Deborah Fisher

This Is Not Art

I know because I found it by googling Snow Shovel.

Aaron McMasters, did you fall asleep in your 20th Century art history class or something?

This Is Art

I know because I found this image by googling In Advance of a Broken Arm

Is This Art?

For The Love Of God!

If dogs aren't art, then this definitely isn't art!

Dogs Aren't Art, But...

Beating yourself against a wall is art?

The Thing About These Videos...

They are beautiful because they are so easy. But that doesn't mean that the ease is what should be canonized.

Wegman amazes me because he came out of this stoned-with-a-betamax milleu and has remained, as other artists of this genre have not, in the world of small-scale video production. And while you can say that most of these artists are making much, much more accessible work than they were in the seventies: Acconci's architecture adventures; Oppenheim's new career as a plaza artist; Eleanor Antin's rich tableaux; Nauman kinda putting whatever in a gallery and selling it for big bucks...

...you don't see anyone else actively working to enrich the genre of small-time introspective video the way Wegman is. I think there's something great about the way Wegman is still chipping away at the same project that he started in the seventies.

Another Ditty From The Conceptual Art Songbook

Difficulty Part Five of ???

I feel like it's important to revisit The Songbook and ask a lot of questions about which elements have become conventions.

Difficulty Part Four of ???

Exhibit A: Art for Sesame Street

It's not just that Weimeraners are cute. I have an art-school list as long as my arm of reasons to watch this video a second time.