First Person Magazine Best Coast Art

Going to the Art Market? Frieze Fair? People say fashion is an...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:52:12 -0400

Going to the Art Market? Frieze Fair?

People say fashion is an expression or extension of our mood. Sometimes I consider it my armor. But now, more than ever, a sense of ease in fashion has arrived and how that reflects on our confidence and openness to conversation and collaboration can be quite telling.

Christophe Lemaire’s offerings are my go to nowadays. A dream for the contemporary woman who desires a bit of playfulness with a classic foundation for fine fabrics and construction.

Here are a few accessories and objects that make fashion closer to an art form considering how the things that surround us may affect us psychologically.

Our contemporary prophet, John Maus, normally speaks his sermons...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:19:48 -0400

Our contemporary prophet, John Maus, normally speaks his sermons against a backdrop of music. Unbelievably psyched that he was given a platform to speak in conversation at Frieze Fair recently in New York about capitalism, language, tonality, power, and the thematic ilk.

T’was thinking about the validation of interviewing an...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:54:00 -0400

T’was thinking about the validation of interviewing an artist education teacher for the upcoming First Person Magazine and this artist’s work kind of helped me! If I’m questioning, it’s probably a good thing. I love this “feel good, non-discriminatory art work”. Let’s me breathe and laugh! When is it coming to the Pacific Coast?

sfmoma:

saltcathedral:

“The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate [against] people and doesn’t have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them.” — artist Florentijn Hofman

Smile for Monday!

From Artist, Abbey Portner who performed her music at our...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400

From Artist, Abbey Portner who performed her music at our “Women in the Desert” Workshop

abzdrawlingz:

sweet!!

paw-tracks:

Doin’ It Right ft. Panda Bear - Daft Punk
from Random Access Memories (2013)

"There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain."

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:21:54 -0400

“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”

- Georges Braque, born on this day in 1882. (via sfmoma)

http://frankocean.com/

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:35:39 -0400

http://frankocean.com/

"Do you think that the work is accessible to the general public? Yes and no, because everything is..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:29:50 -0400

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Do you think that the work is accessible to the general public?

Yes and no, because everything is accessible, you know! The analyses that have been put forward are not necessarily of any value, since I have not offered any explanation myself. That is, I have done something, but I don’t analyse myself and above all I don’t judge what I have done. What I intended is of no interest; what is interesting is the effect the work has on the spectator, on the public who will decide if the work is important enough to survive. If not, if the public decides against it, if they are unmoved by it, then the Glass will be broken and people will stop talking about it, which could quite easily happen in 20 years or 10 years, or even sooner. So, it’s nothing to do with me; I have nothing to say. I created something and it’s up to the public—they decide whether the work survives or disappears.

”

- Marcel Duchamp

"Before all else, a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and the medium..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:36:41 -0400

““Before all else, a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and the medium second.””

ryandonato: Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:49:30 -0400

ryandonato:

Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths, 1967. Neon with glass tubing suspension frame, 4’ 11” high.

True.

visualmixtape: Ogaard Textile Work, a new space in Oakland...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:23:39 -0400

visualmixtape:

Ogaard Textile Work, a new space in Oakland organized by Tessa Watson. Owyn wrote a nice piece about the inaugural show over at the TAC blog.

Check out this new local spot!

For David Weiss One half the artist duo who were Fischli and...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:17:00 -0400

For David Weiss

One half the artist duo who were Fischli and Weiss, creators of significant art works that embodied larger than life stuffed animals, films that took incredible patience and emanated poetic heat and light, photographs of airports, hippotamus, airbrushed graffitti, and high heel shoes. May you rest in peace.

The cause for documentary film may lie in seeing those and that...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:32:00 -0400

The cause for documentary film may lie in seeing those and that which go unnoticed. Similiar causes for making art?

"1. Associative orientation: Imaginative, playful, have a wealth of ideas, ability to be committed,..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:42:35 -0400

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1. Associative orientation: Imaginative, playful, have a wealth of ideas, ability to be committed, sliding transitions between fact and fiction.

2. Need for originality: Resists rules and conventions. Have a rebellious attitude because of a need to do things no one else does.

3. Motivation: Have a need to perform, goal oriented, innovative attitude, stamina to tackle difficult issues.

4. Ambition: Have a need to be influential, attract attention and recognition.

5. Flexibility: Have the ability to see different aspects of issues and come up with optimal solutions.

6. Low emotional stability: Have a tendency to experience negative emotions, greater fluctuations in moods and emotional state, failing self-confidence.

7. Low sociability: Have a tendency not to be very considerate, are obstinate and find faults and flaws in ideas and people.

”

- Norwegian researchers find the 7 characteristics of highly creative people. Pair with John Cleese on 5 factors to make your life more creative and Ira Glass on the secret of success in creative work.

Particularly interesting and counter-intuitive is #6 – but then again, we do know that emotional excess is essential to creativity.

(via explore-blog)

Approaching the “Women’s” issue for First...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:06:00 -0400

Approaching the “Women’s” issue for First Person Magazine

Happy Birthday John Waters! To the champion of everything...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:51:00 -0400

Happy Birthday John Waters!

To the champion of everything greasy, wild, real, and dirty. Thank you Mr. Waters, for being a role model- artist, writer, weirdo, winning loser, and obsessed king of camp. Thanks for making movies, books, and art about people who exude a different kind of glamor and beauty. From sculptures depicting Charles Manson and a baby Michael Jackson, a slimy snake selfie, to a larger than life “RUSH” bottle dribbling on the floor, Waters puts his culture into “fine” art to insert once again, his subversion into our gallery’s mainstream.

Video

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:59:29 -0400

If Chuck Close Could Paint a Lake (Tahoe) -Photo Betty Nguyen

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:52:00 -0400

If Chuck Close Could Paint a Lake (Tahoe)

-Photo Betty Nguyen

This is Vikingsholm, a hand carved resort resembling...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:51:00 -0400

This is Vikingsholm, a hand carved resort resembling Scandanavian design at the bottom of Emerald Bay, Tahoe. It’s a long way away from Mike Kelley’s model of his home, but feels like a great place to interact as artists.

In Lucy Lippard’s “Lure of the Local”, I kept...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:49:00 -0400

In Lucy Lippard’s “Lure of the Local”, I kept looking for information about who the first settlers were in Tahoe, how they made the land, and the miners lives who kept it from being a tourist spot.

There are different ways to defend your artwork. Some, like...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:16:00 -0400

There are different ways to defend your artwork. Some, like Marcel Duchamp just lets everyone else decide. Others, like Marina Abramovic, is testing the human experience. Both, are still being discussed.

Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0, 1974

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”