A note on the wall read, “Re-mixed Media” is a travelling show that originated at the University of Wisconsin: Oshkosh and was curated by Prof. Andrew Redington.

I couldn’t find any more information about the show, so wasn’t sure if they collaborated on the pieces or worked separately. I’m assuming that Sayre did the photograms and Poppie did the other pieces.

Poppie’s work typically involves re-use and re-purposing everyday items for his art pieces. He has produced some stunning work, with matchbooks, 6-pack holders, pencils, even onion skins. His pieces in this show use old cassette and DAT tapes, including the cases and tape. A stunning piece in the center of the exhibit consisted of three voluminous columns of old tape suspended from the ceiling and cascading to the floor.

This is the first time I’ve seen Sayre’s work. Loved his large colorful photograms of cassettes tapes and vinyl records.

I really loved this show – hopefully you got to see it too. Some photos are posted on my flickr account.

Gives me some ideas of what to do with the 500+ cassette tapes sitting in my attic…

Update 24 April: Roger Sayre left a comment on this post letting me know that he and David did indeed collaborate on the pieces in the show.

Image: analogue II, 2008 by David Poppie and Roger Sayre

Dean Nimmer is a prolific, interesting, and much-acclaimed artist. He taught at MassArt in Boston for over 20 years, and recently moved to Holyoke (he has a studio at Open Square). In addition to the gorgeous textured abstract paintings and prints which make up the main body of his professional work, he has a large body of work on paper, and numerous side-projects. A recent fun side-project, Unique Fredrique, is billed as “brilliant and terrifying art.”

He is an artist who seems always to be in the process of creating. Creating art is a natural as breathing to Nimmer, who never seems to suffer from the “artist-block” that so many artists bemoan. His approach is no-fear, just dive in and create—create anything. Shut off your conscious mind full of self-doubt and negative chatter and let your intuition guide you. His book leads the reader through more than 60 exercises designed to break through obstacles and get into the habit of creating art without hesitation.

The blog promises to post sample exercises from the book, and information about “Art from Intuition” workshops Nimmer will be teaching during the year.

The book is published by Watson-Guptill, and is scheduled to be on bookshelves in April, though you can pre-order it at Amazon.