I DECIDED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO DO HOMEWORK IN BED. Needless to say, it’s warm and cozy, but not much homework getting done. I keep passing out every four minutes and waking up to the smell of Oreos (sitting next to me in bed). Trying to get through a d-e-n-s-e reading about hypermediacy and transparent immediacy. Yikes.
It’s a big week, again. Lucky for me, I’m no longer employed at the g-store, so a few extra days are open this week to do studious things (read my overdue library books, prepare for future disasters, brainwash myself into doing homework, etc.). I might get used to my new schedule — I work once every two weeks! It could be a terrible or a beautiful thing, I’ll see with time.
And crazy enough, the exhibit is already coming down at the end of this week (wow, that was fast!) to make room for a juried student exhibit. I’m entering a few pieces…they need some serious love before I can enter them, so there goes my weekend. All for you, art. All for you.
Lastly, I’m giving a superpresentation (see: really long talk) for my Contemporary Art & Design Theory class on Thursday. It’s about Italian sculptor and funny man artist Maurizio Cattelan, who made his name by mocking art.
Cattelan is outrageous; he steals, he jests, he fools, then he disappears. He rarely does interviews and when he does, often turns them into a joke or sends stand-ins to pose as him. He’s dark humor at it’s finest, but he’s just plain ridiculous. After reading several books about him, nothing surprises me anymore! Here are a few of my favorite works of his:
Love Saves Life (1995), based on a Brothers Grimm story where a donkey, dog, cat, and cock fool humans and escape their suppressive farm lives to live in peace and harmony…until Cattelan creates Love Lasts Forever (1997)…
Love Lasts Forever (1997)
Him (2001), a childlike depiction of Hitler.
If you like what you see and are interested in Cattelan, check out this gallery page for tons more of his work (disclaimer: some might be slightly raunchy and/or offensive, but that’s just Cattelan).
Well, back to the books. It’s storming pretty nice outside (if that’s not an oxymoron) and I’ve eaten far too many cookies for my own good.
A happy, warm evening to all —
xx
j
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