http://fieldgallery.org Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:38:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Style is the bourgeois word for history. Style reinforces a bourgeois notion of history even as it conspires to transform the work of art into commodity. Style, above all else, allows for the alchemical transformation of art into capital.” http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/08/19/pincus-witten-on-style/ “We don’t have to dwell on what a picture is - it has subject matter, tells some story, is photographic or cinematographic, and sometimes is just plain hand-painted.  The best and most effective pictures can be found in magazines and movies.  If an artist is concerned with communication and a ... http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/08/13/reinhardt-on-abstraction-vs-illustration/ “I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate…” Agnes Martin, in the 2002 Documentary “With My Back to the World” http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/24/agnes-martin-on-ideas/ Art objects produced in the studio are covertly installed in dedicated cultural spaces.  The installation is documented by taking photographs of the installation at the time of deployment.  Photographs are published showing the artifact in situ, but not information which could reveal the specific location.  The name of the institution ... http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/20/communication-project-notes/ Artifacts from the Communication Project & Objects of the Communication Project Captivity Syntax Artifact 1:  Wood cube with casein paint and water-based ink. Wood platform with enamel surface. Artifact 2:  Wood stick with acrylic and oil paint, pencil, paper and tape. Wood platform with pencil, tempera, acrylic and enamel These artifacts were constructed along with a ‘batch’ ... http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/18/notes-from-an-email-to-a-gallery-2003/ “This also evoked a strong position Norden has in response to the pervasive use of wall text, video documentary, brochures etc, which have become the norm of contemporary exhibitions. The urge of curators to make difficult work “accessible.” Perhaps the art world equivalent of “no child left behind.” And we ... http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/17/linda-norden-on-explaining-art/ The space of the west, growing up in Eastern Oregon. These things can’t be ignored in my work. http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/17/west/ “Memorial for small animals killed en route to West Point” studio sketch Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/16/21/ “Memorial for small animals II” studio sketch Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/16/22/ Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Mixed Media http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/16/23/ The NYT writes about the decline of buddhism in Japan. Within the article is an aside about buddhist priests for hire via the internet: It was partly to dispel this bad image that Kazuma Hayashi, 41, a Buddhist priest without a temple of his own, said he founded a company, ... http://religionandtechnology.com/2008/07/14/obohsancom/ I create work around socio-cultural and anthropological themes. My objects, installations and projects examine the datum plane of the viewer and the syntax of communication. Proximity Syntax My sculpture results primarily from acts of proximity adjustment. Through investigations in the studio, I build a syntax referred to as the art object. The ... http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/14/statement-revision/ List of Rejected Titles (July 12) “Insulting in its Lack of Formal Consideration” “Models for Larger Sculptures I will Never Build” “Untitled” http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/13/studio-notes/ Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Installation View http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/13/26/ Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Mixed Media http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/13/27/ Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Mixed Media http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/12/28/ Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Polyvinyl Chloride Film http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/12/29/ Because we’re not even close to the majority. http://subterrarium.com/?p=21 The objects are completed by their environment. The walls and surfaces called ‘background’ are part of the installation. The objects are a practice in limitation. The construction and assemblage is defined by strict restrictions in technique and material. http://fieldgallery.org/oman-reagan/2008/07/07/30/ Interview with Davis during Loris Gréaud’s Cellar Door installation. http://religionandtechnology.com/2008/07/06/erik-davis-at-palais-de-tokyo/