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Carissa Barnard
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Working artist CARISSA BARNARD, co-creator and co-curator
of SSNOVA's Massive series, works as gallery manager
at Linda Schwartz Gallery and as production manager for Mark
Fox. Her next project is the third in the series, Massive:
Presence, opening Oct. 10. She describes five cars that
inspire her.
Memory and nostalgia pervade my artwork, and I find the
same things attract me to objects. Design from the 1950s and
1960s inspires me -- the simplicity in construction combined
with its functional elegance are so perfectly matched. The
color combinations and ornamentation are just intoxicating.
Old cars have the same effect for me. I grew up watching my
father dismantle everything we owned and fix it. Ever since
I've been a secret gear-head. Some of my favorites classics:
Oldsmobile Super 88 Convertible Coupe (1960) -- The
first car I ever rode in, strapped to a car seat watching
the road through rusted-out floorboards. Turquoise with a
white top surrounded by chrome and a charcoal, gray and white
interior.
Ford Falcon (1960) -- This car is reminiscent of
my years in the Arizona desert. I think I fell in love with
old cars in that arid land. Nothing rusts there and time stands
still. And you have to love the "three on the tree" transmission.
Chevy Blazer 4X4 (1977) -- The Blazer was orange
and white, just like an Orangesicle, with wood paneling, that
rose to the height of a tank. I have fond memories of my first
love and an enormous back seat.
VW Karmann-Ghia Cabriolet -- An embarrassing John
Hughes reference haunts me to this day. I'm still on the hunt
for one of my very own.
And I've always had a thing for Chevy Impalas from
the 1960s.
ARTICULATIONS offers five things important to one of Cincinnati's
visual artists. To be considered, contact Contributing Editor
Stacey Recht at srecht@citybeat.com
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Previously in Articulations
Articulations: Inside Artists' Heads Deogracias Lerma
(August 6, 2003)
Articulations: Inside Artists' Heads Jenn Mills Painter
(July 23, 2003)
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