by Danny | Aug 21, 2009 | art on exhibit, Inspiration, Surrealism
“With Duchamp, there’s no choice but to penetrate about two inches behind the eyeballs into the brain.” -Francis Nauman quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article on Duchamp This week I have been working on art inspired by Marcel Duchamp for a...
by Danny | Aug 17, 2009 | Creative Process, gardening
Today I sit in my studio and think about my garden. This year’s vegetables are beset by weeds and critters. Gophers have eaten whole heads of lettuce and bunnies have gnawed down kale and broccoli. As the parent of toddler, I just don’t have the kind of time I used to...
by Danny | Jun 30, 2009 | art on exhibit
The Ersatz Mail Art Exhibition at SF Camerawork opened recently. The curators (one of whom is a UPS driver) hung the work salon style as pictured here, which is a nice way to emphasize the sense of community in the show – every entry represents a different SF...
by Danny | May 25, 2009 | books, Mapping the Body, Milagros, quote
I just got a delightful surprise in the mail – a preview copy of The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography by Katharine Harmon. I am a big fan of her earlier book, You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination (which...
by Danny | May 5, 2009 | art and healing, books, business of art, quote
I am so inspired by Lisa Sonora Beam’s book, The Creative Entrepreneur. It feels so good in your hands and the lush color illustrations make you want to dive right into it. Lisa’s book offers a terrific synthesis of right-brain creative processes and...
