Titus OBrien

A lot of people are talking about Holland Cotter’s recent article in the Times, about a return to real art values indicated by the current economic collapse. Most seem to…

I already burned most of my bridges in Dallas, demonstrating absolutely zero aptitude for political correctness on this blog, so let me not pretend now to hide any sense of…

Denver was a great town to grow up in (or near), but I intuited early on (by, like, age 5) that the place was long on open space and natural…

I recently made passing comment on the pitfalls of art/mental jadedness. But jade is actually gorgeous. They used to wrap Chinese emperor corpses in it to insure immortality. A pinch…

A week in Dallas was just enough to leave with the bloom still on the rose of my affection. We headed in one long day’s drive to Abiquiu, New Mexico.…

I recently got back to Chicago from three weeks on the road. The semi-annual Christmas trip home to Denver, by way of Dallas for other family and friends, with a…

Franklin Jones, aka Adi Da, died on Thanksgiving at his compound in Fiji, age 69. I had written about his adventures in art a few months back. He apparently keeled…

Franklin Jones, aka Adi Da, died on Thanksgiving. I had written about his adventures in art a few months back. He apparently keeled over from a massive coronary while making…

I just saw two shows at one museum that were nearly perfect foils for one another, each helping inform and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the other. The MCA…

Hey everyone. Long time no blah. I simply have just had nothing to report. Sure, I’ve seen some shows n shit, and I’ve liked some stuff, and not. Teaching has…

During the day, when my fingers can’t take zip-tying steel cable anymore (the latest sculptural (mis?)adventure), I’ve been reading Gaston Bachelard. At night, after zazen, I’m reading the autobiography of…

Dallas-ites and friends David and Amanda Hanson were up in Chicago this weekend. David used to work for Disney, and later Paul McCarthy. Now he designs robots, recently collaborated with…

I’ve been reading an early text by Victor Burgin , the conceptual artist, theorist, writer, and one time Turner Prize short-lister (’86). The work from the 80’s that I had…

The discussions around this whole Hirst auction thing already seem passé, even before the auction has happened, as if it was all years ago and you’re just rereading the coverage,…

The discussions around this whole Hirst auction thing already seem passé, even before the auction has happened, as if it was all years ago and you’re just rereading the coverage,…

How utterly unfashionable these sentiments are! Take em or leave em. Apologies in advance to Sean Carroll.   “Art is a privilege, a blessing, a relief…I had to pursue it,…

How utterly unfashionable these sentiments are! Take em or leave em. Apologies in advance to Sean Carroll.   “Art is a privilege, a blessing, a relief…I had to pursue it,…

So one of the most interesting things to me reading this "End of Art" discussion of Duchamp was simply seeing that famous picture of him playing chess with the nude…

So one of the most interesting things to me reading this "End of Art" discussion of Duchamp was simply seeing that famous picture of him playing chess with the nude…

Well, one month down in Chi Town. I think I’m finally starting to settle in. I’m teaching too many classes, but that’s got the ol’ bean cookin, as I bone…