Exhibition History, Grace
A harrowing period of drug dependency had been interrupted by physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion. I found help in the rooms of this building. I began to awaken to the…
Foresight
not realizing I was assimilating the photos of tree branches I painted this on the back of the Magik Shoe Collaborative piece
Step 2 A.R.T.S.
Step Two Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. http://www.artsanonymous.org/about-arts/twelve-steps/ Step Two Essay "Blocking out our Gifts and/or great parts of our life…
Upon entering the world
it is nearly without pleasure that i bring this news to you today. It has come to my attention that some of you aren't eating your pudding. How can you…
1 year ago
It's been a full year away from posting. A self imposed moratorium. I have reached the other side without soup or sorrow and am stronger because of it. I may…
Art Grows
The artist as gardener idea has been recently clarified by Brian Eno in this short talk at Serpentine Gallery. The concept is a basic difference in the way we see…
Discussion I like
comments on Generation Blank We are living in a time of intense nostalgia (in an already nostalgic culture). Everything is about the "remix." People feel comfortable in this brave…
Art as Commodity
This is an idea which has been acting as a backdrop for the virtual work and is fostered by a lack of interest in the trading of art for money.…
US Artists erect giant Dove sculpture in Tahrir Square
Our Augmented Reality 3d model now available in Tahrir Square in Cairo, accompanied by the text, “It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world…
Edward_ Winkleman
http://www.edwardwinkleman.com/2011/01/oh-places-youll-go.htmlthe process vs product question as applied to older artists.See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/anrst
Brice Marden at Matthew Marks (Contemporary Art Daily)
URL: http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2011/01/brice-marde...i get a nagging feeling that now he's just jerking off.See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/blxfu
we can question each other’s ideas without questioning each other’s love of country
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/us/politics/13obama-t... A way forward doesn't require denying the negative but focusing on the positive colors the discourse with respect and keeps the communication flowing. The loss of these wonderful…
Sometimes the Truth Doesn’t Set Them Free Its Just Another Burden
Watched the final episode of Treme Season 1. It's rare to see a reaction such as the character LaDonna had to further investigation of her brothers death in police custody.…
Can you read cursive letters?
http://www.twentyhood.com/2010/09/09/twentysomethings-cant-rea... I looked this up because some teachers were complaining about it recently. I guess I need to rethink some web design choices for the younger set. In the novel…
Browse images from gallery openings worldwide – artnet Magazine
URL: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/nathan/gallery-op...Finally the promise of the internet is fulfilled. Well, close but no cigar. Despite the obvious lack of scale and texture resulting from jpeg viewing, we are used to…
Browse images from gallery openings worldwide – artnet Magazine
URL: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/nathan/gallery-op...Finally the promise of the internet is fulfilledSee this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/blet4
Target the slackers
I am loving this new blog, (standard) INTERVIEW. It's refreshing to see questions such as this asked of artists. There are as many ways of working as there are artists…
Target the slackers
I am loving this new blog, (standard) INTERVIEW. It's refreshing to see questions such as this asked of artists. There are as many ways of working as there are artists…
remember you will not die
remember you will not die you didn't and you had plenty of chances back and forth over and over yet here you are
International Field of Voices
If you haven't had a chance to contribute your voice to the project we open simultaneously in six countries: Italy, France, Holland, Germany, Brazil, and the USA this April 7th.…
Through the Virtual Looking Glass
I am working on a project which is kind of snowballing lately and was wondering if anyone knows a gallery that wants to get in on this. I have pasted…
My Niece fights sleep
My niece fights sleep. As if she were involved in a fantastic story where to fall asleep would herald the beginning of the changes. She does eventually sleep, she does…
Politics
* Carol Ann Duffy * The Guardian, Saturday 13 June 2009 How it makes of your face a stone that aches to weep, of your heart a fist, clenched or…
Aequitas June 2009
Social media has drawn together a group of international artists to New York for Aequitas, an exhibit of art based on childhood experiences. Artspace OSA in New York City and…
The passion for dumbness
Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One. Whatever the case, it wasn't that I was anti-popular culture or anything and I had no ambitions to stir things up. I just thought mainstream…
cooked goose?
Interesting post at NPIRL. I will provide a link to the article along with some of the key points for me. (I need to separate them from the text to…
Story of Stuff
Recommended viewing The story of stuff Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals,…
“Life is a Bowl of…” Multi-Artist Collaborative Exhibition at Caerleon Isle
Runs through Sunday, January 11, 2008 Location: Caerleon Isle http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caerleon%20Isle/80/221/2527 "Life is a Bowl of..." is a multi-artist collaborative conceptual art exhibition featuring a wide array of sculptural art created…
Theatre of Cruelty
The Theatre of Cruelty is a concept in Antonin Artaud's book The Theatre and its Double. “Without an element of cruelty at the root of every spectacle, the theater is…
Virtual Art
Magazine électronique du CIAC Why Art in Virtual Worlds? e-Happenings, Relational Milieux & "Second Sculpture" by Patrick Lichty (in English) I keep returning to this article and mining its bibliography. …
The Face of Innocence
The face of innocence, the aspect acted on. It is this face that smiles and charms and even seems to love. It searches for companions and it looks, at times…
making a clear choice for fear
oops I did it again woke up within a clear choice for fear cant seem to shake it either this weekend i went to the supermarket and in one instant…
Choose Again
I need to be reminded I can choose again. Love or fear, peace or anger, right or happy, awake or asleep. I am not a victim of circumstance, birth, or…
Why do you show your art?
Why do you show your art? That's one of the questions we are asking in our interviews for the ASCA film. We have gotten a few pretty standard replies and…
Is creativity somehow related with meditation?
I was sent this the other day. What is objective art? Is creativity somehow related with meditation? Osho: Art can be divided into two parts. Ninety-nine percent of art is…
Hafiz from The Ear That Was Sold To A Fish
Art is the conversation between lovers. Art offers an opening for the heart. True art makes the divine silence in the soul Break into applause. Art is, at last, the…
Live Art in Baghdad
International / Middle East With Fixtures of War as Their Canvas, Muralists Add Beauty to Baghdad By STEPHEN FARRELL Published: August 11, 2007 The city of Baghdad has hired two…
Forgive Me
I decided to photograph folk holding a sign which said simply “Forgive Me”. Upon viewing the photographs I could choose to practice releasing my ideas about that person and maybe…
yes but how does it look small?
The launch of Ebayaday, where art is sold online, cannot replace the supremacy of real things in real time and space. So says Ana Finel Honigman as she reveals what…