How We Work: An Interview With Sara Drake

How We Work: An Interview With Sara Drake

Guest post by A.Martinez I was introduced to the work of Sara Drake at my first Brain Frame event, March 2012. Brain Frame is an event series that invites comic artists to explore the performative side of their work. That night, Sara’s shadow puppet performance...
DON BAUM IT: Money And Relevance In Art In Chicago

DON BAUM IT: Money And Relevance In Art In Chicago

Guest Post by Britton Bertran The art economy in Chicago – specific to the visual art market – is busted.  It doesn’t work and hasn’t worked for a long time.  Yes, this a provincial observation as we are in a global society, but ask any commercial gallery...
A New Samarkand:  Regionalism in the Age of Globalization

A New Samarkand: Regionalism in the Age of Globalization

I should say now that I have never been to Samarkand (in present-day Uzbekistan), and that my views of it have been shaped almost entirely by its mythical role in Clive Barker’s novel Galilee. A quick bit of slacker research, though, reveals the essential nature...
Episode 431: Takeshi Murata and Robert Beatty

Episode 431: Takeshi Murata and Robert Beatty

http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_431-Murata_and_Beatty.mp3 download This week: San Francisco checks in with a great interview. Bad at Sports contributors Brian Andrews and Patricia Maloney sat down with artist Takeshi Murata and sound...