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Repository 191: Coloring Project | A Playful Exercise in the Serious Business of History and Context
The following essay will appear in the Spring Issue of “Picture Sentence”. It is currently being polished by a thoughtful editor, meanwhile I thought you might enjoy the raw thoughts. Thank you for reading! xo “We need a Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance, a destroyer of routine, an underminer of complacency, or, in other words, a ministry of aesthetic activity.” – Asger Jorns, “The Natural Order” Dear artist: Who are you? What do you do? How do…
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Repository 179:
As with all of life’s major events (e.g. moving, marrying, birthing) life in the past few weeks has been full of intensity. For the past couple of years I’ve been focusing my artwork exclusively on the art of forgetting, as inspired by the myth of Psyche. With the work on the walls and in public this week, it is only right that serendipity would run its course and throw me curve balls as I share this with loved ones and…
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Repository 168 | Copyright, Appropriation, Stealing and Radical Democracy
It’s been over a year and a half that I have tried to find a willing bookstore for my coloring book – a swan song to a book I wrote and could not afford the copyright, a red flag to artists to stop working in isolation, an homage to the shoulders of giants on which we stand. While a handful have said the book was too special and to try museum bookstores, the majority of artist friendly, curious book shops…
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Repository 145: Bon Mots | Top 5 Beach Reads | Summer Movies
I’m preparing to head to the beach next week and yes, I am planning my summer reads accordingly. Thought I would share the books coming with me to the planes, beaches, Summer Institutes and nightstands for the summer: SUMMER READS Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art by Amy Whitaker – Just completed this one – loved the fresh take on museums, it is full of history and great research. If you can make it past the…
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Repository 107: Top 10 Arty Books | Gift Giving
1. In a True Democracy the Many Are Obligated to the Few. My latest publication. On the list because it’s a coloring book and an art project, and everyone should feel like they can have a dialog with, and participate in contemporary art. And if you can’t remember what it feels like to color, let this be a reminder – it’s really meditative and transports you to your most carefree days. Coloring is divine. 2. Art as Art: The Selected…
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