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Repository 91: Peeping Tom | Elmsgreen & Dragset | Victoria and Albert Museum
In this zeitgeist of nosy and peeping proclivities I can’t think of a better exhibit than the forthcoming Elmsgreen & Ingar Dragset show at the V&A in London. Starting October 1, you can roam into five of the previous textile galleries where the artists have created a magnificent life-size diorama. “Tomorrow” will recreate an apartment of a fictional architect with a long life and a failed career. You are invited by the artist to snoop around, peak in the cabinets,…
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Repository 87: Why Good Art is Informed by Non-art | Free School
It’s very easy to get dizzy as an artist reading cryptic reviews in Artforum and equally cryptic calls for art proposals, bopping around art blogs, and trying to write generally confusing artists statements. The key to bring clarity to your work, is actually to get out of that world. Clarity is key – one needs to SEE WELL to be well as an artist. So leave the “art”then re-enter it after a heavy dose of learning, observing or doing something…
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Repository 79: Requiem for an Artist’s Dream
Death. Death. Death. Life. Life. Life. I consider both, both in all of their preciousness, both in all of their urgency, both as passages in a larger scope of existence I can’t begin to describe, though I feel it always. Over the past two weeks I’ve had to navigate the consequences of two terrible deaths, both suicides of people, who while I was not close to, I had close associations. The first was the older brother of my daughter’s play…
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