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Drawing as a Mirror with Sarah Grass | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Sarah Grass draws allegorical creatures in psychedelic scenes of material violence, bodily disarticulation, and perverse joy. With ink, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper, the Chilean-American artist treads complex regions of human consciousness. Her characters symbolize hidden meanings buried within ourselves-exposing the impressions that life events leave on our souls.
The Phallic Female series, which Grass began in 2020, centers on a female dachshund whose form resembles a phallus. This semi-erotic pet has become the signature protagonist of the uncanny world that Grass builds across her compositions. The dog appears in psychologically intense situations that surface human feelings and issues of identity. Throughout this body of work, the animal experiences physical disintegration, environmental disassociation, and emotional misconnection. Femininity and masculinity, suffering and healing, anguish and ecstasy hang in the balance in these vignettes. The dachshund assumes fluid states of being-operating both within and outside of the patriarchal systems and social boundaries to which her human counterparts are subjected.
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Kim Garcia is Evolving the Narrative | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Kim Garcia is an artist working in sculpture, drawing, and painting. Through her 2nd-generation Filipino American lens, her practice explores social dynamics and residual trauma from interpersonal relationships, community structures, and memory. Inspired by folklore passed down by her mother, and blending elements of fiction and reality, Kim’s work examines the power of oral narrative to transf...
Collectors Benny & Cristian discuss how they first approached buying art. Full video on our channel!
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When Benny Or and Cristian Shoemaker first met, they bonded over a shared love of art. The couple’s art collecting journey began organically, but it wasn’t until recently that they started to consider themselves “collectors.” Following their instincts and curiosities, the couple has since grown a collection focused on supporting BIPOC emerging artists and celebrating the beauty of queer love. t...
Art Collector Apartment Tour: Benny Or & Cristian Shoemaker
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When Benny Or and Cristian Shoemaker first met, they bonded over a shared love of art. The couple’s art collecting journey began organically, but it wasn’t until recently that they started to consider themselves “collectors.” Following their instincts and curiosities, the couple has since grown a collection focused on supporting BIPOC emerging artists and celebrating the beauty of queer love. t...
Hanna Washburn makes sculptural forms using recycled textiles. See the full video on our channel!
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Hanna Washburn is an artist and curator living in New York's Hudson Valley. Using remnants of discarded textiles and forgotten household items, she constructs compound sculptural forms that look and behave like bodies or body parts. Working intuitively with these once-utilitarian materials, Hanna’s forms evolve organically into complex aggregates of color, pattern, and texture. Join us on our v...
Hanna Washburn’s Recycled Textile Sculptures | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Hanna Washburn is an artist and curator living in New York's Hudson Valley. Using remnants of discarded textiles and forgotten household items, she constructs compound sculptural forms that look and behave like bodies or body parts. Working intuitively with these once-utilitarian materials, Hanna’s forms evolve organically into complex aggregates of color, pattern, and texture. Join us on our v...
The Artist as Space Explorer: J.C. Fontanive | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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We spent time with our featured artist, J.C. Fontanive, at his studio in Ridgewood, NY to explore his rich artistic practice. As featured in this Studio Spotlight, movement, cinema and mechanics are a common thread found in his work, which spans various mediums - from kinetic machines and animations to carved wooden reliefs. During the interview, J.C. highlights that his own artistic exploratio...
Painting with Textiles | Daniela Puliti Studio Tour
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Daniela Puliti creates Feminist, craft-based, mixed-media paintings and installations that explore gender, sexuality, vulnerability, body image, and mental health through color, pattern, and humor. She identifies as a gender-questioning femme, forever evaluating the shifting ideals around intersectional feminism within structural misogyny. We caught up with Daniela in her New Jersey studio over...
Lara Saget's Fiery Artistic Practice | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Lara Saget is a New York based artist who works with glass, bronze, stone, and organic matter. She likens her practice to the explorations of a scientist - testing the reactions of different materials to a range of circumstances. What happens when you pour molten glass over marble? How does that reaction of temperatures impact both materials? Encasing found matter like sealife or marble in glas...
Painter Eli Kauffman's Monumental Moments | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Saturated with luminous color, artist Eli Kauffman’s oil paintings capture the theatrical and tender experiences of becoming an adult in the contemporary world. Using iPhone photography and film stills from popular television shows as source material, Eli paints dramatic, life-sized depictions of coming of age scenes. View Eli Kauffman's artworks available for purchase: testudomkt.com/artist/el...
Painter Paul Anagnostopoulos's Art & Mythological Desire | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Artist Paul Anagnostopoulos works in acrylic and oil painting, aggregating various histories, beliefs, and symbols as a way to explore desire and melancholy. We caught up with Paul in his Tribeca studio to discuss how queer themes from classic mythology to the modern era influence his paintings. View Paul Anagnostopoulos' artworks available for purchase: Visit Testudo to join our community of e...
Ceramic Artist Judd Schiffman discusses how becoming a father impacted his sculptural practice
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We visited ceramic sculptor Judd Schiffman in his Rhode Island studio for a conversation on the significance of working with clay and the life experiences that are his source materials. Explore artworks by Judd Schiffman available for purchase here: testudomkt.com/artist/judd-schiffman Visit Testudo to join our community of emerging collectors and buy one-of-a-kind artwork from emerging artists...
Art Filled Brooklyn Apartment Tour with John & Kirby
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Art Filled Brooklyn Apartment Tour with John & Kirby
Surrealist Painting with Claire Burkett | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Surrealist Painting with Claire Burkett | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Ceramic Sculptor Judd Schiffman: Drawing With Clay | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Ceramic Sculptor Judd Schiffman: Drawing With Clay | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Abstract Artist Michael Cuadrado Reflects on Color Theory and Abstraction in his Painting.
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Abstract Artist Michael Cuadrado Reflects on Color Theory and Abstraction in his Painting.
Artist Michael Cuadrado: Symbols for a New Direction | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Artist Michael Cuadrado: Symbols for a New Direction | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Courtney Puckett: Building Spaces of Possibility | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Courtney Puckett: Building Spaces of Possibility | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Sculptor Otero Fuentes discusses his artistic practice and use of 3-D shapes.
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Sculptor Otero Fuentes discusses his artistic practice and use of 3-D shapes.
Kevin Mosca: Painting Slow Horror | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Kevin Mosca: Painting Slow Horror | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Kelsey Tynik: Play & Purpose | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Kelsey Tynik: Play & Purpose | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Otero Fuentes: Limitless Possibilities Within Boundaries | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Otero Fuentes: Limitless Possibilities Within Boundaries | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Anna Ortiz: Somewhere Between Reality and Imagination | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Anna Ortiz: Somewhere Between Reality and Imagination | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Visualizing Emotions through Clay with Jinsik Yoo | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Visualizing Emotions through Clay with Jinsik Yoo | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Welcome to Testudo! An Online Art Market in the Open
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Welcome to Testudo! An Online Art Market in the Open
Luis Emilio Romero's Weaving-Inspired Painting | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Luis Emilio Romero's Weaving-Inspired Painting | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Katita Miller's Maximalist Paintings | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Katita Miller's Maximalist Paintings | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Karen Jaimes's Bold Political Sculpture | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Karen Jaimes's Bold Political Sculpture | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Susan Stainman's Social Art Practice | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Susan Stainman's Social Art Practice | Testudo Studio Spotlight
Lili Chin's Art Through Time | Testudo Studio Spotlight
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Lili Chin's Art Through Time | Testudo Studio Spotlight

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @solonwoodall1330
    @solonwoodall1330 Місяць тому

    I'm looking for a ceramic company in the United States that can produce several thousand pieces. Are you based in the U.S.? If not, do you know of a reliable company in the U.S. that could handle an order of this size? I would love to support a small business and help it get started. Thank you for your time. I never realized it would be so difficult to find a ceramic company capable of large-scale production.

  • @StephenHeigh
    @StephenHeigh 2 місяці тому

    I enjoyed listening to your appreciation of art and how it makes you feel. I'm a collector, but also an artist and have been inspired by so many others. It's really refreshing to hear about your feelings on art. I'm an unusual case in the arts because most of my professional forty plus years were in illustration and graphic design holding senior positions within design studios. I did a lot of commercial work for major clients. There was always a constant thing in my background that I constantly did and that was the fine art end of painting and drawing for gallery shows and exhibitions as my dueling occupations. I'm sixty-four years old now and have received recognition as a realist painter over the years, but now have made shifts into abstract painting which is garnering wonderful recognition. It's very uplifting in that my work has attracted diverse likes from people. I think my fascination with art as an eclectic collector surely plays a big role. I learned to steer away from the idea of "The one and only sad and lonely art" in which people can't see beyond things or value and appreciate something different. I see equal value in all forms of art. Cheers to your collecting and your spaces are inspired. I think some of my work ends up in Brooklyn. There's a few art dealers in the area that like what I do. I heard I was in a Hoboken Gallery as well. I never know where things end up. I just keep painting. I hope someday to do a video on my collection of others works.

  • @recreepy
    @recreepy 5 місяців тому

    Well done! You've left me genuinely impressed.

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 8 місяців тому

    so amazing to learn more about kim's practice

  • @papitacriolla69
    @papitacriolla69 10 місяців тому

    ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 Рік тому

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 Рік тому

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 Рік тому

  • @esther8138
    @esther8138 Рік тому

    Her work is so beautiful. I really liked her comment about it not being the time she puts into her work but the emotional commitment.

  • @rootsandpots5841
    @rootsandpots5841 Рік тому

    Beautiful Work!❤

  • @sdfrenchman5880
    @sdfrenchman5880 Рік тому

    I think they have open relationships on Grindr 😅

  • @franciscolealgonzalez1333

    Smells like sweet disposable income...

  • @1hayes1
    @1hayes1 Рік тому

    They seem a bit gay.

  • @edrobinsonlacsonreyes6060

    Such a feast for the eyes and for the love of art! Thanks guys :) ~Rob

  • @twerkinthecityhuh6340
    @twerkinthecityhuh6340 Рік тому

    Rutro look out gay Dems....rbg

  • @andrewbrendan1579
    @andrewbrendan1579 Рік тому

    I recognize one of the pictures here! Behind John and Kirby when they are on the sofa is a 1959 Slim Aaron's portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron taken at the Stanford mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. -- This is an interesting turn: many years ago I wrote a short story about a young man who is house-sitting in an old house. He finds a concealed door in the basement and then a corridor that takes him to the deserted Gilded Age mansion across the street, a house on an overgrown property surrounded by a high spiked fence. The house-sitter explores the house, does no damage and takes nothing, but in a tower window he places a cobalt blue glass vase that even years later and from a distance he can see in the window. The name of the character in the story is John Kirby.

  • @JohnJSteinbeck
    @JohnJSteinbeck Рік тому

    Truly a pair of ‘super considered’ Nut Crackers 🌈🤦‍♂️🥜🤦‍♂️🌈🥜

  • @reinier327
    @reinier327 Рік тому

    Nice small museum.. love it...

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 Рік тому

    🔥🔥

  • @missebel7671
    @missebel7671 Рік тому

    Für mich stellt sich gerade die Frage, inwieweit das meiste inszeniert ist, um dem Zeitgeist soziale Medien zu entsprechen ...es ist ganz schrecklich voller Klischees und es wirkt sehr unnatürlich und aufgesetzt...sorry...plötzlich ist man Kunstsammler und Designexperte...klar😏😶

  • @leif1075
    @leif1075 Рік тому

    I'm not sure what he means about time not being linear but I find it interesting. ..thanks for sharing

  • @ropate70
    @ropate70 Рік тому

    Anyone know who the Ceramic artist is who did the plate with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg portrait on it?

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      That's by the artist Roberto Lugo!

    • @ropate70
      @ropate70 Рік тому

      @@testudo_art thank you so much for responding. I just found him on Insta. Love his work and i’m so happy to discover your channel. ❤️

  • @rootsandpots5841
    @rootsandpots5841 Рік тому

    Beautiful Work! Congratulations.👏👏👏

  • @marianfrances4959
    @marianfrances4959 Рік тому

    Awesome! 👍😎🇨🇦

  • @MarianaTitus1919
    @MarianaTitus1919 Рік тому

    Thanks for supporting the art - love all the good energy in your home!

  • @leif1075
    @leif1075 Рік тому

    Did he sculpt thise pieces he drilled drilled the wall or he found them and just painted on them?

  • @karenvc8005
    @karenvc8005 Рік тому

    This is lovely. I make art, as well as collect it with my husband. I too are always interested in who the artist is and how their work evolves. Our collect adds to our well-being. Being able to come home to it and get lost in the uniqueness of each work is so special to us. And, of course, it is an interest that we enjoy together.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      Thank you - we have also found that our collection adds to our well-being!!

  • @markspano3468
    @markspano3468 Рік тому

    Lately, my partner and I are trying to move our work around to different places in the house. When we repainted, we decided nothing would go back to the same spot. John and Kirby, we are considerably older, and accumulating more work becomes ever more challenging.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      A fun challenge nonetheless!! Thank you for watching!

  • @elpresidente2214
    @elpresidente2214 Рік тому

    I like the collection and their commitment. I do worry about the amount of sunlight and its affect on the exposed pieces of art in the long run.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      We try to be mindful of that - we keep them out of direct sunlight and rotate pieces frequently to steward them as best as possible!

  • @kcirful
    @kcirful Рік тому

    I went to Pratt for painting too. It was the start, of a long, never ending journey.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      Thank you for watching - Pratt is a tremendous school!!

  • @mollierocket705
    @mollierocket705 Рік тому

    💕🏠💕

  • @ritaholden-rg7wf
    @ritaholden-rg7wf Рік тому

    So great to hear how you speak about art. I wish you had one of my paintings in your home. They are life prints, a bigger version of a finger print. Xx

  • @dennisoconnor4387
    @dennisoconnor4387 Рік тому

    Nice to see you guys! Thank You for procuring wonderful things.✨🖼🎨🖌🏳‍🌈⚜🔱♐

  • @missinglink9973
    @missinglink9973 Рік тому

    you guys need some abstract art..........@lincolnhowardart

  • @frederickthompson2697
    @frederickthompson2697 Рік тому

    Thanks, John & Kirby. Lovely. F.

  • @ItsMe-yv9jd
    @ItsMe-yv9jd Рік тому

    Gotta say, it must be wonderful to be a gay guy and spend all your money on an art collection, instead of on a wife and kids... maybe in my next life folks.

    • @marianfrances4959
      @marianfrances4959 Рік тому

      Surely your wife and kids have value...

    • @carltwidle9046
      @carltwidle9046 Рік тому

      Not all of us gays have money to throw around. You made,a choice to marry and have children so stop complaining.

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Рік тому

      Gays do have families too but not necessarily related by blood. Some of them even have kids of their own - imagine that! 🙄

  • @siobhanhumston1165
    @siobhanhumston1165 Рік тому

    As a practicing visual artist seeing these collectors’ deeply felt connection to their art, and artists is truly heartwarming.

  • @ArtHistoryProfessor
    @ArtHistoryProfessor Рік тому

    Theirs is a beautiful home with beautifully curated objects. Great job guys. 10/10 👍

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      Thanks so much! We appreciate it!

  • @hv1946FLUSA
    @hv1946FLUSA Рік тому

    John should spend a little of that art collecting money studying basic English grammar.

    • @jamesrightasrain795
      @jamesrightasrain795 Рік тому

      Be better.

    • @jeffreywillstewart
      @jeffreywillstewart Рік тому

      @@jamesrightasrain795I caught that too. " a illustrator". A lot of collectors collect known artist prints instead of discovering new artists. Art for investments sake instead of noblesse oblige.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      We agree that art is not a commodity and discovering new artists is an incomparable joy. John and Kirby, who co-founded Testudo, believe firmly in championing the work of emerging artists. Check out any of our other documentary videos that showcase the practice of artists with whom we have partnered.

  • @krpbdp
    @krpbdp Рік тому

    It's quite interesting that you feel as though you really know a couple after looking at their art and what and why they collect each piece.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      It is interesting! That's why we've found art collections can be so personal!

    • @krpbdp
      @krpbdp Рік тому

      @@testudo_art Ours is so vast that you'd have a hard time getting through it all!

  • @Shmule
    @Shmule Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful home.

  • @lucilletorres5989
    @lucilletorres5989 Рік тому

    I love how beautifully curated is their art collection. I really love their personal connections to the art world and living artists.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      Thank you for watching! We love the connection to living artists for sure!!

  • @wimvanuytrecht1704
    @wimvanuytrecht1704 Рік тому

    John and Kirby take this way to serious. In the end there is but a small difference between collecting and hoarding.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      To each their own, but we love our collection!!

    • @evelynedavid9564
      @evelynedavid9564 Рік тому

      Hoarding ??? I don’t think so. It is not an mere accumulation of raggle-taggled disparate artworks. Their collection is all cohesive. And beautiful. P.s. I could well see one of my cut-out collage artwork hanging on one of their wall 😉.

    • @testudo_art
      @testudo_art Рік тому

      Thank you Evelyn!!

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Рік тому

      They have a collection of rigorously curated pieces of art that mean something to them. Hoarding is accumulating things just for the sake of it regardless of their value - sentimental or otherwise.

  • @rosemarypilgrim4589
    @rosemarypilgrim4589 Рік тому

    Wonderful home!!!

  • @williamhodgson6250
    @williamhodgson6250 Рік тому

    I love homes like this, none of that minimalist austerity. Wonderful.

  • @KathyBrooksArt
    @KathyBrooksArt Рік тому

    Thank you Claire, I enjoyed this so much.

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 Рік тому

    A beautiful film. Thanks for sharing.

  • @udayrajhanagi
    @udayrajhanagi Рік тому

    Beautiful work. Please don't ever stop. :)

  • @kirbyvoigtman2884
    @kirbyvoigtman2884 Рік тому

    Incredible to see Michael’s process!❤

  • @orlandoneal9883
    @orlandoneal9883 Рік тому

    P R O M O S M 🌺