This nonsense brings back a powerful memory.
One morning during my Junior year of college, my sculptor professor, a scruffy-looking curmudgeonly man, who also happens to be one of the most well-spoken individuals on the topic of art I’ve ever met in real life, led our small group through the art building’s court yard area. […]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has in its permanent collection a number of cannot-miss-works, including Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Cezanne’s Bathers, and an entire room full of Marcel Duchamp paintings and readymades (although some are noted as replicas).
But there are two outstanding paintings, which have left me breathless during the past few days — both for […]
For no particular reason, here are a few of my favorite theories.
Capitalism - The free market idea has appealed to me ever since I could choose between Matchbox and Hot Wheels. Socialism - Because nobody said Capitalism was perfect. Postmodernism - This wasn’t really an option for me as an art student. Not to mention that […]
In the Fall of 1994 I did a series of ink wash drawings titled simply Masks. As I recall at the time, this particular part of the series had a lot to due with the Heisenberg principle, but it coud easily be applied to the recent presidental veto on federal stem cell research.
Mike Schindler Mask […]
The more I survive through life’s travails, the more I accept that the key to understanding women–straight and culturally appreciative women about my age–requires the careful and complete understanding of the movie Dirty Dancing, J. Jill mail-order catalogs, and the music of Rufus Wainwright.
Nevermind that this triad of cryptic combinations also happens to unlock the […]
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