It’s beautiful up here. And I’m feeling like I’m having an actual piece of vacation. Even though there’s work in the morning, I have felt relaxed and happy all afternoon. In fact I feel good enough to rant. Sometimes the New York Art world (which is shorthand here for the Current State of Affairs in… Continue Reading
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Talk is talk…
Safely ensconced at the Vermont Studio Center, where there is good food, temperate weather and a few hours of work a day, chatting with artists about their current projects and art, art, art. Last night I gave my lecture, showing most of te work images that are up here on the site, and trying to… Continue Reading
Day 2 in the home of empire…
Here we are, all fresh in Farnham waiting for the beginning of day two of our workshop: Pablo Bartholomew, Sabeena Gadihoke, Sunil Gupta, Deborah Willis, and me with my big fat head. The talk was good, the possibilities for future collaboration intriguing, the sandwiches plentiful. I’ve learned a lot. Central to all of the discussions… Continue Reading
Waterloo
It was a day of rail travel and discussion, and phone drainage and a little confusion. But also a day of learning a great amount and meeting new colleagues, which made it rewarding and exhausting. More discussion, and trains, on the morrow. Tags: icp, london, teaching, travel… Continue Reading
All abuzz and with blubbing…
And so, abruptly, I’m deposited at the end of the school year. The past week has been taken up with end of the year boards, intense discussions with students and co-workers and last night, the final party where we present our graduating class with our own private certificates. I am wrung out emotionally. The talent… 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
Questions and answers…
Yesterday was full of hustle and bustle, teaching class and then hightailing it down to FIT to lecture on my work and to meet with fine arts students and faculty for an extended Q&A session (which employed a novel way of dealing with student shyness), followed by a race to my polling place and then… Continue Reading
Returning thought…
Something that came up in class today that has stayed with me: It’s very tempting for artists to try to explain themselves. Especially after the experience of art school, where one is always asked for clarifications and reasons for things. But the temptation can be to explain through the work itself, to include pieces or… Continue Reading