I'm reading a biography of Ben Shahn (filling in gaps and wondering about motivations and chronologies). Shahn's work and his keen cutting line looks different to me all the time but it always pulls me in and not just because he's firmly on the left of center (darling of the Socialists still) but because he always tried to be an honest image maker.

Honest. I do have to say that I see entitlement often in men and women who go to art galleries and museums as they would country clubs. Why are people so pissy and disrespectful to the good people who work security and retail and dining in museums? I don't give a rat or his ass if you give a lot of money to a museum if you can't be good to everyone inside and outside it. I don't much care for those who lord their class privledge over others, those who assume an understanding of the history of art is an excuse for being a jerk, or those oblivious to others and their worlds. It's not the priveldge of art I care about...it's the passion.

That's all today folks.
take care,
Rachael