{"id":1494,"date":"2010-01-29T21:23:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T05:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/01\/advice_from_artists_-_the_grap\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T21:23:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T05:23:31","slug":"advice_from_artists_-_the_grap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/01\/advice_from_artists_-_the_grap.html","title":{"rendered":"Advice from artists – scratch banality, find gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Into every life advice falls. Few things are as unwelcome, except if it comes from an artist who wraps it in spin. Such messages can be comically explicit, fearsomely obscure or rooted so deeply in banality as to turn on the light inside a cliche. (Previous post expanding on the theme here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

What follows is a small survey of artists whose visual exhortations and aphorisms deserve to be cited.<\/p>\n

Dave McKenzie<\/a>, Self-Help Hyperventilation Bag<\/i>, 2002 (Image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"davemckenziecalm.jpg\"Shawn Wolfe<\/a>, Panic Now<\/i><\/p>\n

\"shawnwolfpanic.jpg\"Zack Bent<\/a>, 2007<\/p>\n

\"zackbentpeopimport.jpg\"Charles LaBelle<\/a> Exterior Song, (detail) Hollywood, (Cracked Actor), Alley W Fairfaix N Beverly<\/i> 2003<\/p>\n

\"charleslabellebadconnect.jpg\"Scott Wayne Indiana<\/a><\/p>\n

\"scottwayneindienter.jpg\"Jason Hirata<\/a>, Untitled<\/i>, from video, 2008<\/p>\n

\"jasonhiratahome.jpg\"Marc Dombrosky<\/a> Get Signatures\/Drop Tub<\/i> 2009, Embroidery on found paper, 5 x 3 inches<\/font><\/p>\n

\"marcdombroskydroptub.jpg\"Squeak Carnwath<\/a>, Good Ideas<\/i>, 2006, Intaglio print, ed. 24, 12 x 12 inches <\/p>\n

\"squeakcarnstolenidea.jpg\"Mark Mumford<\/a>, Break it Down<\/i>, 2004 Color Lamda print, 40 x 29 inches<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/font><\/font>\"markmumfordbreak.jpg\"Allison Manch<\/a>, Wink<\/i><\/p>\n

\"allisonmanchwink.jpg\"The Art Guys<\/a><\/p>\n

\"artguysthennow.jpg\"Grant Barnhart<\/a>, Beg For It<\/i>, exhibit announcement card, Ambach & Rice<\/a><\/p>\n

\"grantbarnhartbeg.jpg\"<\/p>\n

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Into every life advice falls. Few things are as unwelcome, except if it comes from an artist who wraps it in spin. Such messages can be comically explicit, fearsomely obscure or rooted so deeply in banality as to turn on the light inside a cliche. (Previous post expanding on the theme here.) What follows is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}