Comments on: Wood Work by Karen Ryan http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sb http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-248245 sb Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:09:47 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-248245 More Stockholder http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp?aid=424465886&gid=424465886&works_of_art=1&cid=86810 More Stockholder
http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp?aid=424465886&gid=424465886&works_of_art=1&cid=86810

]]> By: sb http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-248242 sb Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:06:33 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-248242 It's good to get out of your design caves and consider this in an art context also. Art and design work together at all times. This is no more design than anything that certain designers like Studio Job/Jamie Hayon/Wanders/Droog produce. Her work is much like the work of Jessica Stockholder. http://art.yale.edu/JessicaStockholder. Most of Stockholders stuff is very architectural but she also has some smaller furniture scale stuff like the stuff Ryan is doing in this blog post. I like how personal in size it is, how much it relates to the space much like a piece of furniture would. Comments like this just need to be not posted. It is a waste of everyone's time. I think all of us are more interested in a conversation about the piece. "# tommi Says: May 1st, 2008 at 4:31 pm i dont like Untitled stuff" It’s good to get out of your design caves and consider this in an art context also. Art and design work together at all times. This is no more design than anything that certain designers like Studio Job/Jamie Hayon/Wanders/Droog produce.

Her work is much like the work of Jessica Stockholder.
http://art.yale.edu/JessicaStockholder.
Most of Stockholders stuff is very architectural but she also has some smaller furniture scale stuff like the stuff Ryan is doing in this blog post. I like how personal in size it is, how much it relates to the space much like a piece of furniture would.

Comments like this just need to be not posted. It is a waste of everyone’s time. I think all of us are more interested in a conversation about the piece.

“# tommi Says:
May 1st, 2008 at 4:31 pm

i dont like Untitled stuff”

]]> By: Dguy http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-122325 Dguy Thu, 08 May 2008 09:53:20 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-122325 Dude, all I need now is a chop/ band saw, heat gun and wire!--And Im famouse! (But I like it in a perverse, distorted- non design way!) Dude, all I need now is a chop/ band saw, heat gun and wire!–And Im famouse!

(But I like it in a perverse, distorted- non design way!)

]]> By: SofusGraae http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-121599 SofusGraae Tue, 06 May 2008 15:04:19 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-121599 @IJ: Well congrats - with a t-shirt like that it sure makes you the clear minded here. I am not going to lecture you what it mean to debate on a blog - but I am sure you grasp the concept since you are doing it as well. The concept of being threatened in this context is far from having any truth to it - since the majority of the people criticizing the work feels unprovoked in any sense and feels more that another 20 second time waste has hit them. Sure we could have looked at the post picture on the front page and decided if this was something we desired to engage in. @IJ: Well congrats – with a t-shirt like that it sure makes you the clear minded here. I am not going to lecture you what it mean to debate on a blog – but I am sure you grasp the concept since you are doing it as well. The concept of being threatened in this context is far from having any truth to it – since the majority of the people criticizing the work feels unprovoked in any sense and feels more that another 20 second time waste has hit them. Sure we could have looked at the post picture on the front page and decided if this was something we desired to engage in.

]]> By: selina http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-121594 selina Tue, 06 May 2008 14:52:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-121594 i think the previous work show by Karen Ryan was much more compelling and interesting.. but with this here i must say.. it drives me a bit nuts if people call this piece here art. it can be whatever but don't call it art just because it has something "unintentional" or "surprisingly" in it. its not about fearing art, its about the definition of art. furthermore i wanna say that this forum here works as a platform for discussion - for positive as well as critical content. and what happens here sometimes is that people are neglecting the critical part and praising the own fake openness towards art just because they don't understand. i think the previous work show by Karen Ryan was much more compelling and interesting.. but with this here i must say.. it drives me a bit nuts if people call this piece here art. it can be whatever but don’t call it art just because it has something “unintentional” or “surprisingly” in it.
its not about fearing art, its about the definition of art.
furthermore i wanna say that this forum here works as a platform for discussion – for positive as well as critical content. and what happens here sometimes is that people are neglecting the critical part and praising the own fake openness towards art just because they don’t understand.

]]> By: georgia http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-121262 georgia Mon, 05 May 2008 20:34:03 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-121262 Yip! I rather not have an opinion but just believe in a T-shirt slogan....doh! Yip!

I rather not have an opinion but just believe in a T-shirt slogan….doh!

]]> By: IJ http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-121194 IJ Mon, 05 May 2008 16:27:47 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-121194 To all the critiques, I happen to own a T-shirt that reads "Fear No Art". Are you so threatened that you need to call it trash, nonsense, etc. Well, just because you weren't inspired, doesn't mean that others weren't. If you can do better, PLEASE DO! Soooooooooooo FEAR NO ART! To all the critiques,
I happen to own a T-shirt that reads “Fear No Art”. Are you so threatened that you need to call it trash, nonsense, etc. Well, just because you weren’t inspired, doesn’t mean that others weren’t. If you can do better, PLEASE DO! Soooooooooooo FEAR NO ART!

]]> By: georgia http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-121005 georgia Mon, 05 May 2008 07:34:48 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-121005 Sadly, I feel indifferent... This is so unfamiliar of Karen's past projects, "custom made" and "second hand", both beautiful and compelling (r.e.)viewing. We can all have all have moments of madness... I know I do but I would rather keep mine on the page. However, I guess Karen is doing something right, from the number of responses she's receiving. Zaha Hadid paintings? Someone have the decency to tell her to stick to architecture. Sadly, I feel indifferent…

This is so unfamiliar of Karen’s past projects, “custom made” and “second hand”, both beautiful and compelling (r.e.)viewing.

We can all have all have moments of madness… I know I do but I would rather keep mine on the page. However, I guess Karen is doing something right, from the number of responses she’s receiving.

Zaha Hadid paintings? Someone have the decency to tell her to stick to architecture.

]]> By: selina http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-120732 selina Sun, 04 May 2008 19:22:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-120732 wow well for me to compare this piece of leftovers composed together with zaha's paintings is a HUGE insult to zaha's work. her paintings are amazing in terms of use of perspective and deformation. this piece surely has its right to exist but it stands in a complete different light. still i am missing the overall intention. wow well for me to compare this piece of leftovers composed together with zaha’s paintings is a HUGE insult to zaha’s work. her paintings are amazing in terms of use of perspective and deformation. this piece surely has its right to exist but it stands in a complete different light. still i am missing the overall intention.

]]> By: SofusGraae http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-120731 SofusGraae Sun, 04 May 2008 19:17:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/01/wood-work-by-karen-ryan/#comment-120731 I find the idea interesting but perhaps a bit too close to what german artist http://www.daimgallery.com/ and http://www.loomit.de does in terms of color, shape and dynamics - the lights added to the piece makes it look incomplete and as if the artist was in a hurry to finish it off. It's hardly a piece worth debating and definitely not a piece worth of typing a comment to... but here they both are anyway. I find the idea interesting but perhaps a bit too close to what german artist http://www.daimgallery.com/ and http://www.loomit.de does in terms of color, shape and dynamics – the lights added to the piece makes it look incomplete and as if the artist was in a hurry to finish it off. It’s hardly a piece worth debating and definitely not a piece worth of typing a comment to… but here they both are anyway.

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