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 >
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 >
“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” — Joel A. Barker The late 60s witnessed a fusion of political rebellion and artistic experimentation. Liberal-minded literati jostled for press alongside cartoonists and anarchists and rock 'n' roll critics and drug fiends. Goaded by a seething social/political climate and a sudden availability of cheap offset printing... Read more >
“Risk is essential. There is no growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable.”— Alex Nobel Graffiti is a mural on the side of a building. Graffiti is a slogan or slur found in a bathroom stall. Graffiti is a scrawl of someone's name or nickname—also known as a tag—on the side of a building. Graffiti is a political or artistic logo stenciled on a post office box or... 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 >
“Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.”— Thomas C. Halibuton Artist Shepard Fairey is truly the anti-authoritarian poster child. The international notoriety achieved by his Andre the Giant paper campaign offers us, if nothing else, gloriously ironic proof of the power of advertising. For over a decade, from Tokyo to London to Philadelphia to San Francisco... 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 >
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