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everything is dangerous
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Everything is dangerous, and in one minute our lives could be transformed immeasurably regardless of our economic or educational status, ethnicity or gender. Disasters define our humanity; as French author Marcel Proust wrote: “Disaster puts one in touch with oneself: suffering fuels creativity.” However, in a morbid way, disasters do unify us as a people, and unfortunately, tend to be more unifying than art.
- Author: Susan
- Listed in: Arts Trends
- Tags: asia contemporary visual cultural conceptual international art
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a digression
This blog mainly focuses on contemporary art and culture.mToday, let's digress a bit. Here is a link to my first published short story. Enjoy!mhttp://www.writersblocmag.org/archives_06/kendzulak_never.html ...
Shaquille O\'Neill: Art Curator
Basketball icon Shaquille O'Neill is curating an exhibition at the FLAG Art Foundation in NYC titled Size Does Matter and includes work by Ron Mueck, Andreas Gursky and Charles Ray with a catalog essay by controversial author James Frey.nMany blogs a...
Taipei Artists Rally for Rights
Organized by conceptual artist Tang Huang-chen, a mass demonstration by artists took place in Taipei on Oct. 31 in which they demanded a trade union for artists be set up.http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2009/11/01/230956/Local-artists...
Art and Torture: Vinegar and Oil
What is the purpose of art? mSurely, it's not made for torture. mIt seems like a no brainer: Art and torture really do not go together. And that's what many of today's artists are saying. mArtists, in this case, musicians, are rallying together to de...
R.I.P. Nancy Spero (1926-2009)
http://www.tate.org.uk/research/tateresearch/tatepapers/09spring/joanna-walker.shtm ...
Age is just a number
There is an imperceptible line between conceptual art and creative writing.nConceptual art drips with metaphor and is soaked in narrative.mBut the best thing about being a writer instead of an artist is that your birthdate is not published in a cata...
