I had no idea that this illustration/illustrator blog existed but it is super sweet…. Check out this story on Abe Lincoln. This woman has an unbelievable eye for color. She is an Art Baby of William Eggleston and Wayne Thiebaud. Here are some samples:
I am super excited to see the documentary about Renaldo Kuhler. He seems to be a Henry Darger type artist, who has been obsessively creating an imaginary world called Rocaterrania for the past 50 years! I don’t really know how you could do something like that and keep it a relative secret for so long. Here is a painting from Mr. Kuhler:
My favorite part of the NY Times article is when we get a glimpse into Kuhler’s take on things:
‘In the mid-1950s he attended the University of Colorado, majoring in history. He said he stood out as a skinny loner who smoked a pipe and wore three-piece suits with bowler hats on a campus where others preferred letter sweaters and crew cuts. “Everyone conformed,” he growled. “But I refused. Better to be a minute entity than a nonentity.” ‘
There’s a great article here about art and the economy. It echoes a lot of things that I have already been thinking but haven’t put into words. Difficulty breeds adaptability. I welcome the monetary devaluation of art. I believe the price of art is artificially and needlessly high. There is a market in the masses. No one should be worried about art itself, only the institutions that currently revolve around and profit off of art are in danger. Art itself will survive as long as we do.
So I finally got a new site up! There are two bodies of work in progress, but I have been mulling them over for so long I figured it was time to get them out there for some feedback. I am going to be updating the site periodically with additions to the series.
Check it out! www.joshpoehlein.com
