I Heart My Art
- Author: Faith-Ann Young
- Posted on: Friday July 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Filed under: art, exlcusive
Floating leisurely within the slippery seas of the internet is a blog that is like a picture encyclopedia of modern art with all the pages torn out and then remixed in neat little squares: I Heart My Art. Created by an artist (using simple tumblr format) for himself and strangers, I Heart My Art slates photographs next to sketches next to paintings. Old, new, established, indie. Motley in organization yet resplendent with color and ideas.
Though the concept isn't new (there's FFFFOUND! and others before it), what sets I Heart My Art appart is the craftiness, passion, and yet, unpretentiousness of its founder - graphic artist Blair Prentice. The dude evidently has some sort of wicked internal magnet to find the juiciest, randomest projects going on around the world, which he then pairs with other random yet tempting oeuvres from past and present. The result? It's a simple digital museum for the post-modern, Google-meets-ADD generation.
We got the inside scoop of the creator, graphic artist Blair Prentice, below:
How old are you? 27
Do you have a day job? I work as a freelance graphic designer.
When and why did you start I heart my art?
In my opinion, preparation and research is an incredibly important part of an artists' process so I spend a lot of time launching myself through cyberspace to see what I can find.
On several occasions my computer crashed and I was devastated to lose my stash of art pictures so I decided to create iheartmyart as an archive for my discoveries.
Who inspires your own work?
Andy Warhol. The fact that he dedicated his whole life completely to creating his art inspires me constantly.
Other cool art blogs you dig?
butdoesitfloat, vvork, beautiful/decay
Let's Play the Favorite Game:
Painter: Matisse (can't get over his use of color!)
Sculptor: Antony Gormley (his work blows me away!)
Installation/Conceptual: Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Classic Photographer: Jeff Wall
Digitally Manipulated: Pierre et Gilles
Favorite Architect: Zaha Hadid
You are based in NYC. What’s your least favorite bathroom in the city?
The port-a-potties in central park on a hot day in the summer.
Internet + Art = (fill in blank)
Perfect Bosom Buddies
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