Repository 73: The Dolls’ Glass House
Adolescent doll by Martin Bartlett Dolls have thousands of years of history, I’ll venture to say that for humans dolls are essential. I’ll even go out on a limb to […]
Repository 72: Art, Weaving & Words
‘Minamal’ – a typo created when writing notes for Diane Jacob’s recent overview of her work, “Comb Over” in Portland, Oregon. I realize the new word I created is a […]
Repository 71: An Artist Who Collects Art History and Ephemera
This weekend I went to artist Jason Brinkerhoff’s book launch and artist talk at Portland’s Ampersand Vintage. The occasion was a book release which Ampersand produced in collaboration with Jason. […]
Repository 70: Leonardo + Art Auction = $38 million
Last week, Leonardo Dicaprio raised $38 million dollars in one evening for his environmental foundation. He did this with art at his “11th Hour” auction, held at Christies in New […]
Repository 69: The Artist Who Works in the Medium of Education
Amerika – Everyone is Welcome! (after Kafka), 2002, acrylic on book pages on canvas (not stretched), 96.25 x 286.625 inches, image courtesy of Lehmann Maupin Gallery Tim Rollins has spent […]
Repository 68: Muses, Crayons and Katz
Painting by Alex Katz, image courtesy of Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art Recently I’ve been having long sessions of crayon art with my kids. Besides doing observational studies of their little […]
Repository 67: Accidental Vaginas & Art with Consequence
“Only parts of us will ever touch parts of others”, painting by Catherine Haley Epstein Last night I had the pleasure of attending a book reading by Eve Ensler, playwright, […]
Repository 66: A Large Fancy Room Full of Crap
Painting by Catherine Haley Eptsein. A short Friday post, a humorous interlude as I make my way through the steps of preparing for an exhibit. It’s important to keep things […]
Repository 65: Call to Artists – Eric Booth on Revisiting What Art Means
This afternoon I had the pleasure and privilege of talking over the phone with Eric Booth, one of the most inspiring arts advocates I know. Eric’s definition of art, is […]
Repository 64: Hotel as Hotbed for Creativity
Image of a reproduction of artist Richard Hutten’s installation “Llayers Llove Hotel Room”, photo by Catherine Haley Epstein. Last weekend on a trip to Vancouver, BC I had the unexpected […]
