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Hot off the presses…Enjoy! ***************************** Is the imagination a mode of technology? What role does the imagination play in technological advancements such as sensor-laden homes, personal GPS devices, and televisions that can display four channels simultaneously? Artists for Retro-Tech, an exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, answer the question of how imagination operates […]
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This is a follow up post to the Art 10 Q & A. Please view this great video of how Pete created his work, Gender Resolution.
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This week’s artist is Pete Ippel. Artist and Athlete. You may think to yourself, “Is that really possible?” Yes, it is folks. He’s also quite the prolific artist with art work that stimulates both the physical as well as the cerebral. Let’s get to the fun stuff – his answers to the Art 10 questions… […]
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Although I’m a San Francisco Native, I LOVE Oakland immensely and believe the Support Oakland Artists organization has set up a great web site to survey the community and create services and increase resources to the art community.
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I posted an entry about ‘The Other Other show some time ago and wanted to post something more substantial. This is long overdue and a work in progress. Hopefully, I can give a worthy reflection and summation of the show, which includes artists, JC Lenochan, Eric Sanchez, Luther Thie, and Kathryn Williamson. So, what exactly is the notion of “Other”? […]
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Went to the Art Murmur in Oakland, CA last Friday, September 3rd. Specifically, I went to the Other Other opening curated by curatorial collective, OFFSpace. It was a great show about, well, “otherness”. I won’t get into it right at this minute but since a few more people (yes, thank you, dear friends) are keeping […]
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Some time ago, I was introduced to the work of Sonya Clark. It encapsulates the truth, which resides in our bodies. Hair, for example, contains information about our biology that we often neglect or forget. Our predispositions, if you believe they exist are engrained in every part of the body. Clark explores hair in such a […]
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Art / Body Art / Body Image / contemporary art / feminism / Feminist Art / Hair / human condition / re-appropriation / Sculpture / Sonya Clark / Textiles / visual culture¶¶¶¶¶
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Worel put it best when she mentioned giving the viewer a ‘simulacrum of memory’ with Rocking Horse Winner (RHW). She provides the observer with a fondness for something they may have never even experienced before. The piece itself is grand. A real beauty to behold from a distance.
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From the documentation of sleepers to a man’s description of his life through the experiences of his colleagues, friends and family, Calle’s work emphasizes the absence of the artists to create portraits and capture universal ideas of contemporary life.
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aesthetics / anonymity / conceptual art / contemporary art / contemporary life / detachment / documentation / experiences / exquisite pain / fabrication / human condition / human interaction / identity / intimacy / linda weintraub / melodrama / modern technology / personal relationships / photography / portraits / sensations / sophie calle / suite venitienne / the notebook man / universal ideas / voyeuristic¶¶¶¶¶
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“So this has been my whole professional life! Public art can create permeable membranes between the inside and outside of systems, spaces, and even the souls of citizens. Public artists need more breathing space to experiment and do R&D. They need to be brought in at the very inception of projects, so they can do their first work as a certain kind of thinker.” — Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 2001
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 