Working sculptor: March 2006

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Dinner

Last night my dinner was hot dogs and beans. In the mail I got a request from PMA to join for the Wyeth exhibit, $75.00 discounted from $90.00. What they don't get is that is my food budget for the week.

I can't afford to hire models to make new sculptures. Why should I pay to see an other artists work?

Art disconnected

"Recently, he said, a police officer tapped on his car window, wondering what he was doing. The exchange went something like this, Wyeth recalled: "I told him, 'I'm making a drawing of a house over there.' And he said, 'Who do you think you are? Andrew Wyeth?' "" from the Inky.

This shows the problem artists have, they are disconnected from people. Art museums treat art like trophies.

Barnes move - Philly style

Thanks to Artblog and MAN for their updates on the Barnes move.

In the Inky story the reason for the move is:

"Mayor John Street called the museum one of the "big three" projects - slot machine gambling and an expanded convention center are the others - that will help Philadelphia compete with cities like Boston and New York."

What they don't understand is that NY is the center of the art world because of the world class galleries (Chelsea) and Wall Street. Philly needs much more to be competitive.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Kenneth Clark

If anyone thinks my art is objectionable they should read this book!

The Nude:
A Study in Ideal Form

Kenneth Clark

Princeton University Press

The Nude

Censored

I think my Blog is being censored by MSN and other search engines. Could they think art is bad?

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