XPost Art

XPost Artists: We are crossing (X) the Post stream (Post-Modern, Contemporary & Post-Contemporary) for a fresh start in this new and challenging era.

The XPost Creed:

1. The fundamental elements of art are perennial.

2. Precedence, fame, style and influence are irrelevant to aesthetics.

3. Gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, origin, spirituality, temperament et al, are incidental to the merits of the work itself.

4. The concepts, idea, explanation, rational, novelty and/or intent are subservient to the potency of the work.

5. The artists' hand is vital.

6. Work that intentionally harms, encourages the harm, or celebrates the harm of a sentient being is not Fine Art.

7. Place, time, experience and inward emotional texture transmuted through a rich interior life are the heart of the Arts.

8. Media, technology, technique and process are means, not the end.

9. Politics are transient... Art remains.

10. Integrity, humility, curiosity, and consistent, honest effort are the artists' best route to acquiring the necessary knowledge, understanding and craft.

11. The Arts' ancient resonance speaks from our most inward, unique, yet universal living language (our prime language) whose foundations we each build upon using our earliest and inmost experiences.

12. A personal synthesis of inner passion with patiently acquired virtuosity is the most fruitful road.

All rights reserved by F. A. Alsbach, The Stuckists, and The Smoldering Quiet llc. (With suggestions, comments and encouragement from: Charles Thomson (Co-Founder of the Stuckists), Ellen Disanayake (author; Homo Aestheticus), Mario Henri Chakour (Virtual Pose series, artist & architect), W.J. Williams (sculptor), Lita Kenyon (painter), Marc Bohne (painter), Jim Pailott (illustrator), Frank Picini (illustrator) & Lynda Mead Alsbach (graphic designer and ever patient wife).

NOTE: XPost is not a stylistic movement in the traditional sense. It is a trail blaze upon this new and challenging era. In the arts this era began in London with the Stuckists. For Americans it began on 9-11-01, reinforced by the deep recession. We believe this is a time when substance trumps style, when skill and talent trumps attitude, when excess is the opposite of essence. If you agree join us! Simply send an email to: falsbach@sbcglobal.net stating that you agree with the XPost Artists Creed and wish to join us. Folks from every branch and discipline of The Arts are welcome, at every stage of development, as well as critics, historians and art lovers.

Current Members: Marina Umana, Frank Picini, Dee Yoh O Hanlon, Patrick O Hanlon, Lita Kenyon, Merry Meyer, Mario Henri Chakkour, Darla Arni, David Niehaus, Cyn Burkhardt, Mary Kowalski Pope, Tighe Reeder, Yvonne Grinstead, Sara Gross, Victor Kirk Maritsas, Nick Christos, Rommie Martinez, Jim Paillot, Lisa Balsamo Magruder, Shannon Johnson, Bill Brown, Thomas Poole, Jessica Burnett, Stephen Moore, Lynda Mead Alsbach, Virginia Andow