Artists without MFAs may be making a better living, but who can tell? Data for this survey was sourced by Jane Chafin, Director of Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, from a pool of 267 artists.
- If there was any doubt about the MFA degree being a total scam, check out this pie chart on e-flux comparing those whose careers have been helped by their MFA versus those that have not. The study group size is small, but telling regardless. A discussion between Julieta Aranda & Brian Kuan Wood follows. [e-flux Super Community]
- Andy Warhol was born this day in 1928. To celebrate his birthday, artnet has a look at Warhol’s Polaroid selfies taken after recovering from surgery necessitated by Valerie Solanis’s attempt on his life. [artnet News]
- Architectural renderings are usually populated by hypothetical figures known as “entourage”. Ever noticed how every public space proposal seems to feature “Kid with Balloon” and “African American Woman with Briefcase”? Austrian architecture studio Madame Mohr avoid the cliches and acknowledge the artifice of the medium in their proposal for a new subway line in Vienna. Their renderings are populated by the likes of Super Mario and Jesus from The Big Lebowski. [Dezeen]
- Last week, we covered Self-Organized — Aesthetics Politics of the Artist Run, a collaborative exhibition organized by Brooklyn’s Transmitter gallery and Baltimore’s Guest Spot. Critic Rebekah Kirkman also reviewed the show—and touched on all the pieces we missed. [City Paper]
- Ryan Steadman on What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present at Matthew Marks Gallery: “a show that is a noble attempt at defining the lineage of the ‘misfit’ American artist, a strain that is often overshadowed by the linear narrative of post-conceptual careerism.” [Observer]
- Banks and other corporate entities, increasingly major art collectors, prefer making purchases in the primary market—that is, from galleries, art fairs, and dealers directly. Secondary markets such as auctions are typically shunned out of concern that artwork acquired there is perceived by shareholders as speculative investments. [Art Market Monitor]
- Artist Molly Crabapple explains that she cannot work with Lena Dunham on any projects unless she rescinds her support of a petition condemning Amnesty International’s decriminalization of sex work. [Demographic of One]
- Magda Sawon of Postmasters reports that she’s already refused two Suicide Girls prints from the Richard Prince dust up in May. “Investors” already want a return on their 90 bucks. [@magdasawon]
- The “Football Vine” has become an increasing presence at the last couple of English Premiere seasons: fans shooting live, typically from a TV screen, games on their mobile phone, and re-editing and posting on Vine the unofficial clips of goals or saves. This season, the National Football Museum will be archiving the Vines using WebRecorder Beta in an effort to collect this contemporary form of fan-made memorabilia, despite the ongoing issue regarding copyright infringement. [Rhizome]
- “What’s not so visible to fans outside Toronto is that Fucked Up are not simply a band—they’re more like a community cooperative, events-production team, charity organization, and mentorship program all rolled into one.” A brief history of Long Winter, the annual indie-centric, all ages winter concert series organized by members of the Canadian hardcore punk band that has brought together the city’s seemingly disparate yet cross-pollinating music and art scenes. [Pitchfork]
- Nicolas Sassoon is interviewed regarding the presence of internet art in Vancouver, in light of two exhibitions he’s been involved with this year: curating the Witchcraft group show at Initially Gallery, and through his WALLPAPERS collective, Emily Carr-inspired projections currently showing as part of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Dialogue with Carr exhibition series. [Decoy Magazine]
- Whitney Kimball interviews Auntie Angel, a fellatio coach who came to sex education, in part, through managing her own trauma. When Kimball asks what typical hang ups for women look like, she responds, “A lot of women do not like a lot of saliva because you were raised as a lady, and ladies don’t spit. I tell women, ‘You have to learn how to get your ho up.’” [Hopes and Fears]
- Super Mario Brothers Luigi, meet your new brother, Ennuigi. Ennuigi stars in a video game which allows players to move him left to right, smoke, and read his innermost thoughts. “Who fixed these blocks to the sky?” wonders Ennuigi as he looks to the sky, “What being? What being could so casually defy gravity?” There’s plenty more where that came from. [Pico-8 via Metafilter]
