Source.

Disco in downtown Chicago!

Ex-North Korean artwork shown in the U.S.

Speaking of North Korea, please check out this project! Young Sun Han is an SAIC grad and currently lives in Chicago. Some of his family is from North Korea and a portion of the proceeds from his sales go to Life Fund for North Korean Refugees. (Yes, Zane Davis, I am highly recommending you watch the short video.)

On the Wallstreet Journal Blog, Singapore Considers “No-Censorship Zones”

Art Radar’s 16 most searched Asian artists from July-December 2011. It looks like Ai Weiwei was number one but they also reported a surge in searches for Korean artists (I hope thats not just me doing thesis research!). Lee Yong-baek is number 8 on the list, I am in the midst of writing a chapter on him.

Marc Chagall, Three and a Half, 1911

I saw this on ArtDaily this morning. A Chagall with which I am not familiar. Have you seen it? It made me think of my Tulip.

Miru Kim, Composition 2, 2011

I’ve been spending the last week writing a chapter of my thesis on Miru Kim. More on her in another post.

If you haven’t decided who to vote for in the fall let me help you. Michelle Obama does the interlude dance. 

Starving for Perfection–a follow up on some of these artists.

Get some art in the mail for free!

Singapore Considers “No-Censorship Zones”–Read this article

Okay, back to my thesis.

Above is an art homage to the Superbowl at the Indianapolis Museum of Art by Robert Indiana. Enjoy your chili!

I have a VCS Noontime Lecture this Friday in MC 112 South Michigan, Room 501. I’ll be discussing Body Project and I’d love to see you there!

Art Radar‘s third installment of What is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part III.

The earliest copy of Mona Lisa found at the Prado.

More on the  9th Gwangju Biennale. If I were in Korea I would try to get to one of these workshops.

First Family art stroll.

Paul Gauguin right before he died said, “I have wished to establish the right to dare anything…The public owes me nothing, since my achievement in painting is only relatively good, but the painters–who today profit by this liberty–they owe me something.” Modern Art by Sam Hunter, John Jacobus, and Daniel Wheeler page 44.

L.A. Raven, “Mindless Living,” 2011. Video Still.

Barbara Hammer, “Sync Touch,” 1981.

I found it very interesting that within a 24 hour period such similar images came to my attention. That being said. The two video stills prove how distinct such seemingly similar ideas can be. L.A. Raven’s image is so smooth, almost sculptural, and arranged. Hammer’s image seems more like a cropped version of a quick photo taken of two people–it is more raw. I wonder if Hammer’s photo is meant to look like the same person at two different ages. Read about L.A. Raven’s work here and Barbara Hammer’s here.

Organization Makes it Happen

Carpet Confusion.

Accidental Lap Desk

(I’m really excited to read this chapter in Traditions and Tensions and am glad I was reminded of it today.)

[My] Pillars of Though and Cannons of Concocting

Instagram.

I realize that I have never actually shared cards on the blog. Below is a quick peak of an unedited scan. Look forward to more!

The Barbie above was made by Jocelyne Grivaud. This piece about Grivaud’s work was brought to my attention by Hazel Dooney on Facebook. Dooney’s response to Barbie is here.

“Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry” successfully debuted at Sundance!

During some thesis research last week I was reminded of Changwon Lee’s work I saw for the first time in 2009. It is great in a photo and even better in person.

Remember when I did the Body Project at IKEA in Beijing? Here is more IKEA art. If you like it you can support the Kickstarter.

Sunday Morning Coffee will soon become a Jewsroch family pastime! Keep your eyes posted here.

Have a great week!

From ArtDaily‘s Best Photo of the Day.

See this photo and more like it here.

Learn about the Year of the Dragon.

According to this article it is a year of, “high risks and high returns…”