Ula Einstein

Sol Lewitt “Don’t Worry About Cool”

Ula Einstein — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:18:08 +0000

This is from a letter written in 1965 by Sol Lewitt (b. 1928) in response to Eva Hesse (b.1936) ….during another period of doubt and difficulty. It is timeless. It remains some of the best advice anyone has ever given an artist in peril, towards overcoming creative block, and likely one of the most shared letters.

Sol Lewitt-photographer unknown

“Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, grasping,…Stop it and just DO!…

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you – draw & paint your fear and anxiety…

You must practice being stupid, dumb, unthinking, empty. Then you will be able to DO!…

Try to do some BAD work – the worst you can think of and see what happens but mainly relax and let everything go to hell – you are not responsible for the world – you are only responsible for your work – so DO IT. And don’t think that your work has to conform to any preconceived form, idea or flavor. It can be anything you want it to be…
I know that you (or anyone) can only work so much and the rest of the time you are left with your thoughts. But when you work or before you work you have to empty you [sic] mind and concentrate on what you are doing. After you do something it is done and that’s that. After a while you can see some are better than others but also you can see what direction you are going. I’m sure you know all that. You also must know that you don’t have to justify your work – not even to yourself.”

Eva Hesse 1959 ©StephenKorbet

Kosmos I –

Ula Einstein — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:49:43 +0000

Drawing with the element of fire. Repetition and ritual, a contemplation on something larger in the web we are a part of, we take part in…

Kosmos I ©Ula Einstein

DIVERGENT WAYS > NYC Apr 9 – May 3

Ula Einstein — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:10:25 +0000

Embodying divergent views, four artists explore materials, intention and ideas, pushing the limits of possibility and revelation. - Stephanie Calla, Director

FEATURING WORK BY:

Vero Dalla, Üla Einstein, Ellen Hackl Fagan, Norma Marquez Orozco

Twelve of my works are included:

La Maison d’Art Gallery 259 W. 132nd St., New York City

OPENING: APRIL 9th, 6:00-9:00 PM - through May 3, 2013

Gallery Hours: Wed-Fri, 4-7pm, Sat-Sun, 12-5pm

FB album of the opening ~

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151527317049591.1073741826.635739590&type=1&l=74120e1a3b

below: one of Ula Einstein’s 12 works being exhibited

Ula @ the Opening in interview, with photographer Will Vaultz

Inside Studio – a glimpse

Ula Einstein — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:20:05 +0000

front room of December 2012 open studios

What is the function of beauty in art?

Ula Einstein — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:58:53 +0000

“It is [the] spiritual and evolutionary function of beauty—the power to generate life-affirming change—that is so vital to the visual arts and culture in general, and it is what is intentionally absent in much postmodern art…. Restoring the centrality of beauty in art may signal more than visual relief from the tawdriness of today’s art. It would also be a confident assertion that the future we seek is connected to our desire for beauty and to an appreciation of how beauty can help lead us to a more perfect tomorrow.” Carol Raphael “The Beauty We Create”