Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Tony Oursler:

(I showed this video to my students the other day. It was made at the Armory Fair last winter.)

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Kirk Varnedoe on Picasso and Matisse:

(I'm astonished that I found my all-time favorite TV episode on You-Tube recently.)

Wednesday, October 24, 2007




Photo credit: New York Times

Friday, October 19, 2007

My local "Oz":

Saturday, October 13, 2007

"I have a very simple definition of an artist: The artist is someone who pays attention and reports back. A good artist pays close attention and knows how to report back. I teach a course called "Looking and Listening." The class and I practice paying attention. I take them to many different places, often for a full day, and we look and listen. Sometimes we go to an oil field in the Central Valley, or to a mountaintop to watch the sky brighten as the sun begins to rise, or to a homeless neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, or to the port at Long Beach. We gradually learn that our looking and listening are coded by our own prejudices and learn to see and hear more clearly. And learn more about what we do see."
--James Benning (from an interview in September's Art Forum)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Of interest to only about 6 people on this planet right now, but its my rather satisfying work of art tonight:

Friday, October 05, 2007

Shannon Sullivan at Piante (Eureka, CA)


"Puff Print", 2007, clay, resin and plexiglass. (My colleague's solo show will run from October 5 to October 30--go if you're in northern California.)