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International Report

Thu Oct 29, 2009, 2:39 PM
  • Mood: Yearning
  • Reading: 7 Days in the Art World
Just got back from Europe; I traveled through England, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. I looked at a couple graduate schools in London and tried to visit as many museums/galleries as I could in Berlin.
I realize I didn't fully comprehend the meaning of an "international art market" until this trip. Practically all the art I came across was from artists I'm already familiar with, or if it was someone I hadn't heard of, the work looked similar enough to something I had seen in NY. At first this made me feel surprised and more knowledgeable than I thought I was, I've never considered myself to be any expert on contemporary art. In the end I felt somewhat disappointed to go across the world and not see any artwork different than what I could see at home. I suppose I should go to a non-European country if something drastically different from the United States is what I'm looking for. Still, I thought I would gain some sense of what it meant to be an American artist but perhaps these boundaries don't exist anymore.

The highlights of the trip were all unrelated to art; eating at Nocti Vagus, a restaurant "by the blind, for the blind" where you eat in pitch darkness; and taking a scooter through the dutch countryside.

I realize that for me this has always been the case, I find the most value in non-art related experiences. I question what this means for my attempt to pursue a career as an artist. It's becoming more and more difficult for me to translate meaningful experience into painting. But without even attempting to do so, my experiences feel meaningless. Probably I'm over-thinking this all.

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  • Current Residence: NY
  • Interests: Doing just about anything to keep from wasting time...
  • Favourite movie: Amélie, Summer of Love, Das Experiment, Julien Donkey-Boy
  • Favourite band or musician: The Fall, Sigur Ros, Ani Difranco, Coco Rosie, The Smiths
  • Favourite artist: Stan Brakhage, Ida Applebroog, Jenny Saville, Marlene Dumas, Odd Nerdrum, Dana Schutz
  • Favourite poet or writer: Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Murakami
  • Favourite photographer: Francesca Woodman, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Robert Parke Harrison, Ann Mandelbaum
  • Personal Quote: Art tells us nothing about the world that we cannot find elsewhere and more reliably. -Morse Peckham

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:iconandremlanca:
Thank you for the watch and the favourites
:iconaradiaardor:
Steve Prue posted images from the Dr. Sketchy's event last weekend... [link]

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:iconnicodeema:
Thanks for the link! The photographs came out amazing - it's nice to have the opportunity to go back and compare the drawings to the poses afterwards.

I found a couple of me on there: [link]

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:iconaradiaardor:
Fantastic!

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does my sexiness upset you?
does it come as a surprise
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at the meeting of my thights?
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:star: Happy Birthday! (:
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:w00t: :dance: :cake: !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! :cake: :dance: :w00t:

It's May 2nd which means it's your special day. Hoping you have a fantastic birthday, get some nice gifts and generally get to enjoy it lots.

All the best and much love from the birthdays team to you :hug:

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Happy Birthday!! :iconanothercolon3plz: :cake:

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:iconclijoco:
A pleasure seeing your work.You're very talented,and thanks too for the favourite:)
:iconremediosi:
Thank's for the Fav :hug: :rose:

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