A quote from Dave Hickey that for some reason has stuck in my head for years. And which seems apropos, for a blog about art:
To put it simply: art ain’t rocket science, and beyond a proclivity to respond and permission to do so, there are no prerequisites for looking at it.
Taken out of the context [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dave hickey’
A Pithy Nugget
Posted in Life, In & Out of the Studio, tagged dave hickey on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is Art For?
Posted in Thinking Things Through, tagged dave hickey, lewis hyde on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read with interest the article “What is Art For?” by Daniel Smith in the NYT magazine this past weekend. It is about the not-very-well-known author Lewis Hyde (I had never heard of him) who nonetheless is kind of famous among creative types for his 1983 book “The Gift”, which Smith writes, “tries to reconcile [...]
