There is so much art information available on the internet it can make your head spin. If you “google” an artist’s name current articles, past articles, interviews, videos, images, reviews, etc. may all come up in abundance. And this artist doesn’t even need to be famous. Continue reading »
Dusty Folwarczny is an “object maker”. Raised in Missouri just north of St. Louis she grew up on a large plot of land surrounded by a lake, hills, and woods; providing an early connection with nature and organic forms. As an artist she attempts to explore the tension Continue reading »
“Think about this: we go to the doctor’s office and an hour or so later we’re still reading two-year-old magazines. Despite the wasted time and the fact that it’s going to cost you, you still patiently wait and at the appropriate time remove your clothes, lean back, and completely Continue reading »
Bill Frederick: Something About You
January 16 – March 21, 2010
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL
A dumpster and an abandoned gas station. A nuclear cooling tower next to a junkyard. Craning electric street lights on an empty highway. These are the places which the expert draughtsman Bill Frederick has always chosen as subjects. His scrupulous ink renderings from Continue reading »
WTF is a periodic rant about an ill of the art world, one of humankind’s most screwed-up endeavors.
I have a problem with performance art* that relies on doing something outrageous in public. This stuff isn’t any different than stupid radio, game show or reality show stunts. High art…it ain’t. No matter how much philosophical, psychological or sociological bullshit Continue reading »
I remember Gail as a slight and frail figure with very long dark curls and a shy, enigmatic expression that made her seem as though she was trying to peer beyond the substance of things. This certainly was true of her art: I witnessed her drawings as she built them up slowly, Continue reading »
