“When the Eye Saw it Appeared,” vinyl, metal twin bed frame, egg-yolked teacups, electrical conduit, Cleavemark Dr. collaborative exhibition, Wassenaar + Schlaifer, Fort Gondo Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” -John Muir
See the world with your own eyes or with the eyes of another. In each scenario, there is a new universe to be discovered. No two visions are the same, what you may see standing right beside me is nothing like how I experience the same moment. Our views
of the present, of history, of what we hope will come to pass are inexorably singular and impossible to ever truly translate...
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Weekly Grants &
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Recently a neighbor knocked on the door asking to borrow an electric drill. Frustration read across his face. I asked him what he was working on and he sheepishly replied that he had been trying to hang blinds with hand tools... (click the image to read more) | Carole’s art was forever changed when her travels brought her face to face with the Islamic art and architecture of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Then she... (click the image to read more) |
Hardening Off
Too dry, too
wet, too hot, too cold, these are all things that can cause damage to a plant, artists also need nourishment.... (click the image to read more) | How Noah went from Unheard of to Hot
You know that feeling when you can tell things are starting to shift? When you sense the seismic change....
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(click the image to read more) | Same Story, Different YearLast year around this time
I ran into my friend Reg at the bank. He was waiting to sit down with someone and he looked stressed. (click the image to read more) |
These are positive and / or negative reviews of galleries, art fairs, consultants, writers, online pay to play offers, residencies and more – all written by artists so that other artists can beware of situations where institutions treat artists badly, or that end
up costing the artist money or are outright scams.
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