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Slow but steady…

Kate — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:04:35 +0000

The Year of the Rope.jpg is slow going, but enjoyable. Meditative. A friend saw it from a distance and thought that it was a winter landscape…I hit the 5000 mark on December 19, 2011. Here are a couple of images:

KU – here I come!!

Kate — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:55:38 +0000

First day of classes at KU today. I’m terribly excited to begin teaching my Installation Art class. Our first project is going to be about scale – everything from theoretical issues of size + scale to the practical skills of learning to use scale models. In honor of this first day, I’d like to share one of my favorite artists with everyone.

Her name is Katrin Sigurdardottir. She hails from Iceland and works in sculptural installations. Enjoy!

A new home for an old friend…

Kate — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:52:45 +0000

Today we sold the pixelated guitar that we created as part of our MFA thesis exhibition. The guitar has quite a storied history in its own right, and was given to us by my aunt in 2008. It played a major role in our debut EP, Ironing is the New Boring. When it died in 2009, we decided to paint it as a tribute.

1686 of 10800 – Painting update

Kate — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:34:26 +0000

The Year of the Rope, 1

Not exactly sure what the name of the diptych is going to be yet, but this is the name of the original performance on which it’s based. The process requires that we number and individually paint each of 10800 squares drawn on a 30 x 40 canvas. It’s somewhat tedious work, but enjoyable at the same time. I’ve always enjoyed numbers…

Click here to see the digital sketch of the painting.

Portfolio as Book

Kate — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:31:01 +0000

New painting begins…

Kate — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:01:41 +0000

And this one will take a long time.

A diptych, this painting touches on a lot of aspects of our work, including both the history of performance and its live element, The Cover Artists, factory work + labor, and the relationship between digital and analog.

I hope to post various iterations as the paintings progress, but for now, here is the digital sketch of the LHS canvas. Both canvases measure 30 X 40 inches and are each comprised of 10,800 1/3 inch squares that will be individually painted.

Christo will wrap Arkansas River

Kate — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:41:21 +0000

It was one of husband and wife team Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s earliest and most ambitious designs: to suspend miles of silvery fabric above one of North America’s largest, wildest rivers for a temporary period of time.

Yesterday, 26 years after the idea was conceived, Denver’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave final approval to the artists’ original vision…

Gallery talk – 10/28 at 12 noon

Kate — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:12:29 +0000

New Painting: Digital sketch

Kate — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:34:05 +0000

Part of the FaCe Book project: 100 friends, Line01.jpg

Color name: RGB #3B5998, Facebook Blue

Me/assage Me

Kate — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:45:53 +0000

Come see me this Friday, October 28 from 12-1p. I’ll be performing Me/assage Me at H+R Block ArtSpace.

And remember, you can always participate online as well. Friend me at “kate lindholm” on FB.

Thanks for your participation!