Art and Artist-Assisted Suicide

Art and Artist-Assisted Suicide

May 14th, 2013 | General, Memory, Popular Culture, visual arts

There was an interesting piece in The New York Times this morning. Under the headline “An Artwork Turns to Mush, All According to Plan,” William Grimes described sculptor James Grashow’s desire to be the “architect” of his own work’s demise. In December 2006,...
The Painter and Modern Art

The Painter and Modern Art

March 12th, 2013 | Education, General, visual arts

I think the studio teacher said something like “What is that supposed to be?” during a painting critique. The comment is a variation on an old, old theme in since “Modernism” earned its capital M: “whatever you are doing, it clearly doesn’t meet the standards of ‘good...
On the Gulf Coast 1

On the Gulf Coast 1

January 11th, 2013 | Friends, General, Memory, Travel, United States, visual arts

We updated the the Garmin Nuvi and lost Serena. Serena’s charming English diction tended to break down with the letter “r” but that was kinda fun, you know, the “what on earth did she just say?” giggle. With the update, the voice changed to something of slightly...