Tag Archives: Modern Art

No One Is Going To Help Us But Us

February 3, 2009 – 11:55 AM

Long time Jose el Retardo reader Miriam Climenhaga is a dedicated human and painter (check out her work above, and more by clicking here) from the American Breadbasket, and she recently posted an item on her blog art and art like substances about the difficulties one has finding the time and energy to do the [...]

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Crapping on What You Love: Modern Art, Specifically Jackson Pollock

April 1, 2008 – 4:49 PM

I will never forget the moment I saw it: I was wandering the top floor of the Museum of Modern Art somewhat aimlessly. I could sense the encroaching, restless feeling one gets after spending enough time in a museum to become bored—but not long enough for others to proclaim it an “enriching experience”—creeping in around [...]

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