Throughout 2010, I making paintings based on an image in the local newspaper, paying homage to both On Kawara and the decline of printed news. The paintings are the exact size of the printed images. Archived images are listed under the "Artworks" tab. Thanks for checking things out. Love, Judith
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Check out my shows up right now at Gawker in NYC and at Christina Ray Gallery in Soho. . . . working with Foursquare to scavenge for prints from an edition.
Exciting News! Upcoming show in October but currently looking for venues for "Ladies Heart Art" group show, shoot me an email with questions!
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I create sculptural and performative installations of an imagined refuge.
Entire industries have formed to allow Americans to escape their daily lives. This escape, whether through television, video games or the internet supercedes the very acts which connect us to the earth, each other and fosters deeper fulfillment. The sound of the wind in a gallery through five paper trees, each made up of over 2000 leaves creates an illusion, maybe even a temptation of escape. My sculptures represent ways to retreat from either one's environment or self, using the crudeness of my hand, both compulsive and arbitrary to mimic natures comforting enclosure.
In my video work, I have dealt almost exclusively with emotional states. The time-based medium works well to record a performative act and juxtapose it against another such act. It is in this juxtaposition that emotional experiences and thoughts are recreated and reflected with a simultaneity that still work doesn’t allow for. Rather than setting up a binary system, where there is a lack and not-lack (a Freudian concept, video formats with multiple screens or channels have served well to express a rhizomatic formation (following a Deleuzian model). I believe this echoes feeling closer than language or symbols.
Wed., March 31, 2010
It's been raining for what feels like eternities in NYC, and it's not just me. This is the cover of "Newsday" with "Flood of Trouble". Quick painting, different colors. More like a drawing with color.
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Fri. March 26, 2010:
This is today's painting, and I am still working on Wednesdays, but Thurs in artworks. I had a revelation this morning about this series. I was speaking with my sister-in-law, who is quite wise, and she suggested that I ease the pressure off of myself since I have hit a rough patch and allow that I will only paint three or four times a week rather than every day. But I know that that wouldn't work for me or be truly satisfying. And so I looked back over the last few months and realized that there were a few things working for me. Last week I went to an amazing lecture by an artist named Matthew Monahan, who I wasn't expecting to like his work but after hearing him talk, Wow. Anyways, he had a bunch of rules, like a Dutch filmmaker or ten commandments of artmaking. So, these aren't thought out, and I would love feedback, but it's a start:
1. There will be Bad paintings. This must be okay.
2. When I am short on time, I will use smaller paper, which is significantly less unwieldy and makes the whole thing easier.
3. I will paint everyday. Except when I'm sick.
love.
judith
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Tues., March 23, 2010:
Full Disclosure:
March has been hard for me. One of the things that I knew would be hard was regular maintenance, daily practice. I've had two friends in two for more than two weeks. I've been sick, twice. And I traveled to DC. All separately. So, although I have been painting, I haven't been painting as steadily and I certainly haven't been uploading images. But, the major things have passed and I am re-centering. Which includes doing some extra painting today as well as uploading images from the last week. Excuses, excuses believe me, I know.
But back to the issue at hand, Health Care! Thanks Nancy, this one's for you.
Love and Hugs and Kisses
Judith
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Wed., March 17, 2010: I've got paintings from last Friday, Monday and Tuesday but I won't get a chance to upload till tonight. Sorry everybody.
xoxo
Thurs., March 11, 2010: hmmm. Not much to comment about this one. The whole black and white thing got tricky today. Also I ran out of paper and had to use the cold pressed paper which has a significantly rougher tooth, so there was a learning curve today. Oh yeah, and the irony of Corey Haim passing away but me choosing to paint Henry Wittenberg hasn't escaped me. Back at it in the morning. love you all.
xoxo
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Wed., March 10, 2010
This is an image from the letters secotion, about eating rabbit. The original article, published last week had a huge beautiful rabbit, pulled up as if out of a magician's hat. This rabbit has teeth bared and looks angry. Somebody in the editorial department has a sense of humor.
xoxo
Judith
Tues. March 9, 2010: Obama and Health Care
I'm going to try and just paint black and white for the week, just to change it up, we'll see how it goes.
love.
judith
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Mon., March 8, 2010:
Last week I was sick as a dog, then had work all weekend and hit the first big glitch of the year. I haven't painted since last Tuesday. In creating a project that requires me to work every day, I am always feeling guilty, like I'm not doing enough and yet, it also seems like I won't hit my stride till I'm almost done. I'm in the studio today and back at it, and not going to try and catch up on the news/images I missed but rather just dig back in. I want to thank Kate for checking the site and your e-mail, and helping get me re-focused.
This image is from an article called, "China Blames U.S. for Strained Relations" in the NY Times. The Chinese minister said that the sale of weapons to Taiwan and meeting with the Dalai Lama has seriously disrupted our relationship with the Chinese. The article also quotes "We stick to our principles, which is totally different from being tough". . . Hmmmm.
Also, for today's piece, I have also included a shot of what the whole piece looks like. Some of you may remember that I switched my paper to be the same size as the newspaper and the images are placed on the paper where they are printed.
Love,
Judith
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Tues., March 2, 2010: I kind of cheated today and made this painting of Gov. Paterson from Friday's paper, today. But frankly, he's on the cover of three papers so I don't feel so bad. What I really wanted to paint was an image of Chile and what's happening down there, but from all the coverage, it seems like looting and crushed houses are the way the story is being depicted. And after last night's painting, I figured I wouldn't try that again for a bit. So for today, I chose to paint this model who, unbelieveably, the nytimes devoted an entire half page to her story about both her parents being flight stewards.
Love,
Judith
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Mon. March 1, 2010: I'm sick. I'm running a fever and sore throat. I tried painting today and I might start again, but its terrible. I'm getting back in bed.
Love,
Judith
Sat., Feb. 27: More E-Mail Files on Torture Are Missing
-this image takes the cake for worst documentation of a painting. its not a great painting to start, but really, this makes it look significantly worse. sorry, i'm just so tired and i am still working on yesterday's painting of gov. patterson and hoping to finish it tonight. i know, its not technically yesterday so why should it matter, but in my head, for some reason, it does. it will definitely be online by tomorrow night. check back then.
thanks so much for keeping track of me. it means a lot. I forgot to mention, this weekend, you can see + buy my work at the dumbo arts center and at webster hall -- both through sunday night.
love,
judith
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Thurs., Feb. 25, 2010: Selling Off Assets in India
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Tues., Feb. 23, 2010:
I don't know if anyone else out there is Absolutely Befuddled by the Tiger Woods Scandal. I consciously made a choice on Saturday to not paint an image from his public apology on Friday. But it has come front and center Sat., Sun., Mon. and now Tues. So, although to me, this is NOT news, the powers that be, have made it such. Which brings up the question, is the public interested in sex scandals? Is it a media fabrication? Either way, why? I remember realizing I had no connection to what the news told me was important, and then what politics told me was important, when Clinton was being impeached because of his personal affair. It seemed outrageous that his personal indiscretion could genuinely reflect on his presidency. On a personal note, I have been burned by the bitchy gossip of others surrounding my own love life. In that case, I finally understood that it was born from others' insecurity. But in the larger cases, aren't these situations sad enough for us, as a public, to let these folks reconcile their pain privately? Which is a frustratingly evasive response -- the question remains, why does the media choose to give time to these non-issues?
When the years' paintings are all together, I seriously doubt that this piece will read to others as what it is to me, a signifier of our nation's discomfort with education. It takes knowledge and education to understand what are the issues of real consequence, what to think about them and to begin to comprehend how they happened and will continue to affect our lives. Instead, I'm pretty sure it will act as a marker of Tiger Wood's affair. But you and me, we know what the painting really is. . .
Love,
Judith
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Mon. Feb. 22, 2010: After Years of Poor Conditions, A Night of Sudden Repair
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Tues., Feb. 16, 2010:
A few things today. I've had a bunch of dialogue about this work, all of which has led me to the conclusion that the paintings need to be on a sheet of paper that is the same size as the actual newspaper, with the painting in the same place as the printed image. So, that began today. As far as today's painting goes, I'm not sure if its done or needs clothing or a background painted in and want to hear from you, so please, email me with your opinion. And finally, a big shout out to my Mom who bought the new lens for my camera. Thanks Mom.
Love,
Judith
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Mon., Feb. 15, 2010
I chose to paint this image because it is a still taken from a youtube printed in black and white in the New York Times. It is credited simply as "Youtube". The article is called "Opposition in Iran Meets a Crossroads On Strategy" and a large part of its content is why the protests on Thursday were "disappointingly small", crediting the Internet, blogging and exiled organizers reaching out virtually. What does the confluence of physical and virtual action mean? And what defines the "news" when it suffers so many acts of removal, an internet organized protest that no one goes to, depicted in a newspaper in another country by a still of a video shot and compressed online, then reproduced in a painting and then rephotographed, compressed and posted again, online?
-Judith
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Sun., Feb. 14, 2010
This is my favorite painting from last week and since I'm uploading a few of them, instead of one at a time (as is my usual) I figured I would indulge myself. This is from Monday after the Saints won the superbowl. Check in the artwork folder for the rest.
Happy Valentines Day World.
love,
Judith
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Sat. Feb. 13, 2010 10:30 p.m.
Well, no luck with the camera and compatibility today. I'm officially leaving the studio to go out now. Long day. Went to Chelsea and was super into the video at Luhring Augustine.
Love,
Judith
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 8:20 a.m.
I've got five images from the last week, and am about to sit down and paint today. The good news is, a friend is coming with a camera, so I can finally upload new images. . . check in later this afternoon.
love,
judith
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Wed., Feb. 10, 2010
I painted Hungarian fields of grapes today, it was an article about dry white wine and Hungary as a growth option for that market. I think that my choice today was a cop-out because the image of the Americans being held prison in Haiti was such a superficial slice of the issue that I philosophically found myself at odds with re-presentation. And yesterday, well, another feel-good day for me -- I painted the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline because he is the only drug company that is actually doing good with his profit margin -- including selling the drugs at maxium 25% above their cost of production in poor countries and then using 1/5 of the profit in wealthy countries to contribute to infrastructure growth in developing nations. Plus, his company puts its drugs for neglected diseases into a 'patent pool' -- the coding equivalent of open source. I don't know if there's a darker side to the story, but I've had too much disappointment in my personal life this week to look into it.
Bummer for you though, cuz I still don't a new lens to document and post the paintings. But I swear, its in the mail. Should be here by the end of the week.
Love,
Judith
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Sat., Feb. 6, 2010
I painted Anthony Hargrove today, who is playing in the Superbowl tomorrow. But, like the total idiot that I am, last night tripped over my chord and camera in the studio and have permanently damaged the lens. So, for today and tomorrow at least, I'm working and painting, but no images. Sorry.
love,
judith
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Fri., Feb. 5, 2010
So, in the U.S. the loan companies for higher education, undergrad and grad school have begun lobbying the senate against Obama's attempt to rehaul of the system. Right now, "private lenders get a cut of the federally backed loans that they originate and service, with little risk of their own". And I've gotta say, this particular issue has a lot to do with my daily life. I'm ridiculously over-educated and will likely be paying these bad boys off for longer than I ever anticipated. In his state of the union, Obama said something like, "no one should go broke because they chose to go to college". Corporate profit is just sometimes plain evil, and yes, I'm talking about health care and education. So today, an homage to Arne Duncan, who will hopefully fight back with an iron pen.
Love,
Judith
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Thurs., Feb. 4, 2010
Just by the hair of my chinny chin chin. This was an article referenced in only the NY Times and the NY Post. And they had very different angles on the story, which if I wasn't so tired, I would elaborate on. Sleep, then paint early in the morning before work.
Love,
Judith
p.s. Thanks to everybody who came out and for the cheers of encouragement at the X-Initiative show!
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Wed., Feb. 3, 2010
I painted yesterday, so check in the art if interested. As for today, I have been shying away from depicting the situation in Haiti because so many of the images seem to be biased depictions of what is happening there, raising questions for me of the post-colonialist filters in our media, the act of disembodiment with storytelling/reporting and the disengagement between image and word: how does one attempt to describe the scope of a problem?
I'd love dialogue on this issue . . . so please shoot me an email if you have thoughts or responses.
Love,
Judith
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Mon., Feb. 1, 2010
I didn't get a chance to paint over the weekend and have been running around today taking care of administrative things in my life. . . I'm excited to say that my video was specifically mentioned in the LMCC's roundup for February. Its up at "Art in General" until March. 20th. I am building right now a piece that I'll install on the Lower East Side that opens Friday, Feb. 12th at Heather's (their art annex) at 506 E. 13th. And I've got a different video in a show at Sarah Lawrence College that opens March 30th. Finally, I'm working on a project proposal for kickstarter to help fund the day paintings, I'd like to take the project on tour. I'll keep you up-to-date about that. So, you can expect to see a new painting tomorrow, Tuesday, I swear.
Love,
Judith
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Fri., Jan. 29, 2010
RIP JD Salinger.
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Thurs., Jan 28, 2010
Sorry I'm so behind on posting images! I have Monday and Tuesday's paintings, done but not yet photographed. I didn't get a chance to paint yesterday, Wednesday. And I'll be working today later in the afternoon. So if you're reading this, please please come back tonight or tomorrow. I feel like a student again pleading with my virtual professor. Especially as the first month of the year comes to a close . . .
Love,
Judith
10:36 a.m.
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Sun., Jan. 24, 2010
Jean Simmons Dies, the Sunday paper is hard to paint from, too much to I want to read.
love,
judith
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Sat., Jan. 23, 2010
Thanks everybody for coming out last night! It was a great opening and I was so honored to be there. This is Thursday's painting and I'm not quite done with today's. These three men (although there are actually four) are Vietnamese and have been sentenced to many years of jail time for dissent, they are bloggers, democracy advocates and a human rights lawyer. As a witness, their story makes conscious my paralysis and deepens my sorrow for the world.
-Judith
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Wed., Jan. 20, 2010: Attacks on Kabul
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Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010
I edited all day and just got to the studio. The video is, finally, finished. Two weeks of solid shooting, 38 women, tons of travel around the city, and a solid day of editing all for a piece with a run time of 1:21. Three or five or ten cheers for Jimmy Mcbride and Ethan Partyka, without whom I couldn't have gotten there. Thanks guys. I install tomorrow. And so, I hope that this is the last of the quick sketch paintings and later in the week will yield something I can firmly stand behind. Or next to. But at least the days painting is done, I'm patting myself on the back.
Love,
Judith
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Monday, Jan. 18, 2010
The video piece is almost done, its in post-production now and the show opens on Friday! Afterwards, I'll post it online. In the meantime, here is today's painting/sketch from Haiti. It is pretty hard to find images that don't exploit an individual person's story under the guise of the anonymous is the everyman. So this is a cropped image from the original source material. Also, I went to the Met today to look for gouache paintings and came up with nothing, probably cuz gouache is primarily used for design/advertising/etc., so my stubborness about making the medium work for me is waning. I will keep at it for a little while more, but I think I may return to oil soon. . .
Love,
Judith
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Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
Hi all, I've been working on a video piece that goes up next week and my internet crashed last night at my studio. So, although I made a painting this morning, I can't post it right now. But just so you know, there'll be two new pieces posted over the weekend this week. . .
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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
What happened in Haiti is absolutely devastating. The images are incredibly hard to absorb. And as a result of that, I'm moving painfully slowly on the page. I am posting this uncompleted painting because honestly, I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish this one. My thoughts and sympathies go out to everyone there.
Love,
Judith
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Tues., Jan. 12, 2010
Full disclosure: I edited yesterday's painting today (and uploaded the new version), cuz I wasn't really happy with it and knew I wasn't done with it when I had to go to work last night. That being said, I'm putting today's painting up, but there is a solid chance I will rework it when I get home tonight. I was wishing I could paint like Tuymans or Lopez-Garcia when I started this, but with only two hours, fat chance. Off to shoot video, wish me luck.
xoxo
Judith
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Mon., Jan. 11, 2010
Today was the first day painting after two days off, and although it felt really good to be at it again, its definitely a reminder that I wish I didn't have to do anything else. I couldn't resist this article about the low temperatures in Florida, and I wonder as I'm paying such close attention to the news, how many indirect reflections of climate change will surface this year? Separately, I keep revisiting the question of "how do you choose what to paint?", the thing I know for sure is that I don't want to paint a photographer's art, even though I'm sort of doing that. But is creative appropriation a rhetorical argument?
Keep your fingers crossed that tomorrow my hand is a little warmer and I'm happier with day's painting.
Love,
Judith
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Friday, Jan. 8, 2010
Although I'm very short on time this morning, today marks the finish of my first week of day paintings for 2010. Thanks to everyone who emailed me this week and all you silent viewers too, its amazing and encouraging to hear you all cheering me on.
Love,
Judith
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Thurs., Jan. 7, 2010
Today, I painted the Jordanian bomber and throughout the time I was working, it was disconcerting to memorialize this particular individual. Its an incredibly sad story to me. The painting is really tiny, maybe 2.5" x 2".
xoxo
Judith
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Wed., Jan. 6, 2010
Well, it turns out that I like painting animals. Who knew? Last night, I was talking with a good friend, explaining what happened yesterday, what with making multiple 'day paintings' in one day. He said, and I'm taking his advice, "You should only get one shot each day and part of what is interesting will be seeing the ones that just don't work out. Plus, it will make you a better artist." One problem left is the philosophical split, with only one image, do I choose to represent the mundane shifts in our world or the global-impact kind. . .
I'm sure that someone has written/thought more insightfully than me about the ramifications of media depiction of events that affect vs. intersect our lives. Anyone have articles/references for me on this subject?
xoxo
judith
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Tues., Jan. 5, 2010
I made three paintings today cuz I'm not happy with any of 'em. Plus there was interesting visual news, the tallest building in the world was completed, and a controversial proposed wind farm on Cape Cod might thwart some folks spiritual rituals of greeting the sunshine. But I went ahead and posted two, in the meantime keep your fingers crossed that tomorrow yields a better product.
love,
judith
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Mon., Jan. 4, 2010
Okay team: I've started my year long project and I've got three new paintings. Its been a rough start since I haven't painted in a few weeks, so I'm also feeling a little sheepish about showing them publicly, but hey, that's part of the project. Feel free to shoot me an email of encouragement ...
-love-
Judith
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I'm currently working on a series of Day Paintings, the images based on photos from the local newspaper. Starting January 1, I will make a Day Painting five days a week for all of 2010, posting the week's paintings here. Check in frequently.
- love -
Judith
Dec. 2009
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Check out my shows up right now at Gawker in NYC and at Christina Ray Gallery in Soho. . . . working with Foursquare to scavenge for prints from an edition.
Exciting News! Upcoming show in October but currently looking for venues for "Ladies Heart Art" group show, shoot me an email with questions!
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I create sculptural and performative installations of an imagined refuge.
Entire industries have formed to allow Americans to escape their daily lives. This escape, whether through television, video games or the internet supercedes the very acts which connect us to the earth, each other and fosters deeper fulfillment. The sound of the wind in a gallery through five paper trees, each made up of over 2000 leaves creates an illusion, maybe even a temptation of escape. My sculptures represent ways to retreat from either one's environment or self, using the crudeness of my hand, both compulsive and arbitrary to mimic natures comforting enclosure.
In my video work, I have dealt almost exclusively with emotional states. The time-based medium works well to record a performative act and juxtapose it against another such act. It is in this juxtaposition that emotional experiences and thoughts are recreated and reflected with a simultaneity that still work doesn’t allow for. Rather than setting up a binary system, where there is a lack and not-lack (a Freudian concept, video formats with multiple screens or channels have served well to express a rhizomatic formation (following a Deleuzian model). I believe this echoes feeling closer than language or symbols.
Wed., March 31, 2010
It's been raining for what feels like eternities in NYC, and it's not just me. This is the cover of "Newsday" with "Flood of Trouble". Quick painting, different colors. More like a drawing with color.
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Fri. March 26, 2010:
This is today's painting, and I am still working on Wednesdays, but Thurs in artworks. I had a revelation this morning about this series. I was speaking with my sister-in-law, who is quite wise, and she suggested that I ease the pressure off of myself since I have hit a rough patch and allow that I will only paint three or four times a week rather than every day. But I know that that wouldn't work for me or be truly satisfying. And so I looked back over the last few months and realized that there were a few things working for me. Last week I went to an amazing lecture by an artist named Matthew Monahan, who I wasn't expecting to like his work but after hearing him talk, Wow. Anyways, he had a bunch of rules, like a Dutch filmmaker or ten commandments of artmaking. So, these aren't thought out, and I would love feedback, but it's a start:
1. There will be Bad paintings. This must be okay.
2. When I am short on time, I will use smaller paper, which is significantly less unwieldy and makes the whole thing easier.
3. I will paint everyday. Except when I'm sick.
love.
judith
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Tues., March 23, 2010:
Full Disclosure:
March has been hard for me. One of the things that I knew would be hard was regular maintenance, daily practice. I've had two friends in two for more than two weeks. I've been sick, twice. And I traveled to DC. All separately. So, although I have been painting, I haven't been painting as steadily and I certainly haven't been uploading images. But, the major things have passed and I am re-centering. Which includes doing some extra painting today as well as uploading images from the last week. Excuses, excuses believe me, I know.
But back to the issue at hand, Health Care! Thanks Nancy, this one's for you.
Love and Hugs and Kisses
Judith
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Wed., March 17, 2010: I've got paintings from last Friday, Monday and Tuesday but I won't get a chance to upload till tonight. Sorry everybody.
xoxo
Thurs., March 11, 2010: hmmm. Not much to comment about this one. The whole black and white thing got tricky today. Also I ran out of paper and had to use the cold pressed paper which has a significantly rougher tooth, so there was a learning curve today. Oh yeah, and the irony of Corey Haim passing away but me choosing to paint Henry Wittenberg hasn't escaped me. Back at it in the morning. love you all.
xoxo
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Wed., March 10, 2010
This is an image from the letters secotion, about eating rabbit. The original article, published last week had a huge beautiful rabbit, pulled up as if out of a magician's hat. This rabbit has teeth bared and looks angry. Somebody in the editorial department has a sense of humor.
xoxo
Judith
Tues. March 9, 2010: Obama and Health Care
I'm going to try and just paint black and white for the week, just to change it up, we'll see how it goes.
love.
judith
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Mon., March 8, 2010:
Last week I was sick as a dog, then had work all weekend and hit the first big glitch of the year. I haven't painted since last Tuesday. In creating a project that requires me to work every day, I am always feeling guilty, like I'm not doing enough and yet, it also seems like I won't hit my stride till I'm almost done. I'm in the studio today and back at it, and not going to try and catch up on the news/images I missed but rather just dig back in. I want to thank Kate for checking the site and your e-mail, and helping get me re-focused.
This image is from an article called, "China Blames U.S. for Strained Relations" in the NY Times. The Chinese minister said that the sale of weapons to Taiwan and meeting with the Dalai Lama has seriously disrupted our relationship with the Chinese. The article also quotes "We stick to our principles, which is totally different from being tough". . . Hmmmm.
Also, for today's piece, I have also included a shot of what the whole piece looks like. Some of you may remember that I switched my paper to be the same size as the newspaper and the images are placed on the paper where they are printed.
Love,
Judith
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Tues., March 2, 2010: I kind of cheated today and made this painting of Gov. Paterson from Friday's paper, today. But frankly, he's on the cover of three papers so I don't feel so bad. What I really wanted to paint was an image of Chile and what's happening down there, but from all the coverage, it seems like looting and crushed houses are the way the story is being depicted. And after last night's painting, I figured I wouldn't try that again for a bit. So for today, I chose to paint this model who, unbelieveably, the nytimes devoted an entire half page to her story about both her parents being flight stewards.
Love,
Judith
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Mon. March 1, 2010: I'm sick. I'm running a fever and sore throat. I tried painting today and I might start again, but its terrible. I'm getting back in bed.
Love,
Judith
Sat., Feb. 27: More E-Mail Files on Torture Are Missing
-this image takes the cake for worst documentation of a painting. its not a great painting to start, but really, this makes it look significantly worse. sorry, i'm just so tired and i am still working on yesterday's painting of gov. patterson and hoping to finish it tonight. i know, its not technically yesterday so why should it matter, but in my head, for some reason, it does. it will definitely be online by tomorrow night. check back then.
thanks so much for keeping track of me. it means a lot. I forgot to mention, this weekend, you can see + buy my work at the dumbo arts center and at webster hall -- both through sunday night.
love,
judith
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Thurs., Feb. 25, 2010: Selling Off Assets in India
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Tues., Feb. 23, 2010:
I don't know if anyone else out there is Absolutely Befuddled by the Tiger Woods Scandal. I consciously made a choice on Saturday to not paint an image from his public apology on Friday. But it has come front and center Sat., Sun., Mon. and now Tues. So, although to me, this is NOT news, the powers that be, have made it such. Which brings up the question, is the public interested in sex scandals? Is it a media fabrication? Either way, why? I remember realizing I had no connection to what the news told me was important, and then what politics told me was important, when Clinton was being impeached because of his personal affair. It seemed outrageous that his personal indiscretion could genuinely reflect on his presidency. On a personal note, I have been burned by the bitchy gossip of others surrounding my own love life. In that case, I finally understood that it was born from others' insecurity. But in the larger cases, aren't these situations sad enough for us, as a public, to let these folks reconcile their pain privately? Which is a frustratingly evasive response -- the question remains, why does the media choose to give time to these non-issues?
When the years' paintings are all together, I seriously doubt that this piece will read to others as what it is to me, a signifier of our nation's discomfort with education. It takes knowledge and education to understand what are the issues of real consequence, what to think about them and to begin to comprehend how they happened and will continue to affect our lives. Instead, I'm pretty sure it will act as a marker of Tiger Wood's affair. But you and me, we know what the painting really is. . .
Love,
Judith
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Mon. Feb. 22, 2010: After Years of Poor Conditions, A Night of Sudden Repair
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Tues., Feb. 16, 2010:
A few things today. I've had a bunch of dialogue about this work, all of which has led me to the conclusion that the paintings need to be on a sheet of paper that is the same size as the actual newspaper, with the painting in the same place as the printed image. So, that began today. As far as today's painting goes, I'm not sure if its done or needs clothing or a background painted in and want to hear from you, so please, email me with your opinion. And finally, a big shout out to my Mom who bought the new lens for my camera. Thanks Mom.
Love,
Judith
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Mon., Feb. 15, 2010
I chose to paint this image because it is a still taken from a youtube printed in black and white in the New York Times. It is credited simply as "Youtube". The article is called "Opposition in Iran Meets a Crossroads On Strategy" and a large part of its content is why the protests on Thursday were "disappointingly small", crediting the Internet, blogging and exiled organizers reaching out virtually. What does the confluence of physical and virtual action mean? And what defines the "news" when it suffers so many acts of removal, an internet organized protest that no one goes to, depicted in a newspaper in another country by a still of a video shot and compressed online, then reproduced in a painting and then rephotographed, compressed and posted again, online?
-Judith
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Sun., Feb. 14, 2010
This is my favorite painting from last week and since I'm uploading a few of them, instead of one at a time (as is my usual) I figured I would indulge myself. This is from Monday after the Saints won the superbowl. Check in the artwork folder for the rest.
Happy Valentines Day World.
love,
Judith
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Sat. Feb. 13, 2010 10:30 p.m.
Well, no luck with the camera and compatibility today. I'm officially leaving the studio to go out now. Long day. Went to Chelsea and was super into the video at Luhring Augustine.
Love,
Judith
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 8:20 a.m.
I've got five images from the last week, and am about to sit down and paint today. The good news is, a friend is coming with a camera, so I can finally upload new images. . . check in later this afternoon.
love,
judith
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Wed., Feb. 10, 2010
I painted Hungarian fields of grapes today, it was an article about dry white wine and Hungary as a growth option for that market. I think that my choice today was a cop-out because the image of the Americans being held prison in Haiti was such a superficial slice of the issue that I philosophically found myself at odds with re-presentation. And yesterday, well, another feel-good day for me -- I painted the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline because he is the only drug company that is actually doing good with his profit margin -- including selling the drugs at maxium 25% above their cost of production in poor countries and then using 1/5 of the profit in wealthy countries to contribute to infrastructure growth in developing nations. Plus, his company puts its drugs for neglected diseases into a 'patent pool' -- the coding equivalent of open source. I don't know if there's a darker side to the story, but I've had too much disappointment in my personal life this week to look into it.
Bummer for you though, cuz I still don't a new lens to document and post the paintings. But I swear, its in the mail. Should be here by the end of the week.
Love,
Judith
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Sat., Feb. 6, 2010
I painted Anthony Hargrove today, who is playing in the Superbowl tomorrow. But, like the total idiot that I am, last night tripped over my chord and camera in the studio and have permanently damaged the lens. So, for today and tomorrow at least, I'm working and painting, but no images. Sorry.
love,
judith
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Fri., Feb. 5, 2010
So, in the U.S. the loan companies for higher education, undergrad and grad school have begun lobbying the senate against Obama's attempt to rehaul of the system. Right now, "private lenders get a cut of the federally backed loans that they originate and service, with little risk of their own". And I've gotta say, this particular issue has a lot to do with my daily life. I'm ridiculously over-educated and will likely be paying these bad boys off for longer than I ever anticipated. In his state of the union, Obama said something like, "no one should go broke because they chose to go to college". Corporate profit is just sometimes plain evil, and yes, I'm talking about health care and education. So today, an homage to Arne Duncan, who will hopefully fight back with an iron pen.
Love,
Judith
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Thurs., Feb. 4, 2010
Just by the hair of my chinny chin chin. This was an article referenced in only the NY Times and the NY Post. And they had very different angles on the story, which if I wasn't so tired, I would elaborate on. Sleep, then paint early in the morning before work.
Love,
Judith
p.s. Thanks to everybody who came out and for the cheers of encouragement at the X-Initiative show!
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Wed., Feb. 3, 2010
I painted yesterday, so check in the art if interested. As for today, I have been shying away from depicting the situation in Haiti because so many of the images seem to be biased depictions of what is happening there, raising questions for me of the post-colonialist filters in our media, the act of disembodiment with storytelling/reporting and the disengagement between image and word: how does one attempt to describe the scope of a problem?
I'd love dialogue on this issue . . . so please shoot me an email if you have thoughts or responses.
Love,
Judith
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Mon., Feb. 1, 2010
I didn't get a chance to paint over the weekend and have been running around today taking care of administrative things in my life. . . I'm excited to say that my video was specifically mentioned in the LMCC's roundup for February. Its up at "Art in General" until March. 20th. I am building right now a piece that I'll install on the Lower East Side that opens Friday, Feb. 12th at Heather's (their art annex) at 506 E. 13th. And I've got a different video in a show at Sarah Lawrence College that opens March 30th. Finally, I'm working on a project proposal for kickstarter to help fund the day paintings, I'd like to take the project on tour. I'll keep you up-to-date about that. So, you can expect to see a new painting tomorrow, Tuesday, I swear.
Love,
Judith
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Fri., Jan. 29, 2010
RIP JD Salinger.
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Thurs., Jan 28, 2010
Sorry I'm so behind on posting images! I have Monday and Tuesday's paintings, done but not yet photographed. I didn't get a chance to paint yesterday, Wednesday. And I'll be working today later in the afternoon. So if you're reading this, please please come back tonight or tomorrow. I feel like a student again pleading with my virtual professor. Especially as the first month of the year comes to a close . . .
Love,
Judith
10:36 a.m.
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Sun., Jan. 24, 2010
Jean Simmons Dies, the Sunday paper is hard to paint from, too much to I want to read.
love,
judith
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Sat., Jan. 23, 2010
Thanks everybody for coming out last night! It was a great opening and I was so honored to be there. This is Thursday's painting and I'm not quite done with today's. These three men (although there are actually four) are Vietnamese and have been sentenced to many years of jail time for dissent, they are bloggers, democracy advocates and a human rights lawyer. As a witness, their story makes conscious my paralysis and deepens my sorrow for the world.
-Judith
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Wed., Jan. 20, 2010: Attacks on Kabul
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Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010
I edited all day and just got to the studio. The video is, finally, finished. Two weeks of solid shooting, 38 women, tons of travel around the city, and a solid day of editing all for a piece with a run time of 1:21. Three or five or ten cheers for Jimmy Mcbride and Ethan Partyka, without whom I couldn't have gotten there. Thanks guys. I install tomorrow. And so, I hope that this is the last of the quick sketch paintings and later in the week will yield something I can firmly stand behind. Or next to. But at least the days painting is done, I'm patting myself on the back.
Love,
Judith
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Monday, Jan. 18, 2010
The video piece is almost done, its in post-production now and the show opens on Friday! Afterwards, I'll post it online. In the meantime, here is today's painting/sketch from Haiti. It is pretty hard to find images that don't exploit an individual person's story under the guise of the anonymous is the everyman. So this is a cropped image from the original source material. Also, I went to the Met today to look for gouache paintings and came up with nothing, probably cuz gouache is primarily used for design/advertising/etc., so my stubborness about making the medium work for me is waning. I will keep at it for a little while more, but I think I may return to oil soon. . .
Love,
Judith
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Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
Hi all, I've been working on a video piece that goes up next week and my internet crashed last night at my studio. So, although I made a painting this morning, I can't post it right now. But just so you know, there'll be two new pieces posted over the weekend this week. . .
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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
What happened in Haiti is absolutely devastating. The images are incredibly hard to absorb. And as a result of that, I'm moving painfully slowly on the page. I am posting this uncompleted painting because honestly, I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish this one. My thoughts and sympathies go out to everyone there.
Love,
Judith
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Tues., Jan. 12, 2010
Full disclosure: I edited yesterday's painting today (and uploaded the new version), cuz I wasn't really happy with it and knew I wasn't done with it when I had to go to work last night. That being said, I'm putting today's painting up, but there is a solid chance I will rework it when I get home tonight. I was wishing I could paint like Tuymans or Lopez-Garcia when I started this, but with only two hours, fat chance. Off to shoot video, wish me luck.
xoxo
Judith
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Mon., Jan. 11, 2010
Today was the first day painting after two days off, and although it felt really good to be at it again, its definitely a reminder that I wish I didn't have to do anything else. I couldn't resist this article about the low temperatures in Florida, and I wonder as I'm paying such close attention to the news, how many indirect reflections of climate change will surface this year? Separately, I keep revisiting the question of "how do you choose what to paint?", the thing I know for sure is that I don't want to paint a photographer's art, even though I'm sort of doing that. But is creative appropriation a rhetorical argument?
Keep your fingers crossed that tomorrow my hand is a little warmer and I'm happier with day's painting.
Love,
Judith
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Friday, Jan. 8, 2010
Although I'm very short on time this morning, today marks the finish of my first week of day paintings for 2010. Thanks to everyone who emailed me this week and all you silent viewers too, its amazing and encouraging to hear you all cheering me on.
Love,
Judith
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Thurs., Jan. 7, 2010
Today, I painted the Jordanian bomber and throughout the time I was working, it was disconcerting to memorialize this particular individual. Its an incredibly sad story to me. The painting is really tiny, maybe 2.5" x 2".
xoxo
Judith
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Wed., Jan. 6, 2010
Well, it turns out that I like painting animals. Who knew? Last night, I was talking with a good friend, explaining what happened yesterday, what with making multiple 'day paintings' in one day. He said, and I'm taking his advice, "You should only get one shot each day and part of what is interesting will be seeing the ones that just don't work out. Plus, it will make you a better artist." One problem left is the philosophical split, with only one image, do I choose to represent the mundane shifts in our world or the global-impact kind. . .
I'm sure that someone has written/thought more insightfully than me about the ramifications of media depiction of events that affect vs. intersect our lives. Anyone have articles/references for me on this subject?
xoxo
judith
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Tues., Jan. 5, 2010
I made three paintings today cuz I'm not happy with any of 'em. Plus there was interesting visual news, the tallest building in the world was completed, and a controversial proposed wind farm on Cape Cod might thwart some folks spiritual rituals of greeting the sunshine. But I went ahead and posted two, in the meantime keep your fingers crossed that tomorrow yields a better product.
love,
judith
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Mon., Jan. 4, 2010
Okay team: I've started my year long project and I've got three new paintings. Its been a rough start since I haven't painted in a few weeks, so I'm also feeling a little sheepish about showing them publicly, but hey, that's part of the project. Feel free to shoot me an email of encouragement ...
-love-
Judith
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I'm currently working on a series of Day Paintings, the images based on photos from the local newspaper. Starting January 1, I will make a Day Painting five days a week for all of 2010, posting the week's paintings here. Check in frequently.
- love -
Judith
Dec. 2009
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