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Drawing as Theater / Presence as Provocation: Kentridge and Abramovic at MoMA

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Museum of Modern Art in New York currently hosts retrospectives of two idiosyncratic and uncompromising living artists, Yugoslavian born Marina Abramovic and South African William Kentridge.  The two artists could hardly be more different from each other, but each has followed the path of art as something deeply personal and necessary. Marina Abramovic emerged as [...]

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Top Ten Countdown

Monday, March 15, 2010

Today, March 15, 2010, this blog turns one year old.  (Above, the first illustration from the first post, “Variations”.) I have long shared my work with others largely through underground, alternative, and community-based venues.  In many ways, the blog has been my ideal gallery – virtually cost-free, accessible to all both near and far, open [...]

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Events

Friday, February 12, 2010

I’m involved with several events over the next few days.  Click on “Calendar” for details. Sunday the 14th:  Opening for Spring Studio 18th Anniversary Show, featuring hundreds of artists.  Spring Studio, NYC, starts 6:30. Sunday the 14th:  Blacklight Body Painting Dance Party at St. George Healing Arts, Staten Island, 6 pm on, donation suggested. Tuesday [...]

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Textural Bodypaint

Friday, January 15, 2010

Looking through my personal library this week, I came across an old book called “Design by Accident” by James F. O’Brien.  It’s full of ways to incorporate chance and natural phenomena into visual arts and crafts.  Just the Table of Contents makes me feel inspired, so I’ll share it here: Tree Forms:  trunks and branches [...]

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Hair as Art: Edisa Weeks

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

As a child, dance artist Edisa Weeks attended Quaker meetings with her family. These meetings involved group meditation and sharing, conducted without leaders or hierarchy. As an adult artist, she found herself in a field defined by elitism and a rigid division of roles. The artists were expected to demonstrate their skill, passion, and cleverness [...]

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