Tag: art

Some Things About Some Things

Glenn Gordon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:12:46 -0500

Oh No! Elitists on the Horizon!

Andy Sturdevant — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:15:39 -0500

I was recently in Oakland, California, spending the afternoon watching some hipster bands play a house show in a sort of art-school punk-rock party compound, complete with barbed wire fencing all around the perimeter of the backyard (this is the sort of exotic jet-setting one does when one is an art blogger). I was having a good time, but after an hour or so, all the skinny kids thrashing away on their instruments were becoming less and less distinguishable, so I decided to wander elsewhere in the house to see what things I could find there.

The Day the Music Died

Michael Fallon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:08:00 -0500

Note: An earlier version of this piece was published on mnartists.org on September 9, and is presented here by permission.

The Nester

Jill Yablonski — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:55:54 -0500

In an effort to seek out and engage multiple voices and viewpoints from the local arts community, we occasionally will present on The Thousandth Word postings by "Vicious Guests" -- that is, writings by various artists, curators, guest critics, journalists, art experts, art lovers, and other essential members of the arts community who have a story to tell. Michael Fallon presented the first "Vicious Guest" piece, by Gabriel Combs, last month.

One Day, One Night, Saturday's Alright

Andy Sturdevant — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:39:24 -0500

AMONG THE GREAT unanswerable questions that haunt our city is this one: Why is there a giant, crappy K-Mart superstore sitting in the middle of Nicollet Avenue?

The New Dada

Michael Fallon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:37:44 -0500

Part the first -- History Is the Past

History is something that happens to other people. -Anonymous

WELCOME STUDENTS. I'd like to begin today's seminar with a pop quiz. (No groaning, people!) Please take out your Bluebooks and answer the following two-part question:

Dried Blood and Dandelion Wine

Michael Fallon — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:01:25 -0500

(Header image credit: "Conversation with Death" by Gabriel Combs)

The Paintings Have Been Drinking (Not Me)

Andy Sturdevant — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:34:32 -0500

Travel back with me, if you will for just a moment, to those happy, halcyon days of the year 2001. Oh, what a time to be a young American artist it was!

Oh Man, Look at Those Cavemen Go!

Michael Fallon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:05:11 -0500

On my first pass through the 2008 Carnegie International, the massive, just-mounted edition of the 112-year-old international art survey that runs through next January at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, I eighty-percent hated the show. It started with the forced theme, "Life on Mars"--the first time ever that the show has had a separate title and theme--which seemed just a tad mundane for this event.

If you don't like this blog then you are a BOOBIE

Melinda Jacobs — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:13:30 -0500

^{photo by Jessica Hegland,

Hair by Jon Richards. Make up by Leilani Baker, Make up Artist Goddess.
Wardrobe from Melly's Closet of Phases: Dress-BADGLEY MISCHKA-purchased at the DAYTON'S 2day warehouse sale during my lunch break at KSTP TV. Price for me to know and you not! Shoes: don't have a clue because someone stole them from me when I took them off to dance at some random club downtown.}