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- Toni Morrison, in an interview for Poet&Writer 2008.
You were witnessing art, and by complaining it was incomprehensible or not entertaining is, I believe, you becoming a very part of that artwork (and not in a good way).
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…My point is that is has to be both: beautiful and political at the same time. I’m not interested in art that is not in the world. And it’s not just the narrative, it’s not just the story; it’s the language and the structure and what’s going on behind it. Anybody can make up a story.”
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…That all started in the period of state art, when you had the communists and fascists running around doing this poster stuff, and the reaction was ‘No, no, no; there’s only aesthetics.’…
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…And the ones that try hard not to be political are political by saying, ‘We love the status quo.’ We’ve just dirtied the word ‘politics,’ made it sound like it’s unpatriotic or something…
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Reminder to white people in a kerfuffle over the halftime show:
“All of that art-for-art’s-sake stuff is BS…Are you really telling me that Shakespeare and Aeschylus weren’t writing about kings? All good art is political! There is none that isn’t…
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The phrase “my country hates women” machine sewn in black onto a gray fabric dress multiple times
A necklace made out of individual hand bent and hammered brass letters that spell “LET’S GO FULL LYSISTRATA ON THIS BITCH”. The letters are joined with sterling silver jump rings and the chain is made of brass ovals connected in the same way.
A closeup of a woman’s neckline wearing a necklace that spells out in hand formed and hammered brass letters “MANDATORY VASECTOMIES NOW”. The letters and handmade chain are joined with sterling silver jump rings. The words are stacked so that mandatory is on top, vasectomies is connected below that, and now is connected below vasectomies. The necklace is large enough to cover the entire decollete area
An image of a woman’s forearm wearing a large, shiny brass cuff with letters cut out of it. The letters wrap around the entire cuff so it can’t be read on the image, but the cuff reads: MANDATORY VASECTOMIES NOW. The cuff is softly pointed at the top, reminiscent of the shape of Wonder Woman’s cuffs. The figure in the picture is standing in front of a weathered exposed brick wall.
I’ve always felt that it’s difficult to incorporate text into my work. These days, I’m finding it hard to make work without it.
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A derpy pudgy bird made of of two big clamshells for body and other little shells for feet and head and a crab claw for a long beak on a tiny platform
A derpy looking bird made of a lobster claw for the body and another smaller claw for the beak. It has long skinny wire legs and is looking sideways at the viewer.
A very derpy faced four legged small figure made of bronze. It has an open smile, a defined nose, droopy eyes and long ears that stand upright. It also has very cute knobby knees.
A framed pencil drawing of a little old lady hunched but vigorously waving an American flag. Frame is labeled with the artist Glackens.
Using my profound privilege of having the Barnes in my backyard to do the people’s work.
Today I give you Focusing on Not Paintings—the derpiest things I could find in the Barnes:
An installation of a self portrait of the artist painted in oil on panel. In the painting, the figure is shown from the shoulders up and is gazing down on the viewer with her chin in her hand. She looks annoyed or maybe exhausted or maybe frustrated. Beneath the painting, on a tall pedestal are two cantaloupe melons cast in plaster. The arrangement makes it seem as if the subject is looking down on the melons which are at about where chest-height would be on the figure if the painting was extended.
Reduced To
2024
Oil on panel, plaster
I made the plaster melons as a study for another work for which I eventually ended up casting in paper. The self portrait is from the pandemic lockdown.
They lived separately in my studio for a long time before I understood that they needed to be together.
A gray tabby cat stretched out on a pink velvet chair with two coats piled on top of him.
A black cat sleeping curled up with legs sticking out on a man doing a crossword on his phone
A small gray tabby sleeping with her head on a pillow on a wingback chair with blue and floral upholstery
You should meet my cats:
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An ongoing project, begun 11/6/24.
“My country hates women” machine sewn onto a found and hand dyed dress, once each day, catalogued with a photograph.
Currently 77 entries, still working out what an installation of the images will look like.
Images:
Day 1
Day 31
Day 77
A handmade ring sits on a weathered board. The ring is made from a thick round band and three concave disks in different sizes are clustered on top, two larger sterling disks and one smaller brass disk
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Multi-discipline artist here looking for the empaths, the mentors, the creatives, the readers, the rabble rousers, and the community-minded.
Here is something I made recently:
