Why it sells? Troutsite http://www.troutsite.com/art-main.html is a site by an artist who successfully convinces his viewers that he is actually appreciating and probably even “scientifically respecting” nonhuman animals. See artist at: aldrichart.org Alongside his naturalistic artistic praise of Linnaeus’s taxonomic system (the man who came up with the category “Homo sapiens” …) the artist sells…Continue readingSelling nonhuman animal life
Torchy in Heartbeats “Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist”: http://www.jackieormes.com/ a biography by Nancy Goldstein “Jackie Ormes’ cartoons often responded to events that were important to the black community, such as the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi. Till was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.” From…Continue readingJackie Ormes, brilliant cartoonist
So you are not an artist “A” said: Art is what people consider to be art. I said that such a statement would not be logical, because, not all isn’t art what people don’t consider to be art. Also, I said, calling something “art” doesn’t really give any manmade object the privilege associated with something…Continue readingUnknown arts
My life is your life The only thing that’s being made clear in Bansky’s http://thevillagepetstoreandcharcoalgrill.com (archived website also see https://bit.ly/banksy_sausages) is that animals are seen here as pathetic in their Erscheinung and that it seems to be thrilling to ridicule their physics and their core existential problems. It seems that the primate used in that exhibition…Continue readingWurst
Gee Vaucher on 96gillespie.com http://www.96gillespie.com/artists_profiles/vaucher.htm (the link doesn’t work anymore unfortunately) Here is an alternative link, but at another venue: http://www.alice-wonderland.net/bracketpress/EXHIBITIONS/liverpool.html See works of Gee Vaucher on 96gillespie. I always admired her work (since I became a huge fan of the famous Crass in 1983 I guess). Gee’s ART is so critical, political and aesthetically…Continue readingGee Vaucher on 96gillespie.com