This is a discussion of political correctness, liberal bashing, redneck-ism, racism, and homophobia. It is a thorough dissection of both the subjects and the person.
Holy Shite! What an ass-kicking!
"Fart!"
Drexel Fountain
There is this beautiful fountain in Hyde Park, Chicago that I drive past a lot.
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I don't know who it is by. There is no placard.
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It is made of copper and has a lovely patina.
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It is my favorite fountain in Chicago.
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It has stood up well over the years.
The Paintings of Holton Rower
I just found this guy by accident - a quite, happy accident.
My initial experience was with his paintings. A cousin of "drip" paintings of Pollock, these are "pour" paintings. The work is rich and sugary eye candy, but admittedly, I enjoy watching the process slightly more.
The colors moving down along the shaped canvas is the real experience. Gravity, inertia and the contours of the structure move the paint along until it runs out of power. These pieces are somewhere in between paintings and sculpture.
His Website: http://holtonrower.com
My initial experience was with his paintings. A cousin of "drip" paintings of Pollock, these are "pour" paintings. The work is rich and sugary eye candy, but admittedly, I enjoy watching the process slightly more.
The colors moving down along the shaped canvas is the real experience. Gravity, inertia and the contours of the structure move the paint along until it runs out of power. These pieces are somewhere in between paintings and sculpture.
His Website: http://holtonrower.com
DiegoKoi
DiegoKoi is a brilliant illustrator. Calling his work "pencil drawings" doesn't describe the grandiosity of their presence. His photrealistic approach pushes the medium to new heights. His work has the majesty of any large-scale painting or photgraph.
Yep, that's a drawing.
And so is this.
Brilliant.
His Website: http://diegokoi.it/
His Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/diegokoiart
His Blog: http://diegokoi.blogspot.com/
Yep, that's a drawing.
And so is this.
Brilliant.
His Website: http://diegokoi.it/
His Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/diegokoiart
His Blog: http://diegokoi.blogspot.com/
They flee from me that Sometime did me Seek
They flee from me that sometime did me seek
With naked foot, stalking in my chamber.
I have seen them gentle, tame, and meek,
That now are wild and do not remember
That sometime they put themself in danger
To take bread at my hand; and now they range,
Busily seeking with a continual change.
With naked foot, stalking in my chamber.
I have seen them gentle, tame, and meek,
That now are wild and do not remember
That sometime they put themself in danger
To take bread at my hand; and now they range,
Busily seeking with a continual change.
Thanked be fortune it hath been otherwise
Twenty times better; but once in special,
In thin array after a pleasant guise,
When her loose gown from her shoulders did fall,
And she me caught in her arms long and small;
Therewithall sweetly did me kiss
And softly said, “dear heart, how like you this?”
Twenty times better; but once in special,
In thin array after a pleasant guise,
When her loose gown from her shoulders did fall,
And she me caught in her arms long and small;
Therewithall sweetly did me kiss
And softly said, “dear heart, how like you this?”
It was no dream: I lay broad waking.
But all is turned thorough my gentleness
Into a strange fashion of forsaking;
And I have leave to go of her goodness,
And she also, to use newfangleness.
But since that I so kindly am served
I would fain know what she hath deserved.
But all is turned thorough my gentleness
Into a strange fashion of forsaking;
And I have leave to go of her goodness,
And she also, to use newfangleness.
But since that I so kindly am served
I would fain know what she hath deserved.
- by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Mr. Rogers Testifying at 1969 Senate Hearing
This is an art blog and maybe people don't think of Mr. Rogers as an artist. The man was a poet and a musician.He inspired millions to create with all mediums.
Here is a video of him justifying his craft and its purpose and its effect with such brilliant sincerity that it makes you want to express pure emotion.
Here is a video of him justifying his craft and its purpose and its effect with such brilliant sincerity that it makes you want to express pure emotion.
Tig Notaro - Taylor Dane
This is one of the funniest comedy routines I have ever heard. It is 12 minutes long. Stay with it. So worth it.
Usually, comedy posts go on Autocouch, my other blog, and this one will too. But this belongs here. It is art.
I am gonna turn Tig Notaro saying "Taylor Dane" into a ring tone.
Usually, comedy posts go on Autocouch, my other blog, and this one will too. But this belongs here. It is art.
I am gonna turn Tig Notaro saying "Taylor Dane" into a ring tone.
Damien Hirst condemned for killing 9,000 butterflies in Tate show
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9606498/Damien-Hirst-condemned-for-killing-9000-butterflies-in-Tate-show.html
By Roya Nikkhah
By Roya Nikkhah
The artist Damien Hirst has come under fire after it emerged that more than 9,000 butterflies died as part of an art work in his latest exhibition.
Even by Damien Hirst’s standards it was an unusual artwork – two windowless rooms swirling with live butterflies.
Visitors to the exhibit at the Tate Modern in London observed the insects close-up as they flew, rested, and fed on bowls of fruit.
But whilst the work, In and Out of Love, was praised by many art critics when it featured in the gallery’s Hirst retrospective earlier this year, it has now landed the artist in a row with the RSPCA.
Figures obtained from the Tate reveal that more than 9,000 butterflies died during the 23 weeks that the exhibition was open.
Each week it was replenished with approximately 400 live butterflies to replace those that died – some of them trodden underfoot, others injured when they landed on visitors’ clothing and were brushed off.
A spokesman for the RSPCA said: “In this so-called 'art exhibition’, butterflies are forced to exist in the artificial environment of a closed room for their entire lives.
“There would be national outcry if the exhibition involved any other animal, such as a dog. Just because it is butterflies, that does not mean they do not deserve to be treated with kindness.”
The exhibit used butterflies of the Owl and Heliconius species, which come from tropical regions and live for up to nine months in the wild. Those used in the exhibition are believed to have survived for between a few hours and several days.
Visitors saw the butterfly pupae pinned to white canvases while adults specimens flew freely around the rooms, feeding on flowers and sugar water as well as fruit.
The Tate’s description of In and Out of Love said “the themes of life and death as well as beauty and horror are highlighted, dualities that are prevalent in much of the artist’s work”.
Defending the use of the creatures, a Tate spokesman said: “The butterflies used in this [Hirst] work were all sourced from reputable UK butterfly houses and were selected from varieties known to thrive in the conditions created.
“The butterflies lived out the final stage of their natural life cycle inside this room. Approximately 400 butterflies were introduced to the exhibition over the course of each week, with many enjoying longer lifespans than in the wild due to the high quality of this environment.”
Many of Hirst’s most famous works feature dead animals. Among those on display at the Tate Modern were Mother and Child Divided, a cow and a calf sliced in half and displayed in glass tanks filled with formaldehyde, which won the Turner prize in 1995.
The exhibition also included The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a shark suspended in formaldehyde, and For the Love of God, a human skull covered in more than 8,500 diamonds.
The Tate previously faced accusations of animal neglect in 2009 when an exhibition at Tate Modern by Cildo Meireles, a Brazilian artist, featured a series of fish tank installations, resulting in the deaths of 12 fish.
A spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said: “Damien Hirst’s quest to be edgy is as boring as it is callous. It does not matter whether Hirst killed the animals himself or sat by while thousands of them were massacred for his own unjustifiable amusement.
"Butterflies are beautiful parts of nature and should be enjoyed in the wild instead of destroyed for something predictable and unimaginative.”
Dr Martin Warren, the chief executive of Butterfly Conservation said: “It is very sad to hear of the death of so many butterflies. Butterfly Conservation is concerned that this work represents a throwaway approach to living creatures and encourages a lack of respect for the environment.”
Tate Modern’s show was the first major retrospective of Hirst’s work to be held in Britain, and was one of the most popular exhibitions in the museum’s history, attracting nearly 3,000 visitors a day.
Spanning more than two decades of Hirst’s work, it included pieces from his infamous 1988 Freeze show which hailed a new era of conceptual art and brought attention to the Young British Artists movement.
Damien Hirst
Photo: REX FEATURES
Even by Damien Hirst’s standards it was an unusual artwork – two windowless rooms swirling with live butterflies.
Visitors to the exhibit at the Tate Modern in London observed the insects close-up as they flew, rested, and fed on bowls of fruit.
But whilst the work, In and Out of Love, was praised by many art critics when it featured in the gallery’s Hirst retrospective earlier this year, it has now landed the artist in a row with the RSPCA.
Figures obtained from the Tate reveal that more than 9,000 butterflies died during the 23 weeks that the exhibition was open.
Each week it was replenished with approximately 400 live butterflies to replace those that died – some of them trodden underfoot, others injured when they landed on visitors’ clothing and were brushed off.
A spokesman for the RSPCA said: “In this so-called 'art exhibition’, butterflies are forced to exist in the artificial environment of a closed room for their entire lives.
“There would be national outcry if the exhibition involved any other animal, such as a dog. Just because it is butterflies, that does not mean they do not deserve to be treated with kindness.”
The exhibit used butterflies of the Owl and Heliconius species, which come from tropical regions and live for up to nine months in the wild. Those used in the exhibition are believed to have survived for between a few hours and several days.
Visitors saw the butterfly pupae pinned to white canvases while adults specimens flew freely around the rooms, feeding on flowers and sugar water as well as fruit.
The Tate’s description of In and Out of Love said “the themes of life and death as well as beauty and horror are highlighted, dualities that are prevalent in much of the artist’s work”.
Defending the use of the creatures, a Tate spokesman said: “The butterflies used in this [Hirst] work were all sourced from reputable UK butterfly houses and were selected from varieties known to thrive in the conditions created.
“The butterflies lived out the final stage of their natural life cycle inside this room. Approximately 400 butterflies were introduced to the exhibition over the course of each week, with many enjoying longer lifespans than in the wild due to the high quality of this environment.”
Many of Hirst’s most famous works feature dead animals. Among those on display at the Tate Modern were Mother and Child Divided, a cow and a calf sliced in half and displayed in glass tanks filled with formaldehyde, which won the Turner prize in 1995.
The exhibition also included The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a shark suspended in formaldehyde, and For the Love of God, a human skull covered in more than 8,500 diamonds.
The Tate previously faced accusations of animal neglect in 2009 when an exhibition at Tate Modern by Cildo Meireles, a Brazilian artist, featured a series of fish tank installations, resulting in the deaths of 12 fish.
A spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said: “Damien Hirst’s quest to be edgy is as boring as it is callous. It does not matter whether Hirst killed the animals himself or sat by while thousands of them were massacred for his own unjustifiable amusement.
"Butterflies are beautiful parts of nature and should be enjoyed in the wild instead of destroyed for something predictable and unimaginative.”
Dr Martin Warren, the chief executive of Butterfly Conservation said: “It is very sad to hear of the death of so many butterflies. Butterfly Conservation is concerned that this work represents a throwaway approach to living creatures and encourages a lack of respect for the environment.”
Tate Modern’s show was the first major retrospective of Hirst’s work to be held in Britain, and was one of the most popular exhibitions in the museum’s history, attracting nearly 3,000 visitors a day.
Spanning more than two decades of Hirst’s work, it included pieces from his infamous 1988 Freeze show which hailed a new era of conceptual art and brought attention to the Young British Artists movement.
Lisa Swerling's Glass Cathedrals
Believe.
"Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!"
I saw this piece in Chicago at the Renegade Craft Fair. I was excited like a child - that was my first reaction.
This piece is one of many admirable works by the highly talented Lisa Swerling. Go look at all of her pieces. They are dreamy!
What do you do with the mad that you feel?
What do you do with the mad that you feel
When you feel so mad you could bite?
When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong...
And nothing you do seems very right?
What do you do? Do you punch a bag?
Do you pound some clay or some dough?
Do you round up friends for a game of tag?
Or see how fast you go?
It's great to be able to stop
When you've planned a thing that's wrong,
And be able to do something else instead
And think this song:
I can stop when I want to
Can stop when I wish.
I can stop, stop, stop any time.
And what a good feeling to feel like this
And know that the feeling is really mine.
Know that there's something deep inside
That helps us become what we can.
For a girl can be someday a woman
And a boy can be someday a man.
What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel?
By Fred M. Rogers
© 1968
http://pbskids.org/rogers/songLyricsWhatDoYouDo.html
The oldest known photograph of a person
The latest from Andrew Ek
Tabloid #1 of many I hope
It’s a crappy image, but I think you get the idea.
Tabloid #1
acrylic, latex, oil, ink, pencil, and newspaper on hinged canvases
2002
acrylic, latex, oil, ink, pencil, and newspaper on hinged canvases
2002
I gotta make more of these! This is a deconstruction of a tabloid newspaper. I boiled it down to its base design elements and iconic imagery.
I am a media and news junky. Politics and society really flick my switch. I gotta do more of these.
Copycat © #15
Yep, I took this translation from a Goddard film. I think it was Weekend. If I am wrong, I’ll correct it later.
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