Artdeal Magazine

Artdeal Magazine is a touchstone for artists; what it means to choose a life devoted to art, and how to survive and flourish as such. It provides sanctuary. This blog will do as intended; offer a running commentary, a little reminder, a yes for being an artist!

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Half and Half: In Honor of the Vernal Equinox

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The Ineluctable Redolence Of It All: half dream, half waking world; that moment when if we turn left we see that dream and turn right we see...
Friday, February 23, 2007

ABOUT Tuttle and Jensen; Through the Looking Glass and Back Again

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I was thinking about Bill Jensen(above:LUOHAN/PERSONA; 2005-2006; Oil on linen; 28" x 23"), and something I had written about him ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

TO BE OR NOT...Part 2; No Questions Asked

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Hamlet made a mistake. He should have run away with Ophelia. Or just made the most of it. He was a disaster. He was a prince, so much was ex...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

WHAT'S AN ARTIST TO DO? KEEP DREAMING!

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They are the rule. Artists who work in isolation, in oblivion, without support, without feedback, without real hope. In the current climate,...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

TO BE OR NOT...

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My ten year old got it right off. REAL. To be or not to be REAL. Is it nobler to accept what is unacceptable or better to act the outrage we...
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Monday, January 29, 2007

Hello.

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Hello. How are you? Let's see, where do we start? There are so many levels and facets to all of this. There is no beginning, just a begi...
Monday, January 22, 2007

Painting Scared

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It happened the other day. I'm embarrassed to say it had been a while. I got scared. I was painting and I got scared. My blood started t...
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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Visions of Grandeur/Globalization; The Multinational Incorporation and Dehumanization of Art

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The old MoMA was like a good book. You and Flaubert. You and Cormac McCarthy. You and Jane Austin. You could wander in. Visit a few old frie...
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Friday, December 08, 2006

Rauschenberg vs. Klein: HAPPENING Head to Head

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The Pompidou Center in Paris set up an interesting juxtaposition. Yves Klein is long dead(1962)so we can only guess how he would have felt a...
Friday, December 01, 2006

Andre and Smith: Americans in Paris

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What to make of these two out in front of the Louvre. David Smith and Carl Andre. Sr. and Jr. The Modernist leading the way to Minimalist. S...
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Addison Parks
Painter(Washburn, Crispo, Creiger-Dane, Nielsen, MoMA PS1). Past lives include muralist(NYC, MoMA PS1, London, Rome); art teacher(RISD, Putney, Suffolk),art critic(ARTS Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Arts Media, Provincetown Arts, Stuff), curator, gallery owner/director, art trucker, preparator, etc. Written up in NYTimes, ARTS Magazine, Boston Globe, and Rome Daily American. I grew up in the arts and I believe in the experience and power of art to make life if not better, fuller and more connected. I publish Artdeal Magazine to serve this purpose.
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