1. A Brief Hallelujah and the problems continue

    Of course I begin with Hallelujah for the election of Barack Obama. No matter what, it has to be better than the last eight years. We are all relieved and proud. We all know that Obama cannot solve all the big problems overnight, but we hope, hope, hope, that he takes dramatic actions to change […]

    This entry was posted on November 12, 2008 and is filed under Barack Obama, Israel Palestine.

  2. Afghanistan Treasures and Bagram Afghanistan

    While I am on the subject of contradictory language and situations, the stunning exhibition of Afghanistan art, the Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, is full of them. First, it makes no bones about the fact that the war in Afghanistan starting in 1979 and continuing to the present has completely destroyed archeological sites […]

    This entry was posted on November 4, 2008 and is filed under Uncategorized.

  3. Holland Cotter and the New Language of Art Criticism

    Cotter’s recent review of an exhibition of Joan Miro at the Museum of Modern Art was startling. He is consciously taking on the current political language of war and using it to apply to modern art. It works as an eye catching article, but why does it bother me so much? Here is an excerpt: […]

    This entry was posted on November 4, 2008 and is filed under art criticism, Holland Cotter.

  4. Art of Democracy Censored!

    These four posters were removed from an Art of Democracy Poster exhibition in Berkeley California. The posters have been show in venues all over the country. The censorship coincides with Berkeley erecting a monument to Free Speech!The posters are by Doug Minkler Anita Dillman,Tony Bergquist,Joe Sances, , in order seen on blog)The censorship is all […]

    This entry was posted on November 3, 2008 and is filed under Censorship.

  5. Art of Democracy An Amazing Project

    There is so much to write about The Art of Democracy project. In this photo I am talking to Art Hazelwood in the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco. Hazelwood and Steve Fredericks of New York Society of Etchers are the two main organizers of the nation wide project. It includes exhibitions in states across the […]

    This entry was posted on November 1, 2008 and is filed under Art of Democracy, Galeria Zapitista, Meridian Gallery, Oakland African American Museum, Two Walls Vashon Island.
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