new blog

Hey, I'm making a new blog that's just me instead of paying for a website somewhere.

nikileist.blogspot.com

follow me! (and i'll keep posting here too)

-Niki

A statement of sorts, revisions

There is a certain bravery that comes from creating art in complete partnership with the art that is being created. Each previous art work dictates what will come next in the line. Each new piece acts as a conceptual filter of sorts, taking only the most pertinent information from the last creation into its existence. My works help me convey to my viewer and to myself my individual understanding of what it is to be a woman in the 21st century, of or relating to "the absence of" something (whether it be emotion, parenting instinct, anything...). Each work is an exploration of exactly how "woman" others consider me, in that I am devoid of maternal instincts that many women my age possess. My works are the physical manifestations of struggles and frustration experienced in developing an ever-changing feminist identity as an individual, choosing not to identify with a specific group and therefore find a sense of belonging amongst others who share my beliefs.

i want to learn how to make pretty videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdxbIRkITBk

new paintings

54"x48"

42"by30"

g to g polaroid project

http://www.fehe.org/index.php?id=43

i like this collaboration (between Elise Gardella and April Gertler) because its so obviously not forced or trying to be something. it came out of an exercise, something fun, just to be creating, between friends. the pictures tell a story but in a way that isnt contrived.

i also think the fact that they're polaroids make them seem so much more tactile and less sterile or something...

Mark Reigelman

Whoa there hey now. Gimme those utensils immediately please. Such a simple concept that makes eating REALLY FUCKING COOL.

Have fun with his website. Very, very awesome.

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