It is the result of a most unholy mandate that I have ascended a steep and splintered soapbox, and have thereby assumed the rarefied rank of Minister of Art & Culture (MAC). Firstly, I must humbly request that my status as MAC, at least with regard to this art appreciation web site, be accepted as a truism. I make no bones about it; this web site is a far cry from anything... Read more >
“We could be anyone; we are everywhere.”— The Guerilla Girls The slick surface of this modern world teems with all the color and light that money can buy. Blink, and a thousand flickering ad campaigns blink back. Look anywhere: larger-than-life billboards and mass-produced poster boards blare down from every building, telling us whom to trust, what to want, and how to get it. Walk down the street... Read more >
“Innovators are inevitably controversial.”— Eva le Gallienne In 1967, the soon-to-be-infamous cartoonist Robert Crumb published Zap Comix #0. Supported by the works of fellow San Francisco-based cartoonists Rick Griffin, Spain Rodriguez and S. Clay Wilson, Zap was an overnight sensation in “headshops” across the country. Political dissidents everywhere pricked up their ears, and picked up their... Read more >
Are you ready for the MAC to drop the bomb? Be warned, it's a big stinky mess! Here it comes . . . What is this thing we've been calling art? Even for the Minister of Art and Culture, a hard-and-fast definition of the term seems to be elusive. The cultural concept of art has developed primarily through Western culture (although Western culture has, in the 20th century, considered many... Read more >
“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.”— Stanley Milgram In 1985, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City featured an exhibition called “An International Survey of Painting and Sculpture.” Its curator, Kynaston McShine, claimed that the works chosen represented only the most significant contemporary artists in the world... Read more >
When a work of art is referred to as "a nude," the term generally connotes a classical study of the aesthetics of the human body, sans clothes. However, public nudity, "gratuitous" nudity in movies, and nudity in adult magazines are conventionally thought of with less reverence. Compare the following images of people without clothes, and consider how the subject matter varies, even while the physical subject... Read more >
What in the world is this thing? It's fair to assume that your knee-jerk response would be "a face." Okay, I'll go along with that, it's a face. Well, actually it's a picture of a face. Or more accurately, a cluster of pixels that resemble a drawing of a face, encoded digitally and transmitted as electronic information from our server in Carlsbad, California. Well, really, it's a signal processed in the... Read more >
Look at these examples, and consider how the different artists have manipulated what you see in their works to evoke various reactions. Keith Haring Untitled, 1987 Acrylic on canvas 96 X 92 in. Pablo Picasso "Harlequin With Mirror," 1923 Oil on canvas 100 X 81 cm. Paul Cezanne "Millstone and Cistern Under Tree," 1892 Oil on canvas 25.6 X 31.9... Read more >
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