March 2002
The Wittig Report - on the interface between Life and Art
Welcome to the Wittig Report. On the one hand
there is ‘Art,’ and on the other hand, there is ‘Life,’ and somewhere in the
middle, they meet.
February was a busy time for me, and I
accomplished a lot of work, in spite of its being the shortest month of the
year. This probably has something to do with it being cold outside, and a good
time to stay inside, with one’s nose to the grindstone.
God and Satan agree on one thing...
Neither one wants me when I die.
Charcoal on Paper – ‘100LbsNet’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full246.html
Charcoal on Paper – ‘Totem’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full247.html
Charcoal on Paper – ‘Ajar’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full248.html
Charcoal on Paper – ‘FirePlugy’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full249.html
Charcoal on Paper – ‘Anthrax’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full250.html
Charcoal on Paper – ‘BarberPlugy’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full251.html
Pencil on Paper – ‘Storm’: http://www.robertwittig.com/full252.html
Around the Coyote Winterfest 2002 – A Brief Review
“It is February again, and Around
the Coyote held its annual Winter Arts Festival, on February 1st, 2nd and
3rd. Around the Coyote, an organisation that promotes the fine arts in the
Wicker Park area of Chicago Illinois, with a particular focus on emerging
talent, has been around for about a decade.
As usual, Around the Coyote selects a group of artists for special
recognition... their 'Curator's Choice' selectees, and as usual, I disagree
with most of their choices, a matter that I will discuss in-depth later in my
review. First, though I will present my own choices, for 'Best in Show', but
before I do that, I will admit that I am a painter by profession, and therefore
have my own strong prejudices, as to what is 'best'. Also, I am a terrible
judge of photography, and other non-painting fields of endeavour, and so I have
picked mostly painters... but then, I am not trying to be fair and impartial, I
am only pointing to a few people who I feel deserve notice in this show, and
whose work particularly impressed me…”
To read the show review, and see some of the
artwork displayed, click here: http://www.robertwittig.com/paper40.html
“In the post-'War in Afghanistan' phase we have passed into, Al Qaeda, and
whatever other terrorist organisations or 'rogue states' one wants to consider,
still exist, and have, as far as one can guess, not given up their plans for
'holy war', or 'jihad', or whatever one wants to name it, against 'America', or
'The West', or whoever it is, they have decided to vent their wrath upon. There
has been enough evidence, in both the words of 'terrorist spokesmen', and in
physical evidence gathered, to indicate that there are definite plans in the
works with these groups, to use nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, in
their 'War against Satan', to make the assumption virtually indisputable. At
present, the entity that stands closest to the center of the cross hairs, where
a nuclear, chemical or biological attack is concerned, is the citizenry of the
United States of America …”
To read the article, click here: http://www.robertwittig.com/paper41.html
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