Mar 9, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
On Finishing An essay, a project, a sentence, a thought, a drawing… How do we know when any of these things are finished? And what does it mean to finish a project or a life for that matter? In On the Creation of Art (1965), the philosopher Monroe Beardsley writes...
Mar 2, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Works which demand to be ‘seen and read’ absorb the dialogues and refusals between visual and written communication, and explicitly ask for us to reappraise how we consume literature and art. —Elizabeth Benjamin and Sophie Corser, Literature and Art: Conversations and...
Feb 24, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Curiosity is a radical act. To be a curious explorer of artistic and creative possibility, to be intellectually curious in the face of any status quo, effectively insures a life of constant questioning; like seeing the world as an early modern Cubist painting, always...
Feb 18, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless. — Zaha Hadid Artists edit, writers edit, architects edit. Begin with an idea, then find its truth through hundreds of subtle changes, each one creating a new set of possibilities....
Feb 10, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Change in many forms, is often difficult; not gradual evolutionary change, but rather hard-edged, instantaneous change. History is comforting even if it is built on quicksand; I lean on art historical knowledge embodied through personal experience, as it is a...
Feb 3, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
I recently had the opportunity to sit in at a version of a “long table” discussion about generosity and art. The idea of the long table has been brought into a contemporary art context by the theater artist Lois Weaver, who based her version on Marleen Gorris’ film...
