Artist, Designer, Ideas.
I have a new project that deserves an online presence. For now I am calling this project ” ” (space). The idea is simple, every Monday I will work with, collaborate, facilitate, and or curate a show or art work in the relatively undefined territory between my studio and the studio across the alley.
This week I went out to Cal Arts in Valencia California to interview for spot in next year’s MFA lineup. This post is just a brief summary of that experience. I like to share things that I wish other people would share. To that end I will include the questions that I was asked in [...]
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This is an hour long goolge video of Warren Buffet. He says many things-scary things. Definitely worth watching!
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Fresh Air Interview with Michael Greenberger that explains in terms you can understand what’s going on. This is the best explanation I have heard and it highlights the some major partisan differences in economic philosophies.
“Crash” was the last film to show the so-called dark side of America. It came as no surprise to many that racism is still very real in America. “Crash” is convoluted and preachy: perfect for colleges looking to show a film about racism. For all “Crash” accomplishes in showing, however, the [...]
I am happy to announce here on my blog that “Paper Love” at Devening Projects was reviewed by Time Out Chicago. The review of “Paper Love” is in the words of Dan himself “nice”.
Among the guns and pornos looking for a good movie at blockbuster is tough. With titles like “Fool’s Gold” getting an entire shelf top to bottom it is amazing that a film like “Japón” is even in the store. On a total whim I watched “Japón” and I am pleased to say it [...]
I watch movies, lots and lots of ‘em. City of Men is the most recent work of director Fernando Mierelles (Brazillian) Oscar nominated for City of God which is a must see movie. Anyway, I like keeping these reviews short and sweet: City of Men is a highly stylized film, with nice hot [...]
I have a piece in a show at Devening Projects + Editions. There will be roughly 50 artists in the show. It’s all works on paper and runs for most of the rest of the summer. The show is really cool. You can see more images of the show taken by Jason Conny (also in [...]
Hi! Welcome to the blog section of post.com. This blog is written and managed by yours truly! I like taking on new projects with some purpose in mind. The objective of this new blog is to put out my thoughts on things which I find directly related to my professional practice. That [...]
Chapter Six: Language, from Themes of Contemporary Art, Visual Art After 1980 by Jean Robertson and Craig McDaniel.
Abstract:
This post is a chapter summary from the above mentioned book. I originally bought this book for my undergrad Senior Seminar course with Kasarian Dane and Lisa VanArragon. The book covers what it explains as the [...]
Abstract: In this series of posts I will looking first at semiotics (semiology) beginning with a definition and critical examination of semiotics, which I will use as a starting point for re-viewing several artist’s work or thoughts (writing, statements and interviews).
What is semiotics?
Semiotics is a difficult concept to define because the easiest definition fails [...]
Review of Karen Kilimnik’s Mid-Career Retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
The show, Karen Kilimnik, at the MCA is “the first major” look at the artist’s work (1). Helter-scelter scatterings of acid tabs, chopped up cocaine and unidentifiable pills on the floor of the MCA highlight the poignant dialogue between the fairy like [...]
After all the “issues” with this project the class was sent home to cry. Just kidding, D sent us home to reconsider this project. Was the project still worth doing or should we focus our energy on something else. We were assigned to three groups of 3 or 4. Two ideas were [...]
The last entry was at the proposal stage of this project at Devening Projects. I wish at this point I could announce that I won (I mean I like winning) and that my proposal will be the one this class works on… Unfortunately, that is not at all the case. This project has [...]
The last entry was meant to cover this topic but I ran out of steam. I think though that the discussion of site specificity is an important one in my consideration of this project. We were introduced to this topic in a class room. As part of the description of both the [...]
a hermetic implosion of auto biographical and subjectivist indulgences, and myopic narcissism is misrepresented as self-reflexivity
