Sorry folks, I have a lot happening at the moment besides trying to drive to the day job, and no I am not writing this on my iPhone while driving in the blizzard on 71. I will be back to posting next week.
Enjoy the weekend!
Archive for February, 2010
HMNA is MIA
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
PPOW-artists and studios
Posted in Being an Artist on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I like demystifying the artist. The whole pursuit of the artist has a certain mythic air around it. With no clear path to follow and the extreme counter society vibe to artistic practice not to mention the fairly private nature of creating, artists can seem like leprechaun’s or gremlins. ha-ha.
But its true, and that is [...]
Corrie Slawson @ SpaceLab: SPACES GALLERY
Posted in Performance Art, exhibitions, sculpture on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always been interested in art that is a manipulation of space, something that makes the viewer rediscover or even just notice a place or see it like they haven’t before. I also like the idea of found materials being organized and manipulated to create order from chaos or just to excercise the human ability [...]
Roberta Smith: State of the Arts
Posted in Being an Artist on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think this article from the NYTimes is what critique is all about. Someone who is thinking about the state of the arts and forming a well articulated and critical opinion. I am sure there can be many argument off shoots of inclusion/exclusion but the fact is this is an important article on the arts [...]
Personal Evolution and Music + Songs about art
Posted in music on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Going through a moment of personal music metamorphosis in which a ton of the music I have been listening to just isn’t relevant any more. Perhaps I am at a stage of personal evolution or my iPod just needs some freshening up. I am less of a trend music listener and more of a lasting [...]
The Day I Met Mary Ellen Mark
Posted in Being an Artist, Photography, books on February 10, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I was just remembering the day I met Mary Ellen Mark last night. I had been leafing through some of my books for some winter inspiration and I came across a copy of A Cry For Help. Not one of MEM most celebrated bodies of work but a very poignent one about homelessness and poverty. [...]
Recess
Posted in Being an Artist on February 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Here is a quote from a debate raging on a blog I read about the complexities of being an artist that I’m going to have to chew on for a while…..
First of all, I never meant to imply that there was anything exploitative, or unseemly about BYOA. I would have loved to participate, especially since [...]
Thoughts on the best possible “exposure” for artists
Posted in Being an Artist, exhibitions on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Following up on my tame rant about mass juried exhibitions a few posts earlier, I was hanging out with a close friend of mine last night whom, during the course of the years removed from graduate school, had given up entering shows for lack of acceptance. He mentioned too that it had not only affected [...]
Art and Taxes: To most, creative practice is just a hobby?
Posted in Being an Artist on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Art has an unglamorous side. Yes, I know its hard to believe. With the parties and the beautiful objects and all the hip people, who would have thought. But the tough part, the kicker, the stuff that is sitting in the shadows of the room….this of what I speak, is taxes. Really in my best [...]
Ulf Puder-I want to eat your paintings
Posted in Painting on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not much happening this morning. Just sitting around thinking about these luscious little gems. Ulf Puders paintings of ambiguous disheveled temporary or transient shelters have that great paint handling about them. Thick and controlled and glowing with a reverberation of color and tone. I always love the back and forth of abstract and representation. Because [...]
