Finished with Geoff Dyer. In the New York Times I learned about the death of Joanna Russ, whose “The Female Man” and “Pornography by Women, for Women, with Love” were both important to me. The second is, I believe, the first essay to examine Slash fiction, and also provided an important model in allowing me… Continue Reading
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Everything old is new again…
For the last few days I’ve been going through the jpgs on my computer, retouching, editing and uploading images of my work from the past thirty-five years or so. One of those obsessive tasks that is both repetitive and emotionally draining. Each images reminds me of other pieces that I have pictures of somewhere, supposedly…. Continue Reading
Let’s talk queer…
Was part of an interesting panel today at Instigate about queer social and sexual space. Things are percolating around town these days, which is all to the good. I’m glad to see people thinking hard about making community happen, even if there is so much still to be done. New York needs queer energy, needs… Continue Reading
Images from Anglim…
Here’s the work from the most recent show in San Francisco This took a while to get up, and the show is down now, but for everyone who had an interest and couldn’t make it there, here you go! Tags: art, Gallery Paule Anglim, may work, san francisco, sculpture… Continue Reading
What’s on tonight?
Taking the bus back to NYC. My stay at Cornell was longer than my last one by about 23 hours, but it was still far from leisurely. I met with six graduate students, gave a long-winded lecture and had a stellar Indian meal. Hardly a single moment to shop. Last night I dropped off to… Continue Reading
You should come…
To the show. If you’re in the Bay Area as we call it. Because I promise to have it finished by 5:30 today. And we can all use a free Pelligrino. Not a whole lot to report today, beyond more working, more refining, some good conversations in the midst all of my rushing back and… Continue Reading
What I meant when I said that…
Working on the show all day yesterday. At the end of it I told someone else that I was “exhausted”. That was incorrect and I apologize for using that term. Truth is, when I’m working in this way, trying to tune into the individual wants of each piece, I don’t get exhausted, I get absorbed…. Continue Reading
From the air…
I am aloft, flying towards San Francisco, with complete and incomplete art stowed in the hold of the plane. Working on this upcoming show has been in many ways confounding: I wanted to do it one way, and then another, and then the plan changed again. I’ve come to see that it’s the way of… Continue Reading
Listen to me talk about, of course, me.
The talk that I gave at the Art Student’s League on the 15th of this month is now available as the first download in their new podcast series, hosted by Grady Turner. Hear me waffle on about race, sculpture, sexuality, teaching and other subjects barely of note. To download, point your browser here. Thanks to… Continue Reading
Why you should teach, which is also why I should…
Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve got a bag problem. Every where I go, I carry a bag, usually a large and heavy one. I own more bags and packs than I can really count. And I’m always on the look out for another one. Tale a look inside the one I’m toting, and… Continue Reading