How to Remain Human continues MOCA’s focused engagement with artists connected to Cleveland and the surrounding region, including neighboring cities in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The Remain Human blog is a portal to the world behind How to Remain Human and into the lives and works of the 14 artists on view. Expect fun facts, curatorial insights, and a lively (at times strange) exploration of art and artists connected to Cleveland + the region.
Remain Human Blog
Ben Hall’s massive sculpture, The Drill (2015), includes a lot of mash-ups.
In this entry, excerpts from the How to Remain Human catalog are used to explore one of the artists in that exhibition,
In the introduction to Punk Rock and Trailer Parks by Derf Backderf, he suggests you listen to music while you read his graphic novel.
Buy the book (and read a preview) HERE while you listen/watch this YouTube playlist a fan created based on his list:
Name: Derf Backderf
Born: October 1959
How to Remain Human artist Dylan Spaysky recently opened a new exhibition at Nightclub Chicago with collaborator Nolan Simon. In the sweltering heat of Chicago in the summer, t
Around many artists, any nearby materials are forever in peril of becoming part of a new artwork. Many bizarre substances can be sighted in contemporary works.
Dylan Spaysky is inspired by the pop-culture aesthetic of Disney, knickknacks found in suburban homes, children’s crafts, and thrift store dollar-bags.
Name: Dylan Spaysky
Born: Pontiac, MI
Lives and works: Hamtramck, MI
What is your favorite material to work with? Why?
Hot glue, because I love getting painful blisters on my fingers