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An artist goes in and out of shape. And by that I mean, very similar to being an athlete. When an athlete’s in shape, every movement that they do comes intuitively. In art, when you’re in shape, ideas are coming faster than you have time to make them. Being in shape is really being able to see accidents. […]
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Although both artists utilize different mediums, the commonality is their perspective on human interaction and behavior.
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Artist and writer, Christine Wong Yap, has written a great op-ed piece for New America Media. Extremely important, telling of the cultural and political climate in China, and beautifully written. Please read and share!
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Conceptual art was always dialectical, being made in response to both its institutional and its political context, attempting often to make these contexts evident and sometimes actually to change them. ~Tony Godfrey, Art Writer/Historian
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Conceptual Art, to be specific. After attending the opening night for the Spread exhibition, which is currently showing at the SOMArts Cultural Center (San Francisco, CA), I’ve been thinking quite a bit about conceptual art. I’ve been asking myself why I enjoy it so much. Conceptual work makes sense of the world. With all its […]
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In a society like ours that is accustomed to telecommunications and electronics that produce more and more positive services but also the passivity of the solitary user, community strategy has become a different way of living in the quantitative space of the city; it produces energy but also solitude, aggressivity [sic] and violence. ~Achille Bonito […]
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I don’t get it. Why is this art? I can do that. A kid could do that. This isn’t art. Trust me on this one…
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 