by Alicia | May 17, 2013 | Editing, News, OtherPeoplesPixels, OtherPeoplesPixels Art Critics Series - Managing Editor, Writing
We are pleased to announce The OPP ART CRITICS SERIES, a new collaboration with OtherPeoplesPixels. In the spirit of continuing to explore/explode Mr. Walter Benjamin’s idea of the “aura,” artist-run website portfolio service OtherPeoplesPixels is...
by Alicia | May 15, 2013 | Editing, News, OtherPeoplesPixels, OtherPeoplesPixels Art Critics Series - Managing Editor, Writing
Slipping the fur skin of a dead animal over a perfectly crafted taxidermy form produces a visual illusion of life, much in the tradition of a trompe l’oeil painting. In traditional taxidermy terms, the relationship between man and animal is that of a hunter conquering...
by Alicia | Feb 1, 2013 | News, OtherPeoplesPixels, Writing
Reverend Lainie Love Dalby is not a pop culture goddess by any means. In a time of heightened economic, spiritual and emotional insecurity exacerbated by media-saturation, the Reverend is here to help people “live their best life”—but not in theOprah sense of the...
by Alicia | Jan 11, 2013 | News, OtherPeoplesPixels, Writing
Portland-based artist Julia Barbee wants to know what you smell like. Or, at least what type of scent you would select based on your ecommerce profile or a Craigslist ad that you post. Barbee wanders into that strange strip of creative space between fine art and high...
by Alicia | Dec 21, 2012 | News, OtherPeoplesPixels, Writing
Jake Myers is visible on and offline as an artist and in the artist-run project space scene through The Octagon Gallery, a space that he runs out of his home. It’s not a stretch to say that Jake Myers is everywhere. In his artwork, Myers seeks to deconstruct the...
by Alicia | Dec 4, 2012 | News, OtherPeoplesPixels, Writing
Artist Sabina Ott is no stranger to the social web. For more than 25 years, she has been investigating the process and act of painting. The Internet and Gertrude Stein’s prose are two of her major influences. “To me, Stein is the prescient literature to the Internet...
