Daily Book Graphics # 1446

©1977

Semi-Daily Book Graphics #1358

©1956

Daily Book Graphics #1320

©1968 / Design: Toshihiro Katayama

Daily Book Graphics #1318

©1971

Daily Book Graphics #1315

©1977 / Wanda Lubelska

Daily Book Graphics #1309

©1977

Recent Work: Vascular Modes

Vascularis / 2013 / 7 x 3 feet / acrylic, latex house paint on board

I currently have a piece in a group exhibit called Vascular Modes at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo. The show has a slightly odd theme, the invited artists were asked to make work that somehow had the newly built Gates Vascular Institute building (below) in Buffalo as a starting point. Part of the idea is that in Buffalo we are often thinking about the architecture of the past, grain elevators, Victorian houses, urban ruins, etc., and this a way to look forward.

I decided to use this as an opportunity to work in a medium that I don't normally use. I made a painting on a blank door that I had in my basement. Normally my art work is tied into a bigger conceptual space, but this is more of a one off, I just wanted to make a colorful piece with a physical presence. 

Secondary Occupants @ SUNY Fredonia

I had an installation open last night at the Marion Art Gallery at the State University of New York at Fredonia. It was a mix of work from the Secondary Occupants Collected & Observed project. Thanks to everyone who helped out with the show.

Installation Shots from TH&B 2

The Ruins of 270 Sherman Ave. North opened last night in Hamilton, Ontario.  It consisted of a cycling slide show of abandoned spider webs that I photographed in the space and two overhead projections of portraits of the species that made the webs. As described in an earlier post, it was part of an installation group show in an enormous space in a 19th century textile factory. My installation was in a small room off of the main hall.

TH&B's wooden projection logo

 Gareth Lichty's "Hamper" made from 7 kilometers of construction fence

Ivan Jurakic's "Pylon"

An Installation in Hamilton, Ontario

I have a new installation opening in Hamilton tomorrow night. It is part of my Secondary Occupants Project. The installation (title: The Ruins of 270 Sherman Ave. North) consists of a cycling slide show of abandoned spider webs I photographed in the space. There are some other elements that will be evident when I post the installation shots on Sunday. You will find a description of the exhibit/event and a list of participants below.


TH&B appropriates the moniker of the defunct railway that once connected Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo, and uses it as an emblem of cultural production in this decentralized region. TH&B2 follows in the footsteps of an earlier project in 2008, in which 18 artists were invited to respond to the post-industrial context of the unoccupied third floor of 270 Sherman, a historic textile mill that has been transformed into a creative industries complex deep in the north end of Hamilton. Focusing on site-responsive installation, sculpture, video and performance, TH&B2 sets out to connect new and established interdisciplinary artists operating in the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo corridor.

Featuring projects by:

Roy Caussy // Tara Cooper & Terry O'Neill // Susan Detwiler // Niall Donaghy // Simon Frank // Dave Hind & the Aluminum Quilting Society // Ivan Jurakic // Gareth Lichty // Tor Lukasik-Foss // Steve Mazza // Andrew McPhail // Julian Montague // Janet Morton // Crystal Mowry // Vessna Perunovich // Shake-n-Make: Claudia Manley & Liss Platt // Professor William Starling // Svava Thordis Juliusson

April 21–May 12, 2012

270 Sherman Avenue North, Third Floor, Hamilton
Located North of Barton Street on the corner of Sherman and Lansdowne Avenue
Parking in rear

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 21 from 8:00–10:00 pm
Closing Performances: Saturday, May 12 from 8:00–10:00 pm

Visiting Hours:
April 28–29 12:00–4:00 pm,
Doors Open Hamilton May 5–6 10:00 am–4:00 pm

Free Art Bus on April 21:
Pick up at OCADU, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Bus departs at 7:30 pm

Daily Book Graphics #753

©1969

Daily Book Graphics #231 / The Meaning of the 20th Century

©1965 / Cover Design by Ronald Clyne. Clyne was the art director for Folkways Records from 1951 to 1981. I just took a quick look to see if there was a good collection of his work online, the best I could find was the web page for a retrospective from New Zealand in 2007: here. I have been disappointed to find, through doing this project, that there are a lot of great designers from the mid century period that have a negligible web presence. I'm thinking particularly of John+Mary Condon, Rudolph De Harak, Fred Troller and Davis/Aviles. The AIGA archives are helpful but low on content. I guess I should start Flickr groups for these designers and see if we could collectively make something happen.

Daily Book Graphics #210 / Architectural Technology

©1966

Daily Book Graphics #196 / Architecture

©1969

Daily Book Graphics #189 / Architects on Architecture

This cover didn't quite fit on the scanner bed so there is a bit more black to the cover than appears here. ©1966, Jacket design by DeMartin-Marona and Associates, Inc.

Daily Book Graphics #72 / Total Architecture

I'm behind schedule today so I'm going with a short and simple post. Original copyright 1947, this printing 1962.

Daily Book Graphics #28 / Le Corbusier

Another one of my Uncle John's books. He worked on The Carpenter Center in Boston, Le Corbusier's only US building. The book was published in 1960, it measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches.

Moving Forest

My friend Scott sent me a link to a blog post on this shopping cart project by NL Architects. It's an amazing idea.