In his essay about Cy Twombly, ‘The Wisdom of Art’, Roland Barthes introduces the Latin adjective rarus as a way of describing the dispersed elements of the artist’s canvases. In a lyrical moment in which Barthes recalls his own experience of the Mediterranean, Barthes pinpoints the sources for this Latin term in a passage from […]
After reading How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness last year, I was excited to read Darby English’s new book 1971: A Year in the Life of Color. (Prof. English also happens to be delivering the Ludden Lecture at Ohio State this afternoon). Following the introduction, the first chapter of this study of […]
Another day, another project. Today I want to start sowing the seeds of the part of my current research project (provisionally titled: Myths of the Academy: Situating Classics for Contemporary Art) that examines visual artists who have been awarded the prestigious Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome. What specifically interests me in this […]
I am proud to announce that I have recently joined the M I N T Collective in Columbus. Here is a description of the collective’s mission: M I N T is a collaborative, multidisciplinary space founded and operated by artists located in Columbus, Ohio. Abidingly fresh, adaptable, and dynamic, our mission at M I N […]
Form doesn’t illuminate itself or point to a timeless Platonic object; it illuminates the material, that is, the world – Thomas Alexander on John Dewey’s Art as Experience
Maybe the Trojan Horse was the first activist artwork – Lucy R. Lippard Click either image above to reveal Odysseus and friends.
As today is the day that my new translation of Catullus 47 (or, The New Adventures of Poros and Penia) goes on display on the Badlands Unlimited website as part of their Search & Tell project (click the image below to see for yourself), it makes sense to use the Roman poet as a way to segue […]
All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Abbreviations of the names of ancient authors and their works follow, whenever possible, the practice of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition (1996), referred to as OCD3 Names of authors or works […]
I am proud to announce that from this Thursday (Feb 23rd) until Wednesday March 1st, my new, topical translation of Catullus 47 will be on display on the Badlands Unlimited website as part of their project Search & Tell. Here is a description of the project: Badlands Unlimited is pleased to announce Search & Tell, […]
I’m still dwelling on names and naming today and this leads me, inevitably, to the work of Josh Smith and his signature “name” paintings. Bob Nickas, in his book Painting Abstraction, describes these works as follows: The “name” paintings, composed with the letters that spell his first and last names, at first seem to identity their […]