Holton Rower sent us this photo from his travels in Argentina. In the courtyard of Home Hotel in Buenos Aires he found a suprisingly crocheted tree. (Those crochet bombers are everywhere…) post-valentine’s message (be a chalk graffiti guerilla!) the magic of guerilla poetry (become a poetry bomber) guerilla florist bella meyer: “flowers as natural art…
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Artist Holton Rower, of 3,000,000+ YouTube hits fame, (not to mention inventor of fabulous leather door pulls) takes all his tools very seriously, including the camera on his phone. It has a lens that is precision, easily damagable glass, just like any other good camera. You wouldn’t put a camera in your bag without its…
Read Moresnail mail letters filled with surprise
The other day, we got a snail mail note from a friend. While snail mail is inself a rare gift these days, there was an added surprise. When we opened the envelope, a cascade of pressed flowers fell out. In addition to bringing a charming blast of ‘garden’ into the apartment, the flowers were…
Read Moreholton rower’s catalytic art (plywood + 50 gallons of paint + big imagination)
Last week we went to the opening of an exhibition of artist Holton Rower’s paintings, made by pouring gallons of vividly colored paints onto plywood forms. They are on display at The Hole in NYC, an immense space that Rower’s monumental work fills with reverberating color and energy. The paintings are made of humble materials:…
Read Moremore writing on the walls (indoors)
Some time ago, Desire to Inspire ran a post called Room Porn. It wasn’t our idea of room porn (which we’re very into, but for a totally different sensibility) EXCEPT for the scrawled writing across the top of the room; it segues with our strange lust/love of signs. It’s do-able by mere mortals and holds lots of…
Read MoreDIY Leather Cabinet Pulls (via Holton Rower)
For years, we’ve been amazed at the clever and imaginative solutions our friend Holton Rower has come up for his various spaces – both at home and work. Take the chic leather cabinet pulls we’ve been seeing around at high-end housewares stores, for $20 + a piece. Holton starting making leather pulls twenty years ago…
Read Moreexperience a pour painting LIVE + calder, yves Klein, wegman + more (12 hrs of inspiration)
This Saturday afternoon in New York City, The Calder Foundation is sponsoring a twelve-hour one-day event that presents a continuous series of artist film screenings, performances and music. It takes its name from Alexander Calder’s response to Work in Progress, his 1968 theatrical production, Maybe I should have called it ‘My Life in Nineteen Minutes’. An extraordinary…
Read Morenon-valentine’s day valentines
Since Valentine’s Day, we’ve gotten some wonderful emails of Valentine’s images and stories, so we thought we’d share a couple (and save the others for later). Maria Robledo made this improvised valentine for her husband, artist Holton Rower whose wondrous Pour Paintings we blogged last week. Since Holton uses clothes pins for his artwork made…
Read Moreholton rower’s pour paintings: intention + chance, in color
Artist Holton Rower is constantly innovating, shifting, moving his work into new territory, too fast even to get an accurate answer to the question “What’s he into these days?” We’ve marveled at his works out of locks, money, fish hooks for years…Lately, we’ve been smitten with his Pour Paintings (which may in fact be sculptures),…
Read Morewhat would you barter for an artwork you love?
Don’t have the $$ to buy art? You can barter for it at ArtBarter, a 3-day exhibition at NP Contemporary Art Centre in New York City, where all the art displayed is for non-money sale. You submit a secret postcard which will be given to the artist whose work you covet. Then he/she will decide from their…
Read Morerule for living: apologize every day
My friend Holton Rower, who is an amazing artist, created this sign on his studio door using colored tape. It’s a really great reminder that instantly shifts your perspective: about being more mindful of the potential to hurt someone’s feelings, including your own, maybe especially your own. Just about everybody I know judges themselves harshly, with unspoken words…
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