Sarah Kulin Photography- In Bloom

'Kykkeliky' By Gabriel Dubois

'Kykkeliky' By Gabriel Dubois

The fusion of both old and new, rural and urban can be seen in the abstract work of Gabriel Dubois. Elements which can be explained by influences from his background. Growing up in Van, Canada and spending a lot of time in his father’s painting studio, while also being fascinated in particular by his neighbourhood of Chinatown. During his childhood and teenage years he was fascinated with hand painted signs and in general with what he calls “the leftovers of the East Side”; added to that his years of skateboarding, his involvement with graffiti, Dubois had an interesting mix of influences from early on. Once he moved on and started to travel the world in places like Sri Lanka, India and Japan he started to also become interested in the visual language of these environs, further informing his vast well of inspiration.

The works themselves indirectly mirror these references. The painted ground is layered with bursts of expression covered over with delicately articulated lines and a keen sense of colour. At times there are clippings out of old magazines, applied directly onto the wooden panels and incorporated back into the ground of the painting, thereby juxtaposing photographic imagery within layers of organic expression. The use of collage and paint application bring forth a certain form of disjunction; the images having been extracted out of their historical and contextual bindings of print thereby subtly referencing their own representation, the cultural moment they contain and the reproduction of it.

In this recent selection of paintings his distinct visual language of energised signifiers and symbols are delivered with delicately articulated lines that wrap, weave and totem themselves through and around colour-coded compositions emitting a fresh momentum. These synthesized seeds are fertilized amongst bright bursts of expression & delicately assembled collage which are planted by chance & grow autonomously through a constructive/ deconstructive process. finally they are fabricated & refined in an accurate mechanical order.

For his debut solo show at StolenSpace, Gabriel Dubois has been preparing a new body of work since arriving in the East of London last September. Realizing there was no shortage of materials to be found in his new environment, Gabriel has continued working on his surface of choice, salvaged wooden panels. Along with works on paper he will also be creating a street sourced installation as well as an edition of limited screen prints.

Tartan Prints for the Holidays

Nothing says Winter Season and Holidays like Tartan! Ralph Lauren's Tartan Party Collection says it all.
I find this print to be traditional and festive but edgy and daring too.

Sarah Kulin Photography- Early Autumn

Orangery at the Denver Botanic Gardens

The Denver Botanic Gardens opened it's operating green houses and orangery this past week. An orangery was a building frequently found in the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th centuries and given a classicising architectural form. The orangery was similar to a greenhouse. The name reflects the original use of the building as a place where citrus trees were often wintered in tubs under cover, surviving through harsh frosts though not expected to flower and fruit.

Bicycle tour of the vineyards!

Colorado Mountain Winefest, September 16th-19th.

Colorado Mountain Winefest is the fundraiser for the trade organization of grape growers and winemakers of Colorado, the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE), a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. All funds go towards education, seminars, research, and equipment purchases to improve the grape growing and winemaking of Colorado wines.

Thousands of wine lovers make the annual pilgrimage to Palisade to sample a growing array of Colorado wines and participate in a variety of events. 2009 events included:

" Hands-on workshops " Wine and food pairing events " Chef demos " Grape stomps " Winery tours " Winemaker competitions " Chocolates and wine tasting " Winemaker Dinners " Fly fishing excursion in Colorado " Bicycle tour of the vineyards " Shopping at artisan booths " Jazz concerts " The exclusive VIP First Class Pass experience " Golf and Reception at Redlands Mesa Golf Course

Toast the grape harvest and raise your glass to Colorado's finest vintages at the state's oldest, largest and best wine festival, and the only festival held in the heart of Colorado's wine country.

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Photography by Sarah Kulin. May Travels- France & Spain

Chanel Fall-Winter 2010/11 Haute Couture

Chanel's Fall- Winter Haute Couture show took place at Grand Palais, Paris on July 6th, 2010. Not only was the Golden Lion impressive as a striking center piece as ever- BUT also the soundtrack to the show was outstanding - a Chanel original to remember. During the soundtrack I envisioned the hunt and prey of the lion. It's a rather interesting and monumental piece that is ironic as its presents a feeling of hunting the models.

Collecting Antique Prints

Collecting antique prints can be a very colorful life process.  

Visit Arader Galleries blog (click here)  or Arader Gallery of Denver, is located in Cherry Creek North- to find more ideas regarding decor and hanging your antique prints with style!

THE SITUATION

THE SITUATION - In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule. About 4 minutes later: The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. At 6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. At 10 minutes: A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly. At 45 minutes: The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32. After 1 hour: He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all. No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music. This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities. This experiment raised several questions: *In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? *If so, do we stop to appreciate it? *Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context? One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made . . . How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?

(Thanks Shawna for sending this to me-)

Boulder Chamber Orchestra's 2009-2010 Performance Season- videos

Links to view BCO is performance:

Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6g-CSQmG3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_DW5kr6ZKc

Tango Variations for Violin and Orchestra. This piece was written for Lindsay Deutsch by Bahman Saless. This is the world premier recording performed by Lindsay Deutsch on the Violin and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Bahman Saless, on April 3, 2010. The piece is based on the theme from "Nature Boy" by Nat King Cole although some believe it has a much older origin, like the slow movement of Dvorak's Piano Quintet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkN46szX9s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQXX3Pbkes


John Rutter, Suite Antique. Cobus Du Toit, Flute; Alicia Rigsby, Harpsichord and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra performing Rutter's Suite Antique for Flute, Harpsichord and String Orchestra. Directed by Bahman Saless. Dec. 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PerwV1bdmA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1T6pC7O-Q

Daniel Buren

A view of Daniel Buren's The Colored Screens (2007).

Daniel's outdoor installation of hinged squares that of which are Plexiglas suspended from the underside of an adjacent lot, brings cheer to an otherwise overlooked space of: gray iron, darkness and gloom. So often this is a common theme of a post war era... seeing the color of life pop through a dark narrow tunnel for hope of a new beginning. Truly Buren's display of the usefulness and importance of color is seen his through this transformation of light/reflections in this space. His amazing taste in design has earned a spot in the Guggenheim.

Pink Martini- Paris

Pink Martini- Paris(listen here)

"Lets Never Stop Falling in Love"

Pink Martini (homepage)