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The Art Cops Return: Fluxus Must Die!
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Ben Patterson Scores: A Modest Proposal
Ben Patterson, String Music, 1960. Getty Research Institute. Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double Bass, 1961. The concert was part of the exhibition Benjamin Patterson: Born in the State of FLUX/us November 6, 2010 - January 23, 2011 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. By all accounts Ben Patterson is a Fluxus pioneer. Even George Maciunas [ma-Chew-nis], the Andre Breton of Fluxus, places him at the beginnings of Fluxus. See here one of … [Read more...]
Rirkrit Tiravanija: Fear Eats the Soul
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Glenn Ligon: Words Apart* PLUS ARTOPIA QUIZ!
FLASH! SEE BELOW FOR FIRST ARTOPIA CONTEST! Words or Music? If you assume poetry and art are far apart, think again. If you think poetry is made of words and art not, well, as the 19th century … [Read more...]
Banksy Loses Bid for Oscar!
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Steven Siegel: The Sculptor from Planet X
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Did Art Museums Have a Future?
Hyperbolic Internet Map, 2010 Not all museums were alike. But when they were … [Read more...]
The Decline of Art and Other Visualizations
Pointillism or pointlessness? Visualizations I Have Known: A Tale of Two Villages I am a fan of visualization. Because...when you think of it, all art is a form of same, right? Even paintings; particularly paintings. Visualization is a way of thinking and communicating. My breakthrough was the braid. I was annoyed with the way the … [Read more...]