“I open the windows and feel the air, eat gratefully, sleep well. I notice the particular nature of a flower in a glass on the stair landing. I count my blessings,” writes Joan Didion.
This month, reminding ourselves to tilt our gaze toward the allurements of the ordinary; cold showers, salty air, balmy nights, cold nectarines.
Below, findings centered around re-arranging the raw materials, unexpected pleasures, and emanations outward.
Generative Comma Intelligence
Radical explorations of computer art from one of the earliest and prolific adopters Vera Molnár brings forth “modular arrangements through a collaborative-yet-defined process.” Her work, which she continues today at the age of 99, reminds us that meaningful art contains an element of the incalculable.
From the Recesses of Feeling
Reviving this definitive 10-minute video of Nina Simone's Feelings, live at Montreux Jazz Festival (1976).
Contraction Expansion
A physical exploration of duality from ceramist Ursula Morley-Price:
And complimentary tones from color theorist Richard Anuszkiewicz: “Each of his prints has its own rhythm and, therefore, its own energy as part of a lyrical composition.”
On View
Monaco — A selection of works that pay tribute to the great masters of modern art in The Monaco Masters Show 2023 at OPERA GALLERY, up through August 31, 2023.
Virtual —Steinberg Meets the Eameses at the Eames Institute traces the collaboration between Charles and Ray Eames and the artist and illustrator Saul Steinberg in 1950.
Zurich — Eye to Eye from Berlin-based Chiharu Shiota at Museum Haus Konstruktiv, up through September 10, 2023.
In Los Angeles, spot Shiota’s site-specific installation The Network for a redesigned lobby at the Hammer Museum.
Returning to Surface
For every summer there is a winter — swimming diaries from the other side of the season trace the “The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming.”
And from Rachel Eisendrath, a dive into our shared propensity for both the “long immersion” and coming up for air:
“But sometimes that sudden sensation of reaching the surface happens for almost no discernable reason at all. Sometimes, as on a recent evening in New York City, it’s just by looking around.”
Welcoming Keeler
From our corner, an added ode to vastness, possibility, and welcome. We are delighted to announce that Antica Terra has acquired Keeler Estate, adding 147 acres of biodynamic vineyards and native oak savannah and woodlands to our existing estate in the Willamette Valley’s Eola-Amity Hills. We look forward to sharing more on this very soon!
