Oct 8, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
BANKSY AUCTION STUNT LEAVES ART WORLD IN SHREDS My class this morning, was discussing the aggressive and often violent ideas of the Futurists and others in the early part of the 20th century. I was still thinking about Tomasso Marinetti, Tristan Tzara, and other...
Oct 1, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
The very principle of photography is that the resulting image is not unique, but on the contrary infinitely reproducible. Thus, in twentieth‐century terms, photographs are records of things seen. -John Berger, Understanding a Photograph In John Berger’s book, About...
Sep 17, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
Earlier today I spoke to my class about context, and how important it is to critique or engage a work of art in-situ, within the context of its own time and space and within the political framework of its era, as well as the expressed desires of its makers. I saw an...
Sep 10, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
Quite regularly I walk by a small printed sign on a door in the art building. It may be on the woodshop door or another studio, but I remember the text of the sign quite distinctly: Go forward with curiosity not expectations. Artists and creatives tend to post...
Apr 30, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
While I remember where and when I came to possess most of my books and other written and printed ephemera, there are some that I simply cannot recall the path by which they came to be on my shelf. Often, like in this moment, I look for a book that I know I have but...
