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ANN CRAVEN: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME
ANN CRAVEN: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME
Art doesn’t imitate life, it instigates life. For the Painter Ann Craven — whose studio burned to the ground in 1999, taking an entire…
RREALISM
Dec 20, 2019
Gorky’s Life in Letters & Documents
Gorky’s Life in Letters & Documents
The new book, Arshile Gorky: The Plow and the Song: A Life in Letters and Documents, gives new glimpses into the life of an influential…
RREALISM
Apr 17, 2019
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CHARLES NORTH’S PROSE
CHARLES NORTH’S PROSE
Charles North’s book, States of the Art: Selected Essays, Interviews, and Other Prose 1975–2014, was recently published by the late Bill…
RREALISM
Apr 12, 2019
NOTE ON MONA LISA SHAVED
NOTE ON MONA LISA SHAVED
Reading Harold Rosenberg’s essay on Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. Rasée (shaved), titled “The Mona Lisa Without a Mustache,” I’ve got some…
RREALISM
Apr 8, 2019
Flower(s) in Concrete at Fourteen30: Why we write about art
Flower(s) in Concrete at Fourteen30: Why we write about art
APRIL 9, 2018 // Oregon ArtsWatch
RREALISM
Apr 25, 2018
Questions in the Age of Information: An Essay in Fragments
Questions in the Age of Information: An Essay in Fragments
thought is inside the mouth. — Tristan Tzara
RREALISM
Mar 5, 2018
DIGRESSIONS PT. IV
DIGRESSIONS PT. IV
If I could make the world as pure And strange as what I see I’d put you in a mirror I’d put in front of me
RREALISM
Jan 24, 2018
JOHN YAU’S WILD CHILDREN
JOHN YAU’S WILD CHILDREN
John Yau is a poet as well as a supremely prolific art and literary critic. A new collection of his prose, The Wild Children of William…
RREALISM
Jan 4, 2018
LYNNE TILLMAN’S MADAME REALISM
LYNNE TILLMAN’S MADAME REALISM
Lynne Tillman’s fictions read like essays, until they don’t — when they take inward facing, memoiristic turns. Although Lynne writes in…
RREALISM
Oct 3, 2017
DIGRESSIONS PT. III
DIGRESSIONS PT. III
So honey, it’s lucky how we keep throwing away Honey, it’s lucky how it’s no use anyway Oh honey, it’s lucky no one knows the way Listen…
RREALISM
Aug 8, 2017
INFINITE FORCES: A RUMINATION ON MEANING AND IMAGES IN A TIME OF POLITICAL GLUT, AND ALSO, RYAN…
INFINITE FORCES: A RUMINATION ON MEANING AND IMAGES IN A TIME OF POLITICAL GLUT, AND ALSO, RYAN…
Ryan McLaughlin’s out-there paintings have a surprising way of invoking the unseen, puzzling the viewer, requiring the most out of…
RREALISM
Aug 2, 2017
PASSAGES DISPATCH
PASSAGES DISPATCH
“All art is of the body.” — Adrian Stokes
RREALISM
Jun 12, 2017
DIGRESSIONS PT. II
DIGRESSIONS PT. II
“I posses the temporary privilege of speech.” —Anselm Berrigan
RREALISM
May 15, 2017
ART & THE POLITICAL MOMENT
ART & THE POLITICAL MOMENT
On Friday, January 13th, the Littman Gallery hosted “Art & The Political Moment,” a panel discussion between PSU art historian, critic, and…
RREALISM
Apr 10, 2017
DIGRESSIONS PT. I
DIGRESSIONS PT. I
Considering the president’s blurry hairline, his unaccountable statements and mystifying logic, it’s true what Fairfield Porter says…
RREALISM
Apr 10, 2017
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