idk what bomb is like but they have some pretty great archived interviews on their website. stephen westfall who is a seriously great painter has done a little bit of writing for them, the one he does with nan goldin is p hilair
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
I think one of the things with these blogs - i.e. why I read them for a week, then forget to check them for over two months - is that a lot of it is kind of gossip for those already engaged, or at least doesn't offer much by way of entry for those who aren't. I'm guessing what's being asked for ways to stay engaged, which I've found much more by virtue of going to galleries than anything else. Though as I said, Art21 will give a good overview of many individual artists (but not art issues), and I think most of it is available on their website anyways.
― edb, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
idk what bomb is like but they have some pretty great archived interviews on their website.
yeah this, i would subscribe to bomb if i lived in north america, the interviews are always v thoughtful & its archives are amazing (off topic but there's a bell hooks one about academic language that is crucial). idk what it's like as an arts journal but it's a v good publication.
― Never translate German (schlump), Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
always love joe strasser. can never find good representations of his work online, but we have perhaps six of his originals in the house.
http://www.stashgallery.com/images/strasser_8.gif http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4427966810_25fd81c6ae.jpg
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
not these ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ tho.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Wait is the one with Goldin the one where she was totally bitchy and contradicted herself and just looked like a total ass?
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah its p lol
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
I dig Greg.org but I dont really "get" art
― max max max max, Monday, 26 December 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
helen frankenthaler died!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/arts/helen-frankenthaler-abstract-painter-dies-at-83.html
― max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
helen frankenthaler was still alive!
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
well not anymore i guess
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
up until this morning she was, at least
― max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
then after that, not
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
i always liked her paintings, they reminded me of late 70s singer-songwriter album covers
― max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
i always think of this fgt quote, even if it is p unfair the way he singles her out
" All art and all cultural production is political. I'll just give you an example. When you raise the question of political or art, people immediately jump and say, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, those are political artists. Then who are the non-political artists, as if that was possible at this point in history? Let's look at abstraction, and let's consider the most successful of those political artists, Helen Frankenthaler. Why are they the most successful political artists, even more than Kosuth, much more than Hans Haacke, much more than Nancy and Leon or Barbara Kruger? Because they don't look political! And as we know it's all about looking natural, it's all about being the normative aspect of whatever segment of culture we're dealing with, of life. That's where someone like Frankenthaler is the most politically successful artist when it comes to the political agenda that those works entail, because she serves a very clear agenda of the Right."
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
eh
― max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah lol the 80s i guess
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder how many words have been written about frankenthaler and "femininity"
― max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
In re the group-of-seven aesthetic, reminds me a little of a young painter I saw recently in a group show, Lauren Warner. Really liked her stuff
http://dbprng00ikc2j.cloudfront.net/work/image/505729/mf2ji7/20111017210923-LowerTerrace.jpg
― Hurting, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
― max max max max, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:55 PM (28 seconds ago)
i imagine this is at least in part what he is referring to.
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
This one is gorgeous:
http://www.mfa.org/sites/default/files/images/Daisy-geyser.crop_.jpg
― Hurting, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
indeed xp
― max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
That FGT quote always confused me because I've never known how Helen Frankenthaler is a political artist, or whether he's referring to post-war abstract painting in general.
That said, I feel like 75% of the time when I hear about artists passing away, my reaction is the appropriate variation of "helen frankenthaler was still alive!"
― edb, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
there's some good stuff in this slideshow
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/754706/modern-painters-presents-100-artists-to-watch-part-3-of-5
― silvana mangano, Thursday, 29 December 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link