Smarterware » 20×200 http://smarterware.org A blog about software Tue, 15 May 2012 20:17:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 My Complete 20×200 Guest Curator Collection http://smarterware.org/3012/eight-beautiful-pieces-of-art-from-20x200 http://smarterware.org/3012/eight-beautiful-pieces-of-art-from-20x200#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:36:23 +0000 Gina Trapani http://smarterware.org/?p=3012 20x200 Guest Curator You like looking at beautiful things? You're in the right place. The full collection of pieces from my guest curator stint at online art gallery 20x200 is now available. Check out what they all look like hanging on a wall together. If I had to name this collection, I'd call it nerdy-nostalgic.

As I said earlier, my favorite piece is Rebecca Loyche's The Office, but Mark Richards' Apple I comes in a close second. (Aren't computer innards awesome?) I love all of the pieces, but the other image I can't get out of my head is Hosang Park's Howon aerial photograph.

Check out 20x200's full newsletter about the collection, which includes an IM conversation transcript between myself and gallery owner extraordinaire Jen Bekman. If you need to spice up your cubicle or home, pick up a piece or two (or eight) to support some amazing artists and the gallery who features them.

]]> http://smarterware.org/3012/eight-beautiful-pieces-of-art-from-20x200/feed 0 My Guest Curator Stint at 20×200 http://smarterware.org/2825/my-guest-curator-stint-at-20x200 http://smarterware.org/2825/my-guest-curator-stint-at-20x200#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:45:03 +0000 Gina Trapani http://smarterware.org/?p=2825 The Office by Rebecca Loyche Being a purveyor of technology links and a coder feels like the furthest thing from a museum curator, but my friend and gallery owner Jen Bekman asked me to choose eight of my favorite images from her online art gallery 20x200 this week.

20x200 is a treasure trove of eye candy. Be prepared to spend some time there, and maybe even a little money--you want to buy and hang this stuff in your home and office. I had a ball making my picks, which will appear in tomorrow's next week's edition of the 20x200 email newsletter. In the meantime, I get to share my favorite of all the pieces: the one pictured here, a photo called "The Office" by Rebecca Loyche. Here's an excerpt of a chat transcript between Jen and I about the photo.

Jen: I think it's hilarious that Rebecca Loyche's photo is your favorite btw.

Gina: I *love* that photo. It made me laugh out loud. That is totally me, on many days of the week.

Jen: It's a really great photo and it gets better and better as you dig into the details.

Gina: It's true, all the gadgets and computers everywhere, her outfit, the shoes.

Jen: I'm actually particularly fond of the newsletter that I wrote for that one.

Gina: Love the wicked witch death hint. Your newsletter is great, I love that the photo was about an irrational fear of fiscal management for you.

Jen: I honed in on the accounting software myself since that kind of operational/administrative thing is my entrepreneurial nemesis. I have gotten MUCH better for the record. The other thing I like about it is the really discordant color palette.

Gina: The pink window sills are so great!

The rest of our chat and my picks, which are predictably geeky (but beautiful), will go out in tomorrow's next week's 20x200 newsletter. Thanks so much to Jen for giving me a break from looking at software interfaces for a day!

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