Author Archives: Bob Hill

FREE PUSSY RIOT! Go ahead, say it. As a matter of fact, scream it. Just let that shit roll off your tongue. Do it because it’s fun and funny; because it’s vulgar and edgy, because it’s off-putting and it’s awesome. … Read More … Read More

“Ideas are very frustrating because they don’t exist, y’know. It’s like in comic books, when you see the thought bubbles around people, it’s in smoke that evaporates. Ideas evaporate. So the [area] where I feel very blessed is that I’ve … Read More

Gluttony is a sin, and a deadly one, at that. It’s never been on more embarrassing display than in the upper echelon of 21st Century America. While this collection of oil on canvas paintings is billed as a semi-autobiographical homage … Read More

I am reminded of the late great film Director John Hughes, who was once quoted as saying, “The first objective is to make a good movie. The second objective is to have a hit. If you get it backward, you … Read More … Read More

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Focus groups killed the classic Western … focus groups and the notion that every significant plot point needed to be charted, categorized, cataloged and certified before a project could move forward. And what a tragedy that is, really. I mean, … Read More … Read More

“The young are impatient about change because they cannot grasp the power of time itself; not only as the enemy of flesh, the very germ of death, but as a benign cancer. As the young cannot grasp really that love … Read More

Here’s some summer reading.

Consider this ICP’s State of The Union Address – a triannual installation (or collection of installations) that explores the ongoing evolution of photography. Curators have assembled an extremely progressive line-up this time around, incorporating audio, video, 3-D, digital, photorealism, lightbox, … Read More

“The breed of people that I like the most – ignoring the people I don’t like the most – people I like the most around me, in music, are the ones from whom I get what I would call – … Read More