tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64500698137608783552024-03-05T12:43:17.616-08:00Girl Of All Work {At Play}Girl Of All Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440887876173139327noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450069813760878355.post-58908318715297032532010-11-08T22:43:00.000-08:002010-11-08T22:47:29.434-08:00Curiosities: Metroship HouseboatThe Neiman Marcus Christmas Book came in the mail the other day, and the first order of business was to skip all the clothing and look for those notoriously expensive pipe dream gifts. Enter the <a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/sitelets/christmasbook/fantasy.jhtml?cid=CBF10_O4833&r=cat33500731&rdesc=The">Metroship Houseboat</a>. Now, boats have held a certain charm for me since I saw the movie <i>Houseboat</i> starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. The Metroship Houseboat...well, it sort of (get ready for the pun) blew the other one out of the water. For $250,000 you get a sleek, modern vessel, replete with hardwood floors, double paned glass windows, a W hotel bed, and a gourmet kitchen. It's not huge (48' x 12', with 7' ceilings), but it's a cozy getaway for two. Just don't forget to bring the credit card or bricks of gold.<br />
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Girl Of All Work will definitely be unveiling new products there, and they'll be up on our website once we catch our breath from the show. Sign up for our mailing list to get an early bird heads up. Have a great weekend!Girl Of All Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440887876173139327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450069813760878355.post-42722380885281973372010-04-06T14:20:00.000-07:002010-04-06T19:43:02.657-07:00Found Objects: Awesome StampsI was excited to find out that the <a href="https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10006680&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10000003&top_category=10000003&categoryId=10000068&top=&currentPage=0&sort=&viewAll=Y&rn=CategoriesDisplay&WT.ac=10006680">United States Post Office</a> was offering a series of stamps based on the work of Abstract Expressionists. Amazing to me, since it took a while for these artists to be accepted by the public, and now you can add them (Rothko, de Kooning, Pollock, and more) to a corner of your envelope!<br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;">(above:</span><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;">Pari Radio Telescopes</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">, 2008 © Adam Belt )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Girl Of All Work:</span><span style="color: orange;"> Your work seems to juxtapose both natural and man-made materials. We see concrete blocks and melted ice, organic swirls of blue watercolor with satellites as the negative shape. What is it about the natural vs. unnatural forms that attract you?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Adam Belt:</span> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think what draws me in is the point of meeting and contact. When you look at the expansive landscape of the desert southwest, for example, the topographical features meander and flow into each other stretching far into the horizon. Points of contrast highlight the expanse giving you a tangible sense of the scale and a heightened awareness of the dynamic natural forms. Dams for instance, are an abrupt intervention; graceful arch dams like Hoover or Glen Canyon punctuate the landscape. The engineered forms contrast the rugged terrain and the resulting barrier becomes point of focus, interest, and tension</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">G:</span><span style="color: orange;"> How has your approach changed as you've matured as an artist?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">A:</span>Through the process of failure and success I have had to reassert my focus on what my work means to me and why I create art. In terms of approach specifically I work on those projects, which are particularly poignant, the ones I need to make as well as works I know I would regret not making. These may seem like obvious criteria, but like all professions art can quickly pull you away from why you became an artist leaving you with nothing but careerism and empty strategies to get to the next level. I do not want the sum of my artistic production to be a bunch of contemporary art looking stuff.<br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;">(above:</span><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;">Glen Canyon Dam Detail</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">, 2004 © Adam Belt )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">G: </span><span style="color: orange;">I know that your wife, Wendy, is a graphic designer. Does what she do influence your work, if at all?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">A:</span> Her process of creating through the computer has opened that up for me as a meaningful tool of production. Also, the persistence of her work ethic is something that I have admired and learned from.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">G:</span><span style="color: orange;"> A lot of people don't "get" fine art. What would you have to say to them?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">A:</span> I believe the main difficulty is the disparity in expectations. If you are looking for beauty and a display of skill and an extensive amount of time to complete the work you are looking at, you may be disappointed in the contemporary art context where those elements are not cherished in relationship to the gauge of a works success. What I recommend to people, and this is from my own experience as a person who was not raised in an art background, is that you experience the work as it is rather than what you perceive it to be lacking. Also, the experience many people have is of seeing particular works that resonate with them on a profound level. This experience opens the possibility of and desire for further investigation and discovery. And finally, it is important to remember that contemporary art, most often, is not a passive experience, it requires some commitment from the viewer and that is why the experience can be that much more enriching.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">G:</span></span></span><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Where would your dream artist's retreat be located?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A:</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Maybe on a house boat in Lake Powell. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although the lake is man-made and has flooded a spectacular environment, the lake affords the visitor endless opportunities for exploration and the blue water amidst the sandstone cliffs is as beautiful a location as I have ever seen. Not to mention the silence in the evening and the starga</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">zing.</span></span><br />
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