Art and Politics Now

Criticism must think of itself as . . . opposed to every form of tyranny, domination and abuse. Its social goals are non-coercive knowledge produced in the interest of human freedom. Edward Said The World The Text and the Critic 1983

Friday, April 30, 2010

T.J. Clark on Guernica

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Two great minds, Picasso and T.J. Clark matched in a lecture. At first I was dubious, when the first statement Professor Clark made was ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Two plays about war and one "quilt"

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Theaters can make statements about war, directors care, but sometimes it is a little ambiguous what the plays actually say. Two plays in Sea...
Monday, April 12, 2010

From Oppression to Liberation

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 "Boycott Israeli Apartheid" the  pro Palestinian protest at Westlake Plaza in downtown Seattle had a huge audience last weekend b...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Kiki Smith 2 and Milton Rogovin

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So  I went back to the Henry Art Gallery's Kiki Smith exhibition "I myself have seen it" for another look. It is a complex exh...
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Friday, April 2, 2010

Kiki Smith

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The Kiki Smith exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery, curated by Elizabeth Brown, in collaboration with the artist for many years and years, i...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Plum Blossoms in the Spring Pure Poetry

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This is my springtime celebration. I stood under our plum tree and photographed it. I felt the sheer beauty of the tree, its blossoms, its...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

The William Kentridge Moment in New York CIty

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I was privileged to be there, during what was referred to as the "William Kentridge moment" in New York City. It combined his majo...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

International Women's Day March in Seattle

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On Saturday March 6 we had an amazing march. We walked for over two hours and went to a recruiting station, the King County Jail, the ICE Im...

Break the Silence Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project

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These are a few of the leaves on the Olympia Rafah Solidarity Mural Project. It is intended to build solidarity among people globally Take...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Radical Printmaking in the Bay Area

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The Great Tortialla Conspiracy. Prints on Tortillas. Here they are cooking at the opening. And you can see they are anti war tortillas Chri...
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