear\/clairebrewster6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27745\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster6.jpg\" alt=\"clairebrewster6\" width=\"584\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clairebrewster6-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes. Yes we do. Thank you so much to Claire for doing this with me;\u00a0thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting yet another episode; and of course, thank you\u00a0so much\u00a0for listening! There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/CarmenHerrera\" target=\"_blank\">Carmen Herrera at the Whitney, NYC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olfa.com\/\">OLFA knives<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Wallace_(artist)\">Ian Wallace (Canadian artist I mentioned)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/im-jealous-of-zadok-ben-david\/\">Zadok Ben David (black\/colored metal flower installation<\/a>)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bedfordgallery.org\/exhibitions\/up-next\">&#8220;Cut Up \/ Cut Out&#8221; Show at The Bedford Gallery<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote about London based artist Claire Brewster\u00a0for the first time in early 2009. Yep, I have loved her delicate, intricate, paper-cutting work from the moment\u00a0I saw it. Since then I&#8217;ve written about her several times, always keeping an eye out for what she might be\u00a0up to next! It was so lovely to finally speak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,285,185,12],"tags":[129,785,794,271,776],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27738"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27755,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27738\/revisions\/27755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}