Apr 21, 2009
The Internet is an Infinite Museum of Art, and You Are the Docents
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A guest post by Karsten Piper
I spent all afternoon with Noriko Ambe’s paper sculptures. (And I live in Fulda, MN, population 1200!)
What are your favorite galleries?
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The Nasher at Duke University
UC Berkeley’s gallery. Go Bears (?)
First Fridays- especially Adam Cave and Carver House Studios.
I like that file cabinet. I can identify with it.
I can totally see how you could spend hours in that gallery. However, I would want to be there in person – more than online.
I am going to have to say my daughters Polyvore page. She is only 15, loves photography and is quite the artist these days.
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.mid=badgecolor&id=156811
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. It’s basically the Met on an art history timeline. Excellent Thematic Essays and cross referencing links. I could roam for hours.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
What in the world are you doing in Fulda???
I like Julian Beever, the sidewalk illusionist. Just google him.
Though I can’t vouch for either website at all times, I am really into
– A collection of graffiti (or “street art” depending on your view of the laws and philosophy surrounding public space) from around the world.
and
– A site dedicated to equipping street artists with open source technologies for urban communication.
This video in particular is awesome
Fulda? Live here. We’re opening a thrift store on main street in a few weeks. I drive to Worthington to teach, go to the library for books, and turn on the computer for art.
KP
Where are you teaching in Worthington?
I really like these sculptures made from books.
http://www.bookdust.com/
A little sacrilegious and very beautiful.
(This was the post. The post that made me comment. No longer a Twentytwowords ghost reader!)
Emma: Holy cow, those are terrific. Thanks!
Myrddin: I teach at Minnesota West Community & Technical College. You seem surprised, but we’ve been here for the last ten years. :)
Far away from the big city, the internet has proved enormously useful and entertaining.
Even those of us in the sticks can get “culturized”.