Specimen websiteTumblr (3.0; @heyneff)http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/> Drawing and furniture<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio2_500.jpg"/><br/> Drawing and furniture<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio3_500.jpg"/><br/> Drawing<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio4_500.jpg"/><br/> Furniture<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio5_500.jpg"/><br/> Bleach screenprint<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio6_500.jpg"/><br/> Bleach screenprint<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio7_500.jpg"/><br/> Hot tub screenprint on foam<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4husmVZrI1qz9pdio8_500.jpg"/><br/> Review in Art in America, June 2011<br/><br/> <p>Grayson Cox studio visit, Bushwick, Brooklyn, June 10, 2011</p> <p><a href="http://graysoncox.com/" target="_blank">Grayson Cox website</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/army-of-neff/sets/72157629616345755/" target="_blank">View these images at Flickr</a></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/24062265340http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/24062265340Wed, 30 May 2012 09:55:46 -0400artartiststudio visitprintmakingscreenprintfurnituregraydrawingBushwickBrooklyn<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sipeJOuT1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo of two photographers photographing a photographer photographing public art. #waytoometa (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23998900733http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23998900733Tue, 29 May 2012 11:22:26 -0400waytoometa<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jt94CiF51qzcgpeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>RISD grad Dave Sherry is signing his second book at Salon 94 right now. <p><a href="http://thetuesdayafter.com/post/23695293350" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">thetuesdayafter</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>David Benjamin Sherry at <a href="http://www.salon94.com/" target="_blank">Salon 94 (Freemans Alley)</a></p></blockquote>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23698011983http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23698011983Thu, 24 May 2012 19:13:58 -0400RISDphotographyartmonograph<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hpduWhP01qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taking this guy to his new owner (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23620188540http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23620188540Wed, 23 May 2012 15:13:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio2_500.jpg"/><br/> Bag is approximately 2 inches tall<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/> Gloris Corona. 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio8_500.jpg"/><br/> Gloris Corona. 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio5_500.jpg"/><br/> Agnieska Bielecka. 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio6_500.jpg"/><br/> Jean Lauredent. 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio9_500.jpg"/><br/> Rudy Cruz. 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio7_500.jpg"/><br/> Rudy Cruz. 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hjzjBVxX1qz9pdio10_500.jpg"/><br/> Anders Bergstrom<br/><br/> <p>Anders Bergstrom studio visit, Bushwick, Brooklyn, December 12, 2011</p> <p><a href="http://www.andersbergstromstudio.com/pages/prints/prints2011.html" target="_blank">View these prints on Anders’ website</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/army-of-neff/sets/72157629724443201/" target="_blank">View this set on Flickr</a></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23615238334http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23615238334Wed, 23 May 2012 13:21:00 -04002011BrooklynBushwickchine colleetchingprintmakingreliefstudio visitart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fgynEUyC1qz9pdio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>How is it possible that the NYPD actually thought this was a bomb? Talk about an over reaction! Then he is held without bail for 30 days for a psych eval? What is wrong with the NYC court system?</p> <p>Via <a href="http://observer.com/2012/05/21/bomber/" target="_blank">NY Observer</a></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23544111983http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23544111983Tue, 22 May 2012 10:15:59 -0400street artlawnypd<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ff25ymlz1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3><a href="http://hyperallergic.com/51595/worker-bees-of-the-art-world-unite/" target="_blank">READING: Worker Bees of the Art World, Unite</a></h3> <p>By <a class="url fn" href="http://hyperallergic.com/author/tom-micchelli/" target="_blank">Thomas Micchelli</a></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23542890620http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23542890620Tue, 22 May 2012 09:34:00 -0400hyperallergicartcriticisimreading<a href="http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/23339272200/hey-did-i-miss-anything">Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING? </a>: <p>Not really on topic for me but so good that it had to be shared.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/23339272200/hey-did-i-miss-anything" target="_blank">danharmon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kids:</p> <p>A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…</p> </blockquote>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23480695491http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23480695491Mon, 21 May 2012 10:48:24 -0400communitytvhollywoodmothers day<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fqTYaMWu3o8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Dresden-based artist Sebastian Hempel makes works that are simple to understand but reward the viewer for spending time observing. His low-relief sculptures occasionally edge toward science museum display but I enjoy trying to understand how they’re made.</p> <p>His website: <a href="http://www.sebastian-hempel.de/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.sebastian-hempel.de/" target="_blank">http://www.sebastian-hempel.de/</a></a></p> <p>His YouTube channel with many more videos: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SebastianHempel" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SebastianHempel" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/SebastianHempel</a></a></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23478624320http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23478624320Mon, 21 May 2012 09:39:27 -0400artsculptureabstracttechSebastian Hempel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4c334PCAW1qz9sg8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>I remember finding the first issue of Wired on the desk of a guy at a software company I was interning at when I was 16. It was like finding a Playboy that was written expressly for me and designed so anyone much older couldn’t or wouldn’t read it. <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wiblog.tumblr.com/post/23427103397/erik-adigard-boomers-spread-for-wired-2-12-1994" target="_blank">wiblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="displayCreator">Erik Adigard, </span><span></span><span class="title"><em>Boomers Spread for Wired 2.12</em></span><span>, </span><span class="creationDate">1994</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23462029308http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23462029308Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:07 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48uotQQ7w1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A/B testing by the MTA? I imagine less people are running into this column. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23319253991http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23319253991Fri, 18 May 2012 20:29:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46x0wEr3r1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another satisfied collector (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23255941559http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23255941559Thu, 17 May 2012 19:24:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m422m6KxIR1qedujco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m422m6KxIR1qedujco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Todd Hido’s night photos have always killed me, no more so than when I stopped into Stephen Wirtz’s eponymous San Francisco gallery in January and ended up digging through everything in the two flatfiles dedicated to Todd’s prints. It was a moment of pause to remind me that while the art world is centered in New York, people can be pretty human elsewhere.</p> <p>If you don’t own one of Todd’s books I highly recommend all of them, with special emphasis on the early, large format volumes. They’re like looking at prints.</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590051939/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=specimen01-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1590051939" target="_blank">House Hunting</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=specimen01-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1590051939" width="1"/> (2001)</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590050282/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=specimen01-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1590050282" target="_blank">Outskirts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=specimen01-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1590050282" width="1"/> Outskirts (2002)</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590050959/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=specimen01-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1590050959" target="_blank">Roaming</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=specimen01-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1590050959" width="1"/> (2005)</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590051769/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=specimen01-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1590051769" target="_blank">Between the Two</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=specimen01-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1590051769" width="1"/> (2006)</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590052668/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=specimen01-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1590052668" target="_blank">A Road Divided</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=specimen01-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1590052668" width="1"/> (2010)</li> </ul>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23254961069http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23254961069Thu, 17 May 2012 19:10:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44yn87UiX1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/> Known and Unknown Knowns and Unknowns<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44yn87UiX1qz9pdio2_500.jpg"/><br/> They Don’t Love You Like I Love You<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44yn87UiX1qz9pdio3_500.jpg"/><br/> No Man’s Land<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44yn87UiX1qz9pdio4_500.jpg"/><br/> Dissuasive Fire<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44yn87UiX1qz9pdio5_500.jpg"/><br/> Pink Nightmare<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44yn87UiX1qz9pdio6_500.jpg"/><br/> No If’s, No But’s, No Maybe’s<br/><br/> <h2>Matthew Deleget</h2> <p>I enjoy the subtlety of these paintings (low-relief sculptures?) by Matthew Deleget. I’m not sure I agree with the way his materials are listed but that’s pretty minor.</p> <p><strong>Known and Unknown Knowns and Unknowns, 2010</strong><br/>Fluorescent yellow acrylic on six panels, three hit with a hammer<br/>20 inches high x 116.5 inches wide overall, each panel 20 x 16 inches</p> <p><strong>They Don’t Love You Like I Love You, 2009</strong><br/>Silver monochromes, silver acrylic paint on 4 panels, hit with a hammer<br/>16 x 60 inches overall, each panel 16 x 12 inches</p> <p><strong>No Man’s Land, 2008 </strong><br/>Cadmium red light acrylic paint on panel hit with a hammer<br/>18 x 24 inches (can be installed horizontally or vertically)</p> <p><strong>Dissuasive Fire, 2008 </strong><br/>Orange monochrome paintings (fluorescent orange acrylic paint on panel), hit with a hammer<br/>16 x 16 inches each, diptych</p> <p><strong>Pink Nightmare, 2007</strong><br/>Pink monochrome painting (acrylic on panel), hit with a hammer <br/>18 x 24 inches</p> <p><strong>No If’s, No But’s, No Maybe’s, 2007 </strong><br/>Three monochrome paintings (acrylic on panel), hit with a hammer <br/>24 x 68 inches overall (24 x 18 inches each)</p> <p><a href="http://matthewdeleget.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://matthewdeleget.com/" target="_blank">http://matthewdeleget.com/</a></a></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23186965956http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23186965956Wed, 16 May 2012 18:04:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p6OV-ZwG6Z4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Timely. Thanks Hennessey.</p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23153258788http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23153258788Wed, 16 May 2012 01:48:16 -0400studio visitHennessey Youngman<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42q7bu0oD1qz9pdio8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The next issue of <em><a href="http://www.nsfwmagazine.com/" target="_blank">NSFW</a></em> is about reality so I’ve had television on my mind. My favorite TV images are from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1881337111" target="_blank">Lee Friedlander, </a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1881337111" target="_blank">The Little Screens</a></em> so I thought I’d share. </p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23109519588http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23109519588Tue, 15 May 2012 13:06:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42pc26Eci1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>Kevin Cyr:  IN PRAISE OF RUST</strong><br/>Solo Exhibition at <a href="http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Exhibit.Upcoming" target="blank">Jonathan LeVine Gallery</a><br/>—————————————————————<br/>Opens SATURDAY / MAY 19 / 7–9PM</span></p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23108771500http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23108771500Tue, 15 May 2012 12:48:00 -0400exhbitionvehiclepainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40y00avux1r064gzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sfmoma.tumblr.com/post/23046556345/happy-80th-birthday-robert-bechtle-pictured" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">sfmoma</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Happy 80th birthday Robert Bechtle!</strong> </p> <p>Pictured: Bechtle’s <em><a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/3509#" target="_blank">Alameda Gran Torino</a> </em><span>(</span><span>1974)</span></p> <p><span>From our website: </span><em><span>For more than 40 years Robert Bechtle has pursued a quiet realism, working from photographs of familiar subjects to depict precise moments in time. Despite their photographic origins, however, his canvases are resolutely and finally about painting. Underneath the smooth sheen of their surfaces lies a textured web of strokes and dabs, where abstract shapes meet edges to form an intricate, layered view of our environment.</span></em></p> <p>Learn more <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artists/1174?artwork=3509" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></blockquote>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23092726004http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/23092726004Tue, 15 May 2012 02:33:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3w8ck2AQX1qz9pdio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday Annie. #BQE (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/22886285788http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/22886285788Sat, 12 May 2012 00:55:32 -0400bqe<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vfyc4WLw1qzcgpeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thetuesdayafter.com/post/22850512301" target="_blank">thetuesdayafter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Gary Hume at Matthew Marks</p> </blockquote>http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/22857904343http://blog.quitethespecimen.com/post/22857904343Fri, 11 May 2012 17:06:41 -0400paintingart