\u201cI force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Marcel Duchamp<\/p>\n
In his book,\u00a0Duchamp\u2019s Last Day<\/em><\/a>, Donald Shambroom examines questions surrounding Marcel Duchamp\u2019s death in 1968. One of these questions \u2013 based on a photograph of Duchamp taken by his friend Man Ray moments after he died \u2013 is whether his death can be considered an extension of his artistic work. What a fascinating concept. The very idea that an artist\u2019s work can carry on even after they have taken their last breath brings up so many more questions and ideas \u2013 where does an artistic practice begin and end? Does it begin or end at all? Perhaps every aspect of an artist\u2019s life, including the end of it, can be considered practice.<\/p>\n Judith Simonian<\/a> joined us to talk about\u00a0The Human Element, Huddled and Still<\/em><\/a>, her show that ran through June 21 at JJ Murphy Gallery. The works are still lifes rendered in bold, vibrant colors, and the title comes from a comment made to her years ago at MacDowell Colony, saying, \u201cthe human element in your work is huddled and still.\u201d For Simonian, who had been reflecting of late that she does not use the human figure in her art, the comment resonated and resurfaced. To learn more, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hoda Kashiha<\/a> talked with us about her show,\u00a0The Doubt Between Us Sways Like Hung Mirrored Eyes<\/em><\/a>, which was on view at Episode Gallery until June 27. The gallery itself is two windows facing the street, and Kashiha decided to show two different bodies of work, one in each window. To hear about the processes of creating these works, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Few Words to Keep in Your Pocket.<\/strong><\/p>\n Where do you think artistic practice begins and ends?<\/p>\n Outings.<\/strong><\/p>\n Join me at Ki Smith Gallery for\u00a0Prince Pre-Fame<\/em> by Roger Whitman<\/a><\/p>\n Interviews are available on iTunes<\/a> as podcasts, and for Android, please click here<\/a>. All weekly essay pieces are here<\/a> in a shareable format. The full archive of interviews is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n More Books to Read.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ours is a community of readers. Tell us what books you\u2019re reading now by adding your titles to our reading list here<\/a>. Praxis user Anna Zvyagintseva is reading A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking<\/em><\/a> by Fran\u00e7ois Jullien.<\/p>\n Opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants<\/a> offer up to $5,000 for artists facing recent medical, dental, or mental health emergencies. Open to eligible visual, media, and choreographic artists in financial need. To learn more, visit the website<\/a>. Application deadline is\u00a0July 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.\u201d -Marcel Duchamp In his book,\u00a0Duchamp\u2019s Last Day, Donald Shambroom examines questions surrounding Marcel Duchamp\u2019s death in 1968. One of these questions \u2013 based on a photograph of Duchamp taken by his friend Man Ray moments after he died \u2013 is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art-career","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33159,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33158\/revisions\/33159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Brainard Carey is an author, artist and educator. He is the director of Praxis Center for Aesthetics and is currently faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He has written seven books for artists, including Making it in the Art World<\/a>. His seventh book, The Problems in the Art World: An Artist\u2019s A-Z Action Guide<\/a>, is available now.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"