BUBBLICIOUS
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20/02/2012
POLYNOMIAL A COLLABORATION WITH GINA KAMENTSKY
CHECK OUT GINA’S WORK!
www.ginakamentsky.com
TAKE A LOOK AT POLYNOMIAL IN ACTION!
MUCH MUCH MORE TO COME!!
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13/01/2012
PAINTING4ZOI
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06/01/2012
FIASCO MAGAZINE
http://www.fiascoplus.com/
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28/10/2011
THE ESCHER PROJECT
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27/08/2011
NYC TATS CRU ROOF MURAL PROCESS PHOTOS
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02/08/2011
BOSTON METRO ARTICLE
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16/09/2010
THE BOSTON GLOBE REVIEW
Metal sculptor David Tonnesen, known for his 45-foot kinetic fish sculpture in Boston Harbor, and painter Josh Wisdumb, who has designed artsy sneakers for New Balance, work collaboratively in a slick, formally impressive show now at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360. Tonnesen, in his 50s, and Wisdumb, in his 20s, make art that is a collision of muscular gesture and expressive splash.
These two have strong design chops, and their main goal seems to be to achieve sexy visual impact. “Perturbation’’ is a long abstract painting that recalls foamy, purple-pink crashing surf, held within a twisting rod that echoes the swell and power of the image, with great linear economy. These works have an eye-popping glamour. But while they’re playful, they lack conceptual substance. A real artistic collision should express more than razzmatazz.
Cate McQuaid can be reached at cmcq@speakeasy.net.
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15/09/2010
12 FT. CREATURE SCROLL
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01/09/2010
GALLERY 360 SETUP PROCESS
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25/08/2010
GALLERY 360
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09/08/2010
ILLUSION SHOW
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06/01/2010
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE
In this process, Tonnesen, in three separate collaborations with Josh Wisdumb, has altered the scale of his own sculptures from large back to small, thus retracing his own genesis as a jewelry-designer. Tonnesen’s award winning, 6’x 45’x 24’ stainless steel, abstract “Cod Fish,” appears to writhe near Boston Harbor’s south piers on the premises of Legal Sea Food’s corporate headquarters, who commissioned this kinetic work in 2003.
Perhaps it was another corporate art-commission request of Wisdumb’s striking illustrations, noticed in the same year by New Balance, that led Wisdumb to customize a limited edition artist-pattern sneaker line. Tonnesen’s huge, multifaceted sculpture stands in contrast with Wisdumb’s intricate, fragmented lines. Yet, the illustrations are chiseled as if by a sculptor, becoming a bridge of commonality linking the two artists; compelling each artist to reexamine the impact of his own work; asking the question do strong, stand-alone surface-patterns destroy form or enhance it? And how do diametric visual elements coexist as one?
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26/05/2009
8(3212009)
This is the latest addition in the Tonnesen Wisdumb collaboration project.
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21/03/2009
CHECK THIS BOOK OUT
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07/11/2008
CHECK OUT THIS BOOK
Some of my custom sneaker work is featured in this book.
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09/06/2008
CBC’s SNEAKER CONFIDENTIAL
Take a look at my feature on the CBC documentary, Sneaker Confidential
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16/03/2008