Weekly Doodle

A profound question...

Video Art

Some funny pieces from video art's early days.

"Baldessari Sings LeWitt," John Baldessari, 1972
Baldessari sings Sol LeWitt's "Sentences on Conceptual Art"

"Two Dogs and a Ball," "Used Car Salesman," and "Dog Biscuit in a Glass Jar," William Wegman, 1972
Kind of mean, but also kind of funny...

Asger Jorn

from his 1959 "Modifications" series.
Banal thrift store-found canvases are altered with formal experimentation.
I want to try it!

I Baptize Thee

by William H. Johnson, c.1939-40
I came across this painting today and I like it.
Somehow I can't help thinking of Courbet's Burial at Ornans.

Dead Squirrel

Encountered this guy on the street last week. I only had my cameraphone on me but it's amazing what that thing can do. The neat thing about this is the bones that show through--the intact vertebrae of the tail, etc. Couple more shots on my flickr. Some day I'll do a real project with these roadkill shots. Maybe a print series. I can just see some lovely layered silkscreens...

Yuichi Higashionna Fluorescent Chandeliers

This Japanese artist is currently having his first one-man show at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in NYC.