The Late Dennis Oppenheim

"Star Field" by Dennis Oppenheim

I was introduced to the work of artist Dennis Oppenheim, like so many others, while working for Partners & Spade Gallery in New York.  From 1967 through 2010, the American-born Oppenheim worked as a conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. 


My favorite period of his lengthy career were the early years.  The late 60s and early 70s during which he created temporary outdoor sculptures, called "earthworks."  In his obituary this past January, New York Times described the artist and his process as "like an environmentally inclined Marcel Duchamp, using engineers’ stakes and photographs, he simply designated parts of the urban landscape as artworks."


What resulted are beautiful, eery images, frozen in the form of 42-by-32-inch lithographs, that look like stills from a David Lynch film or images dug up from a file-cabinet in the Extraterrestrial Operations division of the CIA. 


I hope to have at least one of these hanging on a wall in my house some day.  For now, I'll make do with the 5x8 print-out of "Cobalt Vectors" tacked to the wall in my office.  

spin art + ink blots + splattered paint

Whether it's a happy mistake or an intentional masterpiece by the likes of Damien Hirst or Donald Baechler, I love artwork and that calls on ink blots, splattered paint and spin art for inspiration.  Here are some images that caught my eye:

for the floor

Loom is the type of company that really makes me want to get into textile design. Their rugs are truly amazing and they have a great website (created by design studio Alter). Very inspired by what these two Australia-based companies are doing down under - check them out!

I Love Pinterest...

And if you haven't joined yet I highly recommend.  The images once crowding my MacBook's desktop have now been relocated to inspiration boards on Pinterest website: 

Twin Peaks has its own board, of course.

My Decorating inspiration board is growing by the day.

Lonny Magazine is perfection.

Pinterest is still working out a few kinks on their site, but it's a lot of fun to browse and pin images nonetheless.  Great idea that I really wish I had thought of first!