be more creative

this guy is cooler than me.

secrets

Apparently the Mona Lisa has various letters (read: secret code) painted in her pupils. Alas, a rally to keep her relevant!

matt stuart

Matt Stuart is London-based a street photographer who goes through a couple of rolls of film at day. At that rate you're bound to come up with a couple of good photos, but never mind. He is quite good at capturing funny little moments and clever juxtapositions in ordinary situations. 

I enjoyed almost every single one of the photographs on his website. I highly recommend taking a look.

mark bradford

ICA Boston | 19 November, 2010 - 13 March, 2011

Scorched Earth 2006

Bradford is a prolific LA-based contemporary artist. His art is made from aged billboard peelings and is generally in the vein of abstract canvas works, although he also experiments with multimedia. Scorched Earth is one of his more figural works, representing the race riots in Tulsa in 1921.

The exhibition currently at the ICA is well worth a look. Bradford has created a unique body of work that is stunning and distinctly African-American. His work is dynamic, but highly-focused on the slow process of making.

true or false?

Michael Singer 1989-92 Untilted

One weakness of the present generation of curators is their subservience to artists. Because the artist made the work, he is not necessarily the sole judge of how it is best seen, or even what it means. Production and consumption (interpretation) are different acts.

Lawrence Alloway | "The Great Curatorial Dim-Out"

at least

...someone is taking the arts seriously in government. Obviously, its more complicated than that, but its disheartening that our official stance on art in the US is that we don't have a stance. So, I appreciate this investment in young, talented people all the more.

Complicated? you ask. Remember this?

quote of the day

Sandbeck c. 1990 Twelve Part Vertical Construction  | Hirshhorn

"One should look at works of art without any intention of deriving knowledge, and rejoice if sometimes, as of itself, a confirmation or enrichment of our knowledge comes in a flash; and one should not approach them with the determination to solve a problem. One must let them speak, one must converse with them, but one must not interrogate them. To an inquisitor they refuse any information."

On Art and Connoisseurship | Max Friedlander