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Anybody game for doing it again?

Critical Exchange Peers

harold and the purple crayon.

meat dress

p.s. it is Jana Sterbak that I was thinking of today:

visitor feedback

It was great to check out your crit group today- glad to see you guys are connecting. I thought that the suggestions Jason brought up were particularly important- that it is essential to find what it is you want to communicate and good to give yourself the time and believe in yourself enough to spend time on this. I worry that art school takes the fun out of art-making! It really is a concern, and when I go on trips as a visiting artist I often see the wreckage of over-analysis. I think this is why a lot of young artists have formed collectives- as a way to enjoy together the community of a shared vision and collective action, to push eachother to open up and take risks. I also see people worrying too much about the M.F.A. show and I would suggest turning the whole thing on its head if you ever feel that way. (I was particularly sick of academia at the end of my M.F.A. program and had my show in a Motel 6 and made all new work for it and had powdered donuts and jim beam at the opening and....damn, it was fun!)

Ben's Crit-Expansion & Contraction

Ben's Crit-Event Compression, Coal Casts

Thanks for the insightful critique!

Those road signs and "the Gift"

Hey guys, I was wondering if someone could get a hold of that student who joined our group last week and told us about the street sign vandals in her neighborhood. She said she'd be able to get pictures of that stuff to our site, could someone kindly request those photos? I really wanna see them.

Also, I was just reading the NY Times this morning, and came across an article that reminded me a little about Bart's discussion of the commoditization and fetishistic aspects of his work. The article is an overview of Lewis Hyde's work. Particularly his book "The Gift," in which he tries to explain the possibility of reconciling the value of creativity with an economic market (or something like that).
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/magazine/16hyde-t.html?pagewanted=1

Sorry I didn't make it out to the Soap Factory opening, I hope it was fun.

Any word on who the visiting artist will be next week?

Juana's Great Critique

I'm Holding on for that Teenage Feeling

October 30 - November 22, 2008
College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Curated by Tim Peterson, Director, Franklin Art Works

Opening Reception
Thursday, October 30, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Roundtable with Artists
Thursday, November 6, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.


Scott Stulen
My First through Fourth Grade Teachers
2007
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches

I'm Holding on for that Teenage Feeling features new and recent works by six Twin Cities' artists that address the murkier, experimental aspects of adolescence. The works, including installation, sculpture, painting, photography, and video, focus on exploratory forays into sexuality, violence, and obsession with the attendant grab bag of lingering psychological effects.

"These artists examine that brief period when we are suspended between polar opposites—innocence and knowledge, inexperience and ability, awkwardness and finesse—resulting in works that are highly charged with sexual tension, raw energy and nostalgia." —Tim Peterson, exhibition curator

The exhibition is curated by Tim Peterson, Director and Curator of Franklin Art Works, a nationally recognized alternative space located in Minneapolis. Over the past eight years, Peterson has curated major solo exhibitions at FAW by leading international artists including Uta Barth, Adam Cvijanovic, Chris Larson, Ghada Amer, Zak Smith, Wangechi Mutu, Aïda Ruilova, and Kehinde Wiley, among many others.

Participating Artists:
Alexa Horochowski
Justin Newhall
David Rathman
Scott Stulen
tectonic industries (Lars Jerlach and Helen Stringfellow)


The CVA Gallery is located at 173 Western Ave, at the corner of Western and Selby avenues in Saint Paul. All gallery events are free and open to the public. Click here for directions.

Gallery hours are:
Wednesdays and Fridays 12 - 6 p.m.
Thursdays 12 - 8 p.m.
Saturdays 12 - 4 p.m.

Snapshots.

Hi.

Ben asked me to post a few snapshots, I think? Here I go.






Also, this is something I took in my studio TODAY!. It's my current project. I like having this configuration, though I'm still working on the lower piece so it's kind of high.




Thanks for last week, guys, it was super helpful.

after thought

hello everyone,

Thanks for a wonderful critique, I was pleased with all the comments and suggestions. Art is a catalyst, a place where i can take myself and the viewer (if they choose) for a spin. By spin i'm referring to a place of liberation. A place where logic and and everything we know become a game of push and pull-a jumble. My hope is that through confusion questions arise. For it may be that through these questions other questions arise. These other questions may abandon the work, however it is through a past relationship that these other questions arose.

The work i showed tonight could not have existed they way it did without a performance. Maybe i'm seeking those other questions, maybe i'm looking at performance as a catalyst into another world, maybe i'm seeking another level of liberation. Not so sure, and who knows if i ever will be, the search is what inspires.

thanks
jason

Steven Jesse Bernstein 1950-1991

This is maybe a little too early, since we haven't yet had the crit, but this is for Jason and everyone else...
After watching the first video with the cramps song, and the bit of poetry before the "audience participation" portion of the performance, I thought of this guys work. Particularly because of his "cool," charm with speaking over/with music, his (vocal) acting without acting style- a natural persona. I'm thinking that that could be a useful development to Jason's work. It's something I see hinted at, but not coming through all-too-clearly just yet. We'll talk about this kind of stuff more during the crit, I'm sure.
Peace. AT.

Lyz's work

Thanks for all of your great feedback last night! I'll post some images of what you looked at and if you have anything else to say about them, please comment.

Thanks,

Lyz

SCOTT STULEN: Why are you making me sad?

Please come over tomorrow night and see my new work at the 9th Street Entry Gallery. I will be on hand and there will be food from Sawatdee. Hope to see you there.

Scott Stulen
Why are you making me sad
through October 25

Art Crawl Reception with the artist,
Friday October 10, 2009 6pm -10 pm

9th Street Entry Gallery

500 N Robert Street (entrance on 9th Street)

Rossmor Building, St. Paul MN

"I clearly remember wearing a white Miami Vice outfit the Easter of 1986, complete with matching sock-less boat shoes and hot pink t-shirt. Recently, upon examining the actual photo of the actual event, I was shocked to find myself clad in a tan suit with matching blue striped tie," says Stulen. "My intense desire and disappointment related to this childhood event altered my recollection over the last twenty years. In my memory I had become Don Johnson."

Stulen's work is an examination of how disappointment and failure shape personal and collective identity. His paintings, sculpture, and installations address a sense of loss resulting from the process of reconstructing childhood memories. Within Stulen's work, pop culture references merge with personal narratives, photographs, and tactile materials drawn from children's television and the "cabin culture" aesthetic of the Midwest. The defeat in Stulen's work is softened by his self-deprecating humor, wry titles, and seductive material sensibilities. The resulting objects and images are imbued with deep personal, and surprisingly resonate collective significance, creating a collage of fictitious recollections substituted for actual experience.

The exhibition will continue through October 25, 2008
Gallery Hours: Wed - Fri: 3 - 6pm, Sat: noon - 5pm

www.bethel.edu/galleries for more information

Additional Art Crawl Hours for the gallery this weekend
Saturday, October 11, 2 - 10pm
Sunday, October 12, noon - 5pm