Art

What I’m working on

Or–avoiding working on today.  Well, I’m think about it, even if I’m not physically working on it.

Skull&Rose 2nd state--Linocut--4x6
Skull&Rose 2nd state--Linocut--4x6

I think i’ve been convinced to leave it like this, and do an edition.  We’ll see how  I feel tomorrow. 😀

Art

I’m not a big fan of Damien Hirst

as some readers may know. (and some may not) I think his work is insipid, and degrades art and the value of art.
Which is why I think this piece is funny:
4 the Love of Gold--Euginio Merino (click on pic for his website) "Damien Hirst suicides so that the value of his work will increase..."
4 the Love of Gold–Euginio Merino (click on pic for his website) “Damien Hirst suicides so that the value of his work will increase…”

PS The skull on the T-shirt is Hirst’s “4 the love of God” sculpture.

via Happy Famous Artists

General

This is a what the heck is he up to post

I see I haven’t been blogging as much as I ‘d like (even though I am doing better than my 101 in 1001 goal.), so I thought I post a catching up post.
So, what have I been doing? In addition to working, and regular chores, and, today, watching it snow, I’ve been:

  1. Working on my Everyone We Know book.
  2. Finished another painting in my Black Flag series.
  3. Started prepping panels for something.
  4. Working on some silkscreen prints.
  5. Working on a linocut.
  6. Getting stuff together for a relief printing press. (Hope to have it built this week.)
  7. Working on the bathroom some.  Got the walls–mostly–patched.
  8. Reading Robert Hughes book of essays Nothing if not Critical.
  9. More…
Art

Thinking about

Marcel Duchamp (the dadda of Dada) today. (Which reminds me of Beatrice Wood–Mama of Dada, who I’ve mentioned here before.) Especially this work:

Bicycle Wheel--Marcel Duchamp, 1913
Bicycle Wheel--Marcel Duchamp, 1913

Mostly because I watched a documentary called Painters Painting which is about modern, abstract art, and some of the artists mention Duchamp as an influence, or at least someone who interested them (Rauschenberg and Johns in particular).
Now, I’m thinking of doing a couple of screenprints based on his bicycle Wheel (above). I’ve got one pretty well worked out.