Bob Duggan

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February 12, 2012

Bob wrote Why David Hockney Went Back to Nature in Picture This

“If you want to replenish your visual thinking, you have to go back to nature,” David Hockney says in Bruno Wollheim’s film David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, “because there’s the infinite there, me... Read More

February 10, 2012

Bob wrote Is Art History Better Unsaid Than Red? in Picture This

A new tour at the Museum of Modern Art in New York has many seeing red over “seeing” Reds in the collection. As reported in Art News, Artist Yevgeniy Fiks’ “performative tour” titled simply enough... Read More

February 6, 2012

Bob wrote Do Artists Have the Right to Destroy Their Own Work? in Picture This

What drives an artist to destroy something they spent their time and energy on to create? Hatred? Self-disgust? Embarassment? Fear of how it might be interpreted or misinterpreted? German artist G... Read More

February 5, 2012

Bob wrote Is Christo Bad for the Environment? in Picture This

Like doctors, artists should obey one rule above all, “To do no harm.” When you’re Christo and you specialize in “environmental art,” that rule takes on an even greater importance. Christo’s lates... Read More

February 3, 2012

Bob wrote Was William T. Trego America’s Greatest Disabled Artist? in Picture This

One of the biggest problems with lists is that with lists come labels. A list of African-American artists or women artists already sets them up as different (and perhaps less, somehow) than artist... Read More

About Bob Duggan

Bob Duggan has Master’s Degrees in English Literature and Education and is not afraid to use them. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, he has always been fascinated by art and brings an informed amateur’s eye to the conversation.