JIMMY KUEHNLE

Sculpture Space is hosting a works in progress reception this Monday, July 26, 2010 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Work in the studios of the four resident artists will be on view as well as an informal tour of the soon to be new residence for the artists at 508 Wiley Street from 4:00 –Continue Reading

Behind the inflatable suit that I am wearing is the studio at Sculpture Space in Utica, New York. This new piece is called Make it Look Rich and currently in a testing phase. After some adjustments and repairs, this suit will be heading out into the world. I wanted to make an inflatable suit thatContinue Reading

Access to a welder along with surplus bicycle parts usually leads to one thing, a new “frankenbike”. I took a break form sewing after acquiring some old bicycles and whipped up this new four seat bicycle. It started as a typical tadpole trike, but quickly evolved into a multiple passenger “Love Cycle.” Two folding chairsContinue Reading

My sewing machine is tearing through some new nylon during the construction of a core for a new inflatable suit at Sculpture Space. Now that I have the inner foundation, which includes four tubes for blower motors, I can tackle the fun part of the outer structure. I see a lot of red and yellowContinue Reading

This week I settled into my studio at Sculpture Space in Utica, New York. This June and July I will be a resident artist here. Since there is a welding shop here I plan to fabricate a bicycle in addition to a new inflatable suit. Usually there are four resident artists at Sculpture Space butContinue Reading

The Office of Communications at Albion College contacted me in October about wanting to get a photo of one of my inflatable suits. We scheduled a photo shoot and You Wear What I Wear ended up on the back of Io Triumphe! the alumni magazine. It came with the caption “A 21st-Centruy Pied Piper.” DavidContinue Reading

The rain stayed away for the performance in Jackson. I started in the mall parking lot and then headed down Michigan Avenue toward downtown. Along the way car horns kept pace with their always ambiguous messages. Since I performed during the lunch hour, many people were dining in storefront cafes. This provided ample opportunity toContinue Reading

The Battle Creek performance lost out to the rain on Friday. I rescheduled for the next day with decent weather, which ended up being Sunday. What have I been doing in the studio during my residency? I made a new inflatable suit. This suit, Hello. Bye., sports big yellow letters and of course big redContinue Reading

The I Don’t Like Cold Weather inflatable performance tour in Michigan kicked off today in Albion. At noon I took You Wear What I Wear out of the gallery and drug it out through the double doors. After hearing the clock tower bells ring, I connected the battery to the 12v blower motors inside theContinue Reading

The new suit will have arrows of different sizes. Here are two little red arrows still with the wrong sides of the fabric out. The seam allowances are visible.