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Brett Cody Rogers for FvF

"You just go in and out, you have to go in, and work, and then you turn your back on the work, you run out the door, to go pick him up at school, you don’t look back, you don’t think about what went wrong that day, or if you made something good or bad, or whatever, you just made stuff and you just deal with it later..." - Brett Cody Rogers <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/7295721010_0269925198_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/7295721010_0269925198_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 466px;" /><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img alt="Link" border="0" class="gl_link" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" /></a> the kitchen: scones, orange juice, and California morning light </div> I recently interviewed L.A. artist Brett Cody Rogers for Berlin based Freunde von Freunden. Ailine Liefeld photographed Brett's home and studio, while Brett and I talked about his studio practice, and his early days assisting, including a very interesting story Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3. <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/brett-cody-rogers/" style="font-weight: bold;">Read the full interview, and see all the photographs here, on FvF.</a> "We met with Brett Cody Rogers in his Los Angeles home, in a neighborhood called Los Feliz that borders on Griffith Park. Inside his 1927 home, Brett’s walls are covered with art works (including his son’s room), and he led us around his home, upstairs and downstairs, explaining the stories behind each work. His wife was just leaving for work as we sat down with coffee and scones in his kitchen. I first learned about Brett Cody Roger’s work at a store in Los Angeles called<a href="http://www.southwillard.com/south-willard/store"> South Willard</a>. Ryan Conder, the owner, installed one of Brett’s painted geometric canvas mobiles from the ceiling. His later works continue to suggest forms of architectural reference, and his interest in modernism, while he moves painting to photography. Over conversation, Brett explained how the birth of his son 4 years ago changed his studio practice, “taking all the crisis out of art making.” <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/brett-cody-rogers/">- David John for Freunde von Freunden</a> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7224/7295721204_556d111a12_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7224/7295721204_556d111a12_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 467px;" /></a> "When my son was born, everything changed as far as my work goes…within a year, my grandfather died. My son was named Van after him, it was a really strange time for me. Pretty much everything changed, but I think for the better. I had to re-evaluate what I was doing, and I went through 2 years of making work in nothing but black and white, which prior to that it was very colorful. And then I started making photographs again. It was something I could make an image fairly quickly with, and so the means as with which I was working, I was working with cheaper materials, faster processes, and just by doing that, I got more of a handle on the content. Whereas before I was relying very heavily on color, to do all the leg work in the painting. So when my son was born, the whole thing opened me up pretty greatly. I think the biggest thing is that having a kid, it takes all the crisis out of art making. You know when you have too much time to think about yourself and your own troubles in the studio, and you worry about everything, worry about making the wrong move, and if a painting goes wrong and it’s like the end of the world. I had all these existential crises before I had a son, and from the moment he was born, it took all that out of art making, and it made it more enjoyable to make stuff, because you just have less time. You just go in and out, you have to go in, and work, and then you turn your back on the work, you run out the door, to go pick him up at school, you don’t look back, you don’t think about what went wrong that day, or if you made something good or bad, or whatever, you just made stuff and you just deal with it later, which is really great. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7295721922_3d6a2b65ff_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7295721922_3d6a2b65ff_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 702px; height: 468px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Living Room: Brett Cody Roger's "Painterʼs Forms", 2011, C-print, brass frame </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7295721442_e1fb9fc891_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7295721442_e1fb9fc891_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 467px;" /></a> Entryway: drawing by Ricky Swallow in the entryway <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7295721442_e1fb9fc891_b.jpg"></a></div> I notice a lot of familiar artists in your home. Can you talk about some of the work that is here? Brett: Sure, they are mostly friends’ works, given to us as gifts, or as trades. There are some of <a href="http://www.rickyswallow.com/">Ricky Swallow’s </a>pieces, some ceramics, a bronze whale that he made, and he made this watercolor for my wife for her birthday, it’s of two dead fish, and there is another drawing by the entry way, and it’s a skull sitting on top of a tophat, with some barnacles next to it. This is from Lesley Vance from 2007, Jed Lind, Bari Ziperstein, Violet Hopkins, this one is from Bara (Hans-Peter) from Berlin, another German painter named Klaus Merkel. He was an early influence and mentor to me. <a href="http://www.brettcodyrogers.com/">Go to Brett Cody Roger's site here.</a> ---------------

Brett Cody Rogers for FvF

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DISC Interiors

"In California, where the climate is temperate and houses are small (and expensive), it's common for homeowners to annex the garage as living space. This parking-space-turned-garden-room in West LA by David John and Krista Schrock of <a href="http://discinteriors.com/DISC/HOME.html">DISC Interiors</a> might be the prettiest garage conversion we've seen yet." - Remodelista <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/7263527756_b0f8d27747_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/7263527756_b0f8d27747_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 660px; height: 1032px;" /></a> Our latest residential project was published today on <a href="http://remodelista.com/posts/a-garage-turned-garden-room-in-la">Remodelista</a>. Thank you for the kind words! This space is rich in work by L.A. artisans and designers. For a full listing of our projects go to <a href="http://discinteriors.com/DISC/HOME.html" style="font-weight: bold;">DISC Interiors.</a> And go to <a href="http://remodelista.com/posts/a-garage-turned-garden-room-in-la">Remodelista to read full article.</a> <a href="http://remodelista.com/posts/a-garage-turned-garden-room-in-la"></a> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7263562374_6751547b28_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7263562374_6751547b28_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 661px; height: 840px;" /></a> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7084/7263528190_610b80465c_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7084/7263528190_610b80465c_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 661px; height: 992px;" /></a> "<a href="http://discinteriors.com/DISC/HOME.html">DISC Interiors</a> provides our clients with tailored, warm, and inviting spaces. We begin with a conversation of ideas, which leads to sketches, and eventually into realized and living spaces. We approach each project differently, seeking to fully understand the client's needs and expectations. We look to well-crafted furniture, modern and traditional materials, and textures as inspiration for our projects. We are inspired by modern aesthetics that speak of a specific place and history. While our combined backgrounds in craft and graphic design define our distinct perspective on interior design, it is our relationships with artisans, furniture and textile designers that enable us to realize our designs. Above all else, we believe spaces should be filled with personality, warmth, and above all, simply feel good." ---------------

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Modern Craft : Merchant House NYC

"a group of designers working with modern craft techniques — including Paul Loebach, Kyle Garner of Sit and Read, Louis Lim, Nine Stories Furniture, and Colgate Searle — have infiltrated the house’s time-capsule interior with a beautiful juxtaposition of contemporary objects." <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7249764212_2cc48ed2fe_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7249764212_2cc48ed2fe_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 702px; height: 996px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;">all photography by David John </div> Re·side: verb - "To be inherently present; exist, a state of continuation" The<a href="http://merchantshouse.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Merchant House </a>in NYC on East Fourth Street was built in 1832, and was home to the Tredwells, a wealthy merchant-class family who resided from 1835 to 1933 in the home. The late Federal style exterior and Greek revival interior rooms of the residence have been preserved as a house museum for over 75 years. The home is a National Historic Landmark, and is open to the public. Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov of<a href="http://www.sightunseen.com/"> Sight Unseen,</a> hosted <a href="http://www.nohodesigndistrict.com/">Noho Design District</a> and organized "Modern Craft" asking contemporary designers to "infiltrate the house’s time-capsule interior with a beautiful juxtaposition of contemporary objects." Paul Loebach, Kyle Garner of Sit and Read, Louis Lim, Nine Stories Furniture, and Colgate Searle installed their works on all three levels of the home. As I traveled up the stairs of the home, the floor boards giving into my weight, light reverberating through the window frames onto the newly placed works, I imagined the Tredwells coming into their home 150 years later, viewing these works for the first time. What do these "modern craft" objects say about our present culture? The Merchant House provided space to begin a conversation about these works and their contemporary context. The contemporary and historical works combined with the light of late afternoon, reminded me of a melody, a song of sorts: "Disappearing Objects" by composer Christian Kleine. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALS84psmus" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> Take a moment, listen here.</a> Kyle Garner's (of Sit and Read in Brooklyn) elegant chair, an overdyed faded green into yellow sling chair constructed with a Persian rug was a painting onto itself, simply supported by a wire frame. In another room, Louis Lim's Star Knot, made of knotty pine plywood, maple, and solid paine end grain, rested silently, twisted by the window, in complete synergy with the nearly 200 year old floor planks, and the frame of the bed. The Merchant House has recently been threatened with towering new development.<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/commissioner-robert-b-tierney-tell-landmarks-to-reject-proposal-for-9-story-hotel-at-27-east-4th-st"> Please sign the petition here to help preserve this historical landmark, so that it does not disappear.</a>- David John <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7249671532_594fa16fdd_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7249671532_594fa16fdd_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 670px; height: 911px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"> Louis Lim, Star Knot: "a playful sculptural object, but soon reveals itself to be a storage unit with retractable drawers." </div> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7249673270_5f9b62db41_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7249673270_5f9b62db41_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 650px; height: 992px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"> original furnishings of the Merchant House </div> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7249676808_d47dac3c3f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7249676808_d47dac3c3f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 992px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7249672530_2d80e4576e_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7249672530_2d80e4576e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 670px; height: 987px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;">Kyle Garner's sling chair, 2012 </div><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7249675752_5fc45623b1_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7249675752_5fc45623b1_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 650px; height: 974px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;">the servant's quarters, on the fourth floor of the home. white, torn sheets draped over items. skylight above. </div> <a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7249674252_f40d0dfcdb_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7249674252_f40d0dfcdb_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 661px; height: 992px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://merchantshouse.org/"> </a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://merchantshouse.org/">More information on the Merchant House.</a> More events from <a href="http://www.nohodesigndistrict.com/events/">NOHO Next 2012</a> </div></div> .....

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