Sunday, September 30, 2012

function vs. dysfunction


 
(Bryan Hopkins)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Those who ____, teach.

"Those who instruct, who nurture, who hope patiently and lovingly each and every day understand the quotation is really, "Those who can, teach."  Those who can, find joy in walking into a room with open minds.  They teach.  Those who can, take students from "I can't" to "I can." They teach.  Those who can, counsel and dispense positive discipline, while staying well after school hours with students.  They teach.  Those who can, struggle with self-doubt but endure.  Those who can, worry about their lesson plans and whether a particular student will have enough clothing to wear, or whether there will be heat in that student's home. Those who can, teach and they do it everyday. I am lucky enough to be one of those who "can."

(from The Colors and Strands of Teaching" by Melinda Pellerin-Duck)

similar

(but different, as m would say)




I mostly see these things as cheating, but as an educator it's a legit point to consider.  If we truly believe art can be for everyone, then how easy is too easy?  Putting the money-making aspects of these ideas (products) aside, when we teach the "real" way to do it...are we excluding people simply due to their lack of time or ambition? 

What does "art for everyone" mean?  a) do we truly believe this and b) if it is, how do we then approach products like these?  if it's not, what does it mean to be an educator that doesn't believe in every student?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Eva Kwong

 "Bobtail" (2006)
Acalephoid Series
Stoneware, salt glaze, colored slips
23 x 13 x 13

 "Energy Vibrations" (2008)
Noetic Moments Series
Thrown porcelain
60 x 110 x 7

"Bacteria, Diatoms & Cells" (2006)
 Stoneware, earthenware, salt glaze, glaze
180 x 180 x 5

Saturday, September 8, 2012


Self-Portrait [with Skull] (1977) - Warhol
Polaroid Polacolor [reprint]
 4.25 x 3.375 in.,  The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.

Kim Rugg

Cool Hunting Video: Kim Rugg from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

ocd

Sunday, September 2, 2012

"Tumor and Temple" (2012)




"The purpose of my art is to call attention to our distorted perceptions of individual experiences...In Tumor Hive, a room-sized arc form of cloth in pinks and reds interprets the enormous emotional impact of an excised lump of cells gone amok. I share the experience of illness, but with bold shapes and visceral colors that draw in the viewer. Temple Hive, a large sculpture which viewers are meant to spend time in, is an idealization of the act of building a blanket fort in childhood. The work becomes a monument to a lost act and invites the audience to participate in the idea. They share in a moment of childhood interpreted with the skill of adulthood..." Monica Vidal