It’s good to step away from the computer and into groups of people. It affirms how wonderfully varied and rich the Philadelphia art world is. Here, just a few comments about a couple things going on this month that you may have missed.
Read MoreIf you’re a working artist, then finding new, innovative ways to differentiate yourself from the crowd of other artists ought to be a priority. You know that your artwork is good, and you’ve put so much of yourself into it, so why not help the viewer connect with it, faster, and really “get it”, by providing another layer of engagement with it?
Read MoreI think there is something deeper at work that has generated a certain resistance to ‘theory’ on a general cultural level, one that is much larger than the development of art in Philadelphia. I think that this ‘resistance’ is an effect of broader and deeper cultural attitude that has developed over the last twenty years (at least) in such a way that it does not allow us to see what is important about criticism or thinking ‘theoretically.’
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