Thursday, March 26, 2009

Guess who painted this?





I'll post the answer later.
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Hint: This is done by a historical figure.
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Please post your answers in the comments. Thanks.

Wage Rage



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There seems to be this overall assumption that artists and writers, and possibly musicians and performers, will work for free. Some rationalizations include: since the work they do is part of their natural talents and/or they are so passionate about their work they will do it gladly without pay.
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We never assume the dentist, plumber or accountant would work for free. How insulting to expect a creative person to work for free.
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Here's an art group that addresses this annoying issue.
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W.A.G.E. MEETING
Working Artists and the Greater Economy, invites you to an open meeting.
Come One Come All Come Two Come Two By Two
http://www.wageforwork.com/
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ABOUT W.A.G.E.:
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DEAR ARTIST,
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SO, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE CRAZIEST STORY...
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A MUSEUM HIRED ME TO PUT ON A SHOW.

SO I WENT TO WORK AT MY STUDIO.
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AFTER LABORING FOR 6 MONTHS,
AFTER TWO WEEKS OF INSTALLATION,
AFTER COUNTLESS MEETINGS WITH THE MUSEUM,
I PUT ON A SHOW.
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A GREAT SHOW!
I SENT THE MUSEUM MY INVOICE.

THEY SENT ME A CHECK MADE OUT FOR A TON OF EXPOSURE.
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MY LANDLORD KEEPS ASKING FOR A RENT.

I SIGNED OVER MY EXPOSURE.
TURNS OUT I DON'T HAVE A STUDIO ANYMORE.
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MISSING YOU,
W.A.G.E.


Sunday, March 22, 2009

Taishin Arts Awards: The Best Visual and Performing Arts in Taiwan 2008





The Taishin Arts Awards will be awarded on May 2, 2008 by an international jury including: Tai-Song CHEN Art Critic (Taiwan); Du HUANG Senior curator, Beijing Today Art Museum (China); Christiane PAUL Adjunct curator, New Media Arts of Whitney Museum of American Art (USA); Yu-Pin LIN Associate Professor of Drama Department of Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan); Liuyi LI Director/Playwright, Beijing People’s Art Theatre (China); Joseph SEELIG Director, London International Mime Festival (UK); Hiroko NISHIMURA Producer, Tiny Alice Theatre / The Asia Little Theatre Exchange Network (Japan); Anita MATHIEU Director, Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales, Seine-Saint-Denis (France).

The prestigious annual prize recognizes the best of Taiwanese visual art and performing arts. Besides the Performing Arts Award and the Visual Arts Award, each worth NT $1 million, there is the Jury’s Special Award for NT $300,000.

The 5 finalists for the Visual Arts Award are Jun-Jieh WANG, Yu-Cheng CHOU, Ta-Chien PAN, Tien-Chang WU and Taiwan Field Factory.

The 10 finalists for the Performing Arts Award are the National Chinese Orchestra, Chun-Hsien WU, Capital Ballet Taipei, Shu-Yi CHOU, The Party Theatre Group, M.O.V.E. Theatre, Ju Percussion Group, Performance Workshop and Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group for 2 works.

The Taishin Arts Award exhibition opens on April 25 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei and will feature the work of all the 15 finalists who were shortlisted by a local jury. After the winners are announced, a catalogue will be published.

The Taishin Art Foundation nurtures the arts and works within both the local and art communities to build greater understanding for the arts.

Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture
http://www.taishinart.org.tw/

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Hsieh Teh-Ching

Photo courtesy New York Times

Artist Hsieh Teh-Ching, who is originally from Taiwan, created original year-long performances that are finally receiving due recognition.
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The conclusion of a NY Times article about him caught my eye:
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“Maybe he was a man choosing art as a tool to demonstrate a certain philosophical set of conditions, and it served his purpose, so he doesn’t need it anymore. I think he’s bigger than art on some level. I think — I’ll be really extreme here — that he killed art so he could transcend it.”
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Perhaps. Or, perhaps, Mr. Hsieh said, with a wisp of a — sad? — smile: “I am not so creative. I don’t have many good ideas.”
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