This is an ok review for a less than OK show but I really like the apples by Jessica Rath.  You might want to check out the show's poster and press release.  There are both good and bad things to learn from these examples.

I like the review.. like the paintings (monotypes, really) better, but still... I want more meat.

I liked this story on Morning Edition because it discussed the relationship between sources and creativity.  It helped explain how artists have developing, maturing understanding of their work and their process:

Janos Starker dies at 88.  I lived in Bloomington, Indiana for four years; I only saw him a couple of times but he was an incredibly important presence.  The public radio station in Bloomington had a call-in, music quiz show and he would usually supply answers when know one else could.

more links....

from Indiana Public Media...

from Wikipedia...

some videos too...

Site Under Construction

I was slightly baffled to realize that there are people other than myself looking at this blog; so it occurred to me that anyone looking at these pages might have no idea what they are about.  Consequently, here is a quick explanation.

I am preparing for a college class that i will be teaching in the spring of '14.  This class is designed to help junior-level art students find coherence in their art, their thinking, their process, and their aesthetics.

This blog will become part of that course, a way of publishing lectures, readings, and assignments and a way of promoting discussion.

At the moment, i am mostly experimenting with blogging process; just testing different ways of linking videos etc.  At the same time, I am beginning to load materials that I think might be part of the class.

You may be wondering why I devoted a page to MLK's letter from a Birmingham jail (since it has nothing to do with aesthetics)- I teach in the American Deep South, and one of my units/lectures is going to be about the importance of starting with yourself and starting with where you come from.  When the 50th anniversary of the letter came up (and the subsequent news stories), it occurred to me that King's letter was a document which could help remind my students of who they are and where they come from.

                                          Julie Mehretu is a fitting next step.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/art-history-1960---age-of-post-colonialism/pop-art/v/andy-warhol-s-soup-cans--why-is-this-art

                                         Mathew Barney seems a fitting starting point.