Nov

3

Getting Real.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

Anyone who’s taken any art history course that covers Impressionism has heard that photography was, at least in Western art, the beginning of the end of intensely representational work–including the academic work of artists like Jacques Louis David. Starting with the Impressionists it was all a downhill slide to Pollock and Rothko, right? Well, not [...]

Oct

1

Halloween Parade: 2009

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

There’s a downtown fairy singing out “Proud Mary”
as she cruises Christopher Street
and some Southern Queen is acting loud and mean
where the docks and the badlands meet
This Halloween is something to be sure
especially to be here without you…
-Lou Reed
This time of year I always start getting giddy. While I usually start planning my Halloween costume on [...]

Aug

31

Get Schooled.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
It’s a wonder I can think at all.
-Paul Simon, Kodachrome
When school budgets are cut the humanities, particularly the arts and music, are always the first things to go, along with languages and sometimes even history. The reason is obvious: these things are really [...]

Aug

28

Tattoos Are Forever.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

Or are they? I’m pretty sure that advances in laser technology mean that most tattoos can be removed, but the process is painful and expensive–apparently more painful and more expensive than getting a tattoo in the first place. But, hey, you wouldn’t get a tattoo unless it was a really good idea, right? Sometimes I [...]

Aug

19

Historical Nourishment.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment

When I heard about a James Ensor exhibit at the MoMA, I was both excited and confused. I was also annoyed that the exhibit won’t be travelling and I can’t get to New York to see it, but that’s another story. I was excited because I’m familiar with Ensor’s paintings, but also confused. If you’ve [...]

Jul

9

Dreaming Of The Forest.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A new work by Nashville-based sculptor Alan LeQuire is going on display today at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center in Clarksville, Tennessee. Titled Dream Forest, the work appears to be in the style LeQuire is best known for, consisting of massive, classical figures. You can see pictures of the sculptor at work here, and [...]

Jun

30

Keep The Rainbow.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

June 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Studio 360 host Kurt Anderson asked, only partly tongue-in-cheek, for a new design–an alternative, if you will–for the rainbow flag. The design company Worldstudio was brought in with some ideas. You can see the designs here. My personal favorite was the Circle Flag (above). Even though [...]

May

13

But Is It Art?

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

May 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

images from the I Am Art exhibit, Apex Art Gallery
A new art show called “I Am Art” at the Apex Art gallery in New York City considers plastic surgery as art. As Studio 360’s Sarah Lily says, “the faces are normal people who no longer want to be defined by the more extreme features they [...]

Mar

13

The Lure Of The Orientalism.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

The term “Orientalism” was once applied to a broad genre of art that, in its subjects, spanned from Northern Africa to China and the Indian subcontinent. It’s now, thanks in large part to Edward Said and other scholars, a derogatory term, often applied dismissively toward any work that takes a naive attitude toward other cultures, [...]

Mar

4

Please Touch.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

March 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

Anyone who’s taken an art history class that covers the modern period has heard the narrative about how photography influenced art, how it changed perceptions, causing artists, beginning with the Impressionists, to rethink aesthetics. Art became less about copying nature and more about capturing fleeting perceptions. What this narrative leaves out is the influence photography [...]

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