April 2011
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Gilbert & George Get Drunk →
hydeordie:
Peter O’Donohoe, the Tate’s senior executive officer, responded in a 1974 memo: “I find it difficult and alarming to believe that the only way of obtaining information…from these artists was to allow them to become intoxicated… I would be very loathe to put much credence on anything said that was alcohol assisted.”
When Art Newspaper refers to “the bricks” I am assuming it is a...
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WatchHow the Sun Sets in Google Images by Kyle Chayka
Can a sunset be crowd-sourced? Artist Jasper Elings has done just that with “Sharing a Beautiful Sunset” (2009), a 1 minute video that creates one single ocean sunset from hundreds of disparate images found on Google Images. The resulting video, set to a industrial drone soundtrack, is both poetic found art and intriguing conceptual exercise. As...
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Some responses to Felix Gonzalez-Torres's...
In February, we posted Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled (Perfect Lovers)” (1991), and it has been one of our most reblogged posts ever, receiving more commentary than our discussion-stirring post of Klimt’s “The Kiss” had earlier that week.
Although many people found the piece very touching and profound, responses ranged quite a bit.
Some were despairing:
I...
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rustybreak asked: Your blog is wonderful. You post some gorgeous things. X
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Brandon Seckler, “Room Painting 1” acrylic on canvas 56x42in
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Notre Dame de L'abondance
Reggie Michael Rodrigue, “Notre Dame de L’abondance,” Acrylic and soil on canvas
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Same bat time, same bat channel: it's Talk Back...
Just a reminder when submitting work:
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This American Life: episode 218 - "Act V" →
I imagine this is a fairly popular episode of an admittedly popular radio series, but here is another reminder to check it out. In this episode of This American Life, Jack Hitt follows prison inmates working on a production of the final act of Hamlet, as a part of Prison Performing Arts. Prison Performing Arts is a St Louis-based program for incarcerated adults and children to create, perform, and...
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Niborama: The Incredible Whiteness of Art-Museum... →
How diverse are museum audiences?
niborama:
The recent New York Times story about an artist who turns couch surfing into relational aesthetics raised some interesting issues: in an age when the bunking at museums is becoming more commonplace—both as art piece and outreach—the idea of bringing the sleepover-art concept…
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New York Times: Ai Weiwei and the Artist's Role in... →
jnomics:
hyperallergic:
The New York Times presents four perspectives from different scholars — from art history to political science — on Ai Weiwei and his relationship to what’s going on in current Chinese politics.
An interesting read and well structured debate. Question though: Practically speaking, is it the case that artists have the ability to impact political change or are they...
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The Continuing Adventures of Medicinehead-03232011
Steve Martinez, “Medicinehead” (2008-2011) “This is a continuing project that I began in Nov 2008 after being released from the VA Hospital, recovering from a triple bypass surgery. So many drugs.”
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“Caio Fern,” 2002
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today is: TALK BACK TUESDAY
You know what to do.
When submitting work, please please remember to:
-Use the drop down menu to select “Submit a Photo Post” if you’re submitting an image. If you upload an image into a text post, it will come out smaller and less visible that it would as a photo post. If you do use a text post, make sure your link where the image is hosted ends as an image file (ie “.jpg” or...
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New York Times: Ai Weiwei and the Artist's Role in... →
The New York Times presents four perspectives from different scholars — from art history to political science — on Ai Weiwei and his relationship to what’s going on in current Chinese politics.
