Curvism in Cyberspace
Curvism in Cyberspace (Written 3/13/07)
The Curvism art show at Flanders Contemporary Art gallery is over. I sold one painting. Yesterday I packed all my unsold art into my van and drove slowly out of Minneapolis during rush hour and headed home. I’m glad I don’t live in the Cities. I don’t know how people do it day in and day out. Or why. Hundreds, and thousands and millions of cars all stuck in traffic. Who can dare to doubt the human cause of global warming? The cities.
Today I unpacked my van and put all my art back into storage in my art studio. In 1992 I built my art studio above a double garage addition to my house. The art studio measured 24 feet by 26 feet. At this point in time my usable space measures about six feet by twelve feet, the rest is art storage from floor to ceiling. I’m running out of space in my studio in which to create new art in. If I can’t sell my old art why should I make any new art? Maybe I should quite making real art and start making real abstract, virtual art. With the money I will receive from the sale of my one sold painting ($900) I could buy a good digital camera and have my studio and storage in cyberspace.
I would start by making a movie of me moving all my art out of the studio, documenting each piece, and building a large tower sculpture in my back yard using all my art. Then I would set fire to it all. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust and good riddance. A tower of babel reduced to ruble in a bonfire of the vanities. Real art can burn in hell! The digital image of the art will live forever in cyberspace heaven.
