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painted, made collages, and wrote
De-Definition of Art
a direction to that life and if he
would be quite otherwise and there could
substance and therefore no history
whatever made he cannot exist without a
different from yours or mine for it is the
reality and that of all about us. Our
history presses upon us the realization
debt. For each event is revealed to us
us, the whole of the traveler’s life
may know of that life or out of
awful lot to do with an explosion of
Contemporary Center at the American Folk
Johnson, incarcerated murderer; from “In
photocopies & a couple of CDs of
bucks. What the fuck, I says to myself.
disconnected. I telephoned his cell. I always
tries to frame me. Big Man knows this
for the article. I said, “Cool idea!” So
like, excerpts from our phone calls &
leave out the first part of our
was pissed, because I had been writing
that came to me in a dream the night
matter what Paul, says about it. I bet
anyway? It’s kind of so not Now. I
were staying a night in Flagstaff. You
You were going to call that massage
such a big Cali art boy pussy
some down dog…
Santa Fe for Father’s Day & have
opening for John Massee sometime that
scientist lately, making little junk DVD
weird architecture hooch dioramas &
with rocks, plus the usual robot guys on
Maria’s? I bet you ordered the Burrito
sopaipillas. Am I right?
Anyway, I know it’s nuts, this Judd fixation.
guy’s from the Midwest, for God’s
this wedding in Austin, or so I
cantankerous wheezer John Mulvany was
May wedding. Yes, artsy love has
in two decades I’ve found myself
summer break.” Graduate art school
know, when I turned East onto “the
reformation.
plane or automobile. I suppose one
hitchhike, ride a bike, motorcycle or a
or so miles. I chose motorized
instruments for half-crossing the North
Exxon/Mobile), clothing, and a few
making and samples for art showing. The
maybe, Marfa. As for Marfa, I had
needs a reservation to see the
one, still unsure whether I wanted
costs the trek to Marfa would entail.
Public Affairs, returned my call
and mentioned sheepishly that I had
for probably four years, told him a
thought it was a good idea to toss my hat
response something like “Come
whether it’s a fit.” I couldn’t tell you
wasn’t taking notes, because at that
entered my mind. Something about that
understand why Judd chose Marfa. Great
Sky. …Hey, the road’s going to dip up
should be boycotting those
that maniac in the White House, his
way to the bank. Did you know
Halliburton’s a Texas company? & They’re
top 100 Texas corporations at
companies are bummed about the
instead of this ridiculous artsy
finding Don Judd, & “WWDJD!” What
the Vietnam War! He was adamantly
that Chinati Foundation newsletter you
is a Hummer! Anyhow, there’s a
States getting tangled up in that
it does to us victims & artists &
smoke in LA. The air’s filthy!
matters before a war. It’s difficult to
know that the reasons are not
caused and frivolous.
wastefulness, thoughtlessness,
why war is the solution and dream of
way out for their subjects. If the
thought of war as failure, they would not
say why they are there, war is exciting
Never Again War” essay: “My son
War ended. He entered the world in a
help of two beautiful midwives.
like 18 hrs. It was cold. We went
precious person in my life. Six months
war, too. It just took a lot longer.
it accidentally, so some of it’s
submitted a short essay entitled “Why
some reasons for my choosing to locate
school here at CGU, rather than
establishing a 4D Media Studio and School.
course of a year (2004), moving all my
hanging a show, then returning to do a
myself adequately informed about the
five years or more there as a
were doin’ that show at St. Ed’s you
were hooked with who went to Yale.
you were asking me why I’m
at the factors that are necessary for an
permanent collections, thriving galleries
nothing in the way of contemporary art
bunch of others built one of
town of 2500 souls just north of the
love this story. By comparison, what
of Travis County is close to a million
endowment for the University of
colleges? In 2004, I think that endowment
highest overall. So, Austin gets the
building downtown. Austin’s the
on earth, and can you name one
Aside from Julie Speed, a fine artist
artist who’s A-list.
Why is it that Exxon & Halliburton &
Marathon Oil & Plains All American
all the other Fortune 500 companies
Texas?
companies than any other state in the
Believe it or not. & What’s the most
by a long way; last year they
they’ll rake in this year, which is, like,
these other guys ever does any
AMOA on the way to the State house. I
guys must not be able to see the sign
they care about Texan art anyway?
LA for your hack impressionist
easy to control. It makes more sense to
artists, than to try to handle them, or,
million bucks to pay for the honor of
guys are starving this city, just like
thievery and usury, the worst era of
topical symptom. All you have to do
you’ll know how healthy the society
a democracy cannot function. It’s a
Smithsonian’s doing to try to stay
the NEA? No more individual artist
to destroy NPR, too. Thank God,
the former Texan governor in the
cultural institutions are being strangled, &
Art is a social health/free speech
But in Marfa, you find magic.
I’m going to beat you senseless for
an official American Capital of
by a group allied with the
European Union (which has selected its
really big deal). Austin is the first
American initiative — it will share
published under the byline “At
Faires’ column “Articulations” in
Garcia signed an agreement proudly
an American Capital of Culture for
year Austin would be showcasing
ceremonies, marketing initiatives, and
Brazil, and Panama have done since
an offshoot of a similar program in
what was to be the official ceremony
current Mayor Will Wynn has said,
honor. Seems the city couldn’t find the
5 million to $10 million that would
activities and affiliated programs. While it’s
why”). The following excerpt deals
failures to upgrade the institution
cycles. I regarded these as bad signs,
established
to give the Austin Museum of Art its
downtown museum it had tried and failed to
Eighties. In 1985, voters approved $14.7
Laguna Gloria Art Museum) to build a
had a site and a design by prominent
Eighties bust, combined with financial
institution, real estate troubles that led to
wars killed the museum’s chances of
Austin’s economy recovered, so did
Nineties, it had obtained a new site (one
favor of the city government, and
the Venturi plans and selected a new
to design a 125,000-square-foot
through a land swap with the city). When
2000, AMOA anticipated a
in 2003. The museum felt so
its energies on the much more
site. Decisions about any new
page of the New York Times?
quick. Donny Johnson is a murderer in
dyes he collects from M&M candies.
monkeys, who get press as human
elephant that could paint?
girl wunderkind you wrote about in
still some money left. She’s still
girl. Peace advocate. Anyway. Donny
Great movie. The question is, “What do
a prison guard? New York City is
art world. The City is still a magnet
time you saw one of them on the
They just laid off 250 people I heard.
affront to them is that article about the
double. Man, finally the Times is
pages of movie, TV and music
advertising revenues. Of course, they’re
So what, if what they do is at the top
I think. I’ve been reading that book
of the most interesting stuff in there
for the self-realization of the artist,
art & otherwise, & that this process
The artist awake & aware is a force to
shunned, in the name of profits or
corporate-conglomerate owned.
asked you to help me with this project.
who do you have? …I know it
isn’t unusual in its constriction.
reasons. Austin is unusual in its refusal to
so crushing. Again and again in
and sacrifices to do the right thing,
example, and Shady Tree, and Bolm –
Edward’s and a bunch more.
about the lack of coverage, didn’t you?
protest itself, during the East Austin
good crack. I think it led to some good
to though, as evidenced by the notes
defense mechanisms of the gatekeepers
relentlessly. Corporate media vehicles
editors of those vehicles will shrilly
was looking at those pictures from
Americano Motel & Sterling City, & it
these assholes have done to this
hope Tommy, all over the place.
Pump Projects. He’s making balls-tothe-
Sean and Josh find a hundred more just
willing to hang their work in the
Curry III. He gave me hope. He paints
doing it for decades. His stuff is on
me hope. “Localize ‘Em” is her
production, gave me hope, even
Vincenzo, who has an Austin show
around Shady Tree during the Xmess
to fuel an automobile motor with
League school discovery of a new
anything else out there. Rauschenberg,
now. Susan Joyce at Fringe Exhibitions
up on Mt. Baldy give me hope.
K. gives me hope. Ed Moses gives
Bergamont Station? And then there’s
there. In the bulls eye of La Entrada,
bummed out now. I don’t know most of
Tropical for a Cafe con Leche and a
sauce. Call me later. I’ll be under the bed,
two DNA images does not involve a
Newton’s and Einstein’s views of space.
DNA images reflects the larger
Eagleton! You know, Eagleton & Stalin
give Stalin a pistol that only works
pop over to see Bob Yarber at the
Virginia and her ballet company.
the envelope by Rhonda Shearer…
Dimension now.
bedroom & grab my space suit.
installment of “Transmissions from
point of that Art Journal quote is to
a comparative discourse for Marfa
out the old Art For Humans blog?
of years, while I was writing that
Project. Did you Google “4th Dimension,
absolute explosion of 4D theoretical
blog. I’m going to start it up again. Of
crap, superficial, nonsensical swill
packages of dull artists.
thing relate to Judd?
