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African Cave Yields Evidence of a Prehistoric Paint Factory: “Researchers say a 100,000-year-old workshop in South Africa is the earliest example of how early modern humans processed the reddish pigment known as ocher.” (Via NYT > Arts.)
His approach to art making is very non-traditional and scientific in its process, but has a strong investigative quality that opens up new ways of seeing the world. Watch the full episode. See more SundayArts.
Why is it I didn’t add any of the “walking / hiking / canoeing” activities to my resume when I continuously said the activity was part of my art practice? Well, I have to add walks from 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, all from Minnesota. There were also a few different walks there per [...]
More important research information is being found, and I’m using these few pages as reminders, and launching points for further investigations. Miwon Kwon and Steven Wright ILA (Islands of LA) is an experiment. One of the ideas it experiments with is the place of “cultural theory” in the practical sphere. Along these lines, some posts [...]
Several times in the past few days the name of Miwon Kwon has come up in my research. Yes, I know her. She was my academic advisor while in grad school. She really helped me, guided me in the art making, and writing processes. Also turned up were the names: Gregg Bordowitz, and Doug Ashford. [...]
Site and Non-Site: Heidegger, Turrell, Smithson [Paperback] “The notion of site-specific art is one that has been used extensively within art theory and practice since the late 1960s. However, in the process of its various utilisations and interpretations the concept would seem to have been emptied almost entirely of meaning such that, in the words [...]
I’ve had some issues with my macbookpro recently that caused me to panic. My logic board needed replacement. Thank goodness I didn’t have to pay for it even though my Apple care recently expired. After that my HDD seemed to be full and it took a few days to figure out why it happened. Figured [...]
Art Talk w/ Francie Bishop Good at the Sagamore Hotel.: “Art Talk w/ Francie Bishop Good at the Sagamore Hotel.” (Via Art & Code.)
Back when I was living in Fort Pierce, Florida, at the last minute I was included in the exhibition Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic (ISBN: 0807843016) by Lowry S. Sims. Amongst the number of fantastic artists included in the exhibition was Thornton Dial. We still have a ways to go before everyone from that exhibition [...]
Back covering the events this year. Let’s see how things go. So far, I’m impressed with everyone’s feelings of a good event and year ahead. It’s too early to say for sure how the galleries will do, but I expect less “experimental” works and more substance.
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