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May 8, 2009

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Can Cy Twombly be trusted?

Artist Cy Twombly’s paintings receive perhaps the most unenviable reactions in all of modern and contemporary art: “My four-year-old could do that,” “That sold for how much?” or simply, “That’s not art.”

Convergence

May 1, 2009

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Convergence

Original lithograph 30" x 22" 2008"Convergence" is an image of a Maasai spear suspended by a finger hook, a 150 year old clock spring and a primitive wooden cabinet. This image is part of a series of cabinet images that are assembled to honor the substance of the...

May 1, 2009

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Facing up to dumbness

What has happened to our K-12 education? We prefer sameness over distinction, and mediocrity is the inevitable result. We don’t hold students accountable to high standards. Instead, we rescue, drug, track and eventually pass unqualified students.
We don’t live in a fail-proof world. Reality is harsh; easy street is over. It’s time to hold students accountable, and let people fail, American Idol-style.

May 1, 2009

Week of April 26, 2009

A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below.All are invited to the opening reception of "Sealed|Revealed," Thursday, May 7, 7:00-9:00 pm at...

Take and Eat

Apr 24, 2009

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Take and Eat

Linocut 5" x 7" December 2008I am a big fan of Sadao Watanabe's work, and was inspired this past Christmas to try and make a Last Supper image that would have a similar feel to his art. My homage to Watanabe did not succeed as I had hoped, but I still ended up with...

Apr 24, 2009

Week of April 19, 2009

A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below.Christian faith informs the activism of exiled Cuban trade union leader Pedro Pablo Alvarez...

Apr 24, 2009

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A new take on Tory

In these days of ideological confusion, we are all scrambling to make sense of a political landscape more fluid and difficult to map than anything since the 1930s.