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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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Conceptual artists do not set out to make a painting or a sculpture and then fit their ideas to that existing form. Instead they think beyond the limits of those traditional media, and then work out their concept or idea in whatever materials and whatever form is appropriate. They were thus giving the concept priority over the traditional […]
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Few artistic movements are surrounded by so much debate and controversy as conceptual art. For conceptual art has a tendency to provoke intense and perhaps even extreme reactions in its audiences. After all, whilst some people find conceptual art very refreshing and the only kind of art that is relevant to today’s world, many others […]
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Artists Panel April 14, 5-7pm Closing Happy Hour April 27th 5-7pm Show dates April 6-27th SOMArts Gallery 934 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 