{"id":29864,"date":"2017-10-20T22:14:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T05:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=29864"},"modified":"2017-10-21T08:23:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T15:23:18","slug":"whats-the-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;what&#8217;s the why&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/lindsay_arnold1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29865\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold1-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5862157\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s a painting. Yeah. I&#8217;ve been dying to talk to Canadian artist <a href=\"https:\/\/lindsayarnold.ca\">Lindsay Arnold<\/a> about this ongoing series for ages. It&#8217;s titled\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/lindsayarnold.ca\">&#8220;Tedium&#8221;<\/a>,<\/em> and in case you haven&#8217;t listened to the episode yet, I read her artist statement about this work. I&#8217;m going to post it here too because it&#8217;s just too perfect to be missed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;In my grandmother\u2019s time the doily was required for protecting surfaces, concealing imperfections, ornamenting surroundings, and measuring status.\u00a0Today doilies are found in abundance at thrift stories, auctions and forgotten linen closets. Hours of female labour are represented in these worn, stained and unfashionable objects.\u00a0The imperfections which have rendered the doilies unusable for their original purpose inspire narratives which are further explored through interactions with objects such as scissors, pins, and utensils. The doilies are stretched, torn, and misshapen, such as we are by marriage, illness, motherhood and more. &#8220;Tedium&#8221; is way to honour the difficult experiences which leave us worn, acknowledge thankless repetitive labour, and reveal a part of the anonymous doily maker&#8217;s story.&#8221; ~ Lindsay Arnold<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See? Beautiful, and it sets up everything you&#8217;re about to see. That said, here are a <em>few<\/em> of my favorite paintings from this gorgeous series:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/lindsay_arnold2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29866\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold2-78x300.jpg 78w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold2-266x1024.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh my word. They&#8217;re just too good. Paintings. How are they paintings?<\/p>\n<p>Now, before I show you all of the other pieces I&#8217;m in love with from that series, I want to show you a few of the drawings from one of Lindsay&#8217;s earlier series, titled very appropriately,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lindsayarnold.ca\/gallery\/rooted\/\"><em>&#8220;Rooted&#8221;<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/lindsay_arnold3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29867\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold3-55x300.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold3-187x1024.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah yes, I remember <em>all<\/em> of that from those first few years as a new mother. <em>Sigh.<\/em> So lovely, so smart &#8230; and fantastic that her mentor at the time, Canadian artist <a href=\"http:\/\/hollyfay.com\/\">Holly Fay<\/a>, encouraged her to turn these from something she did while her baby napped, into a full project bound into a gorgeous &#8220;artist book&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And now, back to\u00a0<em>&#8220;Tedium&#8221;! <\/em>This is where it\u00a0began&#8230; perfect doilies drawn with a dip pen and white ink. And those shadows&#8230; oh, the shadows <em>{they&#8217;re what made me assume these were photos during a quick scroll-by}<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/lindsay_arnold4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29868\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold4-76x300.jpg 76w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold4-259x1024.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and then things started to get <em>not<\/em> so perfect, because imperfection is so much more interesting <em>{and real!}<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/lindsay_arnold5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29869\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold5-58x300.jpg 58w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold5-198x1024.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seriously. Paintings. Now, how about watching some real doilies in action! Here&#8217;s a trailer for the video Lindsay created using her delicate muses:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/223049199\" width=\"584\" height=\"328\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So fun! If you&#8217;d like to see the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/226677150\">full video, you can find it right here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of fun &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/whats-the-why\/lindsay_arnold6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29870\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lindsay_arnold6-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, both Lindsay and I in all our catty \/ Halloweenie goodness! Meow. Thanks so much to Lindsay for answering all of my prying questions; thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting yet another episode; and HUGE thanks to you for listening.\u00a0I&#8217;m on my way to the University of Wisconsin for the entire week, because they\u2019ve invited me to be a visiting professor &#8211; obviously I\u2019ve tried desperately to buy a corduroy jacket with elbow patches, but alas, nothing. Anyway, all of this to say there won\u2019t be a podcast this coming weekend, so have a great Halloween <em>{I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve inspired you with our costumes}<\/em>, and I will be back with a new episode on Saturday, November 4<sup>th<\/sup>!<\/p>\n<p><em>ps. If you want to listen to an older episode while I&#8217;m away, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/art-for-your-ear-podcast\/\">find all one hundred and ten of them right here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sait.ca\/\"><em>SAIT, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hollyfay.com\/\"><em>Holly Fay, Artist<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthacole.ca\/\"><em>Martha Cole, Artist<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lindsay.arnold\/\"><em>Lindsay&#8217;s Instagram feed<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.videopool.org\/\"><em>Video Pool<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Lindsay&#8217;s video, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/226677150\">&#8220;Table Dance&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, that&#8217;s a painting. Yeah. I&#8217;ve been dying to talk to Canadian artist Lindsay Arnold about this ongoing series for ages. It&#8217;s titled\u00a0&#8220;Tedium&#8221;, and in case you haven&#8217;t listened to the episode yet, I read her artist statement about this work. I&#8217;m going to post it here too because it&#8217;s just too perfect to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,112,533,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864"}],"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=29864"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29912,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864\/revisions\/29912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}