Conclusivity Blog

Your one-stop shopping source for conclusivist art and conclusivism in general. This blog was created back in 2007-2008 and is no longer active.



Posted by Steve Or Steven Read on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM





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Posted by Steve Or Steven Read on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 11:09 AM



This is a painting completed late last year (2007). A stretched canvas about 5 feet in width, made using only watercolor pencils and wet brushes. Many months later, I still go back and forth about it being horrible or amazing (or somewhere in the middle). I have shown the painting to some friends and artists, with equally mixed, often strong reactions. Even got into a spicy argument with my dealer who attacked it vigorously. Though perhaps I lust for such gray area. Maybe it is brutish, even child-like, and totally out of style, but maybe not. Thematically and/or visually unresolved, but perhaps not. Missed opportunity runs rampant in the clumsy composition and/or usage of materials, but if these choices were all considered... is the random, amateurish look a deceit? Possibly so, but why? Perhaps I have no conclusions about any of these things, but I do know that love to claim outrageous things, and so I have claimed to friends that is the most 'punk' painting which I have seen anywhere recently. Its just a hunch. Seems like the most improbable painting style to consider as punk, but it is the year 2008 after all.

Posted by Steve Or Steven Read on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM


Posted by Steve Or Steven Read on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM


Posted by Steve Or Steven Read on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Blogging has slowed down. Oh shit. Can't keep up. . . . . . . . . Help. Gallery career in jeopardy. No community here. No local support. . . . . . . . . . No online support. Object status? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Didn't join a club. Whoops. A year of art blogging. Not one single writeup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nor even a link. Can I blame you? . ? . ? . . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . . ? No. One. Seems. To. Give. A. Shit. . . . . . Except google! Had fun though . . . . How dare I. Do this alone. How dare I. . . . Publicize my sketchbook. How dare I. Cry. How dare I. Persist. . . . . . . . Learn. Artist status. . . . . . . Explain. . Blogging has slowed down. Well. If you liked this blog. Thanks you. If you didn't like it. Then. Screw you. . . . . . . . . . . . Ha ha :) Did you believe. In Conclusivity. Or was it just a placeholder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Was it performance? Thanks art scenes. For zero support. Tried to go a full year. . . 10 months. Close enough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No more free. . . . Art and Soul. . . . Steven Fucking Read! Maybe I try again someday. Goodbye.
Posted by Steve Or Steven Read on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 3:45 PM


The End.