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Contemporary Art Rules
Thoughts - Thoughts on Contemporary Art By Tania Dibbs - 3 Comments
Yes, there are contemporary art rules - codes to let one another know whether or not you are a contemporary art insider or poser. Number one is that anyone who is anyone does not sign their works of art, with few exceptions. You might as well dot your i’s with hearts. This was once a little tough for me to buy, having started my career in realism where there was a good chance that a painting hung with an unobtrusive signature on it led to more sales. You are aiming to be such a somebody that people know its your work without needing…
Burning Man 2014
Events By Tania Dibbs - 4 Comments
The city of Black Rock is created on the “playa” of the Black Rock Desert for the annual weeklong Burning Man Festival. We flew from Reno to the playa on a terrifyingly small and old charter plane that seemed barely able to make the 50-minute flight. (more…)
Hiring a web developer? Read this first.
DIY Projects - Tutorials and Tips By Tania Dibbs - 5 Comments
Hiring a web developer? Read this first. Because my website had not been properly set up in the first place I was faced with the dilemma of constant manual fixes or a complete revamp of the site, so I decided to stop fixing what was basically broken and to start over. This would provide me with the opportunity to implement some upgrades and redesigns that would have been tough to integrate retroactively. I had a pretty solid idea of what features and functionality I needed in a website and how I wanted it to look. I had no idea that…
Art Writing as Conceptual Art
Thoughts on Contemporary Art By Tania Dibbs - 10 Comments
Reading art writing requires an extra cup of coffee for me to be able to stomach. I can more easily plow through a scientific abstract than smoothly digest art writing, which takes the simplest ideas and often strives to make them as complicated, vague and important as possible. I feel oddly guilty about this because I love art, I love exploring ideas, I love to learn, I am not intimidated by difficult text and art is my chosen field. Yet when I want to wind down with an article at the end of the day, art writing is not my…