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exhibition-ism:With the eye of a voyeur, Terry Furry examines...

exhibition-ism:

With the eye of a voyeur, Terry Furry examines the isolated yet intimate behaviors of self-exploration. His newest body of work (2012-2013), titled “Intimate Strangers,” will be exhibited this Friday (October 4th) at Loakal Gallery & Boutique in Oakland, CA.

The show is a suite of seven 4’ x 4’ oil on canvas paintings, revealing portraits of young urbanites. Although anonymous—or perhaps because of it—these portraits render visible the strength and vulnerability of self-pleasure and the exploration of one’s identity.

DeWitt Cheng’s review of “Bedroom Floor, Kitchen Counter”, the artist’s most recent solo show in 2011, spoke of Furry as one who “balances the contradictory elements of Warholian irony, Oldenburgian humor, and Thiebaudian celebration.”

 

 

Hey I know this painter from my Oakland days.

Somebody is getting bigger. Also puppy jail is the cutest jail I...

Somebody is getting bigger. Also puppy jail is the cutest jail I know.

electrictattoos:Barbe Rousse

electrictattoos:

Barbe Rousse

Survey time!

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blueghostghost:

Okay so in theory if Art Criticism was in paper or ebook format what pen name should I use? Take the survey HERE. 

Unreasonably happy about the idea of Art Criticism being published. And would love a sequel

So nice to hear! Good news on both fronts coming soon I hope.

yasssss i am so ready for curatorial practice, i cannot wait for november already!! don't switch it out pls :(

Ohhhh it’s happening. Just don’t forget to comfort me as I drop off into nanowrimo induced insanity.

"Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library of Congress is closed to the..."

“Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library of Congress is closed to the public and researchers beginning October 1, 2013 until further notice. All public events are cancelled and web sites are inaccessible”

- But…but I need to do historical research for my sexy slash stories

Hello Jeff, how do you know when something is good?

I think if you spend a lot of time looking at work you can start to tell whether someone is successfully doing the thing they are attempting to do. You can recognize when someone’s style is cohesive and consistent. It becomes very much like a language.

I think with design it’s easier to say whether something is good design or bad design as it’s essentially about problem solving (I believe art is about problem-making). If the wheels on my bicycle are square, and don’t spin, then my bicycle is useless. That’s bad design, however you could however argue that the same bicycle is good art.

If you’re asking with regards to what appears on Booooooom, it’s not so much a question of whether something is good or not good. It’s more about whether I feel like it fits with the other work I’m curating for the site. It’s like making a mix tape. If the theme of my mix tape is “90s west coast rap” I’m not gonna put a Wu-Tang song on it. By not including Wu-Tang I’m not saying they aren’t good, it just doesn’t fit with the theme of that particular mix.

Left column: Andy Kaufman, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)...

Left column: Andy Kaufman, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) & Krist Novoselic VS my sweetheart

Best resemblance?

"I know that many men and even women are afraid and angry when women do speak, because in this..."

“I know that many men and even women are afraid and angry when women do speak, because in this barbaric society, when women speak truly they speak subversively — they can’t help it: if you’re underneath, if you’re kept down, you break out, you subvert. We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experiences as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”

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Ursula K. Le Guin (via imorganizingmylikes)

Ursula rocks my socks. I curated a show around one of her books once.

museumuesum:John Divolaphotographs from the series Dogs...

museumuesum:

John Divola

photographs from the series Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert

1996-2001

gelatin silver prints, 15.5 x 23 inches each