Word: carlinized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Timothy Steele, Sarah Saltzman, and Tova R. Carlin ’00—all affiliates of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)—have had a unique working environment in preparing for the exhibition, entitled “Three-sided Table.” All three created art for the show based not only on their own ideas and influences, but also on their knowledge of the space in which their art would be exhibited and the other artists’ work with which it would be shown...
...Both Carlin and Steele mention the same artist—minimalist Sol LeWitt—in discussing their influences. And though much of the work seems at first to have an inorganic feel, the artists agree that people and the human condition are very much represented...
Another concern all three bring up as central to their work is the discrepancy between perception and reality. “We talk a lot about the difference between concepts of experience and reality of experience,” Carlin says, a discrepancy which Steele describes as the “rupture between percept and concept...
...more important connection between the artists is undoubtedly their personal friendship. Steele and Carlin were in the same class at RISD, a relationship Steele describes as constantly being “in each other’s heads and each other’s work.” Saltzman worked closely with both and had known them for a year before Carlin asked her to participate in the exhibition...
...Carlin, who lists graphing space as an artistic interest, found the Three Columns Gallery particularly well suited to her work as well as that of her colleagues. “Part of why I love this particular space is because all of us are working in semi-sculpture form,” she says, adding that she finds the gallery “fresh and engaging...