Lup Bup Zhir POW! 1994/1997 (detail)
Ingrid Calame
The Fruitmarket Gallery
Edinburgh
With the great core of Apple unfortunately lost today (Steve Jobs). I was reminded of a market with other great fruits to share. The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh is a must stop for anyone adventuring north to Edinburgh, they proudly presents outstanding artists from all over the world. When I was there they were exhibiting the American Artist Ingrid Calame, as part of the Edinburgh art festival.
Installation view
Ingrid Calame, The Fruitmarket Gallery
Photograph: Ruth Clark
Installation view
Ingrid Calame, The Fruitmarket Gallery
Photograph: Ruth Clark
Ingrid Calame was born in 1965 in the Bronx, New York. She originally began with film making but now works more with drawings and paintings, taking her inspiration from nature and graffiti.
"Pouncing causes little explosions through each hole that radiate out. It is an event, like a drawing/dance. I'm physically punching the pigment through the paper and gravity causes it to fall down behind the paper and sit on the imperfections on the wall. It is the residue of the translation of something traced from the ground placed on (or transferred to?) the wall. The drawing itself shares affinities with dance, as it creeps up to the ceiling and to the wall edges, offering an immersive experience in its vast expanse." - Ingrid Calame (describing her work process)
L.A. River at Clearwater Street, 2006-8 (detail), 2011
Wall drawing
Photograph: Ruth Clark
Ingrid Calame makes use of her impressions from sites like L.A. River to Perry street project, creating beauty out of the places history and residue.
L.A. River at Clearwater Street, 2006-8 (detail), 2011
Wall drawing
Photograph: Ruth Clark
Weh-HEY-y-JUgo, 2004 (detail)
Enamel Paint on Aluminium
Pueep, 2001(Detail)
Enamel Paint on Aluminium
"Making frozen moments rather than using the narrative structure that a time-based medium involves"
- Ingrid Calame
hoo-koo-koo-koo, 2003 (detail)
Enamel paint on aluminium
#320 Drawing (detail)
(Tracings from ArcelorMittal Steel, Buffalo, NY), 2010
Colored pencil on trace Mylar
From #258 Drawing (detail)
(Tracings from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the L.A. River) 2007
Enamel paint on aluminium
The neglected turns into splendor with Ingrid Calame's figurative abstraction.
With Love
Kristin
They're pretty cool and even though I sometimes struggle with abstract art, this does "speak" to me. Thanks for sharing xo
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I like these paintings, être encore original, dire encore quelque chose de personnel dans ce style de peinture, c' est assez étonnant!
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She uses such gorgeous colors and it's cool becaus I was born in the Bronx too!
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Cosa mi metto???
AMAZING ARTIST, WILL DEFINETELY VISIT THIS GALLERY ON MY NEXT TRIP TO EDIMBURGH!!
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I'm loving her work...especially that first piece!
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