Currently on View: I Made This for You, Marjorie Wood Gallery, December 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008

Tue 2008 Jan 01st

Look, See has moved

 

It’s time for a change. Look, See has moved, effective January 1, 2008:

looksee.chrisashley.net/

This new blog is powered by WordPress (I have been running a test version in parallel with this current blog since late October). It is my intention to continue making an HTML drawing for every day in 2008 and beyond. I see no reason to stop now.

Since April 2000 I have blogged at three locations.

  1. April 6, 2000 to February 15, 2001: my first blog, XYZ, no longer functioning online, exists as an incomplete archive stashed under my current domain name. Powered by an early version of Manila running on my desktop at UC Berkeley.
  2. February 21, 2001 to October 22, 2003: A Place to Work, Nothing Fancy, powered by Manila on a Windows server at UC Berkeley. It is not supposed to be online anymore, but surprisingly, it’s still there.
  3. October 12, 2003 to December 31, 2007: the most recently past version of Look, See; hosted under my own domain at Cornerhost, it is powered by Movetable Type. The complete blog is intact, functional, and searchable. It comprises:
    1. 2,239 posts
    2. Approximately 1,541 HTML drawings (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)
    3. Images of over 200 works on canvas and paper
    4. Forty eight essays and other related writing
    5. A bunch of other mostly art-related posts

The HTML drawings have been used to make inkjet prints that are hung in groups, typically by month; to date works based on this medium have been exhibited at eight galleries between May 2006 and January 31, 2008.

Landmarks & Anomalies

  1. One of the earliest HTML drawings I can identify is Boxboy, posted November 24, 2000.
  2. The first really satisfying HTML drawing is Night Driving, posted January 19, 2001.
  3. One of the goofiest HTML drawings made is Cow, posted February 24, 2001.
  4. A breakthrough occurred with Summer Short Stories, July 14-28, 2002; I realized how content was useful to the edge between abstraction and representation.
  5. First use of images in HTML drawings during September 2005.
  6. Animation, March 2006.
  7. All 2004 HTML drawings
  8. All 2005 HTML drawings
  9. All 2006 HTML drawings
  10. All 2007 HTML drawings

Please visit the new place, and if you can, update links and bookmarks.

 

 

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Mon 2007 Dec 31st

Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow

 

 

Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow, 20071231, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Sun 2007 Dec 30th

The Birds Stop Their Singing

 

 

The Birds Stop Their Singing, 20071230, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Sat 2007 Dec 29th

My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darling

 

 

My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darling, 20071229, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Sat 2007 Dec 29th

Art Review : Chris Ashley: I Made This For You

 

I Made This For You reviewed by Timothy Buckwalter for KQED Arts & Culture:

Art Review : Chris Ashley: I Made This For You

I’m gonna say this right off, and then we can move on. Chris Ashley has created the grooviest advent calendar. Ever.

At some point that idea will hit you as you are wander through I Made This For You, Ashley’s current online show at Marjorie Wood Gallery. I’m sure there is some element of intent at work here; Ashley’s daily drawings are laid out in pop-up windows that represent the days of December.

When the calendar realization first hit me I lost interest in the work for a bit. It all seemed so hokey, and kinda hoary, but only for a brief while. Soon the serious joy that is the exhibition quickly lit back up.

And serious joy it is, in a hard edge sort of way.

Read the rest…

 

 

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Fri 2007 Dec 28th

While Jesus is Bleeding

 

 

While Jesus is Bleeding, 20071228, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Thu 2007 Dec 27th

With Nothing to Sell

 

 

With Nothing to Sell, 20071227, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Wed 2007 Dec 26th

Dwell in That Shack

 

 

Dwell in That Shack, 20071226, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Tue 2007 Dec 25th

Where Happiness Never Ends

 

 

Where Happiness Never Ends, 20071225, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Mon 2007 Dec 24th

Up This Hill and Down

 

 

Up This Hill and Down, 20071224, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Sun 2007 Dec 23rd

Sang in True

 

 

Sang in True, 20071223, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Sat 2007 Dec 22nd

The Fire is Burning

 

 

The Fire is Burning (Happy Birthday Ann), 20071222, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Fri 2007 Dec 21st

Set Your Fields on Fire

 

 

Set Your Fields on Fire, 20071221, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Thu 2007 Dec 20th

Small Praying Band

 

 

Small Praying Band, 20071220, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Wed 2007 Dec 19th

Where the Birds Are Still Singing

 

 

Where the Birds Are Still Singing, 20071219, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Tue 2007 Dec 18th

No Pomp or Style

 

 

No Pomp or Style, 20071218, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Mon 2007 Dec 17th

How Much I Yearn

 

 

How Much I Yearn, 20071217, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Sun 2007 Dec 16th

How They Linger

 

 

How They Linger, 20071216, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Sat 2007 Dec 15th

Filled With Green

 

 

Filled With Green, 20071215, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Fri 2007 Dec 14th

Noise of Wings

 

 

Noise of Wings, 20071214, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Thu 2007 Dec 13th

Jack O’Diamonds

 

 

Jack O’Diamonds, 20071213, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Wed 2007 Dec 12th

Eyes of My Mind

 

 

Eyes of My Mind, 20071212, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Tue 2007 Dec 11th

Dew Drops On The Ground

 

 

Dew Drops On The Ground, 20071211, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Mon 2007 Dec 10th

On The Other Shore

 

 

On The Other Shore, 20071210, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Sun 2007 Dec 09th

Just Before Dawn

 

 

Just Before Dawn, 20071209, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Sat 2007 Dec 08th

Meet Them in Heaven

 

 

Meet Them in Heaven, 20071208, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Fri 2007 Dec 07th

Never Go Back Home

 

 

Never Go Back Home, 20071207, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Thu 2007 Dec 06th

Get Up Rounder

 

 

Get Up Rounder, 20071206, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Wed 2007 Dec 05th

Rough and Rocky

 

 

Rough and Rocky, 20071205, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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Tue 2007 Dec 04th

My Burning Cheek

 

 

My Burning Cheek, 20071204, HTML, 230 x 310 pixels

 

 

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Mon 2007 Dec 03rd

The Master’s Bouquet

 

 

The Master’s Bouquet, 20071203, HTML, 310 x 230 pixels

 

 

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