October 2001,six paintings, in various media:

 

The Politics of Art

 

“I vaguely remember around the third grade, a few teachers trying desperately to explain to a bunch of us school kids, the theories of Modern art, while we leered knowingly at them, knowing full well in our as yet unpolluted child-brains, that the grownups were full of bull, and that this stuff was just stupid gobs of paint whipped onto a canvas by some goofball, and that only a dope would ever actually pay money for it. I vaguely remember school children chanting 'artsy-fartsy, artsy-fartsy, artsy-fartsy, as we ran out into the schoolyard, to get on with the business of growing up. Shortly thereafter, art classes were cancelled... permanently…”

 

From the ‘Computing Pages’

 

I opened a new section to the site, dealing in computing and Internet issues, that is accessible through the ‘Computing Pages’ link at the top of my MenuBar, or directly accessible through: http://www.robertwittig.com/compute/index2.html where I will begin to post articles and tips on various facets of computer and Internet related subjects. My first article is:

 

 

 

What are computer virii, who writes them, and why?

 

 

“A computer virus is a computer program, and is written using the same tools and skills as any other computer program. What makes a virus different from an email program, or a graphic manipulation program is the underlying algorithm (rules and procedures for solving a problem). In the case of an email program, the programmer decides what-all the program will have to do in order to allow a person to read and write, send and receive, store and retrieve, email, and then writes a step by step plan, or algorithm, that describes each discrete step involved in building the email program. When writing a computer virus (or other computer beastie), the programmer decides what the virus will have to do, in order to spread itself, and mess up or otherwise take control of the computers it visits. So who writes computer virii (viri, viruses)?? Computer programmers do…”

 

To read the article, click here: http://www.robertwittig.com/compute/virus1.html 

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Featured Website – Larry Ege

 

I’ve known Larry for about a year on-line, and after numerous conversations, discovered that he lived a few miles from my home. His work is very respectable, at least to my ‘realism-loving’ eye. Decide for yourselves.

 

In his own words:

 

“Like most artists, I am not only interested in my own art but also in art generally and in the issues that pertain to art currently and historically.

Therefore I plan to utilize this site to feature some writing in addition to showing my artwork. However, this will not be done to justify my artwork. I believe that all art stands on it's own merits and not by what I or anyone else might say about it. Indeed, one of my opinions is that art criticism

has propped up a lot of art that would have little if any appeal without it. This is not to say that being utterly naive is better, but only that it is important to distinguish between practical information and sophistry.”

 

To check out Larry’s work, click here: http://www.robertwittig.com/larry/index.html