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Buying Art
There Is Only Art!
In Memo to budding art collectors, art collector Paulino Que gives three tips for beginner art collectors — but the best part of the article or interview is this part: [I]n the course of merely listening to him, you will realize that what you have been doing since the day you were born has been [...]
Altered Art
Fear Of The Blank Paper
Staring down the pristine, stark-white surface of a blank page can be soooo intimidating… This phenomenon occurs with writers too. So what can you do when you’ve got your supplies all set, but that blank white page just stares back at you, taunting you, teasing you, bullying you… Well, if you’re like Steve Thompson, maybe [...]
Aesthetics
“Artist’s Shit”
the cans of crap are signed and numbered on the lid and the label printed in italian, english, french and german – as a reference to alchemy, the shit was sold at the same price as it’s weight in 18-carot gold Get the whole story of Art As Commodity.
Artists & Creators
Alien Reporter Advice On Creating Comics
I’m no comic expert, but ever since I saw both Ghost World and American Splendor (pretty much back to back), I’ve wanted to create a comic. I bought a basic black sketchbook to draft my ideas… And that’s about it. The crisp white pages were too intimidating. But when I came across this post at [...]
Illustration
You Are A Beautiful Human Being *
That * is a “but”… One of those “buts” those afraid to draw know well… Via Tumblr.
Paper Arts
No Excuses!
So, how does the average or budding zine scribbler get through one of these fests in one piece? How do you guarantee that a vibrant day out with your creative peers doesn’t descend into an adrenaline-soaked nightmare of knotted pulp? Well, here’s some advice that I’ve found quite useful – hopefully it might help you [...]
Notebook
Is Art In Your DNA?
Over at The Emerging Times, Michael Ferrare has written The ‘Picture Painting’ Gene, an article on Thomas Harrison’s book, Instinct: In the book Instinct, Thomas Harrison describes many ways to leverage who you are (using your DNA) to promote success in business and in life. Of the many natural genes he mentions, one gene that [...]
The Other Great Debates
Is Focusing Your Creativity Important?
At first glance, this cartoon by Emily Flake (originally published in The New Yorker) provides amusing, yet sage, advice: Maybe if your creativity had fewer outlets, it would come out of you with more force. But when I think about it, I don’t find such sentiments amusing or wise… Many people, following the old adage [...]
Artists & Creators
John Waters Says, “Contemporary Art Hates You …And Your Family Too”
I subscribe to Modern Painters, but just now got around to reading the September ’09 issue — despite the fabulous John Waters on the cover. Mr. Waters need not take it personally; I just have a plethora of magazines to get through, and if they aren’t in the magazine rack in the bathroom, well, it [...]
Publications & Media
What’s Kitsch?
In order to discuss the meaning of kitsch, you first need to know it’s definition. So I grabbed my copy of Kitsch, The World of Bad Taste, by Gillo Dorfles (with contributions by John McHale, Karl Pawek, Ludwig Giesz, Lotte H. Eisner, Ugo Volli, Vittorio Gregotti, and Aleksa Celebonovic; and essays by Hermann Broch and [...]
Aesthetics
“Instead Of ‘It Sucks’ You Could Say, ‘It Doesn’t Speak To Me.’”
I found this cartoon by Mike Twohy inside the January 2010 issue of Good Housekeeping, and it reminded me that now is as good a time as any to address the issue of aesthetics and “artistic response.” Art experts and educators such as Sally Hagaman have rather specific definitions of aesthetics: There still is confusion [...]
Notebook
If Art Is Intimidating, What About The Supplies?
When I was about to turn 10, my mother took me out — just her and I — to go shopping for my own gifts. It may sound silly, but at the time it was the coolest thing ever. A few blissful hours in which I was the only kid and had the sole attention [...]
