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  • Pincus-Witten on Style

    “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.”

    Posted on Aug 19.08 to Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Agnes Martin on Ideas

    “I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate…” Agnes Martin, in the 2002 Documentary “With My Back to the World”

    Posted on Jul 24.08 to Studio   1 Comment   

  • Communication Project Notes

    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 or space is revealed. If [...]

    Posted on Jul 20.08 to Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Studio Sketch: Memorial I

    “Memorial for small animals killed en route to West Point” studio sketch Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008

    Posted on Jul 16.08 to Drawing, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Studio Sketch: Memorial II

    “Memorial for small animals II” studio sketch Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008

    Posted on Jul 16.08 to Drawing, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Works in Progress (Interference/Pink)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Mixed Media

    Posted on Jul 16.08 to Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Statement Revision

    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 sculpture can also [...]

    Posted on Jul 14.08 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Studio Notes

    List of Rejected Titles (July 12) “Insulting in its Lack of Formal Consideration” “Models for Larger Sculptures I will Never Build” “Untitled”

    Posted on Jul 13.08 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Installation View (Insulting…)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Installation View

    Posted on Jul 13.08 to Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Works in Progress (Roofing Pink)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Mixed Media

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  • The Original Concession of Non-Objective Art

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Mixed Media

    Posted on Jul 12.08 to Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • “Insulting in its Lack of Formal Consideration” Installation View

        Michael Paul Oman-Reagan 2008 Polyvinyl Chloride Film

    Posted on Jul 12.08 to Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Notes on the Objects

    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.

    Posted on Jul 07.08 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Work in Progress July 4

        Michael Paul Oman-Reagan Incomplete Objects Already in Progress, 2008 Mixed Media

    Posted on Jul 05.08 to Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Familiarity

        Michael Paul Oman-Reagan Familiarity, 2008 Wood, Acrylic Paint, Styrofoam Drift Balls, Adhesive

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Theurgy (Roach Elohim) – Installation Detail

        Michael Paul Oman-Reagan Theurgy (detail), 2008 Wood, Acrylic Paint, Tackle Thread, Fly-Tying Net, Adhesive

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Theurgy (Roach Elohim)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan Theurgy, 2008 Wood, Glue, Acrylic Paint, Tackle Thread, Fly-Tying Net, Adhesive

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Exegesis (A Delicate Time)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan Exegesis, 2008 Wood, Glue, Acrylic Paint, Fluorescent Pigment, Adhesive

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • More Human Than Human

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan More Human Than Human (detail), 2008 Cardboard, Glue, Acrylic Paint, Paper, Magnets

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • More Human Than Human (detail)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan More Human Than Human (open), 2008 Cardboard, Glue, Acrylic Paint, Paper, Magnets

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • More Human Than Human (detail)

    Michael Paul Oman-Reagan More Human Than Human (closed), 2008 Cardboard, Glue, Acrylic Paint, Paper, Magnets

    Posted on Jul 01.08 to Drawing, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Statement ‘Sculpture ReDraft’

    Preface on Art Writing Our experience above the quantum level is a world of composites. Art writing seeks to extrapolate form and meaning from living works of art and express these characteristics through language. The resulting linguistic objects exist in addition to the work but do not amend the work. Proximity Syntax Sculpture is primarily [...]

    Posted on Jun 22.05 to Idea, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Sculpture Sketch 3

    Posted on Jan 18.05 to Idea, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Sculpture Sketch 2

    Posted on Jan 18.05 to Idea, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Sculpture Sketch 1

    Posted on Jan 18.05 to Idea, Sculpture, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Sontag

    Posted on Jan 07.05 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Tuttle

    Posted on Jan 06.05 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Ideas in Opposition

    The Communication Syntax A beginning is a very delicate time. Where have you come from. Are there many of you. Where will you go next. The statement becomes the question, consequently, we modify communication immediately. The Object Syntax Do not approach the art object as you would any other object. The mistake of attempting to [...]

    Posted on Jan 06.05 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Synchronic Statement – The Future

    The semantic paradox of attempting to extrapolate linguistic disseminations of living works of art.

    Posted on Jan 06.05 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Historical Statement

    The Line Syntax Do not approach the art object as you would any other object. The mistake of attempting to determine its purpose will lead you away from seeing it as it is. Not knowing, the message is or is not important; there will be a line, there is a line, there was a line, [...]

    Posted on Jan 06.05 to Idea, Studio   Add a Comment   

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