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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Of
interest to editors and journalists covering: Design, Illustration, and The
Arts
November
3, 2008
Ligature Volume 2: Barbara Kosoff Out Now
An innovative micro-site by and about artists making unusual
connections
SEATTLE,
Wash., November 3, 2008 – Ligature Online (http://www.bigfigdesigngroup.com/1.0/ligature
) today announced the release of Ligature Volume 2: Barbara Kosoff.
Many
artists who have worked in the commercial art world might very well be
satisfied with the challenges and rewards that world provides; Barbara Kosoff
is not one of those people. Drawing on her diverse experiences as a designer
and art director, Barbara has turned to collage to express her unique voice.
Having
lived in Philadelphia, Paris and now Los Angeles, Barbara is never satisfied
with the conventional. She delights in putting seemingly unrelated ideas
together in fresh ways, challenging our preconceptions about gender, pop
culture, and politics -- to name a few.
“I
create mixed-media works,” says Ms. Kosoff, “with photographic images taken
with my camera or found in magazines and/or other pop culture publications,
combined with drawing and painting with oil bars. Starting with an idea and
responding to chance and serendipity, I allow my instincts to guide me. Working
intuitively, I rearrange visual elements and place them in unlikely settings,
combining the real to create the surreal; revealing an inner dream, dilemma or
desire.”
Ms.
Kosoff recently created an illustration for the L.A. Times that was published
in the Food Section, for an article about ingredients found in wine. “This is
the kind of assignment that I enjoy best,” says Kosoff, “when I can concept an idea
and then create a thought-provoking illustration with a twist.”
About
Ligature Online
Each
month Ligature Online hosts an artist whose work and way of thinking makes
interesting or unusual connections; designer as storyteller, writer as
illustrator, sculptor as playwright, or poet as seamstress. The format and
content will be left to each artist, as Ligature is designed to provide a space
for artists to present and discuss their own work in their own way. Artists slated to exhibit include Susan
Andrade, Barbara Kosoff, Susan Benarcik Pete Benarcik, Dan Glassman, John Beach
and Dave Straus.
For
more information, please go to http://www.bigfigdesigngroup.com/1.0/ligature
.
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Contact:
Daniel
Flahiff
Ligature
Online
425-945-0162
daniel@bigfigdesigngroup.com
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