I think the title of my blog here on [a-n] might change to ‘making words to think about things’.
As I’m studying full time and getting writing published elsewhere the ‘writing’ part of my practice is coming to the fore and I’m starting to think I’d like to make a living that way… I’ll keep you updated on how that goes… (I reckon it’s ok to be on [a-n] as someone negotiating an artistic-historical-writerly practice that seems to be slowly drifting away from making things of my own… that’s kind of sad… but I’m working on the premise that everything has its season.)
On that note, I’m getting interested in the written work of Lucy Lippard, both in terms of her gradual acceptance of feminism (of personal interest to me right now) and in her transformation into a kind of visual-word artist. Though she often moved in the 1960s and 70s art world as a kind of prototype, all-powerful contemporary curator, to me she seems much more of an artist in the way she created catalogues in the form of boxed index cards or made random selections from encyclopedias to accompany artist biographies. I’m also trying to get hold of her ‘novel’ I See, You Mean, from the late seventies as I’ve heard it’s a wonderful example of
While I’m here, I’d also like to signpost a a new piece of published writing on Axis Web that has generated loads of debate in the comments.. which makes me very happy… and has really brought out the nuances of the issue (namely, ‘Is all art politically useless?’) from philosophical, artistic and art historical viewpoints.
One last thing! I’ve started blogging more regularly (and academically) on my portfolio website and next week (Monday to Friday) is going to be MONOCHROME WEEK as I’m currently researching an essay around that topic. So if you have any interest in that area, I warmly invite you to come along to my academic site and join in the debate :)
Oh, ps – you can also follow me on Twitter, how exciting, entry into the digital information whizzy landscape.
