Slog - Comments on Currently Hanging http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150 Rachel Maxi's White Pick Up (2008), oil on board, 18 by 24 inches At Some Space Gallery. (Gallery site here.)... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0800 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:19:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Sooo...what's up with the window?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068547 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:02:07 -0800 Comment by Fnarf She painted out her ex-boyfriend.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068576 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:28:43 -0800 Comment by laff Why make a painting of a photograph? If the thing exists in a photograph, why recontextualize it in oil? What does it do to the thing?

]]> laff http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068586 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:32:07 -0800 Comment by joey ack! these are great. i'm a big rachel maxi fan. her dumpsters are great!

]]> joey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068624 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:06:21 -0800 Comment by umvue What does recontextualizing a photo in oil do to the thing? It steals its immortal soul, of course. What does a photo of an oil of a photo do to the thing?

Truthfully, lots of things happen in oil that can't be captured in a photo.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068626 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068626 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:09:01 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Neither photos nor oils are "real" -- they're just emulsions (or pixels), swirled around into patterns that our eye tricks us into seeing pictures in. It's a neat trick.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068659 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:29:40 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Walking to dinner one recent evening, I saw one of her dumpster paintings in a gallery window and my friends finally ditched me and went on to get the table because I was stuck staring in happy wonder.

I need a dumpster painting. Paypal donations accepted.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068667 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:35:41 -0800 Comment by Strath There's a good article on artinfo.com about the resurgence of photo realism, with a slideshow.

]]> Strath http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1068686 Visual Art Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:51:22 -0800 Comment by harold hollingsworth Rachel is the Carrol O'Conner of painting...those were the days!

]]> harold hollingsworth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1072580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/currently_hanging_150#c1072580 Visual Art Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:19:52 -0800