The Dissident Museum Has Launched
The first exhibition, funded by FAIR in the Arts, is "David Curcio: The Point of the Needle."
Kindly have a look at “David Curcio: The Point of the Needle.”
Though it is mentioned in the exhibition, it cannot be said too often that this project was made possible thanks to a grant from FAIR in the Arts, namely
. Nor can it be overstated that paying subscribers of Dissident Muse Journal likewise make this and other efforts possible. Thank you all and let me know what you think.Content at DMJ is free but paid subscriptions keep it coming. Please consider one for yourself and thank you for reading.
Our current title in the Asynchronous Studio Book Club is The Shape of Content by Ben Shahn. For more information, see the ASBC homepage.
“Franklin Einspruch: Tangibilia” is an online exhibition representing the physical one in New York in June 2024.
Dissident Muse’s first publication, Backseat Driver by James Croak, is available now at Amazon.
Aphorisms for Artists: 100 Ways Toward Better Art by Walter Darby Bannard is out now at Allworth Press. More information is available at the site for the book. If you own it already, thank you; please consider reviewing the book at Amazon, B&N, or Goodreads.
Congrats on this launch. Looking forward to others in the future!
The style could be applicable as editorial illustration. For all of the effort, the use of needle point didn't produce an image that takes me anywhere I haven't been. Sometimes, to soak in the ever interesting cattle culture, I attend the annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo at the Will Rogers Colosseum, across a campus from the wonderful Kimball Art Museum. "Rodeo Clown (Smokey)" and "Oil Clown (Honcho)" are incisive portraits. Is the title of the latter meant as commentary? Hmm...