January 2012
His work comprehends all manner of things about previous art except, crucially, why it was created. It smacks less of museums than of art-school textbooks. What may pass for meaning in the spot paintings is the sum of their associations in the history of abstraction. The more you know of that, the cleverer the paintings might make you feel. Buying one, you can hang it on your wall like a...
It’s listening to those little ideas knocking on the door in your mind. That’s the important thing, to listen and recognize them. Because big ideas don’t make themselves known as big. They begin with the little, ridiculous ideas that most people would discard or reject. Every successful picture I’ve done has really been based on taking a very flimsy, fleeting little idea, grabbing hold of it, and...
I want them to think about how strange it actually is to be alive and to be human.
Novelty is a concept of commerce
December 2011
Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field.
Sorry for hack posts friends. hope you didn’t click on any links!!! Ugh.
A Baby Wolf With Neon Bones
Going to go to the beach. The ocean will make me feel better. The waves are okay. Something makes the waves go. It is weird that people like the sun and the moon. Hey id the moon a women? Wheny wo they day man on the moon ?? it is a girl.
Andy Warhol’s Grave: Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Bethel Park, PA 15102
To go to anyone’s grave is solemn, even to Andy’s grave. Surprisingly it is mildly difficult to find. He is buried in a very small cemetery that is not marked well nor is it very google-able. You turn off a road from a small neighborhood and there is a hill, a small building and a paved road that...
November 2011
