Author Archives: Chris Karcher

Every Picture Tells A Story

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Chris Karcher

|There’s a little part of the art world not widely traveled offering a nuanced view of an artist’s oeuvre called Ephemera.| By definition, ephemera are “items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, … Continue reading →

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A Life of Ideas

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Chris Karcher

|Lary Bloom isn’t in the art business, he was a friend of LeWitt, and as such this biography is more about the man than his art.| There were several curious aspects to my purchase of an original pen and ink … Continue reading →

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Bridget Riley

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Chris Karcher

|“Those who understand art only by what it looks like often do not understand very much at all.” -Sol Lewitt| In 1965 Bridget Riley made a trip to New York City to participate in a show titled, “The Responsive Eye.” … Continue reading →

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The Art of Life and Death

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Chris Karcher

|The bull and its blood symbolize a call to nature at its most brutal, pure and irrational. -Jose Antonio del Moral| If you are not a fan of bullfighting please move along. My interest in defending this sport is exactly … Continue reading →

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Kipling and the Man Who Would Be Surprised

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Chris Karcher

|The wheel of the world swings through the same phases again and again.|― Rudyard Kipling, “The Man Who Would Be King” For no particular reason, I’ve again been reading the collected works of Rudyard Kipling. Mostly he is remembered today (if … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts on Art: Explaining Creativity

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Chris Karcher

|Eric Fischl does a fabulous job explaining not just how he goes about the creative process, but how his creative process came to be what it is.| Eric Fischl’s 2013 autobiography, Bad Boy, is quite the piece of work – literally. … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts on Art: The Calligraphic School of Painting?

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Chris Karcher

|The late hard-edged paintings by both of these artists inform each other, but the calligraphic-like images show another alignment of thought leading to a similar solution.| While reviewing some black and white photos of painting exhibits from the late 1930’s … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts on Art: Abstract Expressionism

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Chris Karcher

|As Einstein taught us during the formative years of these two important artists, nothing can be analyzed in and of itself, but only in comparison to other phenomena.| Jackson Pollock has always appealed to me more in theory than practice. … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen Adventurers

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Chris Karcher

Privateering as an Investment Strategy (Hint: The Only Yields are Literary) By: Gerry Scott A friend’s generous and thoughtful gift of a print depicting a late 17th century sailing ship led me to consider what I might contribute to his … Continue reading →

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Da Vinci and The Nutt

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Chris Karcher

  One of the more memorable exhibits of the new millennium was at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2011. Essentially a retrospective of the painter Jim Nutt, it was the first public showing of his work in about … Continue reading →

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