What do you see?
Art writing often says a lot but doesn't communicate much, other than to tell the average person that they definitely don't understand art.
This blog is an attempt to make looking at art more accessible. I don't pretend to say whether particular art is "good". I just want to help myself and others think and feel things about it.
I also teach English to adults. In the ESOL world, we like to make students describe pictures. Students often give interpretations when we do this. A follow-up question we use is, "What do you see that makes you say that?"
I promise to always answer that question when I write about art.
I am based in NYC.
Contact me at: mmb@gazeclub.blog
Instagram: @gazeclub.blog
Cyanotype made at Art on the Block NYC with guidance and photo negative from resident artist Brandon Thomas Brown (@brandonthomasbrown).