an artlife of love

2 new friends I have met are Helena Keefe and Joseph delPesco, a couple I was introduced to separately in different circumstances, but at pretty much around the same time (convergences! wow!). Not only are they great and wonderful artists, but they are active participants in servicing the arts community with their time and projects. Joseph is a curator/artist at UCDavis and Helena used to work at Southern Exposure (a cutting-edge alternative artspace here in SF), and is part of the Independent School of Art.

Helena's "Tablecloth for Lovers" (above) sums up their artistc pairing nicely. Apart from sometimes making discrete objects, both tamper around in the realm of "relational aesthetics"--an art practice made of social situations and even ephemeral community activations in an attempt to go against the traditional gallery model of art production and consumption.

I gave Joseph a ride from UCDavis the other night from the opening of my "Paper Pushers" show and he started telling me about all these projects he's working on.

I like their work. I hope you do, too.