Beth Edwards

Happy Wanderer, 24"x24", oil on canvas, 2005.

Based on what we did in class yesterday, I offer this:

The great work done by Beth Edwards: Her website.

She teaches at the University of Memphis and shows at the David Lusk Gallery.

PAINT MADE FLESH

Jenny Saville, Hyphen, 1999.

See this exhibition at the Frist in Nashville:

Paint Made Flesh

It will be up until May 10th.

Lines

Lines

Subject Matter

I want to pick up on thread that was brought up by K. Hamilton in her post about Damien Hirst..."ART IS WHAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH". Maybe for Hirst it should be "ART IS WHAT YOU CAN MARKET AND SELL". The essential images are not that shocking when taken into context. What he has been doing has been done for years. His ideas have never been that great but his ability to make commodities, push them into the market place and have them go at super high prices sets him apart.

Let's talk about shock and subject matter. Take a look at Joel Peter Witkin(and it particular the two corpse heads kissing). In all of art, not much offends me but this crosses a line. He went to Mexico, where the laws are loose, got these corpses(these two are elderly twin brothers) from a morgue and photographed them. The problem here is consent. If an amputee, transgender adult dwarf consents to have their picture taken, fine. But the dead are not around to give their consent so leave them alone. You can be as gross or offensive as you want to be in your art, but being exploitive is wrong.

For my money Witkin and his corpses are more disturbing than Hirst and his animals. The difference is, Hirst's animals are real and automatically make better commodities and will command a higher price than a just photo.

And for you guys, this is all very interesting because images (can) have power. That's something nobody can deny. Subject matter is a very important choice to make. What do you want to say? It goes far beyond "personal expression".

Leslie Dill at the Hunter

I Hear A Voice: The Art of Leslie Dill

at the Hunter Museum of American Art

January 17-April 19 at The Hunter Museum, in conjunction with George Adams Gallery in New York, has organized an exciting exhibition of artist Lesley Dill's work that will focus on her most recent large-scale theatrical work.

Click here to learn more.

Events: Saturday, Jan. 17, Artist Talk: Lesley Dill, 6 p.m. Join us to hear Lesley Dill discuss her work. Talk is free to Hunter members and college students, faculty and staff.

General admission: $8. Afterward, purchase a ticket for a post-talk event (below). An Evening with the Artist, 7:30 p.m. Enjoy wine, beer and hors d'oeuvres, meet the artist and have your exhibition catalog signed. (Catalogs available for purchase in the Hunter Museum Store.) Tickets: $15 per person. Call 423.267.0968 or click here to reserve online.

The Melton Prior Institute

Here is another place.

Click through it and find something.

The Melton Prior Institute.

What can drawing be?