Walking into the city the other day, this sign in a gallery window had my head buzzing with all sorts of weird questions – some philosophical and aesthetic, some political, angry and dumbfounded, some just ending in giggles – so I had to photograph and share it. I’ll leave it without further commentary…
Posts Tagged ‘contemporary art’
West Philadelphia gallery plans: ‘the Why’
Rosalind recently asked me a pertinent, and challenging, question. It’s had me shaking in my boots – well, sandals, actually, we’re having a heatwave here in Philly – and thinking hard. So, after a few days of wondering, I decided to set a timer and blog my tentative, flighty, totally unedited, stream-of-consciousness, passionate answer…
Image from [...]
30 Days of Drawing #13: Eva Hesse: Drawing as Primary Medium
For your drawing inspiration today, this is an hour long lecture by feminist and psychoanalytic scholar of art history Catherine de Zegher on Eva Hesse’s relationship to drawing, and on contemporary art’s expansion of drawing, from the Walker Art Center’s 2009 exhibition of Hesse’s drawings…
Introduction from the Walker Art Center’s site:
The exhibition Eva Hesse Drawing [...]
Interviews from the Archives
Taking a duvet day… As yesterday’s artist interview with Nick Hornby attracted so many readers (yes, I love my stats machine!), I thought you might like to browse through my artist, sculptor, painter, writer interview archives…
Institutional Critique artist Mark Dion, interviewed at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, September 2009
Becky Hunter: You’ve said that it’s [...]
New Press Release Area Announced
As an emerging critic I am often sent fascinating press releases that I simply don’t have the time to follow up, in part due to my current academic schedule. To ameliorate the situation, I have created a press release area, in which I will be posting details of exhibitions, events and publications that seem too [...]
