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Thomas Gaudynski: Object Syntax
Thomas Gaudynski’s drawings riff off the still-life tradition, combining studies of furniture, knick-knacks, and oddments from his home into “object salads” that offer hints of autobiography and tantalizing references to literature and the artist’s process. Each drawing's lovely jumble of mostly ordinary things invites close examination, encouraging the viewer to search for patterns and connections. Richly suggestive, they offer hints of Gaudynski's history and passions yet resist narrative interpretation. Beautifully drawn, they shine an affectionate light on the accumulated goods that define contemporary home life. A Milwaukee native known for his work in electronic and improvised electro-acoustic music, Gaudynski is also a writer whose book "Artifacts: Essays on Music + Art + Design" was published in 2001.
Brandon Norsted: The Purchase of Deep Water
Brandon Norsted takes architectural woodwork and domestic objects as the raw material for his sculpture and installations, shifting them from their mundane status as homeowner’s projects and problems into strange new realms of beauty and meaning. Trained as a furnituremaker, Norsted has worked with materials as varied as moving blankets, mylar insulation, downed trees, and fragments of old chairs. He is fascinated with the layers of meaning carried by ordinary objects. By recontextualizing these in his sculpture, he seeks to make the familiar strange again and hint at the subtle ways we see without truly looking. Norsted lives in Madison, where he maintains a non-commercial backyard art space that, in his words, "has not earned him a dollar, but many new friends." To read an interview of Brandon about his studio practice and artwork, visit our blog.
Images: (left) Thomas Gaudynski, Untitled (February 21, 2014). Ink on paper, 22 x 30 in.; (right) Brandon Norsted, VAS-T, 2015. Cedar posts, bowling balls, furniture blanket, electrical wire and plugs, resin, Kilz primer, 30 x 30 x 35 in.
Thomas Gaudynski: Object Syntax
Thomas Gaudynski: Object Syntax
Thomas Gaudynski, In the Diamond Room (January 18, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, Also in the Diamond Room (January 18, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, In Riverrun (January 23, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, Untitled (February 4, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, Untitled (February 25, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, Untitled (February 21, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, Untitled (March 1, 2014), Ink on paper.
Thomas Gaudynski, Untitled (April 1, 2014), Ink and gauche on paper.
Brandon Norsted: The Purchase of Deep Water
Brandon Norsted, They Are Made And Destroyed at the Same Time, Wood, wood ash, resin, paint, apron, ceramic, carpenters' pencils, Acetal.
Brandon Norsted, They Are Made And Destroyed at the Same Time (sideview), Wood, wood ash, resin, paint, apron, ceramic, carpenters' pencils, Acetal.
Brandon Norsted, Quilt and Cabinet for Quiet, Wood, brass filings, gypsum, paint, clinker, sage, furniture blanket.
Brandon Norsted, Quilt and Cabinet for Quiet (Detail), Wood, brass filings, gypsum, paint, clinker, sage, furniture blanket.
Brandon Norsted, 14 kids' tables, Folding tables, carpet, wood, Tahitian Treat.
Brandon Norsted, Home Drying Barn (DIY addiction), Found chair, tobacco.
