SL: As I have watched your work over the years, I am truly stunned by your painterly invention and your use of material. With a complete embrace of differing and often competing painterly and artistic styles-from still life, to appropriation, to expressionist mark making-you consistently and surprisingly create complex painterly fictions based on what you… (read more)
Artist, polymath and all around good time guy Ryan Widger made this drawing of his “Recovery Diagram” for me.
SL: I was introduced to your work when we were participants together at Skowhegan in 2002. You did a pair of performances that were very difficult on the viewers and very hard, physically and emotionally on you. I had never really experienced that level of commitment in a performance and I was quite terrified and thrilled… (read more)
January 25, 2014, 2—3 pm Ever wonder why people write about art, how they form their opinions, or how art writing ultimately shapes the viewer’s thinking about contemporary art? What does it mean to be a regional artist and what does it mean to be a regional art critic? If you are perplexed or intrigued… (read more)
SL: I got a real hands-on education from you when I was a participant and Skowhegan and you were the shop technician. I learned so much from you but I didn’t really have an understanding of your practice until I watched you work on Possible Odyssey in 2005. I got a real education in… (read more)
SL: I know the first works of yours I saw were the Detroit Portraits that you made with the students of Chadsey High. This was back in 2004 (right?) and the notion of a collaborative photo practice was something that was new to me. I had always thought of the photographer being the agent, taking the… (read more)
SL: I really loved Corresponding Selves at Dodge Gallery. I think that the paintings were really powerful not just individually but as a group. One of the things that really stood out for me in this show was the way that you handled materials as carriers of formal and emotional information. Fabric didn’t just hold paint,… (read more)
PAINT THINGS: Beyond the Stretcher at deCordova (Full disclosure: I was in this show.) Andrea Fraser: Andrea Fraser: Men on the Line, KPFK, 1972 at ICA/Boston (Full disclosure: I bought Andrea a bicycle while she was an artist-in-residence when I worked at Skowhegan. Also, one of my heroes, Gregg Bordowitz, did the Q and A… (read more)
I’m starting a new feature here at artandeverythingafter.com. Because of time and distance, I miss talking with people about what is going on in their studios. To that end, I’m starting ONE QUESTION and fortunately I get to kick it off with Wendy White. I sent Wendy one question that I have been thinking about… (read more)
This article is published in the current issue of ART PAPERS which was guest edited by the lovely and talented Dushko Petrovich of Paper Monument fame. I am humbled to be included in this project which includes a host of amazing people. There’s also a few of my drawings and collages included in the article…. (read more)