Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Buy Bye Bush
Join artists and friends in saying Bye-Bye Bush and help elect Democratic
candidates at the federal, state, and local levels at an art auction to
benefit DemocraticVictory2004…
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/buy_bye_bush.html
Monday, June 14, 2004
iPod to iRaq
The posters are evolving….
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/ipod_to_iraq_by.html
Monday, June 14, 2004
Larry Fink: Forbidden Pictures
The Forbidden Pictures
A Political Tableau
Larry Fink
June 17-September 4
Opening reception: June 16, 6-8 P.M
"It was time. The election was stolen, robbed by middlemen on top; folks
who thought the past was the future because they owned the present. The
leader was a twice entitled frat boy with charisma informed by homily and
stubborn gotcha comfort…."
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/larry_fink_forb.html
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
Artistic Non-Engagement?
In an article in The Idependent (UK) Anna Somers Cocks (former editor of
The Art Newspaper) asks:
"Why is art not reflecting world events? There is no artistic engagement
with the big, threatening issues that hang over us…" […]
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/artistic_noneng.html
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Lessig needs your copyright stories
slashdot piece […]
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/lessig_needs_yo.html
White Columns: New Artists Registry
White Columns has a spanking new online searchable registry for emerging
and unrepresented artists. […]
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/white_columns_n.html
Art Futures: Cabinet Magazine
The "Futures" issue of Cabinet Magazine, my fave art/ideas-hybrid,
edge-blurring cabinet of curiosities-cum mag is out. […]
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/art_futures_cab.html
Grand Jury to FBI: Get Lost
Editorial from the LATimes, June 15, 2004
RIGHTS AND THE NEW REALITY
Making Art a Crime
" What sets Kurtz apart is that the U.S. attorney in Buffalo is pushing to
prosecute him under a Patriot Act provision that bars possession of 'any
biological agent, toxin or delivery system not reasonably justified by a
prophylactic, protective, bona fide research or other peaceful
purpose.'[…]
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/grand_jury_to_f.html
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Somewhere, the anthrax terrorist is laughing…
from today's Times: Op-Ed by Paul Krugman (Travesty of Justice):
"Then there is the lack of any major captures. Somewhere, the anthrax
terrorist is laughing. But the Justice Department, you'll be happy to
know, is trying to determine whether it can file bioterrorism charges
against a Buffalo art professor whose work includes harmless bacteria in
petri dishes." […]
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/somewhere_the_a.html
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On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 03:23PM, Joy Garnett <[email protected]> wrote:
>In an article in The Idependent (UK) Anna Somers Cocks (former editor of
>The Art Newspaper) asks:
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>"Why is art not reflecting world events? There is no artistic engagement
>with the big, threatening issues that hang over us…" […]
>http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/06/artistic_noneng.html
Yes, I read that. She seems to want art to be photojournalism. Time to dig up Oscar Wilde and Adorno. Illustrating politics is -well- illustration, not art.
- Rob.