March 2012
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Clip from “Wild Life” (2011, dir. Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby)
If you’ve not seen Wild Life, I strongly recommend you do so. It’s an animated short about an englishman who moves to the Canadian prairies, and the psychogeographic effect and conditioning of moving somewhere completely foreign. A very fascinating film with beautiful scenes, every frame in the film was...
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Excerpt from an interview with curator Dennis Reid...
ArtMatters blog: There’s an anecdote that Jack Chambers once knocked on Picasso’s door to ask him where he should study. Picasso recommended Barcelona but Chambers chose Madrid. Is there truth to this story? Dennis Reid: The story is typical Jack and apparently true. When he went to Europe he didn’t know where he was going; he just knew he wanted to go to the source of what he called the...
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Drawing is the most inalienable medium. It is private; it practically...
– Betty Goodwin
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Drawing is the simplest way of establishing a picture vocabulary because it is...
– Betty Goodwin
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"Your cat is making you crazy, says scientist" -... →
“The biology professor at Charles University in Prague believes a protozoan parasite found in cat feces can manipulate a person’s brain — leading to mood disorders, such as schizophrenia, traffic accidents and even suicides.”
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It’s really hard to accept this award, there’s a lot of talent on this stage and...
– Bon Iver wins for Best New Artist at the Grammys, and Justin Vernon thanks all the folks who will never get the opportunity he got tonight. Love it.
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i feel like bon iver wanted to speak out against how shit the grammys are but didnt want to get publicly stoned
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year 87 joan mitchell xxxxxooooo
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Pop’s a flop.
– Frank Getlein (for the Washington Star)
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…it is not surprising that viewers took to Pop [art]; in contrast with...
– American Painting: 1900-1970
(p. Time-Life Library of Art)