Where Am I

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Lordy Rodriguez Westward

Leo Saul Berk was on KUOW's Weekday this morning with a few other art peeps, talking about maps. As a lover of maps who probably only did not become a cartographer because I'm really bad at math and frightened of science, I found this delightful.

Joyce Kozloff Walk-In Globe (the maps inside are Kozloff's paintings of places the USA has bombed)

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Image of the Day

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A detail from the front of the building that houses Lawrimore Project. Matthew posted previously about Lawrimore's current exhibition – truly one of the best shows I've seen in a long time, and Joey Veltkamp posted an excellent interview with the artist, Leo Saul Berk, along with a bunch of images – head over there and have a look, why don'tcha.

Deep, Dark

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Lawrimore Project has a new exhibit that I dipped into yesterday as the sky opened up and the reality of Autumn's arrival became apparent: a solo show of Leo Saul Berk's latest drawings and sculptures that will be on display through the end of October.

Berk explores negative space through a variety of media. Although overly technical at times in his execution, there are some interesting ideas and some real gems. A short excerpt from one of the placards at the exhibit reveals an interesting angle to the work presented, describing his computer generated, three-dimensional representation of Naj Tunich, a sacred cave of the Mayas:

...an information-poor repository of the ancient psychologies therein and a taciturn surrogate for the collective emotions of the contemporary culture...

Lawrimore is a great gallery with a great space to match. Of note is the fact that many of the works have been sold, some pieces topping $10,000 or more. Seems that the Seattle art-buying world is still kicking.

Lawrimore Project is located at 831 Airport Way South, in downtown Seattle.