http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com The work of Cynthia Rae Levine Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While looking at some of Alexander Calder's work I came across this gem...It is the dressing table of his wife Louisa, and I wish it were mine.   These too    And if I wore this necklace today, it would be the only sun everyone around me would see.   It is thick grey, welly ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/03/08/if-i-could-wear-the-sun/  I have a bit of the winter blues, but this makes me happy.     Hill Hut by visiondivision. Thanks to designboom.   http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/25/remedy/  What if our hearts were this big? Magdalena Abakanowiczcourtesy of The Best Time of The Day.  http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/14/love/ When I saw Matt Peiken at the opening for the Jerome show a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling ill prepared and a bit apprehensive for a conversation that would be well documented.   As per usual, I really had nothing to worry about.  Matt asked ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/10/my-minute/ Alec Soth, Pauline, 2007  Robert Polidori, Wall detail and Surveillance Camera of Grand Cabinet de Madame Victoire, 2007.  at the Weinstein Gallery through Saturday. And this is the last weekend to visit the Art Shanties. Have a great weekend even if you don't choose to look at pretty pictures or get ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/04/hurry-up/ Upon opening up what I thought was going to being the last kiln before bringing my work to the gallery for the upcoming Jerome Exhibition (more on that later), I was initially quite pleased.  The top layer couldn’t have been better.  The second looked pretty good too.  But when I ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/01/08/a-humbling-craft/ In the NY Times Thursday Styles section a few weeks ago I read this great quote from William Faulkner:“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2009/12/01/inspiration/ If you are in the Twin Cities, there is still time for you to see the MNWCA group show. As a teaser, I thought I would show you some of my favorites.        I love that in the first image Kelly Connole's rabbit is tucked in next to Ursula Hargen's most ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2009/11/06/favorites/ It’s time to select an image to be used for the Jerome Grant press, and I am having a hard time deciding.  The pieces that were recently photographed are still rather new to me, and I’m not sure that I see them clearly for what they really are...especialy when I ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2009/11/04/which-one/ A wonderful group show opens this evening from 5-10 p.m. in suite 332 of the Northrup King Building.  The show consists of sculptural and functional ceramics by women artists living and working in Minnesota and was juried by Gail Kendall and Janet Williams.   I am proud to be part of ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2009/10/30/claydies/