Nancy Bell Scott's Blog Posts Tagged 'minimal' (4)

Received: minimal art from prettylily

A cool piece, with a slight problem:

The problem? The piece of screening had fallen off in the envelope, and Sue didn't remember where it goes. She had written on the back: "Simple enough yet? Ha, ha, still working on it." At first I took that to mean she is still working on going minimal, then, second-guessing, thought maybe she *meant* for me to finish it, with her "Ha, ha,… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 6, 2011 at 3:14pm — 5 Comments

Postcard no. 288 from Mim, she's getting there!

A wonderful minimal work: The slicing or carrying that's happening to the alphabet here really appeals to me. The shapes and the spots of color along with it make for an extra nice composition. I love it, and always love her address side too, with "official" stamps: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 28, 2011 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Min from Mim!

Received from Mim Golub Scalin, "Minimal 3 + graphite": Shortly before this arrived, I was admiring Mim's photos section, which at the moment was carrying what appeared to be a series of which this is a part. Big surprise when the postman showed up! Very appealing collage, and my scanner is sorry that it doesn't do orange well, damn thing. Thank you so much, Mim!

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 2, 2011 at 1:13am — 3 Comments

"Minimal" art from prettylily Sue Bowen

Sue claims this is not as minimal as she would have liked, and I have to agree that it's not the most minimalist work I've seen, but it's extremely handsome and I love it. Sue also said "...but it screamed NBS!" There's probably a good reason for that, such as the fact that I too have a hard time doing anything minimal (art or not).

Rotated left is also appealing, and…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 1, 2011 at 11:21pm — 3 Comments

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