{"id":254,"date":"2010-11-13T15:18:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T22:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2011-01-02T08:56:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T15:56:52","slug":"art-can-be-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/13\/art-can-be-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Can Be Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been struggling with a &#8220;What&#8217;s it all for&#8221; period.  Generally, when I&#8217;m in between projects or exhibitions, I go through a period of questioning my work, the relevance of art in general and wondering what I&#8217;m doing and why\u2026  The last several weeks, I&#8217;ve been feeling this way more strongly than usual.  Fortunately, today, I enjoyed a stroll through the Chelsea galleries (yes the heart of the beast) and appreciated work that wasn&#8217;t necessarily critical or trying to present alternative perspectives, but reflected the hard work of individuals enjoying creativity.  It&#8217;s important to be reminded that engaging in a creative process is meaningful even if it isn&#8217;t a mechanism for social change or greater awareness (as art seldom is).<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Father Knickerbocker, I Just Googled You<\/em>, William Earl Kofmehl III at Lombard-Freid Projects<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/kofmehl1.jpg\" alt=\"William Earl Kofmehl III\" \/><br \/>\nI knew Bill Kofmehl from Carnegie Mellon University.  He was in undergrad while I was in grad school.  The guy worked like a madman and he took on projects\/performances that no one else would, such as building a giant tree house behind a science building and living in it in a costume as Lobster Boy.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/kofmehl2.jpg\" alt=\"William Earl Kofmehl III\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/kofmehl3.jpg\" alt=\"William Earl Kofmehl III\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/kofmehl4.jpg\" alt=\"William Earl Kofmehl III\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/kofmehl5.jpg\" alt=\"William Earl Kofmehl III\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Waste_Generation<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisdoylestudio.com\/\">Chris Doyle<\/a> at Andrew Edlin Gallery. Chris is a friend who has always been supportive of my work and I&#8217;ve always been grateful for his.  It was great and inspiring to see what he&#8217;s been up to.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/doyle1.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Doyle\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/doyle2.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Doyle\" \/><br \/>\nChris makes his videos available on his portfolio site: <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisdoylestudio.com\/animation\/\">http:\/\/chrisdoylestudio.com\/animation\/<\/a><br \/>\nBe sure to scroll to the bottom of the pages to find the videos and you can find them on his <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user619076\">Vimeo page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hard in the Paint<\/em>, Raymond Pettibon at David Zwirner<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/pettibon1.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Pettibon\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/pettibon2.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Pettibon\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/images\/2010\/pettibon3.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Pettibon\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been struggling with a &#8220;What&#8217;s it all for&#8221; period. Generally, when I&#8217;m in between projects or exhibitions, I go through a period of questioning my work, the relevance of art in general and wondering what I&#8217;m doing and why\u2026 The last several weeks, I&#8217;ve been feeling this way more strongly than usual. 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