I Am Making Art by John Baldessari

for some odd reason the work of baldessari has always fascinated me. i think his work intrigues the dry humor side of my mind, and if you know me you know i love dry humor. plus as you can see from the video hes not the most attractive artist , and he gives hope to all of us odd looking artists from around the way.

photos from my split with paul nuefelder

nicolas lyford-pike and his mother



jim nulty the CEO of VSA Indiana and I

jim nulty and I again

paul nuefelder and his mother

Philip Glass - Sesame Street (extended cut)

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work of the week....Untitled Work For Gray Chalk Dust

1. lightly draw a rectangle on the floor that is 1/3rd longer then you are tall and double the width that you are wide
   
   
2. cover the area that you traced with a fine coating of powdered gray chalk
   
   
3. starting at one end slowly walk bare foot through the center of the rectangle
   
   
4. sit silently

Hermaphrodites In Wheelchairs

Have you ever noticed that the same universal symbol for accessibility is on both the male and female bathrooms and that this icon is used to represent both sexes of people with disabilities? This hermaphroditic symbol is usually placed standing near the universality accepted icons for male or female, and no matter who or what it stands near is always depicted the same way. although we are aware that this stand in for a person with a physical complication represents that the bathroom or changing room may or may not be accessible sometimes I wonder if our subconscious views it differently and that it may actually represent the view point of our society the persons with different physical needs are entities that are neither male nor female.

In my opinions this icon is no longer necessary in indoor contexts. The Americans with disabilities act of 1990 made it so that most public buildings must either be built to certain standards or they should be upgraded to the standards set by the act, and that the fact that this hermaphroditic icon is used at all in my opinion shows that we as a culture are not taking the issues surrounding the disabled rights movement seriously. For example in my life I have noticed that most rooms that they put this symbol near or on are barely usable buy persons like my self and that this icon is purely used as a way to show that the area in question has an area dedicated for wheelchair users. The doors of theses rooms are usually no more or less usable than most doors in the building, and that in most cases the dedicated stall in the bathroom is the only stall in the room and this in turn makes the fact that they feel the need to show that the room has an accessible toilet or sink unnecessary, and redundant.

I would like to propose that we as a culture rid our selves of this icon, that we start taking the Americans with disabilities act seriously and start actually making buildings accessible, because no amount of symbolism will make a structure wheelchair friendly, and if an entry point or part of a construction is usable by everyone that this fact will be obvious by the users of the building.

In conclusion I would like to state that unless a room or door is to be used only by hermaphrodites in wheelchairs that the universal accessibility icon should never be used in any in door context, that we as a society start taking our anti-discrimination laws seriously, and that we should encourage both architects and the people that commission both governmental and corporate buildings to design buildings that have no need for these useless icon.

- thaniel ion lee

works by people i know

Nico Jorcino

Life Cycle
Mixed media kinetic sculpture
2006
Collection of Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson

work i like of the week 001

Jasper Johns, “Target with Four Faces” (1955).

Encaustic on newspaper and cloth over canvas surmounted by four tinted-plaster faces in wood box with hinged front.

hi

hello my name is thaniel ion lee, and im an artist from the states. im currently looking for a group or split show in europe. you can see my art at thanielionlee.com .

my artist statement is below


My work is about my life as a person with a disability, I use both humor and seriousness as away of dissecting and examining the world in which both you and I live in. I frequently cite and use history, my personal life and the experiences of others as a means of questioning and re-examining our societies view point on the concept that is normalcy.

white on white paintings

Im thinking about doing a series of white on white paintings. I’ve been looking as jasper johns gray works and using a muted coloration has been looking more appealing to me as of late. I wish I could write more, but im getting sleepy.

-t