Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Restoration Theater

A “mid-artist’s” notion for an art sale
Stung by the suggestion that his own handiwork and collaborative role in the birth of an artwork by an artist more renown than himself, the artist—who enjoyed a generation as an art professor at the time of this art’s making—plans a dinner sale. 1330 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Emeralda Curricula

How a card plays
This artist is looking for a special kind of collectible artist’s playing card, one that actually “plays” in the sense of a performance. Ideas like this appear in his imagination as he envisions a game which he can use to be a virtual, virtuous professor. 543 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.