Monday, August 24, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Eric Fischl leaving Mary Boone Gallery after 30 years
Eric Fischl leaving Mary Boone Gallery after 30 years:
US artist wants to focus on his work as he expresses disappointment with the art market
Sunday, April 12, 2015
No long lines at this museum on the Mall, but some of the most intriguing stuff to see. We entered through the Museum of International Art, which is literally a (very large) hole in the ground and worked our way up through the National Museum of African Art, where this piece is. It houses a small but exquisite collection well worth the descent.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Physical presence
Given the plethora of digital images, what is it that moves people to possess a real object? Why is a drawing preferable to an indistinguishable scan? I understand why the existence of one would make it monetarily more valuable, but why would it be emotionally more valuable? Is the object so tied to its price that that is the motivation for liking it?
I know, I know: Yes and no.
Mirrors in Jemez Creek, NM Aug 1972
I know, I know: Yes and no.
Mirrors in Jemez Creek, NM Aug 1972
Sunday, July 06, 2014
Ali Momeni presents at the 2013 Creative Capital Arists Retreat
Think theater, think art, think exhibition, think audience, think global
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Ashe Laughlin: Payback
Laughlin does something very hard: He makes political art with a timeless quality. This piece is based on a news shot of riots in Tahrir Square. Using the colors of the Egyptian flag, Laughlin has made art with the same visceral appeal as Munch's Scream.
22 x 48 inches, oil paint pen on layers of Plexiglass, 2013
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