by Jeriah | Apr 1, 2013 | Blog
It’s the time of year when, as the frost giants finally abdicate their annual reign over Chicago, applicants the world over are getting their responses from Master of Fine Arts graduate programs. Since mid-February they’ve been braving the slings and arrows of...
by Jeriah | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
The CAA conference is pretty much the industry standard place to go for those seeking teaching jobs with colleges, as well as administrative or other jobs with colleges or museums. Unfortunately, it’s a big investment of time and, more importantly for those...
by Jeriah | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog
Today seems like a good day to talk about abstract painting. It’s an issue that bobs to the surface from time to time (“…like a turd that won’t flush,†to quote Deacon, Dennis Hopper’s character in Waterworld), a sort of ghost or dark secret that can’t...
by Jeriah | Jan 7, 2013 | Blog
I’ve always liked Dave Hickey. This was initially because his Air Guitar was the one book of art theory or criticism I could read without feeling like I was choking down something unpleasant because it was supposed to be good for me. So, last October, when Hickey...
by Jeriah | Nov 5, 2012 | Blog
Of the many branches of contemporary art’s gnarled and twisted family tree, arms and armor appears to be a particularly precarious limb, a long-dead branch likely to be pruned off by any serious storm. More than any other field of art history, arms and armor have...
