While all us art folk feign indifference, we still gossip about who made it (or didn’t make it) into the Whitney Biennial especially this year when the curator has some serious connection to the Bay Area. The recently announced roster for the 2002 Whitney Biennial includes a hefty number of our own, including Jim Campbell, Vincent Fecteau, Lisa Jevbratt/C5, Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Josh On & Futurefarmers, silt, Rosie Lee Tompkins, Lebbeus Woods, John Zurier, among others. Thanks, Larry!
Bob Ross has mesmerized millions of viewers all over the world with his televised painting. Take a break from world chaos and enjoy the escapist delights of Ross’s “Happy Little Trees” in this New York Times article (free registration required).
Roll on down to the Texas arts site Glass Tire, it’s kind of like Stretcher’s cousin in Houston.
In his new book, Stanford University Law School professor and cyberlaw pioneer Lawrence Lessig argues that the power of huge corporations and special interests are leading to The End of the Net.
Have the culture wars really cooled, or has the paradigm simply shifted?
Remember all those flag folding rules they taught us in elementary school? So how do those entrepreneurs get away with being patriots by printing stars and stripes on thongs? Check out Neva Chonin’s take on it on SFGate.