ORANGE

rainbow

franny’s busted ceramic

Citrus has been a focal point of my February. Winter’s flower! Balls of sweetness in an otherwise bleak time. Julio Torres refers to orange as the shade of mania: passionate red mixed with energetic yellow. I often feel orange.

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alicja kwade painted bronze

Alicja Kwade’s painted bronze sculptures were a highlight of Frieze LA. The fruits contain many stems, as if nourished by several trees at once. They are also super heavy.

bronze orange

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JOURNAL WORKS

tom burr Journal Works

I got excited about orange after seeing Tom Burr’s Journal Works a few weeks ago. They are series of show flyers, photographs, clothing, scraps, etc. held together by monochrome slabs. A physical rendition of the the color walk tiktok trend: pick a shade and document all of its iterations. The show is what I imagine Ellsworth Kelly’s scrapbook looking like. At one point, meaning is lost and life is just a bunch of random shapes.

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DAVID LYNCH

I am a couple of months (years?) late on this – but recently discovered David Lynch’s studio practice. They are sort of Anselm Kiefer meets Friedrich Kunath. Childlike but dark, the images are so sweet. I love the little bulbs.

David Lynch Boy Lights Fire 2010

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ORANGE NEEDS

converse high tops for spring. growing up one of my best friends had an orange le creuset and i have so many good memories eating dinner around that thing. lipo naturals vit c is the most bio available supplement. notebook in “sunrise”. addicted to berocca. vibi venezia mary janes are the perfect shoe and this is a great color. Sometimes I mix and match the shades on my left/right feet. oranges by john mcphee is a book on the global citrus market, honestly so good. apricot nectar because that sounds LUX. I’ve been looking into wearing a copper cuff to help with my carpal tunnel / wrist inflammation, this is a vintage one from mexico. quilted hunting jacket because the color keeps you visible and safe. miami fruit is accepting pre-orders for angie’s famous mangos.

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VIT C

When sick, we drink orange. Its just what we do! I can feel the color is good for me. Same with green.

David Lynch’s orange rug and chartreuse everyday dishes sold for just over $7,000 at auction last June

Orange juice to remedy sickness traces back 18th century British Naval ships. Scottish physician James Lind discovered that those who consumed citrus recovered much more quickly from illness (scurvy). Two centuries later Hungarian biochemist Albert Szent-Györgyi later won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology for isolating a bio-available vitamin C.

worlds most expensive orange juice: fresh squeezed mandarins imported from japan.

On that note, drink some orange. STAY WELL spring is around the corner :)

with love, Kelsey