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This installation is by Mia Pearlman.  I landed on her diaphanous weather systems thanks to fruitslee.  I can’t help but wonder if Brian Dettmer and Mia Pearlman are friends, or, what’s more likely, aware of each other’s existence.  After all, their artwork is similar in theme:  scalpel to paper.  Although, it should be noted that in terms of art as recreation as opposed to creation, Mia’s material is “basic white drawing paper that comes on a big roll”, in other words, a very raw and basic material, minimally processed, while Brian’s is a fully-realized piece of art, namely, Gutenberg’s gift to us:  the printed word.

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  1. Bridget (Reply) on Friday 20, 2009

    oh man.. i can’t wait to respond with a post about swoon’s paper cut-outs!

  2. Mia (Reply) on Friday 20, 2009

    Actually, Brian and I are in a show together right now: Cutters, at Hunter College in NYC and the Hunterdon Museum in NJ. I hope to meet him one day!

    Thanks for the shout out!

    Mia