A call went out for Beasties, and the response slipped and slithered in: Creatures from the Black Lagoon, Slithery Serpents from under Black Rocks, Flying Winged Vultures swooping down from Black Skies. There was a natural flow in […]

In responding to a friend’s question regarding outsider art and outlier art, my thoughts led me on this, perhaps circuitous route: yes, outsider is commonly used to denote untrained —and also, mentally ill, disabled —-> Which is distinct from outlier— the outliers not being part of the mainstream — which is tricky when the linear […]

As the exhibition, Closely Considered: Diebenkorn in Berkeley draws to a close, there seems to be a quiet moment – a pause between becoming/being and the finite has been. It was several years ago that I sat in a student’s studio looking at her paintings, repeatedly turning to gaze over my shoulder at a Richard […]

It is always an awakening to take on someone’s job. We come to appreciate the labor which goes unrecorded. We come to appreciate the various considerations with which they approach their decisions. When an artist takes on the role of curator, which artists have done at many different points in time, the artist does not […]

If you are heading out for parts unknown, a mini-trip through time will launch you at the San Francisco airport. SFO is exhibiting the collection of Warren Dotz: mini-monuments to our culture and consumer values as expressed in advertising icons of days past. Figurines and objects of desire: telephone, camera, or piggybank, all linked us […]