Wednesday, February 11, 2004
The Un-Storyteller
Los Angeles' Joe Biel
by Pat Boas
Walter Benjamin once characterized storytellers as those who offer us comfort and counsel by spinning daily experience into captivating tales. While Joe Biel’s spare, graceful drawings of solitary figures in impossible situations might not provide much useful advice for negotiating this world, they look as though they may come in handy should we stumble into some Beckett-like zone... more
Joe Biel, Candle/Brickhead,2003, pastel and graphite on paper on panel, 10 by 10 inches
Art Papers is the winner of 2003 The Utne Independent Press Awards for Arts/Literary Coverage.
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