Posted in Art, Art Education, Culture Cues on Sep 5th, 2010
SharePRESENT AN ALIEN FROM OUTER SPACE with an illustrated time line of Western art—from, say, Theodoros of Samos to selected offerings from any museum of contemporary art. Ask the fellow if he can tell which end of the time line is the beginning. [It is not a trick question. We just do not know whether [...]
Posted in Art, Art Education on Aug 12th, 2010
ShareIS THERE A VACCINE FOR ART INTOLERANCE? If so, please tell me where to get it.
At the beginning of the summer CalArts announced its exhibition of work by this year’s crop of MFA grads. This next wave of artistic talent washed over downtown Los Angeles’ Chinatown from July 2nd through July 9th at six participating [...]
Posted in Art, Culture Cues on Jun 23rd, 2010
ShareI RECEIVED THE OFFER OF A TEACHING JOB, accepted it, and resigned all in the same day.
Yesterday, I opened my computer to find an invitation to teach a graduate class called Art and Culture in a New York art school’s MFA program. It meant leading a weekly 90-minute seminar on assigned readings and attending, together [...]