Imaginary Shows I Curated
I think that everyone who learns to like art at a young age imagines they will be a curator at some point in their lives. It’s sort of the only job suitable for someone who likes art but isn’t an artist. The idea that everyone is a curator is well-known and pervasive—I think it has to do with the idea that curation prides seeing over understanding. The curator, above all, has seen. Whether they have understood is another matter—we just want to see what the curator has seen.
So, it’s no surprise that when I was 13, I decided I would be a curator. But after pursuing some advanced degrees with varying degrees of success, I realized that the amount of positions a curator could seek were too few. I decided not to follow the career, but whenever I go look at art, I can’t help organizing the ideas and artworks I have seen and understood into some fluid conversation with each other. I am always looking for the paintings, sculptures, mixed media pieces that I have seen to speak to each other across time and space.
Normally, these “shows” I organized in my head never get out, but since I have a website, I thought it would be the perfect place to archive it—it’s more for me than anyone else, but I hope anyone can enjoy it.
The Study of Clouds
Throughout history, artists have tried to tackle the problem of clouds. This show looks at some of those struggles.
Flamingos Across New York
The non-native bright bird is surprisingly present in New York—join me in a tour of the city as we find where it can be found.
