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

Ali Momeni presents at the 2013 Creative Capital Arists Retreat

Think theater, think art, think exhibition, think audience, think global

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

Fidencio Durán: Las Mañanitas

Fidencio opens a solo show at Gay Fay Kelly/Prizer on Saturday, Jan 18, 2014.

2023 East Cesar Chavez, Austin Tx.

Will 3-d printing make it possible for more small collectors to buy sculpture? Or is it that sculpture is more difficult to display and people buy stuff that goes on the wall?

Dallas video artist Greta Poulsen’s work in “Pinched”  turns the process of animation on its head.  Instead of chaining many slightly different still images to create the illusion of motion, Poulsen starts with video footage and programs only the parts that move into individual frames.  The result is an entirely new take on the original sampled material—sort of “Nude Descending a Staircase” meets Jacques Derrida.

Boston MFA Samurai Show

Greta Poulsen: Pinched

Greta Poulsen: Pinched
September 7 - 28
Opening Sept 7, 7-9 pm

Dallas video artist Greta Poulsen’s solo “Pinched” at Gay Fay Kelly/Prizer, turns the process of animation on its head.  Instead of chaining many slightly different still images to create the illusion of motion, Poulsen starts with video footage and programs only the parts that move into individual frames.  The result is an entirely new take on the original sampled material—sort of “Nude Descending a Staircase” meets Jacques Derrida.

Prizer
2023 E. Cesar Chavez St.
Austin TX 78702

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Who doesn't LOVE sticks with dots? Aboriginal artists in the AMNSW, Sydney.

Jerry DeFrese

New work by Jerry DeFrese showing this summer. Presented by Gay Fay Kelly.

Smart codes connect community to Raleigh public art :: WRAL.com

Smart codes connect community to Raleigh public art :: WRAL.com

About time someone did this. Combine this with Google glasses and you have a really informed viewer.

In the Met

I went into Jerry's Artarama to buy paint. When the man behind the counter handed me my purchase, he told me "to be sure to bring back something pretty for him to see." I gotta dye my hair and lift my face.

The Everyone Artwork - Features - Art in America

The Everyone Artwork - Features - Art in America

An approach to art for the masses that may still be overpriced.

Non-Western Art History Bypasses the Ancient - NYTimes.com

Non-Western Art History Bypasses the Ancient - NYTimes.com

That was easy!

Lights not set yet

:)

Eye candy

Wow

Detail from Modern Painters, April 2010, p 19: Levi Van Veluw, 'Landscape.' yes, those are little plastic sheep.

Current reading

Just a little light reading during a coffee break.