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Brian Sherwin (born January 22, 1980〔) is an American art critic, writer, and blogger with a degree from Illinois College in 2003. Sherwin is a founding Management Team member of the artist social networking site myartspace, where he also served as Senior Editor for six years. As Senior Editor for myartspace.com Sherwin established an extensive interview series with emerging and established visual artists. Sherwin currently writes for FineArtViews and is the editor of The Art Edge. Sherwin is also an advocate for youth art education.〔("Eclectic The Chamber Review: Artists Co-Op and Gallery Announces Scholarships for Youth" ), www.jacksonvilleareachamber.org. Retrieved 21 March 2009.〕〔("Journal-Courier: Art Surplus Just in Time " ), www.myjournalcourier.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.〕 Sherwin has been described as a "Christian, free-thinking art critic and commentator" by WorldNetDaily.〔("WorldNetDaily: 'Biting' back at anti-Christian bias" ), www.wnd.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.〕 ==Life and work== Brian Sherwin was the Senior Editor for myartspace and continues to be an advocate for emerging artists.〔("Contact us: Brian Sherwin" ), Myartspace. Retrieved 8 May 2008.〕 His interview series for myartspace was titled ''Art Space Talk'' and was included in the myartspace Weekly Featured Art Edition. The Weekly was an 'opt-in' only publication sent to subscribers by email, and can be found archived on the site.〔("Weekly Featured Art Edition archive" )〕 Since 2006, Sherwin has interviewed over 500 emerging and established artists and has conducted up to 30 interviews per month.〔("Myartspace interviews" ), Myartspace. Retrieved 8 May 2008.〕〔("Cut n Paste Weblog" ), designboom.com. Retrieved 8 Jan 2009.〕 Sherwin said, "I consider myself to be one of the few authentic neutral voices at this time as far as reporting what is really going on in the art world instead of being told what I should report on and when. Neutral with a bite."〔 The Stuckism web site said: Brian Sherwin is the senior editor on the myartspace site, with a widespread reputation for his extensive and non-partisan interview series with over 400 artists. This is unique in its scope in contemporary art writing, encompassing world famous names such as James Rosenquist, as well as relatively unknown artists whom he considers of worth. In total it constitutes an invaluable record of contemporary art, as seen through the words of its practitioners.〔("Brian Sherwin" ), Stuckism web site. Retrieved 30 January 2009.〕 Sherwin’s "Art Space Talk" series of interviews involves his conversations with representatives from the business side of the art world. He has interviewed several editors and publishers from the mainstream art community. Including, Amir Fallah (''Beautiful/Decay Magazine''), Steven Zevitas (New American Paintings), Mark Staff Brandl (Art in America) and David Lee (Art Review, The Jackdaw). His typical questions involve topics such as the state of the art world, the validity of contemporary art fairs, and other topics related to the professional art world when interviewing art magazine editors, publishers, curators, and art critics. Sherwin’s interviews and articles explore the academic community. He often asks interviewees about their art school backgrounds, influential instructors that they have had, and suggestions for current art students. His interviews were mentioned in the May 16 and July 19, 2008 editions of the San Francisco Art Institute newsletter “SFAI/INFORM“ which is archived SFAI website. His interviews with SFAI alumni Seth Lower and Christian Schumann included topics focused on the SFAI program and advice for future students. Sherwin’s interview with Schumann was also featured on the Juxtapoz website. Sherwin's on-going interview series, which has continued on FineArtViews, serves to document aspects of contemporary art culture. He bridges the mainstream art scene and the underground art scene in his interviews. He has interviewed mainstream artists, Michael Craig-Martin, Vito Acconci, James Rosenquist, Sylvia Sleigh, Georgina Starr, Patrick Brill, William T. Wiley, Norman Carlberg, Bo Bartlett, Janet Biggs, Pat Lipsky, Sarah Maple and Aleksandra Mir,〔("Bibliography (1995-2007)" ), Aleksandramir.info. Retrieved 10 May 2008. Sherwin's interview listed.〕 artists associated with the underground art scene, Alex Grey, Blaine Fontana, Chet Zar, Mark Ryden, Laurie Lipton, David Stoupakis and Sas Christian,〔 and members of alternative contemporary art movements, Defastenism and Stuckism.〔( "Interviews with Stuckists" ), Stuckism.com. Retrieved 8 May 2008.〕 for myartspace. For FineArtViews Sherwin has interviewed art organizers such as Rick DeVos of ArtPrize〔(“FineArtViews Interview: Rick DeVos -- Founder of ArtPrize“ ), Faso.com FineArtViews. Retrieved 07 January 2012.〕 and CJ Follini of COMPANY,〔(“FineArtViews Interview: CJ Follini -- Co-Founder and CEO of COMPANY“ ), Faso.com FineArtViews. Retrieved 07 January 2012.〕 and artists such as Blek le Rat〔(“FineArtViews Interview: Blek le Rat (Xavier Prou) -- Originator of Stencil Graffiti Art, Living Legend of the Street Art / Graffiti Art Scene“ ), Faso.com FineArtViews. Retrieved 07 January 2012.〕 on topics ranging from online art marketing to issues over copyright infringement. Sherwin has also interviewed authors and musicians. Including, his interview with bassist Sean Yseult of White Zombie,〔(“Former WHITE ZOMBIE Bassist Discusses Upcoming Book“ ), Roadrunnerrecords.com BlabberMouth. Retrieved 18 February 2012.〕 author Janet Evanovich,〔(“Brian Sherwin interviews Janet Evanovich “ ), Bookbrowse.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.〕 and author Anne Bishop.〔( “Interviews“ ), annebishop.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.〕 Sherwin is also an artist.〔〔Monson, Marissa. ''Art Works'', Illinois Times, (July 2007), pg.11, Sherwin‘s work featured on front cover of Illinois Times〕 He lives in Illinois, USA, and campaigns for more prominence for art.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Sherwin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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