Studio Amidst the Fascists

December 21, 2009 5:55 PM

"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state." -Benito Mussolini

"When in Rome, don't do as the Romans do." -The Shark

It is an interesting view here in Chicago, to say the least, watching the mob of post grad mini Pol Pots, the levelers, the everything is equalizers attempt to in essence, stage a coup with nothing! In fact the latest ploy of these revisionist is to do away with the object all together -that way we can all hang on the same level killing field -with of course them being first among equals....will this same tired Marxist junk forever rear its ugly head?

'look elsewhere than to stars and moon and sun For the shocks and changes we need to keep us sane.' Constellations at The MCA/Notes From Black Roof Country

Posted by The Shark

October 20, 2009 2:25 PM

UMURBROGOL

Posted by The Shark

October 2, 2009 4:37 PM

CHICKEN WING

Posted by The Shark

May 16, 2009 7:54 AM

I hate to admit it, cranky as I am, as much as I did not want to like it, I have experienced a marvelous new contemporary space here in Chicago. A space that with an economy of means, employing the most modest of building materials, with a sense of purpose and an adherence to that purpose conflated in its vision, is simply dazzling. As you wander through the spacious produce section, or stop for a nosh at any one of the fabulous food islands,

"A Freak Show Of Conspicuous Consumption" No More

Posted by The Shark

April 29, 2009 2:30 AM

The Slave Market..... Jean-Leon Gerome

What!? You think bloody body parts floating in pools of blood, bobbing about, detritus, stirred by my five foot dorsal fin is a spooky sight? .........wooooOOOooooOOOOOOO!!......... Hah!..... You ain't seen nuthin' yet...!......just wait until this weekend at The Merchandise Mart. You want a horror show! -just keep telling yourself as you stroll from one b gallery nightmare to another, to remember what your therapist told you: 'this isn't really happening to me,' 'stay calm!,'' I'm going to my happy place now...'

I hate it when I'm wrong! Barreling up from the deep, ready to chomp the head off some innocent little baby seal -only to find out I've just latched on to the leg of some mangy surfer dude (quit crying for mommy! I didn't mean to take your leg off!...oops I just chipped a tooth!) or worse yet some pelagic researcher's towed rubber seal dummy (-who wants to have tire mouth?!) and to what end? so I can end up on some low-rent, 'man is the real predator, now that we said it don't we feel good?' piece of pulp on Shark Week?......So, imagine the extent of my mortification when Tony Fitz (the whale shark) patrick proves me wrong about...anything! (an exceedingly rare occurrence) But, in this one isolated incident, he has. Three years ago, after a meeting with the Mart/Art Fair people that included Tony, Paul Klein and myself, Tony walked away saying 'I'm done'.....and he was, and he was right. 'These people weren't going to really treat or think of artists in any way other than commodities, indentured servants, serfs' - and they, haven't. Tony went on to say, this isn't about art or an art fair, this is about political ambition and low and behold......read the political pages of The Chicago Sun-Times in the last few days? Read the list of people on the host committee, or the middlemen/ panelists for ancillary events for this years fair? Lots of players, very few artists. Lots of art world bureaucracy, played out and washed up, manning a decaying, and decadent, outmoded system and a failed scene -and by this I mean the infrastructural end of the Chicago Art World.....

With all the money under one roof, whats is there to complain about you ask? Well for one thing, if we are discussing Chicago money -lets face it, its never been supportive of the Chicago art world. Institutions have been built here true, and mostly to house imported fare -whether we are discussing a French Impressionist Painting or a trendy piece of garbage 'painted' by Karen Kilimnick, the conceit persists and insists that what comes from elsewhere is by the very nature of its geographical origins, superior.

Stopping Old Bullets

Posted by Gary Justis

April 4, 2009 2:17 PM

That’s me with a group of my buddies at my birthday party on April 4, 1965. We were a group of rowdy, rough-edged little lads, but old enough to start wondering about important things in our country's history.

Pelelui, The Umurbrogal, Bloody Nose Ridge, or, TIGER BURNING IN THE SUN

Posted by The Shark

March 21, 2009 7:06 AM

This particular drawing (Tiger Burning In The Sun) is the opening salvo so to speak -of a new series of drawings I have just put up at wesleykimlerstudio.com

(click on drawing to enlarge)

Let Me Guess: If It Isn't Lunch You Had In Mind, You Must Have Dropped In To Have A Look At My New Website!

Posted by The Shark

March 2, 2009 9:27 AM

Recently, there has been much 'spin', noise and chatter, -emanating from that particular bastion of the specious and the trite (think 'Ren', think 'theory's bitch' Claudine Ise', think gatekeepers losing their grip) about abstraction, representation, the decline of abstract expressionism, the misused term 'Imagism', who is who, what is what, and who has done what in terms of Chicago painting -where these specific conceits come in to play-

My only question then, would be my favorite one: what is the nature of legitimate authority? what makes something true?

The url to my new website: wesleykimlerstudio.com

An Open Letter to MCA Director Madeleine Grynsztejn: How To Subvert the Art Institute, Create a Chicago Canon/ a Remedial, Visionary New Wing for this Stairway to Architectural Ignominy, and Have Chicago Lead the Way to a Brave New Art World

Posted by The Shark

January 9, 2009 7:06 AM

You laugh! But you shouldn't! or, wouldn't, if, that dorsal fin was attached to, say me for instance, and you were climbing the stairway to the business end of carcharodon carcharias (the ultimate in evolutionary epicurean elegance ) rather than this embodiment of all that is ultimately dysfunctional when it comes to the Chicago art world.

Every Once In A Blue Moon, I like to Stick My Head In The Room Just To Remind Everyone What a Nice, Friendly, Good Looking Fella I Really Am!...Effervescent!...Bubbly!

Posted by The Shark

December 14, 2008 2:58 PM

So much to say, so little time, coming in the next weeks from the Supreme Dictator For Life- that would be me, The Shark himself,...several things that I will be circling around here in some brand spanking new, pools of blood!....

SURF &TURF! Hooked To The Party Line , Cooked Into Conformist, Cookie Cutter Chunks,...Does It Come Any Other Way?

Posted by The Shark

May 9, 2008 3:52 AM

Surfing With A Great White Shark - Watch more free videos

In Honor of Bad At Sports' Judy Ledgerwood Interview, We Thought We Would Put Up Some Images of Her Paintings!...OH NO! Whats Wrong Here? Why Are They All Signed, Larry Poons 1962? Introducing a New Term: Politically Manipulated Ripoff Facsimile Painting!

Posted by The Shark

November 11, 2007 12:32 PM

A Brush With Death, Anatomy of a Shark Bite!

Posted by The Shark

November 1, 2007 3:56 PM

Consider The Shark Attack.....

Posted by Wesley Kimler

January 9, 2006 11:20 PM

Most of the time when a human encounters a great white shark, it's hunting something;

We Are Not Here To Hurt You

Posted by Wesley Kimler

December 26, 2005 1:43 AM

Meeting The Press

Posted by Wesley Kimler

December 24, 2005 2:06 PM

Small Consolation From The Big Fish

Posted by Wesley Kimler

December 17, 2005 6:34 PM

I was worried this would happen -where everyone would be overly self concious and sensitive about posting their photos, intimidated by me! - I know, and sympathize, sometimes I'm amazed myself!........just how good looking the GW shark actually is! Please! Try and keep in mind, this, is not a beauty contest!

The Shark Bites Back

Posted by Wesley Kimler

December 15, 2005 12:31 AM

well, well; here we finally are, ensconced in cool grey green salt water unfettered- now; is there anything to eat in this place? SHARKFORUM I see as an aristocracy, a place where unique, inimitable, individuals can gather to discuss ideas, argue, hold forth and so on. Chomping is not only allowed, but encouraged: are we not APEX PREDATORS?

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Studio Amidst the Fascists

December 21, 2009 5:55 PM

'look elsewhere than to stars and moon and sun For the shocks and changes we need to keep us sane.' Constellations at The MCA/Notes From Black Roof Country

October 20, 2009 2:25 PM

UMURBROGOL

October 2, 2009 4:37 PM

CHICKEN WING

May 16, 2009 7:54 AM

"A Freak Show Of Conspicuous Consumption" No More

April 29, 2009 2:30 AM

Stopping Old Bullets

April 4, 2009 2:17 PM

Pelelui, The Umurbrogal, Bloody Nose Ridge, or, TIGER BURNING IN THE SUN

March 21, 2009 7:06 AM

Let Me Guess: If It Isn't Lunch You Had In Mind, You Must Have Dropped In To Have A Look At My New Website!

March 2, 2009 9:27 AM

An Open Letter to MCA Director Madeleine Grynsztejn: How To Subvert the Art Institute, Create a Chicago Canon/ a Remedial, Visionary New Wing for this Stairway to Architectural Ignominy, and Have Chicago Lead the Way to a Brave New Art World

January 9, 2009 7:06 AM

Every Once In A Blue Moon, I like to Stick My Head In The Room Just To Remind Everyone What a Nice, Friendly, Good Looking Fella I Really Am!...Effervescent!...Bubbly!

December 14, 2008 2:58 PM

SURF &TURF! Hooked To The Party Line , Cooked Into Conformist, Cookie Cutter Chunks,...Does It Come Any Other Way?

May 9, 2008 3:52 AM

In Honor of Bad At Sports' Judy Ledgerwood Interview, We Thought We Would Put Up Some Images of Her Paintings!...OH NO! Whats Wrong Here? Why Are They All Signed, Larry Poons 1962? Introducing a New Term: Politically Manipulated Ripoff Facsimile Painting!

November 11, 2007 12:32 PM

A Brush With Death, Anatomy of a Shark Bite!

November 1, 2007 3:56 PM

Consider The Shark Attack.....

January 9, 2006 11:20 PM

We Are Not Here To Hurt You

December 26, 2005 1:43 AM

Meeting The Press

December 24, 2005 2:06 PM

Small Consolation From The Big Fish

December 17, 2005 6:34 PM

The Shark Bites Back

December 15, 2005 12:31 AM

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