New Work from FAILE
So I was checking out Arrested Motion today and it would seem that FAILE are continuing to be as productive as ever. Apparently they are doing some kind of collaborative work with the New York City Ballet (?!) NYCB Art Series commissions…
Jiří Kolář – Master of Collage
Checking out one of my favourite blogs, but does it float, I came across the work of a collage artist with whom I was entirely unfamiliar – the Czech artist, Jiří Kolář(1914-2002). This is really incredibly exciting for me, not only…
Sherrie York – Reduction Linocut Printmaking
When I was in art school, my teachers often cautioned against making work too attractive. They would dismiss work that was visually appealing as “too easy”. I guess in retrospect what they meant was that it’s easy to enjoy decorative…
Daniel Arsham
There are some people in this world so full of talent, creativity, and the ability to do a fantastic job at everything they touch that you’re left awestruck by them. Daniel Arsham is one of those people. Born in Cleveland…
Paintings of Women and Girls with Cats
Paintings of women and girls with cats. This is a genre – who knew? Well, a lot of people besides me, apparently. I was reading through one of my favourite blogs, Lines and Colors, and lo and behold, the latest post…
Morgan Craig
While looking through some older posts on ARTchipel, one of my favourite blogs, I found some lovely paintings of abandoned spaces by Philadelphia, PA artist Morgan Craig. His work is pretty amazing, actually – he makes quite large paintings (oil…
A Brief History of John Baldessari
John Baldessari is pretty epic, a towering figure in art (literally and figuratively) . Conceptual art is pretty funny to me; I suspect he also has a sense of humour about it, too. Anyhow, Baldessari has been around for long…
Chuck Close – New Work, New Show, New York
I’ve written about Chuck Close before. He’s amazing, in short. He has worked with really large portraits of peoples’ faces worked in different kinds of grid treatments since the 60s, really playing with the line between theory and craft. It’s…
Scott Conary
Scott Conary is a painter originally from the east coast but now living & working in Portland, OR. It seems like every American painter I’ve noticed over the last year lives in Brooklyn or Portland. In any case, I was…
Is Instagram Conceptual Art?
So, I was talking with a friend today about conceptual art and it got me to thinking. Before I go on at great length, it’s worthwhile to briefly describe what conceptual art is. In 1967, Sol Lewitt, one of the original great…
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