Should We Encourage Suffering?
C’naan Hamburger, Painting Class, 2023 Egg Tempera, pigment and ground NYC sidewalk on panel 11 x 12 inches (27.9 x 30.5 cm) Framed: 11 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 2 inches (29.2 x 31.8 x 5.1 cm). Photo by Andy Romer, courtesy of the artist and Charles Moffett.
“When I suffer, I cannot forget that I am, nor fail to know
that I am nothing.” -from the poem White Noise by Laurie Scheck, included in her volume of poetry entitled The Willow
Grove Basic to every human life, like it or not, is suffering. We spend a great deal of time and energy attempting to avoid this – indeed our society is built on the premise of doing just that. Distractions intend to keep us numb, parting us with our hard-earned money in order to offer some semblance of soothing. But what if we stepped out of this stream of
manufactured delights? What if, for even just a moment, we embraced the mundanity and even the suffering – the struggle – of life? What might we learn by hitting pause and allowing the waves of reality to wash over us? C’naan
Hamburger joined us to talk about her exhibition, Vanitas, on view until April 20 at Charles Moffett Gallery. The title refers to a genre of master paintings from the Dutch Golden Age (1575-1675), but Hamburger says it can relate to so many other things. The works in the show are egg tempera paintings. To learn more, listen to the complete interview. Jakub Tomáš chatted with us about his
show, The Field Robot of Myself, running through April 20 at Asya Geisberg Gallery. The exhibition is the culmination of a larger series that explores the relationship between humans and new technology. The title emerged with the help of a generative word model (think ChatGPT), demonstrating a collaboration between humans and machines. To
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Aindrea Emelife is a Nigerian-British curator and art historian specialising in modern and contemporary art, with a focus on questions around colonial and decolonial histories in Africa,
transnationalism and the politics of representation. Aindrea is currently Curator, Modern and Contemporary at MOWAA (Museum of West African Art,). Aindrea is also the curator of the Nigeria Pavilion at next years Venice Biennale.
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Here in the Northeast, spring is struggling to get underway. Each week is a mixed buffet of heat and chill – it brings to mind the way that an art career can often be punctuated by starts and stops. There is no one path to success when it comes to a career in the art world. You very likely will experience periods of feast
and famine, as they say. Times when the opportunities seem to keep rolling in, and inspiration is never far off. Then, there will be moments when you wonder why you got into all this in the first place. Both are valid and to be expected. The thing to do is take heart and know that the pendulum will swing, spring will march on, your career will continue. Here are some opportunities to get you motivated if you’re feeling stuck.
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When the time is right for you to turn your art into your livelihood, where do you turn first? How does one build a successful career in the art world, a place notorious for its
roadblocks and exclusive members-only status? The truth is that you absolutely can forge a life as a working artist, you simply need the right tools, just like with anything else. One of those tools is knowing what sort of opportunities are available – and there are a lot of them – here are a few to get you started. |
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