One click can destroy hours of thought,
so don't click, you might say,
and quite right you are.
Date:
Exhibit #
Title:
Septmeber
27, 2003
030927 Artist's
Studio
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I wanted to take pictures of my paintings.
Only parts of them closely cropped so you can see the
details.
Then I realized it's just like painting abstract.
The four elements our ancestors worried the most about:
What is the number of Shakey's home delivery?
Who won the World Series?
Where did I hide my Chinese Edition Penthouse?
How would that fit with my curtains?
Date:
Exhibit #
Title:
Septmeber
23, 2003
030923 Golden
Gate Drive Through
September 4, 2003
030904 You Guys
Are Sick,
Bronze Sculpture
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2003, 16" Bronze
Date:
Exhibit #
Title:
September
3, 2003
030903
Some More Thoughts
The impartial, casual observer
might get the inclination that I am a lazy bastard judging
by the number of postings in the last month.
The truth couldn't be further from that.
Well ok, I have been a little lazy, and yeah even a little
very lazy, but I have also been working on my magazine
and it is taking shape.
The more I work on it the clearer becomes the concept
and things are starting to fall in place.
The other problem is that in order to have a reason
for having a website you need to get people to look
at it. You can only do that by socializing either in
meat space or online.
I spent about three to four hours a day, writing emails
and posting on social softwares. But it is very rewarding.
I guess the marketing person in me has never left.
Marketing and PR isn't inherently bad, it's the social
driftwood ending up in the industry which fucks it up.
I consider socializing and promoting a vital part of
my desire to communicate - to be an artist.
All we know we can trace to a limited number
of media to which we subscribe to like for example Oprah
and/ or your local paper. A lot of people subscribe
exclusively to the bible and live by it. There is no
ultimate truth. There are only opinions and interpretations.
How can you insist on an idea or a principle? Insist
that things suppose to be in a certain way?
Date:
Exhibit #
Title:
September
2, 2003
030902
Some Thoughts About
Art, Craft and Design
See like a child,
research like a scholar,
conceptualize like a madman
and execute like a craftsman
Art, craftsmanship and design
The artist wants to communicate and may use craftsmanship
and/or design as tools to achieve that.
From the craftsman's point of view , the (art) concept
art is also only a tool and so is design.
And the designer may use a (art) concept and craftsmanship
for his or her work.
Art and craftsmanship used to be one and the same.
With "Mannerism" the craftsman started to introduce
personal elements into their craft.
Ever since the importance of craftsmanship in the artistic
process has declined and pure concept art has now been
around and dominant for almost a hundred years.
The craftsman can very well be an artist.
It seems that stereotypes from all sides, and more often
then not from the craftsman himself, want to rigorously
separate honest skill and hard work from the frivolous,
elitist "fake" art showbiz.
The craftsman's main concern is the pleasure of the
work process and pride in perfection.
The artists main concern is communicating.
Design is creating within certain parameters. If these
parameters are provided by somebody else we have design
and not art. If those parameters are you own, you are
applying your design skills to your art and therefore
make it more accessible to your audience.
