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Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), Buddha, c. 1905. Pastel on paper, 90 x 73 cm.

Todd Carpenter’s “In The Spaces Between” at KP Projects.

Currently on view at KP Projects in Los Angeles, California is artist Todd Carpenter’s masterfully brooding solo exhibition, “In The Spaces Between.”

“In the Spaces Between” brings us a new way of seeing the world around us. Bringing new meaning to the phrase “can’t see the forest for the trees”, Carpenter recognizes the tendency to consider a subject for only its material parts. We categorize, organize, and reduce things into their utility, or disutility in seconds. Snap judgements define how we see and interpret the world, and as a result, what we see becomes less and less of what really is, and is replaced by a shallow projection. Our affinity for labels and the search for belonging within only a few superficial restrictive categories leave many feeling isolated and alone, inhibiting a broader view of what surrounds us. Carpenter reminds us through the quiet resilience of a single beam of light, piercing steadily through the arms of a tree, to appreciate a subject’s surroundings as well as the subject itself.

“In The Spaces Between” will be on view until July 28th, 2018.

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closely related to sharks but with long, flat bodies and wing-like pectoral fins, mobula rays are ideally suited to swooping through the water - here off the gulf of california - yet seem equally at home in the air, so much so that they have earned the name “flying rays”. mobula rays can reach heights of more than two metres, remaining airborne for several seconds. 

mobula rays are quite elusive and difficult to study, so biologists are not quite sure why they jump out of the water. theories vary from a means of communication, to a mating ritual (though both males and females jump), or as a way to shed themselves of parasites. they could also be jumping as a way of better corralling their pray, as seen with them swimming in a circular formation. 

what is known about mobula rays is that they reach sexual maturity late and their investment in their offspring is more akin to mammals than other fishes, usually producing just a single pup after long pregnancies, all of which makes them extremely vulnerable to commercial fishing, especially as a species that likes to come together in large groups.

Surrealism...

Mr. Macfrisco, the singing sea lion, has a singing lesson, 1926 (via)

WIZARD VARNISH

Renaissance-style necklace, 1905, France.

Say what you mean and mean what you say because the people that matter don’t mind and the people that mind don’t matter.

Dr. Seuss (via smilingspider)

Eric Clapton, page from swiss magazine POP 1972