Angus Fairhurst The Problem with Banana Skins Divided /Inverted, 1998
hyde or die
“I didn’t come from an art background. Being an artist was really a class thing and it wasn’t a conversation we had in my house. We were self-employed, working-class people and although we were very dynamic and creative we were geared toward making a living.”
» Artists Begin Registration to Compete for World's Largest Art Prize
The radically open experiment that drew 1,262 artists from around the world, 200,000 visitors treasure hunting for art and gave away the world’s largest art prize, invites artists to register for ArtPrize 2010. The prizes include: first place, $250,000; second place, $100,000; third place, $50,000; and, fourth through 10th places, $7,000 each. The prize is decided by public vote. Artist registration for ArtPrize 2010 begins today, Monday, April 19 and ends at 5 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 27, 2010.
ArtPrize allows artists from around the world to register any type of art work at artprize.org. To exhibit, artists must secure space within ArtPrize venues in a three-square mile district of downtown Grand Rapids. Venues range from city parks to rooftops to museums to restaurants to the river. Each artist may only submit one entry. Artists do not need to be present during the ArtPrize competition.
“ArtPrize is about turning the city into an art gallery and inviting artists to think big,” said Rick DeVos, ArtPrize founder. “We bring a massive, engaged audience. It’s a totally new context for artists and we invite them to play with it.”
To find out more about ArtPrize or how to register for the ArtPrize 2010 competition, visit artprize.org.
If anyone reading this submits and wins, I don’t think it’s too much for me to request a 10% finders fee…or I’ll take a piece of art*. Either way.
*Or a nice hand written thank you note would do too. I’ll post it on my fridge.
» Nominate someone for the Turner Prize
Your chosen artist must be under the age of 50 and British, which in this case applies to all artists working in the UK and to British-born artists who may be working abroad. They also need to have had an outstanding exhibition or display in the twelve months preceding 27 April 2010.
Can you guess who I nominated?
Hint: I am too predictable.
Copenhagen. Asger Jorn’s former home on the Danish island of Læsø briefly opened to the public at the end of August, and will now be home to a series of artist residencies. Jorn, born in 1914, spent much of his time in the house from 1964 until his death in 1973. The 19th-century farmhouse was bought in summer 2007 by Tom Christoffersen, director of Galleri Tom Christoffersen and Jorn’s dealer, and Peter Linder, Christoffersen’s brother-in-law, a business consultant and board member of auctioneer Bruun Rasmussen. They funded the renovation of the house, which was opened to the public for two days this summer.
“But in the future, when the programme is fully running, we want to invite people with no links to us,” said Christoffersen. He is now looking through further residency applications, and within a few months applications can be made through a dedicated website. via…
When I come up with the next great American novel, I will apply and get this and move to this tiny album for however long it takes. It will be very romantic for me.
» Artistic tendencies linked to 'schizophrenia gene'
Kéri examined a gene involved in brain development called neuregulin 1, which previous studies have linked to a slightly increased risk of schizophrenia. Moreover, a single DNA letter mutation that affects how much of the neuregulin 1 protein is made in the brain has been linked to psychosis, poor memory and sensitivity to criticism.
About 50 per cent of healthy Europeans have one copy of this mutation, while 15 per cent possess two copies.
To determine how these variations affect creativity, Kéri genotyped 200 adults who responded to adverts seeking creative and accomplished volunteers. He also gave the volunteers two tests of creative thinking, and devised an objective score of their creative achievements, such as filing a patent or writing a book.
People with two copies of the neuregulin 1 mutation – about 12 per cent of the study participants – tended to score notably higher on these measures of creativity, compared with other volunteers with one or no copy of the mutation. Those with one copy were also judged to be more creative, on average, than volunteers without the mutation. All told, the mutation explained between 3 and 8 per cent of the differences in creativity, Kéri says.
Crap. I think I have it.
Cornelia Parker Poison and Antidote Drawing, 2005
*Black ink with snake venom, white ink with antivenom on paper
She is consistently one of my favorite artists. I have never seen her drawings, but I love the feeling of not being surprised by seeing her name attached to this.
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