Category Archives: Sundays in the Part with Art

Our art pieces feature the work of noted artists (or ones we think should be noted). We delve into the issues in their work as well as those in contemporary visual culture. Edited by Jennifer Kabat and Megan Whitmarsh.

A Life Aquatic: The Glass Sculptures of Kait Rhoads

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Melissa Stern

“The animal in the sea that I feel the closest affinity to is coral,” says Kait Rhoads. “There are so many different kinds, both ridged and soft; their basic building block a hexagonal tube made of calcium carbonate. Like bees constructing wax cells to fit any negative space, coral colonies exist in endless variation.” Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art, The Arts | Tagged blown glass, coral, Kait Rhoads, mixed media sculpture, Murrine, oceanograhy, Seattle, Venetian glass techniques | Leave a comment

The Elegant and Beautiful Work of Greely Myatt

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Melissa Stern

“As a native of the rural south, I have a tremendous respect for work that is made by the hand and guided by the heart and eye,” the artist says. “But I also understand the importance of the mind in this process. To state my approach to the making of art in the simplest and most direct manner, I have used these – the hand, the eye, the heart and the mind.” Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged Art in America, David Lusk Gallery, Greely Myatt, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis City Hall, Memphis TN., National Museum of Ornamental Metals, quilts, recycled materials, Rhodes College, Southern artists, steel, University of Memphis | 1 Comment

Tess Mayer – SOMETHING OF THE ARBUS ABOUT HER

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Tess Mayer, 17 years old and already something of Arbus in her photographs. Moving and elegant yet with all the weight of being a teenager. Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged Bovina New York, diane arbus, rineke dijkstra, tess mayer | 1 Comment

The Haunting and Lovely World of Benjamin Jones

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Melissa Stern

Jones makes exquisite drawings that are both physically small and psychologically huge, Melissa Stern writes. Deceptively simple in line and color, they reveal themselves to be deeply complex and personal views of the world he sees. Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged art, Benjamin Jones, drawing | 3 Comments

Knitting as Performance, Flying the Flag with Liz Collins

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Liz Collins knits and as she does unspools meaning. Flags, identity, craft vs mass. All come under her watchful eye. Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged Governors Island, ICA, Knitting Nation, Liz Collins, Pride Flag, providence, The Muster | Leave a comment

Sunday In Bushwick. A Walk Through the 1980’s with Meryl Meisler

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Melissa Stern

Jumping rope, graffiti, fields of debris and trash – photographer (and public school teacher) Meryl Meiser turns them into a ravishing picture of humanity. Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged 1980's, art teacher, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Meryl Meisler, photography, street photography | Leave a comment

Josette Urso: Making the Complex, Simple

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Melissa Stern

“For me, painting parallels the act of seeing and is the most direct link to private time with the physical world,” says Josette Urso. “Working from life, I strive to discover and engage the known as well as the unknown in unforeseen ways.” Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged collage, Josette Urso, oil painting, plein air painting. Abstract Expressionim | 2 Comments