While they all resonate, I have a particular fondness for "screw corporate art." Screw corporate war-for-profit too, which is what the other pictures say to me.

by Mark E. Smith (21 articles, 30 quicklinks, 100 diaries, 1325 comments) on Saturday, Oct 4, 2008 at 6:07:20 PM

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Nancy Spero is an interesting artist, much acclaimed in America and internationally.  I found these works searching chronologically through some of her earlier works (in Artnet's "Artists' Work Catalogs").   I was impressed at how relevant her works of forty years ago still are. 

She was 77 and working in 2003, in New York; and I hope to put up several of her later works at OEN, in the future. 

by GLloyd Rowsey (104 articles, 65 quicklinks, 60 diaries, 828 comments [4 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:14:32 PM

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I like mother & child

it looks like wood

I like to have to search for the image

once made an abstract using colored paper clippings and glue on canvas, called it "man in design". the name alone grabbed an award. my age grabbed another. the art was better. I looked for the man, in the design, found him and tipped the art to the right until I lost the man. called my teacher (was taking private art lessons at age 8) and said, "I'm done". She stood there for a few minutes and then asked "what are you gonna call this". I said "man in design" and she said "I get it, I got it, I found it". 

keep them coming, GL. don't give up. we're right here with you. 

by Tony Forest (7 articles, 18 quicklinks, 166 diaries, 1429 comments [5 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:27:28 PM

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This comment means a lot.  Especially since I found out yesterday that almost all the art I THOUGHT WAS in the public realm, isn't.   (And I spent a whole day thinking, yippppeee!, now I can put a LOT of art at OEN w/o risking a lawsuit from some wealthy a**hole-owner.  Assuming of course that my agreement with OEN holds them safe from MY breaking someone's copyright.) 

But you have to put your ass on the line, or am I wrong about that? 

And, could you imagine, Rob Kall and OEN might DEFEND my right to speak to the public with art? 

But mainly, what true artist would really object to his/her works being given as much publicity as possible?  And "protest" artists?  Just think of the witnesses for the defense...

Are you doing any art thse days?

by GLloyd Rowsey (104 articles, 65 quicklinks, 60 diaries, 828 comments [4 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:03:07 PM

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I can't pick a fav...

by sherry clark (47 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 116 comments [4 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:02:20 AM

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While at Artnet's homepage and perusing the artist's pictures which come up when you click on "Artist Works Catalogs" - I almost got to thinking Stick With the Women, they're MUCH more likely to have protest art paintings than the men.  And that so far has been true.  But yesterday I started going thru the pics alphabetically, and encountered Burhan Dogancay, Turkey's formost artist.  He's so good and so prolific, that I see myself alternating genders with each new article in the future, but repeating works from one male (or one female) who particularly stikes me as excellent.

All the while -- hopefully -- having time to read and reflect on encouraging comments like yours, and Tony's, and Mark's.  

by GLloyd Rowsey (104 articles, 65 quicklinks, 60 diaries, 828 comments [4 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:16:17 PM

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Thanks, Mr. Rowsey!

(Sigh) What's an artist to do these days?

I myself made a (metal) mobile about "Liberty Weeps", a figure of Lady Liberty stumbling weeping, from the scenes of the Trade towers burning, the Invasion of Iraq, the Protesters beaten by cops. Her torch is falling, the Bill of rights is ripped in half, she is bleeding and bruised, weeping large splashes of chrome tears amid a rain of oily dirty money.

I was surprised it sold so quickly, to a young doctor's family; I'd figured it would be "too Political".

by Bia Winter (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 762 comments [119 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:25:18 AM

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Thanks, Mr. Rowsey!

(Sigh) What's an artist to do these days?

I myself made a (metal) mobile about "Liberty Weeps", a figure of Lady Liberty stumbling weeping, from the scenes of the Trade towers burning, the Invasion of Iraq, the Protesters beaten by cops. Her torch is falling, the Bill of rights is ripped in half, she is bleeding and bruised, weeping large splashes of chrome tears amid a rain of oily dirty money.

I was surprised it sold so quickly, to a young doctor's family; I'd figured it would be "too Political".

by Bia Winter (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 762 comments [119 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:25:56 AM

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I guess an artist should keep doing art, and expressing her protest thru it!  I don't have any first-hand experience creating art regrettably, but I am one hell of an aficianado.  I appreciate how incredibly difficult painting is compared to photography, for example, where everyone alive has taken six or eight GOOD photographs, and maybe one person in 5,000 can paint.

Howsoever, if you read some previous posts to this article, maybe you're giving me more credit for taking risks by putting up famous artist's art than I deserve.   

Return to OEN's home page and travel down about ten articles, and you'll see "More Protest Art" which I put up several hours ago.  Then I posted the one (and still only) comment on my own piece, which goes:

"For anyone interested,

by GLloyd Rowsey (104 articles, 65 quicklinks, 60 diaries, 828 comments [4 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:36:44 PM

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