Uploaded by filmlikefilms on Oct 14, 2011
Sono Osato, artist. This is a short studio visit and taping I did during the 2011 Dumbo Festival in late September. It's fascinating to see the array of old manual typewriters and calculators that are gutted to create buoyant metal core mixed media assemblage, along with new paintings that incorporate some metal elements but conveys her deep involvement with the roots of visual language in a passionate freeform style that I would describe as "beautifully beyond". It's the here and now but the history of how visual language can seem like a slow volcanic eruption. Sono has shown her work extensively on the West Coast and is represented by The Brian Gross Gallery in San Francisco. Also in the clips - photographer Jung Nam Lee and at the end is a clip from the GalleryBeat Talk Show at the The Brooklyn Museum with Lisa Levy and Pat Daughtery. Music by Ben Neill and GB opening edited by Garett Holden.
Note: Sono Osato is part of the GalleryBeat production team, a loose knit group of creative volunteers I naturally am supportive of, because friendship and community make what I do possible.
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