This is What I Know About Art - Kimberly Drew
"When I graduated from school, I also wanted an escape. I was able to walk for graduation, even though I still owed the college $400, and I didn’t receive my diploma until later that summer."
My only response to this is her journey in art school and graduating with this passion for art. now her not liking New York can be understood, but her end result seemed to be beneficial. Also, I might be owing college something similar, but I wish it was only $400.
"González-Torres took my breath away. I was struck by his use of everyday objects. In Untitled (Perfect Lovers), he programmed two battery-powered, synchronized clocks (that kind of looked like the clocks you might see in a public school or doctor’s office)."
This is somewhat poetic when two lovers who are perfect for each other can synchronize their actions, their heart beats, and their way of thinking to synchronized clocks. Complimenting another artist's work and going deep into the analysis of what they created is really what bring both artists attention. I found it with deep meaning and such perfection on the synchronization.
"This workplace did not possess the same quality of comfort or humanity that I’d felt in my previous jobs. We were there to support our artists and to keep our collectors happy. Those seemed to be the only two rules."
I think this was the point of her resolution of how she wanted to put her artistic skills to work. I mean being art influencer and writer you have to have a vast knowledge of artists and artwork to be able to call yourself one. Kimberly jumping from one job to next especially when it involves art allowed her to grow into what she is today.
Towards a Curatorial Activism | Dr. Maura Reilly
"If the canon of art history is a hegemony – which I think we can all agree that it is – then, in the words of Griselda Pollock, how can we ‘difference it’? More importantly, how can we each do our parts, as curators, artists, teachers, scholars, museum directors, patrons, collectors and so on?"
I think it is very important for artists and publishers to distribute to make a difference. Throughout history art has been a big part of our culture. Artists from the renaissance of Italy and scholars from England are what shaped America from the beginning.
"Linda Nochlin cautioned women about getting into a no-win situation trying to name female Michelangelos or Picassos. ‘There are no women equivalents for Rembrandt, Delacroix or Cézanne, Picasso or Matisse,’ she argued, “any more than there are black American equivalents of the same.”
I say it is very weird how female artists and artists of color are not recognized like people of history. I say its time for anyone who is worth mentioning to be in the spotlight. Let others share and spread what they have created.
What is Curatorial Activism? by Dr. Maura Reilly | ArtNews
"If you don’t believe that the art world is sexist and racist, it’s time for you to come out from under your rock. Current statistics demonstrate that the fight for equality in the art world is far from over."
I believe any fight, sexism, racism, human right, diplomacy, is worth fighting for any those imposed to fight for these changes. Equaliy has never been establish even outside of art, we are unequal yet equal to those empowered.
"What we need is more transparency, and more education: If we cannot help others to see the structural/systemic problems, then we can’t even begin to fix them."
Educating the public on a certain problem, will begin to win favor for publicity and slow fix the issue.
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