ShareCome see some of the landscape pieces from my Truth/Lies series at the Arts on Division St. regional artist event, 59 Main St., Somerville NJ, this weekend – May 17, 18, 19 and 20. The event includes live performances, musical events and several gallery shows. The Printmaking Council … Read More →
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Damien Hirst ‘pops’ the art bubble. Thank you, Roberta Smith!
Share “On one level, the Hirst à Gogo is a blatant promotion of both the Hirst and Gagosian brands, and a sitting-duck symbol of the end-time, we’re-doing-this-because-we-can decadence that has subsumed so much of the art world — yet another instance of money celebrating itself.” … Read More →
OMG! at Watchung Arts Center, 3/4 to 3/28, Reception 3/4, 1-4pm
ShareOpening this weekend, Sunday March 4, from 1 – 4 pm, at the Watchung Arts Center, is an exhibition that you’ll want to see. It is the New Art Group’s latest show and it focuses on how each of us, as artists, react to things … Read More →
Green outsider alternative art – one possibility.
ShareIn pondering the burgeoning consequences of man-made combustion on the climate, it’s become increasingly apparent to me that we do really need to start taking into account everything we do and how it influences our air, land and water quality. The naysayers may want to … Read More →
What the world needs now is…
Share…no more bullshit. That’s the simple truth. And whether it’s in architecture, politics or art, it’s about time that everyone start calling a spade, a spade. There’s a great blog article I was reading that brought this concept and it’s encumbant realities to the fore … Read More →
The almost-Great Depression is a reality.
Share Bad old days: A jobseeker adopts the same strategy in New York during the Great Depression How many of you have noticed, as I have, how incredibly bad off a lot of people are right now? I mean, it’s easy to ignore if you … Read More →
TEXT ME: Word and Image in Visual Art
ShareThis coming Sunday, June 5, from 1 to 4 pm, Philip F. Clark and I are having a reception for the artists for our most recent curatorial effort. The show, TEXT ME!, provides a dialog between artworks by artists whose work includes text and words … Read More →
New Art Group Exhibit 3/3 to 3/30
ShareMy latest works, inspired by the ideas of Greek heroes, god and demigods will be on view in the 20th anniversary exhibit of the New Art Group at the Watchung Arts Center. The show entitled, “Is there a Pulse?” focuses on how artwork developed earlier … Read More →
Relational art and the art of art marketing
ShareI have spent a great deal of my life trying to figure out how my work ‘fits in’ to the contemporary art world. To be clear, I’ve struggled with what ‘ism’ or trend or group might my work belong to so that I might explain my … Read More →
Queer, Fag, Idiot (Self-portrait) on view at UNC, Pembroke
ShareA very recent digital photographic diptych, “Queer, Fag, Idiot (Self-portrait)‘ went on view in the 3rd Annual International Juried Exhibition, “Inner & Outer Landscape: Contemporary Self-Portraiture & Representation’ at the A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. This piece is part of the series, … Read More →
Estrangement
ShareThe latest work involves an exploration of the underpinnings of Marx’s idea of Entfremdung, typically translated as alienation but really is closer to estangement. These works reconsider this idea and how it’s roots are what drive humanity further and further away from anything natural in … Read More →
My latest works from Bound/Brook
ShareIn a prophetic moment, the New Art Group pulled together an exhibit for the Hamilton Street Gallery called, “Bound/Brook”. The works in the exhibit highlighted the various viewpoints one can take living with being trapped by naturally caused catastrophic weather or by life’s unexpected changes. … Read More →