Can art be fun?

For Carsten Höller, the experience of sliding is best summed up in a phrase by the French writer Roger Caillois as a ‘voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind’…. What interests Höller, however, is both the visual spectacle of watching people sliding and the ‘inner spectacle’ experienced by the sliders themselves, the state of simultaneous delight and anxiety that you enter as you descend. for the full article, interviews, more photos and visiting information visit the Tate website here It sounds like awesome fun, I’m sure it is a visual and sensory experience, but who says that art can’t be fun?

Sculptr

Gallery services like Sculptr and Boundless serve to elevate the nature on online art sales and demystify the art collecting process for many. I personally really like selling online, it makes sense given my online experience and physical weaknesses, it is also a great way to tap into international markets…. The photos of my latest works have been taken with my new camera which I love – I will post more on that later.

More on the Teacher Scandal

Well, the teacher getting fired over the field trip is bigger art news than the Klimt sale now I think…. My Original Post Teacher says she was reprimanded for letting students see nude art 10/4/2006 12:06 PM By: Associated Press Fired art teacher had past criticisms By KAREN AYRES The Dallas Morning News Art teacher, school spar after nude complaints on field trip By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press New Information On Fired Frisco Teacher (CBS 11 News) FRISCO Records indicate ‘signs of problems’ in classroom of MISD teacher BY KEVIN BOWEN, McKinney Courier-Gazette LESLIE CRISS: Teachers fired, books banned: What’s world coming to?

Inspiration – Astonishing

quick pictures, songs – random snippets into my mind and what inspires me during the dark times. This song is from Little Women, which is surprisingly good, eclipsed by other musicals in the time of it’s release but this song really speaks to me…. There’s a life That I am meant to lead A life like nothing I have known I can feel it And it’s far from here I’ve got to find it on my own Even now I feel it’s heat upon my skin.

Top 5 Posts – Experimentation

so enjoy!Like Paper The concept emerges and the finished resultThe first image is my interpretation of ‘street’ I am particularly, um, pleased I guess, at how it turned out, it communicates the horror of our accident very well.Expressionion of PainThis is what happens when you are depressed and painting…. I don’t know why, since I progressed to more contemporary styles I have felt that my work has exploded into a whole new dimension and I don’t really want to look backwards…. you don’t know when it will hit or how, you don’t know why it happens and I don’t think you can force it, it just has to happen.

On the Edge Re-dux

it is hard to let your inner self take over, to let something personal come out like that…. My works are often quite personal, but slightly superficial, not that deep because I am afraid to let it all out – how do I show it?… I will lie there and watch my pencil – it moves on it’s own, I am completely detached, watching it fly across the page, and the things that come out surprise me.

New Poll

As you know, for the last show I didn’t post my images and my thoughts on them, hoping to create an air of mystery or something….. did you miss my usual rants and musings about pieces that will be in the show?… anyway, I’ve created a poll on my Boundless website you can visit here.

Children exposed to nudes.

Even though parents have to approve out-of-school trips for their children, at least one apparently didn’t realize what an art museum might have on display…. The poor child – who no doubt has seen Brittney, Jessica and many other “stars” cavorting in next to nothing on TV – was badly traumatized by the experience and the parent complained. Editorial: A lesson in the art of pleasing parents | The Bryan-College Station Eagle: This sort of thing drives me crazy.

On The Edge

Do you ever feel like you are on the edge of something important?… The problem is that I am excited but worried – what if I don’t or can’t do whatever it is I obviously need to do? what if this thing that is going to happen doesn’t because I am afraid, or too sore or something?

New Toy!

As I am doing some online selling, working hard on my online presence, and starting to approach galleries for representation I need top notch presentation…. So, based on recommendations from photographers and much research I have bought the Panasonic DMC FZ7…. It’s one of these cameras that has great automatic facilities and does great work for minimal effort but I also have the opportunity to work completely manually and add different filters and stuff so I think it will be flexible enough for my needs now, and later on. mmm, America’s Next Top Model is on now, an all new season!