77 Natoma Street will be demolished in October 2009 unless people at this party can stop it. In all fairness, it sounds like a great show with works from 200+ artists and a handful of people, musicians and artists in attendance. If only Matt Gonzalez hadn't run with Ralph Nader in 2008 for the White House ticket, I might be impressed that he'll be there.
This past Friday I met this guy, Mr. Lucky. He was wearing exactly what he's wearing on his website and told us he got his hat in the 1960's (maybe 1950's. Long time ago, that's the point) in Oakland. A little eccentric, but I always appreciate an artist who's serious about it.
I also met the owner of Grasp, a gallery in North Beach. Intriguing but I need to learn more, so there will be more about that later.
Finally, yesterday at SFMOMA yesterday I saw the new Georgia O'Keefe/Ansel Adams exhibit. It was truly fantastic. The juxtoposition of painting and photography of some of the most beautiful images in our natural world was done exquisitely. Five stars for sure. I also finally got up to the rooftop garden and liked all the sculptures, with the execption of that weird spider. Ugly. There's also a very cool trailer on that top floor that's super retro and fun to daydream about taking a road trip in like the people in the video that's alongside the actual trailer. I took a few minutes to see William Kentridge's exhibit one more time before it was gone and didn't regret it. He always blows my mind.
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
5.31.2009
6.03.2008
obies in the news
Ok, well, maybe not in the actual news, but after they blow up from being on our blog, they probably will be in national media outlets.
A former teammate of mine and ap's has created a magazine with two other Oberlin students. I was really impressed when MDH gave me a copy of the first edition, and just wanted to share the online version with others. Keep in mind this was all created while taking a full semester of classes!
A former teammate of mine and ap's has created a magazine with two other Oberlin students. I was really impressed when MDH gave me a copy of the first edition, and just wanted to share the online version with others. Keep in mind this was all created while taking a full semester of classes!
4.17.2008
"the last explosive art in the art community"
I haven't come up with a lot to say on this yet, but wanted to share it. Thanks to Ari for the link and title.
Update: Apparently Yale is now disputing the true nature of this exhibit, and the artist is disputing their dispute.
Who knows what to think at this point, but what I find really interesting is that people on both sides of the choice/life debate are coming out against the project. Yet, no one is addressing what the artist's intention was: to spark an intelligent discourse on the issue of choice and body. It seems that while she wasn't doing it for the shock value, that is, of course, what happened. How could it not?
Update: Apparently Yale is now disputing the true nature of this exhibit, and the artist is disputing their dispute.
Who knows what to think at this point, but what I find really interesting is that people on both sides of the choice/life debate are coming out against the project. Yet, no one is addressing what the artist's intention was: to spark an intelligent discourse on the issue of choice and body. It seems that while she wasn't doing it for the shock value, that is, of course, what happened. How could it not?
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