Dr White and the Black Arts
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"I am for the art of teddy-bears and guns and decapitated rabbits, exploded umbrellas, raped beds, chairs with their brown bones broken, burning trees, firecracker ends, chicken bones, pigeon bones, and boxes with men sleeping in them. I am for the art of slightly rotten funeral flowers, hung bloody rabbits and wrinkly yellow chickens, bass drums & tambourines, and plastic phonographs. I am for the art of abandoned boxes, tied like pharaohs. I am for an art of water tanks and speeding clouds and flapping shades. |
I am for U.S. Government Inspected Art, Grade A art, Regular Price art, Yellow Ripe art, Extra Fancy art, Ready-to-eat art, Best-for-less art, Ready-to-cook art, Fully cleaned art, Spend Less art, Eat Better art, Ham art, Pork art, chicken art, tomato art, banana art, apple art, turkey art, cake art, cookie art." Claes Oldenburg (1961) |
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| How Bad is Bad Art? As Dr White rests his loins in the native land, following a little globe trotting, he asks us to consider the big questions for a change. [Jan. 2006] |  |
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| Hey, Jesus, can we have our ball back? - Catholic art had fallen on hard times, so the private sector had to step in. [Apr. 2005] |  |
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| Embrace the mace. Fortunately, modern democracies have retained ceremonial links to their brutal, but more honest, histories. [Feb. 2005] |  |
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| Against Art History's amnesia - the outdoor Christmas ornament. Seasoned greetings from Dr White and the Black Arts. [Dec. 2004] |  |
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