1964, photo by Bob Adelman from WYPR via YouTube May 15, 1930 – Jasper Johns: "To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist." I have a passion for 20th century American Art. I just can't help it. Plus, I have a … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: Remembering Robert Rauschenberg
Photograph from Robert Rauschenberg, OddBall Films, via YouTube Robert Rauschenberg: "Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point." Rauschenberg was an irrepressibly prolific American gay artist who reshaped Art in the 20th century, yet still … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Composer, John Cage
September 5, 1912- John Cage: “I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.” John Milton Cage was a most important American experimental music composer, writer, performance & visual artist. His most famous & controversial … [Read more...]
#NewWhitney: A Peek Inside “America Is Hard To See”
In my [Read more...]
Art Auction Highlights: Elvis, Marlon, Inkjet, Scribbles and $100 Million Chariot
Christie’s & Sotheby’s (and to a somewhat lesser degree, Phillips) auction houses are offering some 2,300 lots during two weeks of sales of Impressionist, modern, postwar and contemporary art. The result is expected to top the $1.8 billion total from last November's auction but … [Read more...]
Go For The Bronze: “Flag” Forger Is Going To Prison
In a rare public appearance, 83-year-old artist Jasper Johns told a New York court last week he did not authorise the production of a bronze "Flag" sculpture. “I know what … [Read more...]
Jasper Johns’ Assistant Charged with Theft of Work
The FBI has charged a former studio assistant to Jasper Johns with the theft of 22 “unauthorized” Johns … [Read more...]
Snap!back
Artists and at one time lovers (artners?), Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, looking pretty cute. (via Spectral Flesh) … [Read more...]
