art on my mind

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog , 1818 I really ha...

David Foster Wallace on Charlie Rose, 1997. I know I don't write posts anymore. And I find it gross to use this only as a tool to pr...

Anyone there? I can start writing again, I suppose. It just all seems so unnecessary.  I will be giving a talk next Saturday. ...

Jonathan Meese installation shot. Some show in Paris. Curator Todd Levin’s pics on Facebo...

Dana Schutz, Yawn 2, 2012 I saw Dana Schutz’s new paintings . The back room of yawners sums it up. But le...

David Bowie performing as Ziggy Stardust My drawings lately are turning out to be still lifes. WTF. How n...

Caspar David Friedrich, The Wreck of Hope, 1821 Sometimes I come across concise takes on existential questions...

Doug Aitken I did enjoy Frieze, I really did. The ferry was great and the spaciousness inside the tent ma...

(Henri Matisse, The Painter’s Family, 1911) I’ve always used the word “decorative” as a pejorative when describi...

Slag Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of Undercover , featuring drawing, painting, sculpture and performance by Joy Curtis, R...

"Group of Mothers." Memorial sculpture by Fritz Cremer. Unveiled 1965. It took me about an hour to read a 1,000 word article in Ar...

(T-shirt designed by Ali Spagnola) I don’t think art is an effective place for direct political statements. I think political stances are mo...

(Pierre Bonnard, Le Boxeur, autoportrait, 1931) I’m always trying to show myself in the best light possible. I really hate this about myself...

Rocky 2. Rocky 1 is even better (if I remember), but it’s not on instant watch. Give me intense determination when the odds are against you...