“The idea that art functions as a remedial agent - useful for the treatment of social, spiritual or emotional disorders - is positively Victorian,” argues LA Times critic Christopher Knight in this provocative comment on art and current events.
This morning I finished the best book that I’ve ever read—Ken Kesey’s “Sometimes A Great Notion.” This afternoon, Kesey died at the age of 66. Kesey was a brilliant writer and I found it so refreshing to read the work of someone, who in his mid-twenties was able to write with the maturity of a sage—especially when so many of today’s writers in their thirties and forties read like they’re 19.
Liam Jones sterilizes his paintings of construction sites and elementary schools with strict lines and high-key color. Tucker Nichols purifies his napkin-size drawings into visual haiku. Their dual show at Linc Real Art, 1 Otis Street in San Francisco, offers serious respite from messy reality.
words of wisdom from Oprah’s Dr. Phil (Tuesdays on Oprah). Jonathan Franzen may have a snotty ass attitude towards Oprah , but I think she rocks!
Beware of obscure provisions in the new, so-called “USA Patriot Act” that eliminates Watergate era protections on intelligence gathering and sharing.
Dan Gillmor of the San Jose Mercury News on the recently announced Microsoft settlement.