29 Apr
What Time Is It On The Sun?

Art practice in the new millennium has increasingly become defined by a rigid practice of frameworks that strive to examine how humans comprehend visual and sensory experience. One such artist invested in exploring this concept to its full potential is Spencer Finch. Finch’s current show at Mass Moca entitled What Time Is It On The Sun? navigates the psychological factors that shape perception in a variety of mediums[…]
09 Apr
Exploding Globally

Cai Guo-Qiang’s I Want to Believe, currently at the Guggenheim in New York, provides for compelling answers to many of the uncertainties of art production today. By combining concepts of eastern philosophy, childhood-like wonders of communism, and pure pyrotechnic mastery Cai has enveloped the interior of the Guggenheim in a sweeping fashion.[…]
24 Jan
Wild, Wild Horses!

I have been thinking about getting back into blogging for awhile and for some reason, today felt like the right time. The semester has started up again at school and my creative mind has started rolling again. Westerns have been on my mind this week, probably due to the […]
12 Nov
Skydiving, Skateboarding, and Art

I have always wanted to sky dive. Lately, it has been on my mind with the 83 year-old George Bush Sr. jumping out of a plane this weekend and also due to the paintings of Matt Cheney. Cheney who is a self-described “action artist” graduated […]
31 Oct
Oh Thank Heavens…

I have been wondering lately about the newest MOMA show entitled New Photography 2007, which showcases the work of Tanyth Berkeley, Scott McFarland, Berni Searle. I have hardly heard anything about this exhibition from anybody other than the powerhouse that institutionalized photography in a museum setting.
Luckily, I am […]
10 Oct
Somewhere in Middle America

I was going to write a post about Colin Blakely after I saw some of his work floating around after being in the 13th Annual Griffin Exhibition. Initially I responded to the lovely quality of the imagery in an age when fine black and white photographs are seen […]
09 Oct
A Celebrity Likeness

Spurred on by articles in the New York Times on the new Bob Dylan movie and the casting for the Biggie Smalls film I have been thinking about celebrity likeness or dislikeness. Our fascination with celebrity never seems to dissipate even if the likeness is […]