neotericart

In June of 2006 I spent three days in Philadelphia visiting the Andrew Wyeth Retrospective, dubbed “Memory and Magic,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The trip was many things for me, and brought out many thoughts, but I have to say that what I loved most was seeing Continue reading »

WTF is a periodic rant about an ill of the art world, one of humankind’s most screwed-up endeavors.

One way to prop up shit is to put it in the same context as good work. If garbage is associated with excellence, the quality rubs off on the junk. For some reason, it doesn’t work Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background information on yourself including when you decided to be an artist.

Michael Behle: I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in a working-class family. My father’s family owns and operates a materials supply company in which I worked on and off as I was growing up. In many ways, that experience has informed the sensibilities of my work. Like many artists Continue reading »

Eleven years ago, I read the Chicago Reader article “Kimler’s Complaint.” At the time, I only had a vague notion of how the Chicago art scene worked. I knew there was a lot of conceptual work out there. I frequently read New Art Examiner, with all of its pseudo-sociology. I was also Continue reading »