The Whitney should die

In an attempt to push the boundries of art even further, the Whitney has once again missed the mark for it's Biennial Exhibition. Usually for this show, you expect some bad art mixed in with some really good stuff, but this really hit a new low. I went to the show with a friend on Thursday afternoon and was appalled by the worst show they have ever put on. Most of the art is just bad. I can remember about 2 things being very interesting and deserving of being in a museum, but the rest of it was so mediocre and sometimes just plain awful. There was one piece that was actually traced on tracing vellum,probably from a photo, and torn out and framed. Another painting I saw was not hung level. This is the kind of thing you might expect at bar or something in that vein, but this is a Museum!
They really have a lot of nerve to charge you $15 to see that crap. You can really just walk around outside in the city and get as much of an art experience.
It's just disturbing since there really are a lot of great artists in the city, and they are the ones who should be in this show.

I would recommend not even going and contributing to this faulty institution.

Thanks once again to CAMwise Chesney of The Shire

It's come to my attention that I should point out if anyone is going to check out the Citizen web-site, that you should check the art section under the "archives". There you will find me.

It's amazing what you can find on the web...

http://www.cityzen.tv/index1.php

I just found this today- almost a year after I actually showed at the bar/club "The Skinny". They interviewed me the night of the opening, and I never heard back from them. Then I found myself through googling. Have you ever googled yourself? I try to not do it everyday...you need a break every now and then. I also found out there are about 5 other Dan Springers out there- all pretty different, except there is another artist who lives in Toronto.

Anyway, check out the cityzen site- the article is at least interesting- albeit mostly inaccurate...

Dan

Too happy

Thanks for the comments, Justin, Fer, Cam and Pam...

Yes, I'm a little too happy. Making fun of people through drawing always makes me smirk. At least I'm not laughing when I'm drawing them...

Last night I saw a clip from "Art School Confidential" and it looks great. John Malkovich is an art teacher who paints awful triangles; looks really funny.

me caricaturing

This is what I look like when I caricature...always (I had trouble downloading a photo for the main profile part of the blog, so this is it...)

Caricature in progress

Here's a "in progress" caricature done at "Faces and Names"- located at 161 W. 54th St. in Manhattan. When they first opened about 10 years ago, I was in there every week... Now I'm lucky to go there every couple of months. I don't think they like me anymore.

Bob

This is a painting of Robert Deniro I did for Eddie the bartender.

"Say hello to my little friend!"

Al Pacino from "Scarface".

U2

Here's a U2 painting I did for the bar- "Rumours" located at 55th & 8th Ave. It's better in person...

Rice is nice

She wasn't "briefed" about hijacker's plans to use planes as weapons...

I did this from the TV while she was being questioned by the 911 commission.

Mick and Keith

Here we see Mick and Keith lounging around. It's a good thing Mick is there to keep Keith up...

Elvis

Here's Elvis in "Love Me Tender". It's mainly pencil with some black oil bar.

Jack Black

This is a sketch of Jack Black I did last Summer while watching "School of Rock". There has been no better venue for Jack Black than this movie. He is Dewey Finn.

Thanks Cam and Justin

Thanks to the constant pestering of Cam & Justin, I now have a blog. Where would I be without my friends? Without a blog- that's where.
Now to post some images....