Racine

2012-02-06T07:55:00.000-06:00

Downtown Racine storefront window. Note the sign clipped below zipper-mouth on the right,
WARNING: This area under video surveillance.

2012-02-03T12:21:00.003-06:00

Marigold

2012-02-03T11:23:00.000-06:00

Detail of Orange Triptych
2012 Enamel on Panels

Safi Studios

2012-01-16T11:34:00.005-06:00

Winter Gallery Night

Safi Studios

Dianne Soffa shows large-scale, color field & ephemeral Minoan Blue Lift-Off at winter gallery night, along with Spike for Girls, from the wall-hung encaustic and found-object series;

New paintings in light green, and Chrysanthemums, by Tom Kovacich;

Video artist and musician Scott Johnson brings his newest video back to our vestibule, with his fresh installment of Walkthrough, featuring South Milwaukee architecture;

Jane Gates, our artist-in-residence, returns from a long absence;

Guest artist Kevin Giese from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee exhibits lovely minimal landscapes and self-portrait drawings.

NOSKI W/BLUETORT

2012-01-01T16:42:00.001-06:00

SPEC

2011-12-13T07:03:00.001-06:00

MCA

2011-12-09T07:06:00.001-06:00

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago The Language of Less

SAFI in TCD

2011-11-30T07:07:00.001-06:00

ThirdCoast Digest by Judith Ann Moriarty

Orange Polygon

2011-11-28T11:37:00.001-06:00

MIAD Printmaking Studio

2011-11-27T15:54:00.001-06:00

Photos courtesy of Scott Johnson

FAUX FINISHING

2011-11-12T17:49:00.002-06:00

the guys.

2011-11-09T18:02:00.010-06:00

polystyrene pants +
plastic spray caps

PRESCOTT AZ Part Deux

2011-11-07T17:41:00.006-06:00

2011-11-05T17:15:00.011-06:00

twin coolers with birch

2011-10-29T16:17:00.005-05:00

HOLGA

2011-10-27T19:35:00.007-05:00

PRESCOTT

2011-10-23T18:12:00.013-05:00

...nothing like a new redwood deck built to accommodate ponderosas.

2011-10-22T19:08:00.007-05:00

baby blue & xerox

Sincerely SAFI

2011-10-19T16:25:00.017-05:00

OCTOBER 21

SAFI Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo St
Milwaukee WI
53202

FALL GALLERY NIGHT
5–10 PM

Keyed Green, and Cinderella Cadmium, Dianne Soffa's newest large-scale color field paintings;

Jane Gates thick built-up surfaces and uncompromising compositions;

Tom Kovacich’s latest painting, Take Me to the River, and sculpture, Mitt, along with his hybrid painting/sculptures;

Milwaukee video artist and musician Scott Johnson premieres his third video installment of WALKTHROUGH featuring Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward's sidewalk fair and skyward perspective of alleyways in steeped cream city facades.

2011-10-14T19:02:00.011-05:00

MV, Mixed Media, 2011.

Enchanced photo w/found object, 2011.

painted wire

2011-10-12T19:27:00.018-05:00

Lynden Sculpture Garden

2011-10-09T17:59:00.016-05:00

INSIDE/OUTSIDE
September 25-November 27

Michelle Grabner
Brad Killam
Lucas Knipscher
Tobias Madison
Kaspar Muller
John Miller
Richard Hoeck
Davide Robbins
Anicka Yi
Matt Sheridan Smith
and
Mother Nature

2011-10-08T16:49:00.010-05:00

Bottom:
French Toast [detail]
2011 Collograph
1/3
8" x 8"

GATES

2011-10-07T20:45:00.008-05:00

Jane Gates
2011 Acrylic

October 21 2011
Friday
5-10 PM

SAFI Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo St
Milwaukee W

SOUTH SIDE

2011-09-23T17:57:00.023-05:00

SCOTT JOHNSON

Images: Video stills courtesy of video artist and musician Scott Johnson's upcoming December premiere of his fourth video installment of WALKTHROUGH: a South Side edition. Details to follow.

Scott's third video installment of WALKTHROUGH premieres at SAFI Studios, 5-10 PM, Friday, October 21, 2011, featuring Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward's sidewalk fair and skyward perspective of alleyways in steeped cream city facades.

2011-09-22T18:39:00.001-05:00

IDA WYMAN

2011-09-18T19:15:00.026-05:00

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State Street
Madison WI
608.257.0158

Recent Acquisition
Ida Wyman, Girl with Curlers, Los Angeles, 1949. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Visit RuralIntelligence.com for more information about the artist.

SAFI 9.9

2011-09-10T15:02:00.027-05:00

SAFI Studios
Milwaukee WI

WPCA

2011-08-27T20:46:00.015-05:00

September 9 - October 8

Walkers Point Center for the Arts
Opening Reception September 9
5-9 PM

839 S 5TH
Milwaukee WI

MARSHALL ARTS

2011-08-26T20:28:00.047-05:00

September 9
5-9 PM

JANE GATES Painting
SCOTT JOHNSON Video
TOM KOVACICH Painting Sculpture Printmaking
DIANNE SOFFA Painting Sculpture

SAFI Studios
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo St
Milwaukee WI

The Marshall Building, which houses over 20 artistic venues and studios in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward celebrates its fall Marshall Arts event on Friday, September 9th from 5-9 pm. Stroll from floor to floor to view and visit the current exhibits and artists.

@SAFI
Thick blue water paintings coupled with a series of 2x2 drip encaustic cubes by Dianne Soffa.

Layers of paint and emotive strokes with colorfully embedded textures on paper by Jane Gates.

Hybrid painting/sculpture concoctions with monoprints and sleek surfaces by Tom Kovacich.

Experimental video, Ancient Factory Dreams will be running continuously in the Safi Studios vestibule. Pixelated abstracts and pyramids that slowly turn and dissolve amongst sounds of metal pings and machine echoes by Scott Johnson with sounds by Stephen Palke.

Scott Johnson @VIMEO.
Image: Video still from Ancient Factory Dreams 2011 Scott Johnson

2011-08-20T19:19:00.078-05:00

AIDS WALK WISCONSIN Benefit

ART POP 2011
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 25
2 PM*

Participating artists include

JANE GATES
SCOTT JOHNSON
TOM KOVACICH
DIANNE SOFFA

...and many other fine, creative, and generous people.

Taylors
795 N Jefferson St
Milwaukee WI
taylors.com

Images of work(s) in progress.
*Entrance fee for event is $20 charged at the door and can be applied to the bidding and purchasing of art [block].

Case Study 22

2011-08-16T18:19:00.017-05:00

Pierre Koenig 1960
Pics by Felix

plasticland

2011-08-14T18:05:00.008-05:00

2011 mixed media on styrofoam
3" x 3"

Out of the Suitcase IV

2011-08-11T19:01:00.021-05:00

Flat Faced Cat Boy
by Matt Cipov

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
August 20-October 8. 2011
DETAILS

Living Dreams

2011-08-08T18:39:00.005-05:00

J Belle Spangler

J. Belle Spangler is an artist who co-created “Living Dreams” with her spirit guide of 20 years. Her guide instructed her to paint the beautiful, bold, abstract illustrations and to transcribe what he calls the “healing lessons.” These channeled “healing lessons” reveal techniques to finding happiness, which will launch you on a journey to your “Raised Consciousness,” creativity, and finally to your sacred Soul. Throughout this journey you will unleash the exquisite power of “Bold Love” to ignite and accelerate the manifestation of your dreams. Within the “healing Lessons,” J. Belle’s unusual spirit guide provides inspiring affirmations, and unique applications to the Law of Attraction. These affirmations and teachings are provided to help you raise your energy vibrations and attract the life you want. J. Belle Spangler also writes a personal, entertaining, albeit truthful account of her passage through the “healing lessons,” and to finding “Bold Love.” According to J. Belle, “Bold Love” is a feeling that allows you to create a place in your consciousness and life for your dreams to blossom and grow. Her spirit guide proclaims, “Bold Love arranges a synchronicity of miracles just for you.”

See it, buy it, read it, love it HERE

Panama

2011-08-07T19:54:00.011-05:00

Atlantic Locks Excavation Project

Photos by Joe Kovacich

ANTENNAE

2011-08-05T18:30:00.008-05:00

Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture

antennae.org.uk

altocumulus + perfect porpoise

2011-08-05T18:11:00.013-05:00

JANE GATES: UWM Painting Class

2011-08-04T20:28:00.009-05:00

2011-08-01T18:04:00.013-05:00

Photos by Gates.

Blue & White Stripes
2010 Mixed Media w/Coat Hook

Green, Rust, with Black
2010 Mixed Media

Simply SAFI

2011-07-31T16:52:00.016-05:00

Safi Studios
Milwaukee WI
07.29.2011

Photos courtesy of Scott Johnson
[details of interaction with WALKTHROUGH video projection]

SAFI STUDIOS GALLERY NIGHT

2011-07-24T18:41:00.022-05:00

friday july 29 5-10

Jane Gates
Judy Golombowski
Scott Johnson
Tom Kovacich
Dianne Soffa

Photos courtesy of Scott Johnson

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo St
Milwaukee WI
53202

SAFI

2011-07-19T17:55:00.012-05:00

SUMMER GALLERY NIGHT
FRIDAY JULY 29th, 2011 from 5 to 10 p.m.

New Work includes Dianne Soffa's thick blue water paintings, Jane Gates' new paintings on paper about a soft summer day, and Tom Kovacich's hybrid painting/sculpture concoctions with monoprints.

Jane Gates' work goes international with a show at the prestigious Macay Museum of Contemporary Art in Merida, Mexico in 2013. See her work on gallery night before it starts to travel.

And ONLY AT SAFI: Milwaukee video artist and musician Scott Johnson premieres his second installment of WALKTHROUGH running continuously throughout gallery night in the Safi Studios vestibule. WALKTHROUGH is an experimental video series for looped projection with a pixelated skyward vantage point incollaboration with Virginia based noise-music ensemble Ancient Noir. This 2nd piece in the series was shot at the Port of Milwaukee and composed with industrial elements of factories, domes, power lines, bridges and misty skies.

Finally, Judy Golombowski presents her beautiful digital prints as you enter the main gallery.

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
207 E Buffalo St
Suite LL8
Milwaukee WI
53202

Sconfinato Drive

2011-07-05T18:12:00.023-05:00

Wonderful creations and methods in contemporary residential design; especially in the manner and the ideas formed by the use of the materials made available of-the-day.

Hartford WI

a) SAFI STUDIOS Summer Preview

2011-07-03T18:25:00.052-05:00

Jane Gates
Judy Golombowski
Scott Johnson
Tom Kovacich
Dianne Soffa

Los Angeles

2011-07-03T16:37:00.035-05:00

library fountainhead
sidewalk
montecito hotel
case study

Dymaxion House

2011-06-26T20:08:00.064-05:00

Buckminster Fuller

circa 1944-45, Wichita, KS
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

Dymaxion House was purchased, preserved [best intent], and currently on view at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI.

Fuller's work looks delicious: a metal-clad DQ sundae! I'm more curious to know if the little boy in the foreground is standing next to a goat, or a dog?

Biosphere
Richard Buckminster Fuller
1967 Montreal Canada

The Biosphere is impressive. Still, on an overcast day its absolutely haunting.

Boris Putznik

2011-06-24T16:40:00.014-05:00

Pretzel Boy

Human Contortionist

La Luz de Jesus Gallery

2011-06-22T19:14:00.017-05:00

LYLE MOTLEY

MARK TODD

www.LaLuzDeJesus.com

Linn Meyers

2011-06-21T17:02:00.047-05:00

HAMMER PROJECTS*
UCLA

Linn Meyers
Untitled
2011 Ink on Mylar
30.5" x 42"

Linn Meyers
Untitled [detail]
2011 Ink on Mylar
60" x 77"

*Hammer Projects is made possible with major gifts from Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy [Spock] and The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation.

Liquids

PJ HARVEY

2011-06-21T13:01:00.037-05:00

Let England Shake

Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Times

On Battleship Hill

The scent of Thyme carried on the wind
stings your face into remembering
that nature has won again.

On Battleship Hill's caved in trenches,
a hateful feeling still lingers,
even now, 80 years later.
Cruel nature.

The land returns to how it has always been.
The scent of Thyme carried on the wind.
Jagged mountains, jutting out,
cracked like teeth in a rotten mouth.
On Battleship Hill I hear the wind,
Say "Cruel nature has won again."

Lynden Sculpture Garden

2011-06-13T16:28:00.040-05:00

INVERSE
Amy Cropper and Stuart Morris

06.12.2011
08.10.2011

Bottom photo by Tom.
Featured in the review, Art Meets Nature at Lynden Sculpture Garden, by Shepherd Express arts critic Judith Ann Moriarty.

Lynden Sculpture Garden
2145 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee WI 53217

JOE

2011-06-07T18:42:00.016-05:00

Photo and painting by RK

103 high: 'stallis
105 high: Cave Creek AZ

Sad to see most of eastern AZ burning. Yet, tomorrow's news will most likely be something different.

Safi Studios: MBA edition*

2011-06-01T17:05:00.045-05:00

*Safi Studios joins the Marshall Building Art Event~
Friday, June 3rd, 5 - 9 pm.

Featuring new work by Jane Gates, Tom Kovacich, Dianne Soffa, with video by Milwaukee artist Melissa Musante

Predicted temperature on Friday: 87 degrees
Number of art openings in the building: 25 or more
Block parties on our street: 1 (closing Buffalo Street between Broadway and Water)

Safi Studios is in the cool subterranean depths of the Marshall Building, 207 E Buffalo Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Words courtesy of Dianne Soffa

3213

2011-05-29T18:17:00.009-05:00

'Kickass' POPPIES

2011-05-27T17:23:00.016-05:00

Scotch Moss

Chicago Black

2011-05-24T17:59:00.026-05:00

Chicago Black Over Cobalt [detail]
2011 Monoprint
22" x 30"

Bloch Museum

2011-05-18T13:07:00.005-05:00

Roxy Paine
Ferment
2011 Stainless Steel

Nelson-Atkins Museum
Kansas City MO

Photo courtesy of JAM

Geum X

2011-05-15T11:35:00.003-05:00

'Borisii'

SWEATPANTS

2011-05-10T19:35:00.015-05:00

Top: @ Dusk
Bottom: @ 8

.

Large Hand

2011-05-05T20:17:00.019-05:00

Cave Creek AZ

Note: Frontier Airlines sucks.

2011-04-29T17:52:00.027-05:00

Richard Makes a Mess w/Trophy Boy 180

2011-04-18T18:06:00.030-05:00

Pic by Rich.

Trophy Boy 180
2011 Mixed Media
TK

JOHNSON @ SAFI

2011-04-16T18:49:00.015-05:00

Thank you so much Scott. This photo is a wonderful reminder of a great evening for all: Dianne Soffa, Jane Gates, Denise Schanz, and myself. For those interested in more information about Scott's work, please visit The Thick Air link listed on the sidebar of this page.

Photo courtesy of Scott Johnson, 2011.

WALKTHROUGH

2011-04-10T18:19:00.037-05:00

Artist Scott Johnson setting up his video: Walkthrough.
Image by: Scott Johnson
Sound by: Ancient Noir and C2011.

Exhibition supplemented with ambient collage music by ATMOS Spheres: a collaboration between KasjaNoova of Antwerp, Belgium, and Scott Johnson.

GALLERY NIGHT:
Friday, April 15
5 p.m.- 9 p.m.

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo St
Milwaukee WI
53202

MARN: Treasure Hunt

2011-04-09T21:32:00.009-05:00

Dianne Soffa
Color Samples from a Midwest Summer
2011 Encaustic on Panel
5" x 5"
Edition of 20

Event Price: $50
Market Price: $150

Friday, April 29th, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 30th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Westside Artwalk
Samara Studios
5211 W North Ave
Milwaukee WI
53208

Los Angeles

2011-04-06T20:30:00.009-05:00

ART IN THE STREETS
April 17, 2011- August, 8, 2011

.Image courtesy of: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

BLUE MIX

2011-04-05T18:38:00.007-05:00

SAFI STUDIOS: Spring Edition*

2011-04-02T18:33:00.027-06:00

SPRING GALLERY NIGHT: Friday, April 15, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

NEW WORK: by Tom Kovacich (high-gloss color fields paired with new paintings, Marigold, and Geranium), Jane Gates, and Dianne Soffa (who debuts her new painting, Dirty Pink Maybelline);

PLUS: Walkthrough, a new video by Milwaukee video artist Scott Johnson. With its' skyward vantage point and elements of pixelation, electric lines, peaks of houses, trees, clouds, and lens flares, Walkthrough features a soundtrack by Virginia artist Stephen Palke and Matt Boettke of Ancient Noir. This is a vibrant and intelligent video by one of Milwaukee's emerging talents - don't miss it! (note: you may find yourself walking through the images as you enter the gallery.)

Image by: Scott Johnson
Sound by: Ancient Noir and C2011.

AND FINALLY: Beautiful new sculpture by artist Denise M. Schanz; these works play on the delicate human structures of the bones of the ear, juxtaposed into organic forms. One of Jane's former students, Denise joins Safi Studios as a guest artist for spring gallery night.

DETAILS: Please visit the Safi Studios and The Thick Air website links on the side bar of this page.

*Exhibition to be supplemented with ambient collage music by ATMOS Spheres: a collaboration between KasjaNoova of Antwerp, Belgium, and Scott Johnson.

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo Street
Milwaukee WI
53202

MIAD

2011-03-26T17:18:00.021-06:00

MIAD Sculpture Studios
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
273 East Erie Street
Milwaukee WI 53202

Plaster: Don't know the artist—and don't care to find out. But, its a beauty regardless. Form and pencil marks suggest (potentially) the lower torso of the human figure. The ambiguity of the shape is alluring—rolling cart and all.

Fish + Escalators

2011-03-21T17:33:00.041-06:00

Images courtesy of Rich.

Top:18- Filet o' Fish
Center: Vegas escalator
Bottom: (big eye) LA fish

WPCA

2011-03-19T18:00:00.013-06:00

Joe Hill
Carlos Cortez
Linocut 1979

Carlos Cortez and Allied Artists
April 1- May 15, 2011

Walkers Point Center for the Arts
839 South 5th Street
Milwaukee WI 53204

*Image courtesy of WPCA.

SCOTT JOHNSON

2011-03-16T17:05:00.031-06:00

WALKTHROUGH:
Video stills courtesy of Scott Johnson.

Gallery Night
Friday April 15 2011
5-9 pm

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 East Buffalo Street
Milwaukee WI 53202

2011-03-13T18:30:00.002-06:00

Dieu Donne

2011-03-10T18:25:00.014-06:00

Michele Oka Doner
Neuration: Dionysa
2005 [detail]*

*Organic material embedded in handmade abaca leaves.
Photo courtesy of Dieu Donne Papermill: New York, NY.

What are abaca leaves?

SAFI living

2011-03-06T18:35:00.015-06:00

.
Photo courtesy of Dianne Soffa.

2011-03-02T18:54:00.005-06:00

Forget the paintings; studio floor shows something better.

Still Life

2011-02-16T18:20:00.062-06:00

Racine Art Museum: Main Street
Ok, I liked this heap at one time; before the skid-loader took it away.

INSIDE

Susie Krasnican
[title of this piece not known]
Image courtesy of RAM.
Fired enamel on sanded glass.
*my usually polite and composed navigator for the day felt an urge to shatter this piece with a hammer. I agree.

Matt Eskuche
Agristocracy 2010 [detail]
Image courtesy of RAM.

More on Agristocracy by Judith Ann Moriarty, ThirdCoast Digest.

2845

2011-02-14T18:26:00.013-06:00

[diptych detail]
2011 Mixed Media

Safi Studios

2011-02-12T18:19:00.015-06:00

Dianne Soffa
Thumbelina Turbo Orange
Oil

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Friday, March 4, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Safi Studios joins the Marshall Building's group of art galleries, studios, designers, and other creative professionals. Many other venues will also be open Saturday, March 5, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

New work by Jane Gates, Tom Kovacich, and Dianne Soffa;
Special guest Sheila Jones' used metal alloy, Swingline 1;
Robert Jones presents small-scale ceramic studies.

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo Street
Milwaukee WI 53202

SOLAR SOFFA

2011-02-02T18:20:00.019-06:00

Dianne Soffa
w/ co-artist Emily Erickson
Solar Yellow
2010 Acrylic

Safi Studios
Milwaukee WI

Milwaukee, WI—1947
Photo courtesy of WMSE-Milwaukee School of Engineering

2011-01-27T18:45:00.034-06:00

Anonymous response to: Swingline I

Yours truly~
a.) Hugo Chavez
b.) Katherine Hepburn
c.) Michele Bachmann
d.) Geico lizard

Did you know:
A pint of room-temperature beer chills to 43 degrees in a snow bank within 6 minutes. Presto!

NEW WORK

2011-01-23T08:21:00.016-06:00

Curtains
2011 Enamel
15" x 24"

ART AND SCIENCE DUAL EXHIBITION

2011-01-20T18:08:00.023-06:00

Visual Analogies and Inquiries: The Work of Michiko Itatani and Birgitta Weimer

TINY: Art from Microscopes at UW-Madison
—Tandem Press

Jan 21, 2011 — Mar 5, 2011
Layton Gallery
MIAD
*Image courtesy of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

.

Swingline I

2011-01-05T16:27:00.040-06:00

Sheila Jones
Swingline I
2008-2010 used staples
15" x 15" x 8"
$125.

Sheila Jones interview by Judith Moriarty, ThirdCoast Digest.

Safi Studios
Milwaukee WI

KITTENZILLA

2011-01-04T12:06:00.025-06:00

San Francisco street mural: Kittenzilla (a.k.a. Laser Kittens), by Garrison Buxton, Ezra Li Eismont, and Bunnie Reiss.

2010: Best Domestic Orange Tabby Lasers
Details follow at: Ad Hoc Art, & here too.

Note: Unfortunately [very], the mural was painted over before the artists had a chance to remove the panels and relocate it.

2681

2010-12-31T20:13:00.011-06:00

Black Mountain
AZ

2614

2010-12-23T16:41:00.006-06:00

Happy 2011

SAFI

2010-12-19T18:07:00.020-06:00

Bottom Photo:
I-94 West

GATES

2010-12-11T16:45:00.013-06:00

Jane Gates
Rain
2010 Acrylic and collage

Jane Gates
Baba Yaga's Garden
2010 Acrylic and collage

There are so many reasons why I like Jane's work, but the one aspect I find most important is she strives to present new ways in which to make marks upon a surface. This quality not only speaks volumes about an artists progression, but it also shows Jane's process of reinventing by introducing a new means. Keep doing what you are doing, Jane.

Safi Studios
Milwaukee WI

Happy B-day Felix!

2010-12-09T19:09:00.022-06:00

Felix, 2010.
[In deep discussion with Jerry & Miss Wild West (Karen) about bull riding survival statistics at the rodeo bar. Jeanne's packin' spurs, so look out.]

PALLADINO

2010-11-29T18:41:00.007-06:00

Matthew Palladino
Lichtenstein Kiss
2010 Acrylic ink on paper
49 x 37 inches

Image courtesy of:
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
San Francisco CA

Ekinomicks

2010-11-26T18:17:00.031-06:00

=building better mouse traps.

Kevin Giese
Immigrant 2010
Temporary hand-carved buckthorn wood, copper and living buckthorn trees.

////////

2010-11-19T19:13:00.028-06:00

bottom photo-

Somewhere To Light [detail]
James Rosenquist
1996 Screenprint
edition of 225

Fall Landscapes

2010-11-14T19:03:00.041-06:00

Directions:
The Lynden Sculpture Garden may be reached via I-43, exit Brown Deer Road. Head west on Brown Deer Road (Hwy 100) for approximately 0.8 miles. The sculpture garden is located on the left (south) side of Brown Deer Road. The grounds are surrounded by a weathered tall wooden fence.

Winter hours (November 3 – March 13)
Wednesdays: 10 am – 4 pm*
Sundays: 12 pm – 5 pm

Enter through the west gate. This is the entrance closest to the barn and immediately opposite the westbound left turn lane on Brown Deer Road. There is a small sign hanging from a lamppost at this entrance that says "LYNDEN. Harry L. Bradley."

Note: The subject matter within these photographs are not part of the Harry L. Bradley Collection. Unfortunately. Special thanks to Judith Moriarty, ThirdCoast Digest, Polly Morris, and the Bradley Foundation.

Credit is due to the creative landscapers who raked and scraped the algae layer from the drainage pond into piles of sticky white slime balls (above photo). Walking among them felt as if I were stepping into another world. Very cool.

SOFFA

2010-11-07T16:20:00.040-06:00

Dianne Soffa
Lime Green
2010 Oil
49" x 49"

What I like most about this piece by Dianne is she chose a concept repeated many times over by modern artists--some have been successful, others not. Yet, what makes her work unique is that she chose to fold her own paint handling into the same color studies that came before. It's a luminous piece to say the least, and because of its scale, it's best viewed in person.

Safi Studios
Milwaukee WI

幸運僵硬

2010-11-06T19:24:00.012-06:00

SUSHI HUT

2010-10-25T17:44:00.029-05:00

Untitled [small b&w]
2007 Enamel on found object

Sushi Hut
505 State St
Madison WI
53703
608 467.7770

Opening Saturday, October 30 - November 20, 2010
Art and sushi lovers unite for an evening of good humor and slick art in celebration of Madison’s Sushi Hut’s swank new cocktail lounge. Discounts on artfully delicious Asian creations and equally sinful libations.

Tom Kovacich's work is cool, smooth, updated postmodernism. Surface, composition, and color form the core elements of his pieces. Often incorporating nontraditional methods, Kovacich mixes house paints, polymers, unusual structural supports, and rich, unbroken areas of color that convey his relationship to urban environments and exteriors.

MARN: Beyond the Canvas Event

2010-10-12T18:42:00.014-05:00

Menomonee
2010 Enamel
12" x 12"

JOIN MARN @
Helios
1207 W Canal Street
Milwaukee

October 15th 5-9pm Exhibition and Silent Auction Opens
October 16th 10am-4pm Exhibition and Silent Auction Open
3pm Collecting 101 Talk with MARN's Executive Director Melissa Musante
4pm History of the Valley Talk with MVP Executive Director Laura Bray
4-8pm FREE Closing reception featuring great refreshments and live music by Trio DeJaneiro
Silent Auction Closes at 7:15pm so don't miss your chance to get some great works produced during the duration of this event and based on the heart of Milwaukee, The Valley!

ATWATER PARK

2010-10-02T21:44:00.007-05:00

Spillover II
2010 Jaume Plensa

View from Atwater Park: Shorewood WI

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Racine

Marigold

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NOSKI W/BLUETORT

SPEC

MCA

SAFI in TCD

Orange Polygon

MIAD Printmaking Studio

FAUX FINISHING

PRESCOTT AZ Part Deux

twin coolers with birch

HOLGA

PRESCOTT

Sincerely SAFI

painted wire

Lynden Sculpture Garden

GATES

SOUTH SIDE

IDA WYMAN

SAFI 9.9

WPCA

MARSHALL ARTS

Case Study 22

plasticland

Out of the Suitcase IV

Living Dreams

Panama

ANTENNAE

altocumulus + perfect porpoise

JANE GATES: UWM Painting Class

Simply SAFI

SAFI STUDIOS GALLERY NIGHT

SAFI

Sconfinato Drive

a) SAFI STUDIOS Summer Preview

Los Angeles

Dymaxion House

Boris Putznik

La Luz de Jesus Gallery

Linn Meyers

PJ HARVEY

Lynden Sculpture Garden

JOE

Safi Studios: MBA edition*

3213

'Kickass' POPPIES

Chicago Black

Bloch Museum

Geum X

SWEATPANTS

Large Hand

Richard Makes a Mess w/Trophy Boy 180

JOHNSON @ SAFI

WALKTHROUGH

MARN: Treasure Hunt

Los Angeles

BLUE MIX

SAFI STUDIOS: Spring Edition*

MIAD

Fish + Escalators

WPCA

SCOTT JOHNSON

Dieu Donne

SAFI living

Still Life

2845

Safi Studios

SOLAR SOFFA

NEW WORK

ART AND SCIENCE DUAL EXHIBITION

Swingline I

KITTENZILLA

2681

2614

SAFI

GATES

Happy B-day Felix!

PALLADINO