Marcy Rosenblat was born in Chicago, Illinois, received her B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute and her M.F. A. from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has exhibited at Fordham University, The RawlsMuseum, Galerie Berlin am Meer, Smith College, Oresmon Gallery, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kouros Gallery, Frumkin Gallery, Art Helix , Centotto, and Bcb Art, Hudson NY. Ms. Rosenblat is an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
Bradley Rubenstein: Your paintings are really complex, in the sense that you are layering these veils of color, which could end up being very concrete, like a Morris Louis. But there is something in your choices of arrangement, or when to stop, that sets them into play in a way that I find rare in a lot of abstract painting recently. A lot of painters are content letting the paint just be paint.
Bradley Rubenstein: Your paintings are really complex, in the sense that you are layering these veils of color, which could end up being very concrete, like a Morris Louis. But there is something in your choices of arrangement, or when to stop, that sets them into play in a way that I find rare in a lot of abstract painting recently. A lot of painters are content letting the paint just be paint.
- 5/29/2015
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Bill Jensen: Transgressions Cheim & Read Gallery Through May 9, 2015
There was a time in modern music when the role of the artist changed from being the custodian of cultural knowledge to something more of an autobiographer. We might choose that moment in the late sixties when Lou Reed abandoned the writing of pop ditties about boys and girls, to focus on his own, more personal interests, like boys and girls and heroin.
In other art forms this sea change was happening -- in comedy, where once jokes were shared, un-authored, between performers in Vegas, the Catskills, and New York City clubs, Lenny Bruce made comedy suddenly personal -- talking about race, politics, cops, censorship, and heroin. It is tempting to suggest that in painting this shift had happened decades earlier, particularly in that sub-category of painting called "abstraction." Once artists like Kandinsky, Rodchenko, Dove, and O’Keefe had looked for...
There was a time in modern music when the role of the artist changed from being the custodian of cultural knowledge to something more of an autobiographer. We might choose that moment in the late sixties when Lou Reed abandoned the writing of pop ditties about boys and girls, to focus on his own, more personal interests, like boys and girls and heroin.
In other art forms this sea change was happening -- in comedy, where once jokes were shared, un-authored, between performers in Vegas, the Catskills, and New York City clubs, Lenny Bruce made comedy suddenly personal -- talking about race, politics, cops, censorship, and heroin. It is tempting to suggest that in painting this shift had happened decades earlier, particularly in that sub-category of painting called "abstraction." Once artists like Kandinsky, Rodchenko, Dove, and O’Keefe had looked for...
- 4/30/2015
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work" is about righteous rule-breaking. Here, the authors discuss breaking taboos to change the workplace, starting with telling your boss why the company is broken.
We begin this installment on hacking work with a nod to both Fast Company and Ideo. In her post, "How to Turn Social Taboos Into Innovative Products," Ideo designer Betsy Fields lists four core approaches:
1. Know the taboos: What topics are discussed only behind closed doors. 2. Respect embarrassment: Let people know it's Okay to discuss taboos. 3. Reframe social stigmas: Help people engage with those taboos. 4. Allow for avoidance: Make it okay not to join taboo-breakers.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves! Thank you, Betsy.
Hacking one's work is a major taboo. Break or bend the rules? Omg ... What will my boss think of me? Will my co-workers still respect me?
Will I be shunned and outcast like a leper?...
We begin this installment on hacking work with a nod to both Fast Company and Ideo. In her post, "How to Turn Social Taboos Into Innovative Products," Ideo designer Betsy Fields lists four core approaches:
1. Know the taboos: What topics are discussed only behind closed doors. 2. Respect embarrassment: Let people know it's Okay to discuss taboos. 3. Reframe social stigmas: Help people engage with those taboos. 4. Allow for avoidance: Make it okay not to join taboo-breakers.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves! Thank you, Betsy.
Hacking one's work is a major taboo. Break or bend the rules? Omg ... What will my boss think of me? Will my co-workers still respect me?
Will I be shunned and outcast like a leper?...
- 10/26/2010
- by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein
- Fast Company
Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work" is about righteous rule-breaking. Here, the authors explain how, with a helping hand, you can improve your situation at work.
One subset of "Soft Hacks," or hacks that change your relationships with people, are Negotiation Hacks. These are hacks that involve the willing participation of both parties--and are therefore can be tricky to pull off. They're also the safest kinds of hacks, because surprises rarely occur when everyone is involved from the outset.
You can achieve a hell of a lot with great Negotiation Hack. As an example, one person we interviewed wanted to start telecommuting two days a week. Rather than ask for it up front, he started taking on projects which would occasionally required weekend work, which he did from home. He documented every success, and after a few months presented his case to his boss by highlighting how effective he was.
One subset of "Soft Hacks," or hacks that change your relationships with people, are Negotiation Hacks. These are hacks that involve the willing participation of both parties--and are therefore can be tricky to pull off. They're also the safest kinds of hacks, because surprises rarely occur when everyone is involved from the outset.
You can achieve a hell of a lot with great Negotiation Hack. As an example, one person we interviewed wanted to start telecommuting two days a week. Rather than ask for it up front, he started taking on projects which would occasionally required weekend work, which he did from home. He documented every success, and after a few months presented his case to his boss by highlighting how effective he was.
- 10/4/2010
- by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein
- Fast Company
In this excerpt from Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work," about righteous rule-breaking, they display how one bus company had a broken system and how a fix for it emerged.
Sometimes work systems are just badly designed. Speaking more plainly: For most of us, the design of work sucks. In those cases it may make the most sense to simply break them, for the benefit of everybody.
One manager we know had occasion to do this recently when she bought a bus ticket for a nearby conference from an operator specializing in short-hauls and events. She figured that, rather than driving, she could use the time to get lots of work done.
The bus operator had a standard price, but also offered an extremely inflated "Gold Membership" price that was patently ridiculous. Even more ridiculous was the fact that 99% of the riders were students who were...
Sometimes work systems are just badly designed. Speaking more plainly: For most of us, the design of work sucks. In those cases it may make the most sense to simply break them, for the benefit of everybody.
One manager we know had occasion to do this recently when she bought a bus ticket for a nearby conference from an operator specializing in short-hauls and events. She figured that, rather than driving, she could use the time to get lots of work done.
The bus operator had a standard price, but also offered an extremely inflated "Gold Membership" price that was patently ridiculous. Even more ridiculous was the fact that 99% of the riders were students who were...
- 9/29/2010
- by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein
- Fast Company
In this excerpt from Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work," about righteous rule-breaking, they explain how most people are already hacking their work but just don't know it.
Hard Hacks are what people most often think of when they hear the word “hacking.” These are workarounds in technology, tools, processes and structures. But what many don’t realize is that there are lots of benevolent hacks ― hacking doesn’t have to be malicious. It can be taking a system apart and reassembling it in a new, more beneficial way.
A good example is when Josh was working at a large company and tasked with motivating a team that was under the supervision of another director. Because he had no direct authority over them, he was constantly struggling to get the attention and engagement of this very busy staff. There had to be a better way than doing this through the normal,...
Hard Hacks are what people most often think of when they hear the word “hacking.” These are workarounds in technology, tools, processes and structures. But what many don’t realize is that there are lots of benevolent hacks ― hacking doesn’t have to be malicious. It can be taking a system apart and reassembling it in a new, more beneficial way.
A good example is when Josh was working at a large company and tasked with motivating a team that was under the supervision of another director. Because he had no direct authority over them, he was constantly struggling to get the attention and engagement of this very busy staff. There had to be a better way than doing this through the normal,...
- 9/26/2010
- by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein
- Fast Company
Most people are *already* hacking their work, but just don’t know it. Most of the time this has to do with what are called “soft hacks,” or hacks that involve changing your relationship with others. We all have to deal with bureaucracy day to day, but soft hacks work around those rules through your everyday relationships.
For example, one assistant we spoke to was constantly being asked by her boss to supply cash for the team’s coffees and the like ― instead of drawing the funds out of petty cash. Then she got saddled with the paperwork of applying for reimbursements, along with a 30-to-90 day wait to get her money back. All this because her boss was scatter-brained. He was a nice guy, just too disorganized to deal with anything as petty as petty cash.
Hacking opportunity: Her boss always left his cash and other personal items scattered around his office,...
For example, one assistant we spoke to was constantly being asked by her boss to supply cash for the team’s coffees and the like ― instead of drawing the funds out of petty cash. Then she got saddled with the paperwork of applying for reimbursements, along with a 30-to-90 day wait to get her money back. All this because her boss was scatter-brained. He was a nice guy, just too disorganized to deal with anything as petty as petty cash.
Hacking opportunity: Her boss always left his cash and other personal items scattered around his office,...
- 9/23/2010
- by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein
- Fast Company
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