Oct 16, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
We are formed by what we have experienced; what we witness shapes us as artists, thinkers, and citizens. I keep a mental index of those creative and inspirational individuals whose paths I have crossed at one time or another, and often muse on how each interaction...
Oct 9, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
Events signify nothing, they signify only in us. We create the meaning of events. The meaning is and always was artificial. We make it. Because of this we seek in ourselves the meaning of events, so that the way of what is to come becomes apparent and our life can...
Oct 2, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we’re magicians. Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot We are being asked to hold much these days; in our hearts and in our heads. It’s a lot to ask, to hold so much...
Sep 25, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
I teach a very large lecture class on the Foundations of Contemporary Art. We have a total of 187 students registered at the moment, creating a significant presence in the room. This is not a course I would have imagined myself teaching a decade ago. However, as we...
Sep 18, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
The room, the room is spinnin’ around, oh yeah, I’m delirious…I get delirious, yeah, delirious. Prince, Delirious, 1982 There is a new exhibition at the Met Breuer in New York that I have not seen (but plan to), curated by Kelly Baum called “Delirious: Art At...
