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Weird Article about Feminist Art
Night Drive, New Haven, 2008
This is an interesting article, although I think its argument is flawed:
Violence That Art Didn’t See Coming, New York Times, 2/24/10
The thesis is that art reflects the age in which it was conceived, and that artists take inspiration from cultural events and phenomenons of that age.
This is why the most forceful narratives and dramas seem less made up...
December 2009
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November 2009
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Blindsight and My Time in Tibet →
I just watched this movie Blindsight (which you can find for free on Hulu) about blind Tibetan children who climb mountains in the Himalayas. Sounds corny I know, but it was so was inspiring and so heartbreaking. Blind people in Tibet are treated terribly because it’s believed they have blindness as a result of bad Karma and evil-doing in their last life. These blind children who need help...
October 2009
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About my work at the Recession Art Show at the... →
In anticipation of our October 3 opening, we’ve asked the No Money No Problems artists about their work and how they are influenced by the economic slump. Here’s what Lisbeth Kaufman had to say:
Lisbeth Kaufman is a photographer living in New York. She recently graduated from Yale University where she studied Chinese and spent time working and taking pictures in China. She has held a variety of...
See my photographs at the Invisible Dog Gallery... →
I am showing photographs in a group exhibition organized by Recession Art Shows. The exhibition is entitled/themed No Money No Problem, and is showing at the Invisible Dog Gallery in Cobble Hill Brooklyn. COME CHECK IT OUT!!!!! (and invite all your art collector friends interested in strange photographs by young “up and coming”/unknown photographers… )
No Money No Problems,...
September 2009
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Modern Art and the Grotesque
I’m drawn to the grotesque. I remember being small and fascinated by squashed pigeons in the street, disgusted, mesmerized, unable to look away. I am interested in the experience of the grotesque. It is disturbing and repelling. At the same time it is curious, enthralling. It pushes you away and pulls you in. Frances S. Connelly explores the Grotesque in his book Modern Art and the...
SWEET LORD the El Camino is back! →
The 2010 Pontiac G8 El Camino is wonderful. But will never rival the glory that was the 1968 Chevy El Camino.
August 2009
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Hello
This will be my photography blog. Wait a bit and I’ll post some photographs.