Category Archives: theory
Artist Talk on “Grid Paintings”
Video and Written notes of an Artist Talk in the Nilson Gallery at Monmouth Museum, host to a cohesive body of paintings by Michael Burris Johnson. Part of the New Jersey Emerging Artist Series, this collection of oil paintings based on the grid occupied the gallery from May 29 – June 28 2015. http://www.michaelburrisjohnson.com
Artist Talk on “Grid Paintings”
Video and Written notes of an Artist Talk in the Nilson Gallery at Monmouth Museum, host to a cohesive body of paintings by Michael Burris Johnson. Part of the New Jersey Emerging Artist Series, this collection of oil paintings based on the grid occupied the gallery from May 29 – June 28 2015. http://www.michaelburrisjohnson.com
Art, Trauma & the Beyond of Being
An essay on Bracha Ettinger, David Foster Wallace, Gerhard Richter, & Anselm Kiefer.
Two videos: Ettinger at EGS and John Walsh at Yale on History Painting.
Art, Trauma & the Beyond of Being
An essay on Bracha Ettinger, David Foster Wallace, Gerhard Richter, & Anselm Kiefer.
Two videos: Ettinger at EGS and John Walsh at Yale on History Painting.
Passages on the Grid
Passages on the Grid 3 modes of thought FOREWORD This writing is an exercise of reflection on the grid as a form of expression in painting. The distinctions that are created in this writing are distinctions that
Passages on the Grid
Passages on the Grid 3 modes of thought FOREWORD This writing is an exercise of reflection on the grid as a form of expression in painting. The distinctions that are created in this writing are distinctions that
Ancient Babylonian Art, Cy Twombly, Michel Foucault
There is no difference between marks and words in the sense that there is between observation and accepted authority, or between verifiable fact and tradition. The process is everywhere the same: that of the sign and its likeness, and this
Ancient Babylonian Art, Cy Twombly, Michel Foucault
There is no difference between marks and words in the sense that there is between observation and accepted authority, or between verifiable fact and tradition. The process is everywhere the same: that of the sign and its likeness, and this
Michel Foucault – The Archaeology of Knowledge – part III
Michel Foucault The Archaeology of Knowledge PART III The Statement and the Archive This post is a continuation of an exercise with The Archaeology of Knowledge, by Michel Foucault. A previous post addressed part I-II of the book, Archaeology of
Michel Foucault – The Archaeology of Knowledge – part III
Michel Foucault The Archaeology of Knowledge PART III The Statement and the Archive This post is a continuation of an exercise with The Archaeology of Knowledge, by Michel Foucault. A previous post addressed part I-II of the book, Archaeology of
Michel Foucault – The Archaeology of Knowledge – part I-II
Michel Foucault Archaeology of Knowledge Part I-II Blogger’s Intro I’ve recently finished reading The Archaeology of Knowledge, by Michael Foucault. What I’m going to attempt to do here on the blog, is to go through the book a second time,
Michel Foucault – The Archaeology of Knowledge – part I-II
Michel Foucault Archaeology of Knowledge Part I-II Blogger’s Intro I’ve recently finished reading The Archaeology of Knowledge, by Michael Foucault. What I’m going to attempt to do here on the blog, is to go through the book a second time,
Notes on Painting, 2013
Notes, 2013 I have become deeply engaged in a pursuit in painting. I am pursuing the creation of art. Art seems to me the best example of our ability to come closer to what lies just beyond life: the eternal,
Notes on Painting, 2013
Notes, 2013 I have become deeply engaged in a pursuit in painting. I am pursuing the creation of art. Art seems to me the best example of our ability to come closer to what lies just beyond life: the eternal,
The Order of Things – Michel Foucault
“And so, for knowledge, the being of things is an illusion, a veil that must be torn aside in order to reveal the mute and invisible violence that is devouring them in the darkness.” (303 The Order of Things Foucault)
The Order of Things – Michel Foucault
“And so, for knowledge, the being of things is an illusion, a veil that must be torn aside in order to reveal the mute and invisible violence that is devouring them in the darkness.” (303 The Order of Things Foucault)
Instincts and Institutions – Gilles Deleuze
“What we call an instinct and what we call and institution essentially designate procedures of satisfaction.” (19 Deleuze) In one way, an organism operates by instinct; it reacts to external stimuli and outside forces. The organism extracts from the external
Instincts and Institutions – Gilles Deleuze
“What we call an instinct and what we call and institution essentially designate procedures of satisfaction.” (19 Deleuze) In one way, an organism operates by instinct; it reacts to external stimuli and outside forces. The organism extracts from the external
MADNESS – Michel Foucault
“One day, perhaps, we will no longer know what madness was. Its form will have closed up on itself, and the traces it will have left will no longer be intelligible. To the ignorant glance, will those traces be anything
MADNESS – Michel Foucault
“One day, perhaps, we will no longer know what madness was. Its form will have closed up on itself, and the traces it will have left will no longer be intelligible. To the ignorant glance, will those traces be anything
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