Excuse me. Would you please stop drooling on my palette?
February 26, 2008
Is that a totally beautiful A, or what? It’s a 50 x 38″ ink on paper by Tauba Auerbach. I covet this piece of artwork. You should check out her web site for more (although be warned, the site navigation is a little annoying IMHO). I think of this as the intersection of art and design.
What do you think of her work? I’d be especially interested in hearing feedback from any readers who are not professional designers. Does this speak to you? Would you hang it on your wall?
Filed under: Visual Candy
LT, I love this - everything about it.
Check out this line of fabrics: http://www.inthebeginningfabrics.com
The small thumbnails don’t do the fabrics justice, but it has a very similar feel as Auerbach’s work.
Comment by TT — February 26, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
Nice link, TT, thanks! Trust a professional quilter to know where to find the best fabrics…
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — February 27, 2008 @ 12:57 am
I liked her phonetic alphabets, since we are all about letters and words these days with Eliza.
That A is great, but I was a little meh on her E. The middle stroke is so small it looks too much like an L.
Comment by elizasmom — February 27, 2008 @ 11:22 am
Ah, yes, the phonetic alphabets. But did you like the content or did you like the artwork/design (or both)?
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — February 27, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
Well since Leslie asked for comments from non professional designers… that certainly fits my category.
To answer your question… There is no chance of me spending money to hang these designs on my wall. Why you might ask.. well hard to put into words.. but this “contemporary” art looking thinamajig just doesn’t suit my style.
Leslie, you are correct.. The website nav is truly horrible.
See.. I do read your blog. :)
Comment by Chris Chase — February 27, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
I like the curlique-looking ones, but none of the others really hooked me. And the way the thumbnails change to a block of color when you hover over them reminded me of that website/pop-up that came out for the 2004 (I think) presidential election that asked you to click on your candidate… but it would only let you click Bush. If you tried to click on Kerry, the words would scoot away from your cursor, and remain just out of reach. (Not exactly the same, I know, but it made me think of that.)
Comment by NB — February 27, 2008 @ 8:13 pm
I liked the font on the phonetic dictionary version a lot. I would seriously think about getting that if I had a little extra to throw around.
Comment by elizasmom — February 27, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
Thanks Chris and NB, both for your opinions of the artwork and your validation that the website navigation is more annoying than helpful. And elizasmom, if I had the extra, I’d buy one for me and for you.
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — February 28, 2008 @ 7:07 am
Hmm. Not crazy about her scroll letters and I can’t even identify why, maybe just too busy, although I like busy…and her website gave me a serious headache.
On the other hand I did like a lot of the other type experiments.
Then I read her bio and saw how young she is-
Now I feel old and unaccomplished!
Comment by Tina Cornell — March 2, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
No, no. We’re not old and unaccomplished, Tina, she’s startlingly young!
But can she create art while simultaneously making dinner, holding a toddler and paying the bills?
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — March 4, 2008 @ 8:37 am
The A scroll letter is cool, but the others are less letter-like and more just scrolly. Which is ok, but not really my thing.
The one that I like best is the And Per Se And one. I love the Per Se font because it’s kind of Deco and I do love Deco.
The anagrams were very cool, although the font was rather unremarkable. They reminded me of posters from the 70s (because I am ancient).
Comment by Major Bedhead — March 6, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
I’de buy four and hang them close to the ceiling upsidedown.
I thinkl it’s great! Love the cleaness of line and sureness of curves.
berry connell’s last blog post..It’s the rest of the story of the Pink Castle (it’s at the very end)
Comment by berry connell — April 21, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
“cleanness of line and sureness of curves” — what a wonderful way to describe it, Berry!
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — April 22, 2008 @ 1:46 pm