Hi y’all! Big thanks for following along with me this month. Extra big thanks to Emily and Natalie for the space to share. The Gathered Gallery is such a wonderful platform for artists and art lovers and I loved being a part of it this month!
This is my last blog post here, so I'll leave you with a little list of things I keep close to me in the studio.
First, Ugly Feelings by Sianne Ngai. Ngai mobilizes the aesthetics of unprestigious negative affects. This book has been predominant in the way I think about affect and the underbelly of feelings in my work. I flip through it often, and I always find something new to chew on. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the word stuplimity which is described by Sianne Ngai as a paradoxical synthesis of shock and boredom. A word that seems all the more apropos during a global pandemic.
Second, this painting by Marlon Mullen:
And this one:
This Piet Mondrian:
These Amy Sillman paintings:
This Guston:
(I’m never not thinking about this painting)
Betty Parsons:
Matthew Wong:
Thanks for following along everyone! If you're looking to see more of my work, you can find it at emmacarney.ca
