Russell Webner

NEW PAINTINGS

russellwebner — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:07:35 +0000

here are some new images of paintings I’ve made in the summer and thus far in the fall. I dropped my camera in Vietnam and it seems to not work very well any more. The image quality isnt acceptable, but hey, what the hell. I’ll try to get some better images later.

Become Robot Again

russellwebner — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:12:37 +0000

Listen to I-Robot, the album by Alan Parsons Project, 1977. The birth of a robot set to music. Great.

three new paintings

russellwebner — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:24:15 +0000

CMH

russellwebner — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:28:32 +0000

Artist of the Week

russellwebner — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:07:06 +0000

I was recently lucky enough to win “Artist of the Week” honors in Vassar’s Miscellany News.

Ch-ch-ch-check it out

http://www.miscellanynews.com/2.1579/webner-finds-inspiration-across-varied-disciplines-1.2167714

Back again

russellwebner — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:05:58 +0000

In a show this week with fellow student artists at Vassar: Rhys Bambrick, Joseph Redwood Martinez, and Charlie Warren. Here’s a link to some pictures from the show http://blogs.miscellanynews.com/exposure/2010/03/01/this-the-range-and-the-recent-reception/.

Here is a picture from the show with me and one of my paintings.

Here are some of the previous photos of that painting, which some people have called ‘the computer.’

and then it rests now as it is in the picture with me.

This is another nice picture. I cut my hand printmaking and had to wear a bandaid while painting…

My Latest Sculpture

russellwebner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:04:15 +0000

So, for my latest sculpture I constructed about a 10 foot tall cylindrical form made of recycled brown fence posts. I connected multiple lengths of post at slighting angles with screws that were either flush with each other, overlapping, or splayed out. In a cramped area within the sculpture, viewers could enter. There, they were faced with the juxtaposition of fence posts in their immediate foreground, and the environment outside peeking in through the cracks in the fence posts. I anchored the sculpture in the ground with wooden posts outside the popular dining center the Retreat outside the College Center of Vassar College. I felt the setting presented a sharp dichotomy of the isolated interior of the sculpture, with the traffic of a campus hub visible through the cracks.

Unfortunately, the setting of my sculpture ended up being it’s downfall. On this most recent ‘Thirsty Thursday’ at Vassar my fence post creation — to which I had dedicated an intense all-nighter too the previous night — was destroyed my an unknown, presumably drunken, force. Instead of feeling anger, I was mostly shocked to discover my elaborate creation in exploded segments upon my approaching it Friday afternoon. It was attacked at some point between midnight, when I last saw it, and early morning. Personally, I was awe-struck to see probably about 40 hours worth of work destroyed in what I presumed took no longer than a minute. It’s an enlightening experience, the gut-wrenching feeling of disbelief resulting from senseless destruction. In the end, a piece which I had developed from a concept of imprisonment died was destroyed only a half day after it was constructed. Although I didnt plan for this end, at all, it ended up informing the work in ways I couldn’t have imagined but don’t necessarily dislike. Unfortunately, I didnt have a chance to photograph the piece. Later in the year in our sculpture class, we get a chance to rehash and improve upon old ideas, and I wouldn’t doubt this idea makes another appearance.

Streetlight

russellwebner — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:24:06 +0000

I had to move my mattress and sleep in the living room for 3 days while painting this. It’s the view of the intrusive streetlight across the street from my window.

Green Spandex Sculpture

russellwebner — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:41:30 +0000

The following are pictures from my second sculpture project. It’s been very interesting working in three dimensions for the first time this year with my sculpture course, and very enjoyable as well. This project challenged students to learn to work with new materials and I opted for a fluorescent green spandex-type fabric. I made 14 different mini-sculptures using this fabric, wire, painting stretchers and thumb tacks. Conceptually, I wanted to emphasize the exploration within the piece as a departure from my own art, but also in the viewer’s experience. The pieces were hung in a loose circle in the middle of the room from fishing line. As viewers move around the room, the composition and view of each mini-sculpture changes with their perspective. It was my goal to have people create their own favorite views of the piece simply by exploring different angles, heights, and even interactive elements (some of the pieces were rotatable) of the work.

Font Driving, Car Writing

russellwebner — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:15:51 +0000

iQ font – When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo.

This is a gnarly video I found online. The actual process is a lot cooler than the product, in my opinion. However you cant fault the creativity, and it would be pretty fun to be that driver