Blogs about Art

Adult Swim's style was messy, chaotic, and pointless. That's what makes it bad, but also what makes it great. Continue reading → The post Embracing the Chaos of Adult Swim and Frisky Dingo appeared first …

My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser based art work, using a “web safe” font could produce inconsistent results, while including a font file would mean …

aerial view of Angkor Wattotally surrounded by wallWhen the Khmer Empire came to power, Hinduism became the off­icial rel­ig­ion. Angkor in Northern Cambodia was the capital of the Kh­mer Empire and thrived from the C9th …

Three weeks ago I met up with visual arts writer Mark Sheerin to talk about my artwork. I’m delighted to say that the resulting interview has now been published on his site: I don’t believe …

*Getting deep into the tall weeds here. https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/ AI “art” and uncanniness When it comes to AI art (or “art”), it’s hard to find a nuanced position that respects creative workers’ labor rights, free expression, …

Last year I was asked to contribute to the Serpentine Galleries’ Infinite Ecologies Marathon, a prelude to their Inifinite Ecologies programme, with something that expressed what I thought was missing from most discussion and practice …

Latest additions to join the Descendants family, my digital series of imagined robots.

World-weary, last week I took myself off one afternoon to Montreal's Parc Angrignon, wanting to walk along the water and hear some bird song and, I hoped, clear my head and lift my spirits. This …

In today’s episode, I read Marietta Holley's What Makes the Summer?. Click to continue reading The Haiku Shack Podcast – ‘What Makes the Summer?’ – Marietta Holley.

“Inner Elder (Nina Simone as Queen of Sheba)” (2023), ceramic, 39 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches. Photo by Jonti Wilde. All images © Tavares Strachan, courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, shared with …

March 30 – May 18, 2024

Obscure I – abstract photograph of a milkweed seed pod. The pod of a milkweed plant is a study of contrasts. Its dark ragged shell opens to reveal a soft grey lining, like silk. This …

This blog post will delve into the details of each tool you need for plein air painting.

202311″ x 7″ x 10″Bronze This self portrait was generated by using a 3D scanner to scan my face, illustrating how the technology imperfectly sees me. The result is full of artifacts. Pieces of skin …

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Joe Chesnut and his handmade train. Note large group of whimsy carvings lower right. Miniature tools, good luck charms, chain Real Photo Postcard dated on handcut sign. 1900. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim …

The expressions “psychedelic” and “surreal” are often so casually applied that they lose any useful definition, but in the case of these early films by American animator Vince Collins “psychedelic surrealism” is an accurate description. …

Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled (Mona Lisa), 1952, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., collage on paper, image via RRF Via tumblr user @poloniumtherapy comes this most Combine-ish Rauschenberg collage to predate the Combines, now titled Untitled …

Hand-painted T shirt design.I'm always amazed how Smooth changes when he steps outside the house: ears unfurl, fangs come out, and tail goes up. It's a Jekyll & Hyde transformation.