Author Archives: Jedd Haas

Game Playing Posing As Art? The Case of Regional Writing

The following was written originally as a response to “Unrelenting analysis” continues to grip art world on Two Coats of Paint. But alas, being over 4096 characters, my comment was too long to be posted, so I have revised and … Continue reading

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The Dozen Dirty Katrinas (flood drawings) with cartoon advertisement

This set of one dozen gesture drawings survived the federal flood with the addition of purple stains, flood lines, and various other marks. Each drawing measures approximately 27″ x 32.625″ (686mm x 830mm).

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What’s Old is New Again: Google’s Chrome OS

The NY Times tells us that In Google’s vision of a world where all computers run on its Chrome OS, anyone can walk up to any computer with an Internet connection and gain access to all their information. The thin … Continue reading

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James Brown’s Black Caesar, Public Enemy, and Katrina Serendipity.

A couple weeks after involuntarily leaving New Orleans along with a few hundred thousand of my closest friends, I found myself alone in a house near the ocean, with plenty of free time on my hands. After a day filled … Continue reading

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Making Charcoal for Drawing, with monologue by Cennino Cennini

Some time back, I wrote about making my own drawing charcoal. But really, the idea of making it began way before then. Most likely, I learned it from The Craftsman’s Handbook: “Il Libro dell’ Arte” by Cennino Cennini, or perhaps … Continue reading

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