BlogBloghttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2012-05-23T16:11:10ZSquarespaceIn progress todayhttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2012/5/23/in-progress-today.htmlHannah Cole2012-05-23T16:10:25Z2012-05-23T16:10:25Z

]]>In the studiohttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2012/4/5/in-the-studio.htmlHannah Cole2012-04-05T12:44:08Z2012-04-05T12:44:08Z

Preparing new canvases

]]>Gretchen is Strangehttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/12/14/gretchen-is-strange.htmlHannah Cole2011-12-14T22:58:38Z2011-12-14T22:58:38ZI met Gretchen Skogerson at a residency at Ucross in 2009. I was a little intimidated, as she'd just come off doing the Whitney Biennial. But it turns out, she's awesome. Her work is gorgeous and smart. And she is also a really good baker.

She just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of her new film Strange Play. I pledged $35, and I'm going to get a new ringtone that she designed, as well as the warm fuzzies. Check out her project here:



 

]]>Hannah & Hannahhttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/10/25/hannah-hannah.htmlHannah Cole2011-10-25T15:05:38Z2011-10-25T15:05:38ZI had a lovely visit to the studio of painter Hannah Barrett yesterday. Her paintings are dark, jangly, gender-bending and beautifully painted. They are loaded to the hilt with historical, decorative and folk art references.


 

 

Hannah in her studio

 

]]>Geometric Awesome: Studio visit with Nate Ethierhttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/10/12/geometric-awesome-studio-visit-with-nate-ethier.htmlHannah Cole2011-10-12T15:14:08Z2011-10-12T15:14:08ZI just got back from a studio visit with painter Nate Ethier, and wow. Kenneth Noland said he wanted his geometric chevron paintings to be read from a speeding car. But Nate's paintings reward the careful viewer. He has a beautiful touch, gorgeous surfaces, and color and patterns that thwart your expectations.

this pattern has a complex repeat

 

 

]]>Richard Serra, Dana McClurehttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/9/16/richard-serra-dana-mcclure.htmlHannah Cole2011-09-16T14:37:53Z2011-09-16T14:37:53ZAn amazing experience in the canyons of Richard Serra yesterday with my friend Dana.

Rust turned velvet.

 

]]>Chelsea Galshttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/7/19/chelsea-gals.htmlHannah Cole2011-07-20T03:01:36Z2011-07-20T03:01:36ZYesterday I went gallery-hopping in Chelsea with my friend Gretchen. There were some better-than-usual group shows, including this stunner of an abstraction show at Mitchell-Innes and Nash, featuring Katherine Bernhardt, Alfred Jensen, Chris Johanson, Chris Martin, Andrew Masullo, and Judith Scott:

 

 

Gretchen checking her phone at a show about technology

 

Some great drawings by Denise Kupferschmidt at Nicole Klagsbrun:

 

And beloved Richard Tuttle at Pace:

I call this one "grapes and a bra, ringed with hotdogs." Or maybe I was hungry.

 

]]>Studio visit with Dana McClurehttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/7/13/studio-visit-with-dana-mcclure.htmlHannah Cole2011-07-13T13:40:10Z2011-07-13T13:40:10ZI spent a lovely evening noshing with and visiting the studio of Dana McClure.  I first met Dana across the hall from my studio, doing great design work at Double Triple. Recently, she's been making bright process-oriented silkscreens through a faculty residency at Parsons. Check 'em out:

the studio

 

Orchid Screen Print

 

The Latest: one of Dana's "Curiosities Collages"

 

My favorites: Line Series Monoprints

More of Dana's work at danamcclure.com

]]>Studio Visit with Chris Kannenhttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/6/29/studio-visit-with-chris-kannen.htmlHannah Cole2011-06-29T16:45:35Z2011-06-29T16:45:35ZChris makes off-kilter fantasy-landscapelike abstractions inspired by a recent trip to Antarctica:

 

]]>Mixing the color of a brickhttp://hannahcole.net/blog/2011/6/13/mixing-the-color-of-a-brick.htmlHannah Cole2011-06-13T14:59:14Z2011-06-13T14:59:14Z

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