Artist Feature in Asymmetric Magazine 2017 An excerpt from the interview: AM: We love your layering and use of mixed media! Can you tell us a bit about your process for creating a new piece and choosing materials? KC: In my studio, I always foster an environment of playfulness. I make no preliminary sketches or… Continue reading Artist Feature // Asymmetric Magazine
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Publication in TUBE Magazine
“Optical Journeys: Joyce Nojima and Kayla Cloonan at En Em Art Space” by Justina Martino A lovely write-up on the show “Deceptive Clarity” at my representing gallery in Sacramento, CA: EN EM Art Space. M.A. in Art History and Gallery Assistant for EN EM Art Space, Justina Martino. “Deceptive Clarity features Kayla Cloonan’s large multi-media… Continue reading Publication in TUBE Magazine
Feature in Studio Visit Magazine – Volume 28
My first professional artist publication in Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 28, 2015! You can find my work on page 31. Click here to download the digital copy of this issue Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible. And thank you Studio Visit Magazine for choosing me to be featured among the fabulous artists within… Continue reading Feature in Studio Visit Magazine – Volume 28
Commentary on Conceptual Art: Chapter 6
“…the authority that declares a war is intimately related to the authority that declares what is art and what is not. Both had power invested in their language.” Joseph Beuy’s “…was sacked from the Dusseldorf academy in 1972 because he let anyone join his course who applied for it.” “Education for him should never be… Continue reading Commentary on Conceptual Art: Chapter 6
The Triumph of Anti-Art: Chapter 5
William Anastasi: Talk About Dumb Anastasi: “The drawings were made of dots. I found that if I didn’t look where I was putting the dots, it turned out better then if I did look.” McEvilley: “You got better results with your eyes closed?” A: “A thousand times better.” In regards to Modernism ending A: “I… Continue reading The Triumph of Anti-Art: Chapter 5
Commentary on Conceptual Art: Chapter 5
“The language of politics had become indistinguishable from that of advertising.” “Conceptual art can be seen as a reaction against the misuse of language and also as a critique of consumer society.” Conceptual art working in seven areas: 1. serial art (process to the forefront) 2. anti-form sculptures 3. language-based 4. theoretical work 5.… Continue reading Commentary on Conceptual Art: Chapter 5
Commentary on Air Guitar: Part 2 – Chapter 6-10
Opening up Chapter 6 with the world’s largest rhinestone, “…dazzling us all with its plangent banality,” was an interesting way of introducing the idea of ‘authenticity’ and the way it is created within the context of culture. Hickey brings the comparison of the neon lights of Vegas to the natural sunset, being that one is… Continue reading Commentary on Air Guitar: Part 2 – Chapter 6-10
The Triumph of Anti-Art: Chapter 1 & 2
Kant, Duchamp, and Dada: The Background Anti (prefix): “opposite, against” along with “in exchange, instead.” In order to create work that is against painting or against art, you have to understand what has previously been defined as painting and art. I agree entirely with Duchamp’s proposition that taste is a habit and “the repetition of… Continue reading The Triumph of Anti-Art: Chapter 1 & 2
Commentary on Air Guitar: Part 1 – Chapter 1-5
One of the key and opening concepts I found most interesting in Dave Hickey’s Air Guitar was his statement about the education system being a place where “culture didn’t work.” As bold of a statement as this may be, the evidence is clear and simple and can be explained by singularly discussing the non-changing and… Continue reading Commentary on Air Guitar: Part 1 – Chapter 1-5
Commentary on Seven Days in the Art World
Chapter 6: Studio Visit Critic: critique or question the work within the confines of art history and the contemporary art world in written articles, typically after viewing work from an exhibition Museum Director: put aside institutional prerogatives and bend the will of the museum to accommodate the artist’s vision (There is no one MOCA way)… Continue reading Commentary on Seven Days in the Art World
Kal L. Cloonan 