I went downstairs this morning, and sitting on the kitchen table was the Newsday Entainment section with my name written on it with arrows pointing to a story about the artist Joan Linder (she is on the cover). I have written twice about Linder's work on this blog, frankly, because I really like her drawings.
Joan has a solo show up at Dowling University, at the Oakdale campus. Oakdale is on the southern coast of Long Island, about 45 minutes from NYC. I will see the show sometime this week, and afterwards I will write about it on Ink Stained Hands.
I have been thinking about what makes a drawing interesting to me, and it has a lot to do with if the drawing can channel my imagination into an enjoyable, quiet mindset, where it does not matter if I am thinking in language or not. Joan Linder makes drawings that put me in that particular mental space.
Newsday has a video of the artist in her studio.
Here is the main article.
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The video puts a political spin on the work that is there, but is not the emphasis. When I saw the work it came across more as a personal expression of careful perception, created by someone who enjoys subverting the viewers experience by including themes and rendered objects that are funny, surprising, politically conscious, and seductive.
