Posts tagged: Art
- Krista Thompson “Of Shine, Bling, and Bixels” and thoughts on class and aesthetics
- For the record: I now want to be besties with Krista Thompson, the 2009 winner of the David C. Driskell Prize and Associate Professor of Art History at Northwestern University. Her recent High Museum lecture, “Of Shine, Bling and Bixels: Toward a Post-Soul Art History,” blew me away with its analysis of contemporary artist Kehinde [...] [13 Mar 2010]
- On creativity and business
- Creativity is usually thought of as internally motivated — a response to a deeply felt personal urge to challenge convention, push boundaries and explore. But newly published research suggests that, at least in the business world, the link between inspiration and ingenuity is strengthened by focusing on the needs of others. From Empathy Conducive to Creativity [...] [18 Feb 2010]
- On writing and relationships
- One common bond linking McCarthy, Jackson, and Stein — three women featured in Elaine Showalter’s history of American women writers, A Jury of Her Peers — is that their spouses allowed them the time and solitude required to imagine, write, and produce. Even if their spouses’ approaches were controlling or their motivations questionable, the [...] [1 Feb 2010]
- Lessons I learned by making art
- There are three: Mistakes can be the catalyst for something beautiful. The piece above is a perfect example. I was going for an entirely different effect when I realized it didn’t look so good. So I took a paper towel and wiped off the layer of burnt umber I had just painted. It two left streaks [...] [30 Jan 2010]
- On black representation in movies
- It’s absurd to expect every piece of black art to reflect everyone’s black experience, but that’s exactly what many black artists are expected to do. This discourages black artists from taking the kind of risks that make what they’re creating worth consuming, because unless you want to draw someone’s ire for “making black people look [...] [16 Dec 2009]
- On style in the ’00s: “Defining the Noughties”
- But the hoodie belonged to the Noughties. I don’t believe it was just about the ASBO generation hiding their faces from CCTV, either. It’s more practical than that. If you spend all your time hanging around on the street in a coldish, wettish country, a hood will keep you warm, and stops the rain spoiling [...] [13 Nov 2009]
- Obama, fuck yeah!
- By Canadian illustrator Marc Johns [5 Nov 2008]
- Atlanta, GA: Modern Atlanta 2008
- Modernistas, get giddy. Next month, Atlanta’s modern architecture and design will be showcased as a part of “Modern Atlanta 2008: Design Is Human.” Highlights of Design Is Human include a wine tasting at Poliform SWITCH, the Belgium Design & Fashion Event for Darfur, and a modern home tour. Ticket prices vary. Many events are free. More [...] [16 Apr 2008]