the title of her e-mail was "sculpture destroyed" and i was afraid for a minute i was gonna have to act up over some censorship
(I received this e-mail from sculptor Simone Leigh. I hate that her work got destroyed but was glad it wasn’t malicious and that no one was hurt.)
I can’t help but think that Jerry Saltz put the mojo on me when hewrote about putting humpty dumpty–in an art historical sense– backtogether again in his piece called [...]
can’t we make greed illegal?
L.A. POLICE INVADE NATION’S LARGEST COMMUNITY GARDEN
I’ve been following this story in the mainstream news and on blogs–mostly it’s been fodder for snarking on Hollywood hippie types and their dormant careers. This culture continues to make me so sick it’s not even funny. What could possiblybe this man’s motivation? Who in their right mind would [...]
update
Net Neutrality Decision Postponed!
Senate Puts Off Neutrality Vote by Wendy Davis, Friday, Jun 23, 2006 6:00 AM ET
THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE THURSDAY adjourned without making any decisions about whether to pass a so-called “Net neutrality” law that would prohibit Internet service providers from discriminating against [...]
hate crime?
Last night we tried to go see Strangers with Candy at Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The venue was the Empire Theater in West Portal, a suburb-like, sleepy neighborhood over the hill in San Francisco. We were in the loooong rush tickets line, and had been standing there for about 40 minutes [...]
question
One of Deirdre’s students asked her this and she reminded me of it the other day, and I think it’s a fantastic question:
Why does the art world privilege ambiguity?
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- Taking a Break February 7, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 7, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 7, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]