Do mediumistic, theosophical diagrams count as abstract paintings? If so, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is the first abstractionist (1906). Retrospective now up at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Via artdaily> http://tinyurl.com/a27qeck
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Swedish Woman Is First Abstractionist
Do mediumistic, theosophical diagrams count as abstract paintings? If so, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is the first abstractionist (1906). Retrospective now up at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Via artdaily> http://tinyurl.com/a27qeck
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
WWII Double Victory Campaign?
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In a book about all-girl jazz orchestras, I just discovered the WWII Double Victory Campaign. A cafeteria worker in an airplane plant wanted victory over the axis powers abroad AND victory over racial discrimination at home. J. Edgar Hoover tried to close down the Pittsburgh Courier, an African-American newspaper that promoted the Double V.
More details hennessyhistory> http://tinyurl.com/a47a3px
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Is Ridgewood the New Bushwick?
Is Ridgewood the new Bushwick? See Corey Escoto at Regina Rex.
Some reviews at hyperallergic> http://tinyurl.com/b8pwebm
Sunday, February 10, 2013
George W. Bush Is A Painter
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George W. is a secret artist. Three paintings revealed on Black Book; Roberta Smith cogitates. And hits all the points: you know, Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler. Actually he has more talent than either. I would recognize those toes and kneecaps anywhere!
Blackbookmag> http://tinyurl.com/bhdh2zt
NYT> http://tinyurl.com/a5fveam
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Year One for Saltz: 1993
Does critic Jerry Saltz prove that whatever year you start in art is the greatest year for art? 1993 for him...
NYMAG> http://tinyurl.com/an89ekn
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Not All Priceless Books in Timbuktu Destroyed
Not all manuscripts lost in "Islamist" siege of Timbuktu. Most apparently were hidden and saved. Texts represent important political, everyday, and Sufi history in this medieval African trade center. Some black-flag Islamists feared pollution from the manuscripts!
New Yorker> http://tinyurl.com/aekkv75
Beach Nourishment Fraud
Beware of neologisms like "beach nourishment." Virginia Beach beach rebuilt 49 times since '51 @ $400 million in Federal tax money. A new term usually means a new con. Ranting against nourishment is like being against mother's milk. I say: Eat the sand!
Calling The Generics Biosimilars
If you want to protect your drug monopoly, impoverish your customers, and help sink U.S. federal health care.....call the generic competition-drugs "biosimilars." After intense lobbying by drug giants, Virginia has already banned "biosimilars."
Monday, January 28, 2013
ARTSPEAK EXPOSED
How to waffle. Artspeak exposed by who? Sherrie Levine!
Story at guardian> http://tinyurl.com/azjm43v
Chandelier Bidding Should Be Banned
What is chandelier bidding? Flimflam auction house practice of "pointing to the chandelier" for a fake first bid. Should it be a crime or is it just theater? How many other bids are false?
Story NYT> http://tinyurl.com/b4lb4l3
French Hashtag Ban Protest
"Hashtag" is now forbidden in France and the Twitter symbol must be called "mot-dièse" (the "sharp" sign in music). John Perreault, whose heritage is Breton via Quebec rather than French, announced that in retaliation ARTOPIA would no longer use "rendezvous" or "souffle."
Hashtag story NPR> http://tinyurl.com/amapvds
Did Zen Influence Conceptual Art?
Did someone actually get it right? Review: Ellen Perlman's "Nothing and Everything: The Influence of Buddhism on the American Avant Garde."
Read> http://hyperallergic.com/63002/how-zen-catalyzed-conceptual-art/
M.A.D. Scent Show Stinks
M.A.D. scent show stinks....and so does the building says hyperallerigic columnist.
The Unpleasant Smell of Lost Opportunities>http://tinyurl.com/bdzf42c
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Twitterverse Exposed!
All you need to know about the Library of Congress Twitter Archive. Sort of. Who has access? Will commercial interests be allowed to mine the data? FBI? CIA? Is there a Facebook archive hidden away somewhere in some Cloud? Can you shield your tweets? Who can access my list of borrowed library books from the County Library mesh? Is pruning allowed?
San Antonio All-Digital Library System
Texas leads the way. Bexar County Library System to be entirely digital; U. of Texas San Antonio Library has been bookless since 2010. Beginning of the end? Next: E-books must no longer be treated like physical books with limited access, as in my local library. Publishers? Get a new business model!
TM Daily Post> http://tinyurl.com/bd6vp6n
Friday, January 18, 2013
Free Artist-Statement App
Belgian artist Jasper Rigole's creates free artist-statement generator, "500 Letters." Try it, you'll like it:
"John Perreault ( New York City, United States) makes paintings and performances. By replaying the work for each exhibition and pushing the evocative power of the work a little further, Perreault tries to grasp language. Transformed into art, language becomes an ornament. At that moment, lots of ambiguities and indistinctnesses, which are inherent to the phenomenon, come to the surface...."
story via hyperallergic> http://tinyurl.com/a34pq78
http://www.500letters.org/form_15.php
"John Perreault ( New York City, United States) makes paintings and performances. By replaying the work for each exhibition and pushing the evocative power of the work a little further, Perreault tries to grasp language. Transformed into art, language becomes an ornament. At that moment, lots of ambiguities and indistinctnesses, which are inherent to the phenomenon, come to the surface...."
story via hyperallergic> http://tinyurl.com/a34pq78
http://www.500letters.org/form_15.php
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Is Hirst the Worst?
Hirst-bashing spreads to Esquire. Kick him, kick him again, kick him while he is down.
The End of Art as Pure Money> http://tinyurl.com/aurrzzh
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