Venice Biennale 2023

New day! Day bidet as I always say…

My first post on The Huffington Post is up today! I’m happy to contribute to HuffPost’s Gay Voices. What else would the post be about, but, me! I talk about my artwork and my sublimation… Have a gander!

I’d Rather Make Art Than Make Out

After I told my friend about my new body of artwork, I could sense that he was worried about me. It wasn’t that he was unsure about my artwork but about my personal well-being. He patted me on the back and said, with no humor, “Jeff, you need to get laid.” …continue reading on The Huffington Post

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For all y’all that like to check out my website at least once a day, I’ve added and edited some things.

Images from my show at Steven Wolf’s are published. The show is still up in San Francisco until February 18th, but if you’re far far away, please take a look at documentation on my website.

I edited my statement to be so silly, simply with the addition of one word. I also added some artists that my artwork has surprisingly become bedfellows with — and yes, that’s gay.

I added a new page called “real talk”. I think the academic and institutional requirement of an “artist’s statement” is totally fine, but I think it prevents my personal voice from shining, both grammatically and momentarily. Am I using those words in the proper way? Anyway, check out real talk for a less academic jargon style writing as well as a more timely “this is what I’m doing right now” voice. Sigh, I’ll probably have to start archiving them as they change, so here’s February 2012′s “real talk”:

I’m the Gay/Jesus freak. I love Jesus and I love being gay, and I love making artwork about those things. That’s not to say that I can’t work outside these parameters, but at this moment, I’m interested in the intersections between my homosexual and Catholic identities, which in America, is apparently very problematic. I like groups. I like seeing people flood into Church on Christmas, and shirtless dudes dancing in gay clubs. I hate writing ‘gay’ in front of ‘club,’ as if ‘club’ has an implied heterosexuality. I’m pretty sure that the first club in the history of humanity was started by a man who wanted to alleviate his depression that was caused by his boyfriend leaving him for another guy.

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…has been selected to curate the 55th Venice Biennale. Anyone know his phone number?

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Can art be funny? Is art allowed to be funny? Something to think about.

I googled art and humor and after a few clicks around the web, I found a clip of Charles Atlas’ ‘Rainer Variations’. Charles was a visiting lecturer at SFAI when I was in grad school, when the grad lecture series was under the direction of Renee Green. He was funny! I’m glad I was reminded of his video work. Take a peek at the 30 second clip at this link: http://www.vdb.org/titles/rainer-variations

I like being funny. I like making people laugh. Can laughing be a part of the sophisticated gallery world? I mean, really gut wrenching humor, not like, giggles. Can a comedic film win an Oscar? I mean, really, is there room for humor or is it marginalized to popular culture?

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The ritual of young people eating in the woods. Timeless!

still from Addams Family Values, 1993

Last Supper, Anthony Goicolea, 1999, color C-print, 40″ x 77″, ed. 1-5

still from Moonrise Kingdom, 2012

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It’s Amazing!! I tried to embed the video below, but I don’t think it’s working, so just click on the blue link below to watch it on the PBS site. PBS, you know I love you!

http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf

Watch The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet on PBS. See more from Great Performances.

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