"Combining radical notions of performativity and the body as liminal space, my practice interrogates the theoretical limitations of altermodernism. My work, which traverses disparate realms of object-making such as painting and performance, investigates the space between metabolism and metaphysics and the aporia inherent to such a discourse." Are you impressed yet?
In 2005, artist Teresita Fernández - one of the most original and visionary sculptors of our time, whose work appears in the bewitching monograph Blind Landscape (public library ) - received one of those legendary phone calls from the MacArthur Foundation.
The Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi served as a spiritual bridge between East and West. He spread the his spiritual philosophy and his meditation techniques to the western world during the 60s. One of his goals in life was to spread his knowledge in the West -the part of the spiritual world where poverty is said to be more widespread.
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You are invited! The Tiny Book Show is our latest creative adventure and we need your help filling our library shelves. Our vintage caravan, Maude, will become a bookmobile of Lilliputian proportions, stopping in select locations around the country to display a collection of tiny books hand made by artists and writers from around the world.
This Mondrian-inspired and tramp art styled box is signed and numbered by the artist, Bob Magahay. Magahay, a Hollywood set and costume designer made elaborate boxes such as this one for his friends and patrons. This box is made entirely from pieces of cardboard the work is not glued to a manufactured cardboard box .
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Related: The seven ages of an artist I was born in Ilford, Essex. When I was seven, we moved to London's Muswell Hill which in those days was rough and ready. I went to Creighton comprehensive school - it was terrible, an experiment. But the art department, with Eileen Rapley and Lesley Burgess, was fantastic.
Photo by Josep Ma. Rosell. Creative Commons. Attribution 2.0 Generic. Looking for your next artist opportunity? Don't want to sift through countless websites to find it? From juried shows and art festivals to public art commissions and residencies, it can be hard to know where to search.