A Brief History of John Baldessari
John Baldessari is pretty epic, a towering figure in art (literally and figuratively) . Conceptual art is pretty funny to me; I suspect he also has a sense of humour about it, too. Anyhow, Baldessari has been around for long…
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Chuck Close – New Work, New Show, New York
I’ve written about Chuck Close before. He’s amazing, in short. He has worked with really large portraits of peoples’ faces worked in different kinds of grid treatments since the 60s, really playing with the line between theory and craft. It’s…
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Scott Conary
Scott Conary is a painter originally from the east coast but now living & working in Portland, OR. It seems like every American painter I’ve noticed over the last year lives in Brooklyn or Portland. In any case, I was…
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Mild Climate – Blaine Fontana and Amy Ruppel
Checking out Hi-Fructose, I found out about a new show opening this Saturday, Mild Climate. It’s a collaborative exhibition at Art Whino Gallery in Washington DC featuring a pair of Portland OR artists, Blaine Fontana and Amy Ruppel. I enjoy collaborative work…
Is Instagram Conceptual Art?
So, I was talking with a friend today about conceptual art and it got me to thinking. Before I go on at great length, it’s worthwhile to briefly describe what conceptual art is. In 1967, Sol Lewitt, one of the original great…
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