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simian’s theorem of grasp
In order to further assist artists with their efforts in gaining a following and thus increasing their importance to the brotherhood of man, I thought to create a mathematical model that explicitly describes a winning formula. “Simian’s Theorem of Grasp” is a useful device for eliminating those individuals, who, in the end, don’t matter enough… (read more)
hello down there
Imagine you’re floating in a narrow hole in the ground, a mile deep in the earth’s crust. It’s useless to scream because nobody would hear you. And there you are, for the rest of your very quiet and still life, getting to know your new neighbor, mother earth. It wouldn’t be a comfortable way to… (read more)
a quantum of soul-less
In the never-ending comparison between men and women, to me the variations are never as stark as they are dramatically overblown. That philosophy proved to be true at the Pompidou Centre’s “Elle’s@centrepompidou” exhibition this past week. Unfortunately, that’s a bad thing for women. The works displayed were all 20th and 21st century pieces by women… (read more)
a world of one’s own
Something that Jeffrey Deitch said in the book, Collecting Contemporary (by Adam Lindemann) I thought was a very useful idea for understanding contemporary art. Deitch is one of New York’s art dealers, with a background in finance as well as art. Although he doesn’t come out and say it, his perspective is one where art… (read more)
galleries: a one way street
More outrageousness from “Collecting Contemporary” by Adam Lindemann: a little game that galleries enjoy playing that involves some heavy handedness. In the game of collecting, there’s usually an unwritten rule (although sometimes it’s actually written into a contract): when it comes time to sell a piece, the collector is obliged to give the gallery from… (read more)
can galleries be useful? no, seriously.
I’m reading a book called “Collecting Contemporary” at the moment, and it’s a rich source of the goings-on in the art industry. Interviews with (mostly) collectors and dealers reveal the professional expectations of both, along with advice for new collectors in the contemporary world. In many respects it’s filled with one-sided justifications of the various… (read more)