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Over a month ago, I had the privilege of talking to gallery owners, James Bacchi and Annette Schutz, for Asterisk SF magazine. Not only was it a great conversation but a wonderful story of how ArtHaus has flourished over the years through a tough art market. They’re, certainly, a staple in the San Francisco Art Scene and know exactly […]
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The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition… always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. ~Roland Barthes, French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician
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Some time last week, I watched the documentary, My Kid Could Paint That by filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev. The documentary is definitely worth watching being that it forces the viewer to make up their own mind about the Modern Art movement. Pick it up and please feel free to tell me what you think. As the title of today’s posts states, […]
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What is the best way to understand artists? For me, it’s, actually, going through the art making process. To experience what the artist experiences. Everyone is unique and completely different but the commonality is the struggle all artists have to create something and be heard, seen, and understood. The above slide show includes pictures I took of my […]
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Nesbit studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and is currently obtaining his MFA in Painting at Yale University.
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The Merriam Webster dictionary defines perceive as, to attain awareness or understanding of. If perception is the way we ascertain awareness, then the frustration for some people who find themselves ‘not getting it’ are probably the same individuals unwilling to understand, right? Well, to my two friends, Justin and Josef, I wanted share a few […]
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The invention of the camera changed the way men saw. The visible came to mean something different to them. This was immediately reflected in painting. ~John Berger, Ways of Seeing
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I had two entertaining conversations (both on separate occasions) in the past two weeks. The Understanding Perception posts are dedicated to two intelligent men who, admittedly, have said, “I don’t get it!” when discussing Modern and Contemporary Art. Their innate curiosity and willingness to exchange ideas prompted me to write. Now, Justin and Josef, I’m not trying to persuade you […]
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 