{"id":894,"date":"2009-04-30T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T04:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2009-05-01T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T16:09:55","slug":"art-brian-caraway-mills-college-mfa-exhibition-opens-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Art: Brian Caraway \/ Mills College MFA Exhibition Opens Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeberryhill.org\/mfa09\/caraway.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893\" title=\"youngamericans\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/youngamericans.jpg\" alt=\"youngamericans\" width=\"400\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/youngamericans.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/youngamericans-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Saturday @ 7 pm, The Mills College Art Museum will open its &#8217;09 Exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeberryhill.org\/mfa09\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Young Americans<\/a>, featuring works by their 2009 Master of Fine Arts degree recipients.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.briancaraway.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Caraway<\/a>, Friend of the Umlaut and one of the eight lucky artists, gave us a peek inside his studio during the final weeks of prep. Days before shaving his time-lapse beard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See pics from the studio visit <\/strong>\u2026 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Mel and Brian Clashing Colors, Patterns, Hair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489606963\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3357\/3489606963_89e4a63f36.jpg\" alt=\"Mel and Brian Clashing Colors, Patterns, Hair\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cool thing about Brian&#8217;s finely striped work is that when you stare at it long enough, it starts to mess with your mind. Add striped and plaid shirts and you&#8217;re ready for a seizure.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"The Time-Lapse Chair, And Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3490424532\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3594\/3490424532_1c02c09746.jpg\" alt=\"The Time-Lapse Chair, And Mac\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Time-Lapse Growth<\/strong> This is the chair and Mac where Brian spent months taking daily pictures documenting several processes\u2014his hair growth, the progression of his compositions, and capturing the decomposition of potatoes (see below). The video will play alongside his work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeberryhill.org\/mfa09\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">at the opening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Time-Laps Potatoes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489609105\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3558\/3489609105_ccc62d779c.jpg\" alt=\"Time-Laps Potatoes\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Said potatoes.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"More of Brian's Trippy Work\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3490424062\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3560\/3490424062_c35a783c82.jpg\" alt=\"More of Brian's Trippy Work\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Brian Shows Some of His Linework\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489609747\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3601\/3489609747_06b3ed5ddb.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Shows Some of His Linework\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;These paintings come from, and hopefully allude to, a certain state of mind.\u00a0 Kind of like staring through a chain link fence and loosing one\u2019s sense of depth in your field of vision.\u00a0\u00a0 With the use of color and line I attempt to create a dance between the eye and the brain.\u00a0 I am not afraid of red, yellow, and blue.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read Brian&#8217;s full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeberryhill.org\/mfa09\/caraway_text.html\" target=\"_blank\">artist statement<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Cassette Tape Art Mosaic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489611819\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3538\/3489611819_92def0b51e.jpg\" alt=\"Cassette Tape Art Mosaic\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some older work, using cassette tapes for mosaics. The case on the left gives you an idea for the scale of the pic on the right.<br \/>\n<a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"A Tower Of Cassette Tapes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3490428330\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3397\/3490428330_158dba5684.jpg\" alt=\"A Tower Of Cassette Tapes\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Lagunitas Maximus x Star Wars Return of the Jedi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3490426566\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3373\/3490426566_a3ccb24075.jpg\" alt=\"Lagunitas Maximus x Star Wars Return of the Jedi\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"80s Hat Rack\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3490428842\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3400\/3490428842_e539b8fc6c.jpg\" alt=\"80s Hat Rack\" width=\"400\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning Bolts, Party Animal, Yacht Rock Capt&#8217;s Hat, California Raisins, and &#8220;I Got Lei&#8217;d In Hawaii&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A classy collection. But missing the camo one with mud-flaps in the back.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Uncannily bearded, eh Archie?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489611195\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3632\/3489611195_6c0abd65ae.jpg\" alt=\"Uncannily bearded, eh Archie?\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uncannily bearded, eh Archie?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Flower Angel In the Grass\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489614123\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3557\/3489614123_bd3a662aac.jpg\" alt=\"Flower Angel In the Grass\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saw this flower-petal angel outside his studio.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Courtyard View behind Mills College Studios\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3490431312\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3616\/3490431312_9eeb9f5432.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard View behind Mills College Studios\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure how he got any work done with this courtyard outside his door.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image alignnone\" title=\"Tuning Fork Tree\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3489616507\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3663\/3489616507_0d0c2cb8e8.jpg\" alt=\"Tuning Fork Tree\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuning Fork Tree.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.briancaraway.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Caraway&#8217;s portfolio here<\/a>. And more info on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeberryhill.org\/mfa09\/\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday @ 7 pm, The Mills College Art Museum will open its &#8217;09 Exhibition Young Americans, featuring works by their 2009 Master of Fine Arts degree recipients. Brian Caraway, Friend of the Umlaut and one of the eight lucky artists, gave us a peek inside his studio during the final weeks of prep. 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