- Studio Notes: Caprica and creation myths
My science fiction geekdom will come as no surprise to anyone who’s been reading this blog for any length of time or even looking at my drawing for the last couple years, the latest object of my unseemly delight for the genre being Caprica. While being the prequel to the truly spectacular remake of Battlestar […]
- Akimblog Hamliton Update
Just a quick heads-up to let you know that my latest Hamilton report for Akimbo (i.e. part of the reason my posting here has been non-existent this past week) is now available for your reading pleasure.
Matthew Walker, sketch for aural sculpture, 2009, charcoal on paper (photo: Matthew Walker.)
In addition to reviewing Matthew Walker’s one-night-only-save-for-the-night-I-snuck-in-after-the-fact installation […]
- Saltz and the new definition of “dickish”
I’ve resisted commentary on the more prolific Jerry Saltz drama taking place these days on the grounds that any refutation of a critic’s reasoned argument that opens by calling said critic “dickish” is not worthy of intelligent consideration - although the underlying dickishness of the hollow discourse in itself is intelligently examined here.
Instead, I’m backtracking […]
- Prescription for a Healthy Art Scene
Not for the first time, I’m going to let Art Fag City do the heavy lifting on this post while I try to get some real work done. They’ve been a bit busy this week too, but made up for reduced content with a lovely smorgasbord of links today, including a dip into the SFMOMA […]
- James North Art Crawl: February
One of the unspoken tensions of the Art Crawl is the extent to which the event revolves around spaces rather than their contents. There is a predictable assortment of galleries along the street that establish an art crawler’s routine more than the prospect of the art itself (if only because oftentimes the exhibitions are poorly […]
- Professional Practice Postscript: On the spending and making of money
A lot of things about the explosion of debate around Vantage Art Projects’ Gatekeepers call continue to bother me. The tone of the discussion often ignored its own rationality in favour of kneejerk name-calling, and the lessons learned seem to be selective. Case in point: Vantage did show concern enough to revise the terms of […]
- Tomorrow: Art Museum Wager Resolved… oh, and Superbowl XLIV, too
Come next week I expect to bring some meatier critical fare to the table, but in the meantime I have paid writing obligations that can’t afford to get sidelined by playing referee to excessive blog histrionics.
So… how about that not-so-local sports team?
Even though my play-off picks leading up to tomorrow’s Superbowl were ridiculously bad […]
- Gatekeepers, Copyright and Curatorial Quandries
While there have been numerous developments as a consequence of Diana Poulsen’s criticism of Vantage Art Projects, I have been content to let Diana report those updates on her own follow-up post. Even at the expense of much dramatic name-calling and editorializing of certain actionable phrases, the value of the dialogue is clearly demonstrated in […]
- David Shrigley’s Pringle of Scotland animation
Among the many Scottish artists I came to appreciate and sometimes adore during my time in Glasgow, David Shrigley always managed to stand out by stint of his underwhelming style in the midst of the high-concept conversation happening around him. His drawings are simple and wryly comical - think of a slightly more rude Marcel […]
- Professional Practice Bonus Feature (with props to Diana Poulsen)
Further to my ranting last Friday about the meanest basics of submitting one’s work to galleries and granting bodies, I’ve been wondering whether there might be a place on this blog for further anecdotes on career development for artists. While I’m still undecided on that count, I still can’t resist sharing another snarling pearl of […]
