"Why not stick a ham sandwich on it..."

Said Stephanie , a friend and fellow artist, when considering a piece i have hanging in a current show.

Good point, Steph, and accurate in regard to my always wanting to shock or offend, at least a little bit, in everything i make and say. One of my favorite artists of the moment is Rachel Harrison for just this reason.

No attempt to hit the comfort zone of the viewer. Those days of homage to the institutional taste of the viewer should be a thing of the distant past.Unfortunately the plutacracy has come to replace the church and government and many artists are afraid of the check-cutters power of eye.

Go ahead throw in that ham bone! have fun.