Studio people, close by and far and wide: I have had a long history with the Wyeth family's art legacy, and it's difficult for me to get too far away from it to look at it objectively. I was hoping that we could begin an informal discussion on the question:
Do you consider Andrew Wyeth to be an important 20th century artist, or not? Or simply an important American artist, but not globally? I'd be very curious to hear your opinions...
Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Must reads:
Studio Practice, Part 1
Studio Practice, Part 2
Dan Siedell is a friend of mine, and Art History professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He kicks so much rear it's not even funny.
His new book "God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art" is fantastic. Buy it.
Also, if the following quote gets your heart rate up, join Rob Matthews and I, and chime in here:
"This I do believe, as much as some will disagree with me. I do not
think very much if any contemporary art rises to the level of
importance that would be required to warrant condemnation.
Contemporary art is simply too cut off in multiple ways from the broad
public to be that culturally influential. To the extent that some of
it is bad, and bad for us, it is nonetheless very marginal to our
culture. That is my judgment and of course some artists will disagree
(just as some musicians disagree when I say that Boulez, in
particular, represents a dead end in music that is not going to
"reproduce" culturally). And of course I may be wrong—perhaps art is
more dangerous than I think! I almost wish that were true."
Studio Practice, Part 1
Studio Practice, Part 2
Dan Siedell is a friend of mine, and Art History professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He kicks so much rear it's not even funny.
His new book "God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art" is fantastic. Buy it.
Also, if the following quote gets your heart rate up, join Rob Matthews and I, and chime in here:
"This I do believe, as much as some will disagree with me. I do not
think very much if any contemporary art rises to the level of
importance that would be required to warrant condemnation.
Contemporary art is simply too cut off in multiple ways from the broad
public to be that culturally influential. To the extent that some of
it is bad, and bad for us, it is nonetheless very marginal to our
culture. That is my judgment and of course some artists will disagree
(just as some musicians disagree when I say that Boulez, in
particular, represents a dead end in music that is not going to
"reproduce" culturally). And of course I may be wrong—perhaps art is
more dangerous than I think! I almost wish that were true."
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The End of The End of the Tunnel
Hi folks (if anyone checks this thing still).
I need help!!
I will be in Philly on Feb 16 and 17 to de-install my work at Eastern State Penitentiary. If all goes perfectly (it rarely does), I think I can complete the work in a day. It it goes poorly, it could take both days. If it's a disaster, then ESP will have to help a brotha out... Here are a list of my needs, and any help with these things would be HIGHLY, HIGHLY appreciated, if not appropriately compensated. Meals and a some "Victory" beer are on me, as well as a take-home piece of the installation if you'd like... What I know I need right now:
1. people to help on at least the 16th, and possibly the 17th
2. a truck to haul away the pipe to the scrap yard
3. two large pipe-wrenches (I actually think I left mine in the corner of my old studio at the church - so maybe someone could check on that for me!?
4. A high quality reciprocating saw (Sawsall) with a metal cutting blade, or, ideally a good hand-held band saw for metal
5. a socket/box wrench set
Again, any help would be mucho appreciated!! Feb 16th and 17th! Mark your calendars!!
I need help!!
I will be in Philly on Feb 16 and 17 to de-install my work at Eastern State Penitentiary. If all goes perfectly (it rarely does), I think I can complete the work in a day. It it goes poorly, it could take both days. If it's a disaster, then ESP will have to help a brotha out... Here are a list of my needs, and any help with these things would be HIGHLY, HIGHLY appreciated, if not appropriately compensated. Meals and a some "Victory" beer are on me, as well as a take-home piece of the installation if you'd like... What I know I need right now:
1. people to help on at least the 16th, and possibly the 17th
2. a truck to haul away the pipe to the scrap yard
3. two large pipe-wrenches (I actually think I left mine in the corner of my old studio at the church - so maybe someone could check on that for me!?
4. A high quality reciprocating saw (Sawsall) with a metal cutting blade, or, ideally a good hand-held band saw for metal
5. a socket/box wrench set
Again, any help would be mucho appreciated!! Feb 16th and 17th! Mark your calendars!!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Book Recommendation
I am currently in the middle of reading The Urban Hermit, which has been amusing and thought provoking for me. Plus it is an easy read! It got a few good reviews, so I thought I would recommend it.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Greg King is a friend of mine, New York based guy, painter/filmmaker and was a speaker at one of the DIAlogue lectures I put together at the Church Studios. He sent this email and I thought I'd pass it on:
A short experimental film of mine titled 'Manhattan Canyon' is viewable online, and I'd love to share it with you. It was selected as part of a partnership between Rooftop Films and the Independent Film Channel (IFC.com), where shorts that have screened at Rooftop in the past are collected online.
My film just got posted this week, and you can find it at this link.
I made this piece a few years ago, as a structural/poetic portrait of New York. I walked from the furthest point I could reach on the east side of Manhattan, and shot a single frame of film at every street intersection, all the way down to the bottom tip of the island, then repeated the process from a similar starting point on the west side a few days later. This film is the result of that crazy challenge to myself. The accompanying track, 'Reflecting Surfaces', is by rachel's, from the album 'systems/layers'.
There's tons of interesting shorts to watch in the collection, so have fun!
Greg
A short experimental film of mine titled 'Manhattan Canyon' is viewable online, and I'd love to share it with you. It was selected as part of a partnership between Rooftop Films and the Independent Film Channel (IFC.com), where shorts that have screened at Rooftop in the past are collected online.
My film just got posted this week, and you can find it at this link.
I made this piece a few years ago, as a structural/poetic portrait of New York. I walked from the furthest point I could reach on the east side of Manhattan, and shot a single frame of film at every street intersection, all the way down to the bottom tip of the island, then repeated the process from a similar starting point on the west side a few days later. This film is the result of that crazy challenge to myself. The accompanying track, 'Reflecting Surfaces', is by rachel's, from the album 'systems/layers'.
There's tons of interesting shorts to watch in the collection, so have fun!
Greg
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I have a blog
I don't think I've ever told anyone about this before, but I started a blog a while ago, just to have a place for some of my small work. To me it makes sense to put experiments on this blog, and then my finished work my website. Anyway, the blog is www.carolinesanta.blogspot.com . And my website is www.carolinesanta.com
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Slide Projector
Hey there.
Do any of you happen to be in the possession of a slide projector? I've been doing some small work drawing on slides, and I really want to project them. I have a carrier, but no machine.
C
Do any of you happen to be in the possession of a slide projector? I've been doing some small work drawing on slides, and I really want to project them. I have a carrier, but no machine.
C
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