Some new characters on art’s stage. The stand-up comedian/poet is an edgy trendy—ironically of course—confessionalist observer. The graffitist/tagger/street artist is simultaneously furtively anonymous and in-your-face public; he’s undecidable. The cellist, who is also… Continue reading
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.—Gustave Courbet JUST FOOLING AROUND AGAIN. I’m letting this painting I saw in a documentary (Wondrium’s History… Continue reading
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us… Continue reading
There are some words in some languages that can’t be said as a single word in other languages. So there must be words used in American English that don’t translate well. But you’d… Continue reading
1. The artist, according to Sigmund Freud, wants the usual stuff, “honor, power, riches, fame and the love of women.” But as he is “an introvert … not far from being a neurotic,”… Continue reading
First let me say that this post is not entirely original as I have re-drawn the core image from an earlier drawing of mine. It’s in the “juvenilia” gallery to your right. I… Continue reading
Sometimes ideas pop up and catch my attention simply because they are clever. Then I draw them out, illustrate them. The scene of this idea is a Freudian consulting room. The stereotypical analyst… Continue reading
I can “see” and think I remember it as an Edward Hopper creation; it having lines like scratches adding up to shapes and forms on a mottled beige surface. I’ve recreated the composition… Continue reading
1. Is the Pygmalion and Galatea myth not about his prayers answered but hers? Was the myth about how she was objectified, identified with art and about how she captivated him to escape… Continue reading
Millennia ago we had this theory that if some sort of human-like yet immortal, omnipotent and omniscient entity was making all the sh*t that happens we could negotiate with them to make us… Continue reading
