I have been researching the work of Robbie Conal. He is a Guerilla artist working will satirical art ideas. I have included his bio, taken from his website www.robbieconal.com because I think what he has written applies to the idea of alternative art viewing, which I have been looking at.
"I grew up as an "art brat" in New York City. My friends and I got kicked out of every major museum and every public library in town. I got psychedelicized at San Francisco State University in the '60's and professionalized at Stanford University in the '70's. In the '80's, encroaching adulthood forced me to integrate my personality--get my art and social concerns together--and finally make pictures about subjects that were important to me: politics, power, and the abuses of both. I quickly realized that art institutions are a severely limited arena of reception for ideas about public issues, so I made posters of my paintings and ran around the streets, spattering glue in every major city I could get to on my no budget, non-skeddo, total loss, rock'n'roll poster tours...building up a volunteer guerrilla postering army as I went.
If I can make a surprise one-liner for people on their way to work in the morning--provide them with a little "infotainment"-- and get them to think along with me about issues I think are important, I'm happy.
I live in Los Angeles, CA. We make and print the posters here, get them up on the streets, then take them on tour around the country."
Friday, 2 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Your Studio - Saatchi Online
I have just been experimenting online on the Saatchi Website and looking into how I could exhibit on it. It is actually pretty easy! You go on the "Your Studio" section and click to register and it takes you details just like for an email address or facebook! easy peasy. I'm gonna do it once I have tagged my work as my own on photoshop!
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