Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Expanding Kandinsky

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Perception is a funny thing. Most of the time we would rather not think about it. Disturbing. Demanding. Destabilizing. One good way to reco...
Thursday, October 08, 2009

Say Something!

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I'm sure you've all heard this, from your mother or your teacher or your spouse: if you haven't got anything nice to say, don...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Richard Merkin 1938-2009

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I owe Richard Merkin. A lot of people do. It is a debt we hold dear, and can never repay. It isn't so much the style thing that made him...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Clear

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The way I look at it is that art is your basic letter home: this is what I saw today; this is what is on my mind; this is what happened to m...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Goodbye Michael Mazur

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I was in Al Merola's in Ptown tonight for the opening of Jim Balla's show of new paintings, and I asked Al if he had seen Mich...
Friday, August 21, 2009

A Moment

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Occasionally something, or someone, or even somewhere wins me over so completely that my affection lasts forever, even when that moment neve...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

What makes a difference?

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Graham Sutherland Yesterday I picked up a copy of Somerset Maugham's Cakes And Ale at Tim's in Ptown. Signed by Maugham an...

Permission to make something: Happen

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Todd McKie I have said this before and I never get tired of saying it: you only need permission from yourself to own your life...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Summer art and some aren't pt2

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OK. Time for a quick revision! Where to start? It takes all kinds. Butchers, bakers, etc. Why not artists? It takes a grasshopper with a vi...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Summer art and some aren't

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Rory Parks, 2003 There is the lie, and then there is the edge, and it's a long way down. I heard the question posed at a UK ...