Henry has developed a personal approach to image making that is grounded in the history of landscape painting, and is concerned with contemporary questions about painting’s possibilities as a form of communication.
Michael Bise
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Like all ghouls, the fascist figure doesn’t just appear; we summon him.
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Here I sit, with the responsibility of finding meaning in Degas one day before a presidential election. This is a tall order, but I’m Darwinian about art.
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Review
Why Social-Practice Art Drives Me Nuts: Pablo Helguera at DiverseWorks
by Michael Biseby Michael BiseHelguera’s mission is not to trigger intellectual or emotional insight through visual intrigue, but to deliver standardized social messages.
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The visual effects of Rosmarin's paintings seem to be to be almost a byproduct of her need to create an orderly universe.
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Rigorous, personalized photography like Blakemore’s could not be more important than it is today.
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The best works of art put up strong resistance to easy interpretation. They encourage the physical encounter.
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In order to accept any of the projects and proposals in McFadden's presentation you must first accept the premise that artists deserve to make a living making art. They don't.
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Liberals do Trump a disservice when they act like he’s a buffoon. He’s a kind of artist—a dystopian visionary.
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We are ripe for a rigorous, joyfully open-minded, unthemed, ongoing and regular survey of the best work being made in Texas.
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There’s no one story of any empire and there’s no one story of America. I’ve been telling my family’s story in my work for nearly 20 years now. I’ve only recently been thinking about what my identity as an American artist is.
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People who advocate for “reconceptualizing personhood” by eliminating property and ownership are dangerous.
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Like music, art doesn’t allow us to transform our nature or bring us closer to some abstract ideal of what we should be. But both help us shift our perspective and allow more stories to come into view.
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Although the eventbrite.com site says that all 6 times for the free “PoMo Houston Bus Tour” are sold out, keep an eye out for cancellations, or keep in touch with…
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Review
Snake Oil: Taraneh Fazeli, Critical Writing Fellow, Core Program
by Michael Biseby Michael BiseFazeli’s valorization of illness as a tool for economic revolution is an example of the kind of fuzzy thinking that too often goes unchallenged in the art world.
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The court painter might be the least naïve kind of artist. Franz X. Winterhalter presents a relevant prism through which to examine our contemporary social moment.
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All of art history in 1000 words.
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Cartier-Bresson’s human subjects are full of agency in spite of their positions in historical moments over which they may have little control.
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I’m increasingly convinced that too much contemporary art making is becoming cultic and pseudo-religious.
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The undeniable truth is that Copley’s paintings, in spite of their humor and limited formal charms, are not very good.