(via meanplastic)
We had a collector come in and ask about an artist we were showing,” said one art dealer who asked to remain anonymous. When the dealer told him the artist was close to 40, and had taken some time off before getting her MFA, the collector lost interest. “He thought she couldn’t be a true artist if she was starting so late in life.
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| — | Second Acts: Why “Rediscovered Artists” Are the Art Market’s New Darlings | Artinfo (via photographsonthebrain) |
The remains of soldiers of WWII, mainly Soviet troops, being recovered from the soil in Nevsky Pyatachok.
Notice the Mod.08, or possibly BN gas mask, PPSh-41 sub-machine gun and other so iconic pieces of Soviet equipment.
(Source)I’ve seen thousands of pictures of dead soldiers from WWII, yet this hits me on another level…can’t quite pin it. Perhaps it’s modern context makes it that bit more relevant to me…
People watch the aftermath of a suicide from the Adams St. Bridge, 1959, Chicago.
I can’t imagine that the victim jumped from the bridge. They must have jumped off a building into the river.
Current ideological language uses “practice” to define art concepts at the expense of process. Practice implies perfectibility, strategy, products: dentists have a practice, violinists practice, yoga is a practice, elephants practice for the circus. Process invites risk, uncertainty, vision, unpredictability, concentration and blind devotion.
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| — | Carolee Schneemann, http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/features/sensibility-of-the-times-revisited/ (via katelevyphotography) |
