by admin | Feb 24, 2010 | Assemblage, Collage, Neo-Expressionism, Painting, Thinking about Art - Out Loud
My full-fledged work with Neo-expressionism began and ended in the 1990’s. My imagery moved away from landscape as the primary subject and it became more of a ground for images of people, emotions, ideas and reactions. I was completely enthralled by the idea of...
by admin | Feb 12, 2010 | Bullying, Identity-based art, Name Calling, Relational art, Thinking about Art - Out Loud
I remember. Unlike so many people I know, I remember. The details may not be 100% but the colors, emotions and general tone of the experiences are still vivid. So many middle-aged adults, like myself, look at young people and say, “Look at them. How can...
by admin | Feb 2, 2010 | Dialogical Aesthetics, Relational art, Thinking about Art - Out Loud
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately working out the issues of how I want to spend the balance of my days. Given my family history (mom dead at 62, dad at 76) if I make it to 80, it will be a miracle. Combine that with having smoked for way too many years, which...
by admin | Dec 31, 2009 | Thinking about Art - Out Loud
What does it mean to be an artist? and then what does it mean to be an artist in the 21st century in the US? I’ve written here before how Duchamp determined what an artist was through a leap of complete conviction and belief and that concept continues to operate...
by admin | Dec 2, 2009 | Painting, Relational art, Thinking about Art - Out Loud
Had you ever heard of this word? I certainly hadn’t until recently when I read it in a blog interview with Claude Emile Furones on the website The Art Point. It’s an amazing interview with the most articulate of artists. Unfortunately, the interview is no...
by admin | Nov 20, 2009 | Painting, Thinking about Art - Out Loud
As I’m finalizing all the pieces for my new work, Le Dejeuner sous la Pluie, I have been spending a great deal of time with the Manet work, Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, something I commented on in earlier posts. During this time I found that Michelangelo was...
