I’m a queer artist in the MFA program at UIC. Currently living in Chicago, IL, originally from Houston, TX and formerly educated at UT in Austin. Contact me at markaguhar@gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @markaguhar)http://markaguhar.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m038jqCwKP1qao7z5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://markaguhar.com/post/18425566333http://markaguhar.com/post/18425566333Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:28:38 -0600<p><p class="p1">These are the axes:</p> <p class="p1">1</p> <p class="p1">Bodies are inherently valid</p> <p class="p1">2</p> <p class="p1">Remember death </p> <p class="p1">3</p> <p class="p1">Be ugly</p> <p class="p1">4</p> <p class="p1">Know beauty</p> <p class="p1">5</p> <p class="p1">It is complicated</p> <p class="p1">6</p> <p class="p1">Empathy</p> <p class="p1">7</p> <p class="p1">Choice</p> <p class="p1">8</p> <p class="p1">Reconstruct, reify</p> <p class="p1">9</p> <p class="p1">Respect, negotiate</p></p>http://markaguhar.com/post/17806858973http://markaguhar.com/post/17806858973Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:52:37 -0600<p><p class="p1">These are true:</p> <p class="p1">1</p> <p class="p1">the thing is the thing <br/>this is the thing<br/>this is also the thing<br/>the thing exists inside my head and inside your head and on the page and the thing is the key and also the thing<br/>a thing is a hole in a thing it is not</p> <p class="p1">2</p> <p class="p1">beauty is so rare a thing, Pound sang<br/>so few drink at my fountain</p> <p class="p1">3</p> <p class="p1">is fixity the thing<br/>is consistency the thing<br/>is there a difference between sincerity and authenticity<br/>are those things marked by fixity and consistency</p> <p class="p1">4</p> <p class="p1">change is the thing</p> <p class="p1">5</p> <p class="p1">this exists inside this frame but it also exists inside this other frame</p> <p class="p1">6</p> <p class="p1">the dragon is the frame and the gaze is the frame and control is the frame</p> <p class="p1">7</p> <p class="p1">this is the intention and this is the reception and this is the important part even when this is not the important part</p> <p class="p1">8</p> <p class="p1">this is the transubstantiation this is the transmutation this is the transition this is the trans<br/>this is not the cis</p></p>http://markaguhar.com/post/17783204017http://markaguhar.com/post/17783204017Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0600<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://uicartmfa.biz/post/13475350953" target="_blank">uicartmfa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The UIC MFA Fall 2011 Final Critiques take place from <strong>December 5th-9th 2011</strong> and are free and open to the public. All students and faculty will be present to showcase and discuss work from the current semester. Come watch things get REAL!</span></p> <p>All locations in Art &amp; Design Hall, 400 S. Peoria St., are abbreviated as follows:<br/>GS Great Space, room 530<br/>SG South Gallery, room 560 (within Great Space)<br/>NG North Gallery, room 570 (within Great Space)<br/>GBU Student Gallery, room 510<br/>SR Screening Room, room 3226 </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Monday Dec. 5<br/>Guest Critic: Nicolas Collins</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9:00 <strong>Courtney Prokopas</strong> (SG)<br/>9:45 <strong>Lauren Anderson</strong> (GS)<br/>break<br/>10:45 <strong>Tina Tahir</strong> (GBU and 3104 ADH)<br/>11:30 <strong>Mark Kent</strong> (GS)<br/>Lunch 12:15 - 1:15<br/>1:15 <strong>Paul Cowan</strong> (SG)<br/>2:00 <strong>Kera MacKenzie</strong> (GBU)<br/>break<br/>3:00 <strong>Ben Keddy</strong>  (CVRA A&amp;A 845 W. Harrison Rm. 3304)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday Dec. 6th<br/>Guest Critic: Kelly Kaczynski</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9:00 <strong>Daniel Bennett</strong> (SG)<br/>9:45 <strong>Ben Murray</strong> (GS)<br/>break<br/>10:45 <strong>Anthony Koerner</strong> (NG)<br/>11:30 <strong>Cameron Gibson</strong> (SR)<br/>Lunch 12:15 - 1:15<br/>1:15 <strong>Nina Barnett</strong> (SG)<br/>2:00 <strong>Brendan Meara</strong> (GBU)<br/>break<br/>3:00 <strong>Tiffany Funk</strong> (NG)<br/>3:45 <strong>Mark Aguhar</strong> (SG)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday Dec. 7th<br/>Guest Critic: Natasha Egan</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9:00 <strong>Daniel Shea</strong> (SG)<br/>9:45 <strong>Jeremy Bolen</strong> (NG)<br/>break<br/>10:45 <strong>Josh Albers</strong> (GBU)<br/>11:30 <strong>Mary-Helena Clark</strong> (SR)<br/>Lunch 12:15 - 1:15<br/>1:15 <strong>Lauren Edwards</strong> (SG)<br/>2:00 <strong>Alex Rauch</strong> (4^th floor crit space)<br/>break<br/>3:00<strong> Ian Curry</strong> (SR)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thursday Dec. 8th<br/>Guest Critic: Jonathan Rosenbaum</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9:00 <strong>Jesus Duran</strong> (SG)<br/>9:45 <strong>Macon Reed</strong> (SR)<br/>break<br/>10:45 <strong>Daniel Tucker</strong> (SR)<br/>11:30 <strong>Drew Mausert-Mooney</strong> (SR)<br/>Lunch 12:15 - 1:15<br/>1:15 <strong>Marianna Milhorat</strong> (SR)<br/>2:00 <strong>Nick Rummler</strong> (NG)<br/>break<br/>3:00 <strong>Sebastian Aguirre </strong>(GBU)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Friday Dec. 9th<br/>Guest Critic: Naomi Beckwith</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9:00 <strong>Chaz Evans</strong> (SG)<br/>9:45 <strong>Jon Chambers</strong> (GBU)<br/>break<br/>10:45 <strong>Neal Vandenbergh</strong> (NG-GS)<br/>11:30 <strong>Andrew Reinke</strong> (GBU)<br/>Lunch 12:15 - 1:15<br/>1:15 <strong>Gwen Zabicki</strong> (GS)<br/>2:00 <strong>Lilianna Angulo</strong> (GS)<br/>break<br/>3:00 <strong>Kasia Houlihan</strong> (NG-SG)</p> </blockquote>http://markaguhar.com/post/13493952969http://markaguhar.com/post/13493952969Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:10:12 -0600news<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31834670?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“My First Denim Vest”<br/>13:30 performance on video</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/12552683597http://markaguhar.com/post/12552683597Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:30:04 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lud2s8TEGq1qao7z5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Still from Performance “My First Denim Vest” <br/>13:30 videotaped performance </p>http://markaguhar.com/post/12525956843http://markaguhar.com/post/12525956843Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:38:00 -0600performanceclothingsculpturevideostorytellingnarrative<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlgc3D6wp1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Minnetonka</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/11884021378http://markaguhar.com/post/11884021378Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:38:26 -0500sculptureropebondage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlg98RLfK1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Minnetonka</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/11883935377http://markaguhar.com/post/11883935377Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:36:44 -0500sculptureropebondage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsrqvxd63H1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Minnetonka</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/11200015149http://markaguhar.com/post/11200015149Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:38:21 -0500sculptureropebondage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsrqt7Dqvo1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Minnetonka</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/11199951923http://markaguhar.com/post/11199951923Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:36:00 -0500sculptureropebondage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrhntybSKZ1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>leggins.jpg</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/10186115785http://markaguhar.com/post/10186115785Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:22:00 -0500clothingperformancesculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr9c0wF8V31qeq23ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://havesexwithghosts.tumblr.com/post/9993709001" target="_blank">havesexwithghosts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>So they do do not drown (For Mark)</em>, 2011</p> <p><a href="http://ghostvomit.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-they-do-not-drown-for-mark.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://ghostvomit.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-they-do-not-drown-for-mark.html" target="_blank">http://ghostvomit.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-they-do-not-drown-for-mark.html</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://markaguhar.com/post/9999111961http://markaguhar.com/post/9999111961Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:27:41 -0500ghost vomitsigilanal swastika<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsvblMmVf1qze4c7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vooduud3.tumblr.com/post/9634259583" target="_blank">vooduud3</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>POOL BOI 8</em></p> <p>Hannulelauri - Zombie Tropicana<br/>Runaway - Indoor Pool (Slow Hands Full Remix)<br/>Jeremy Glenn - Found a Love<br/>Psychemagik - Carnaval de Trancoso<br/>LOL Boys - Runaways <br/>CFCF - Cometrue (D’eon Remix)<br/>Lemonade - The Place Where You Belong (Shai cover)<br/>Paul Weller - Starlite (Black Van Instrumental)<br/>Lo-Fi-Fnk - Forever<br/>Scenic - Another Sky </p> <p>Artwork by <a href="http://markaguhar.com/" target="_blank">Mark Aguhar</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://soundcloud.com/corpsie/pool-boy-8" target="_blank">Listen/download at Soundcloud.</a></p> <p>The final installment of the Pool Boy mix series. Thanks for listening and downloads and for all your support. It’s been fun making these all summer. Special thanks to Mark for this mix’s cover art, and the previous two artists. All mixes are now available to download on my <a href="http://soundcloud.com/corpsie" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a> (look to the right-hand side for links to download 1-6). </p> </blockquote>http://markaguhar.com/post/9634527666http://markaguhar.com/post/9634527666Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:10:34 -0500mixpool boydrawingqueer poc<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqm4if7QpL1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Ropework</em></p>http://markaguhar.com/post/9478805726http://markaguhar.com/post/9478805726Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:39:51 -0500Nathansculptureropeharness<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqg6sh4Qku1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Michael C. “Clones” 2011<br/>5 x 8 in. <br/>marker on paper</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/9343252190http://markaguhar.com/post/9343252190Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:43:00 -0500drawingfriendsdrawing material<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqcegwndPc1qze4c7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://markaguhar.com/post/9263374606http://markaguhar.com/post/9263374606Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:01:06 -0500commissionsculptureclothingtanktopMichael<span id="video_player_9043974499">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_9043974499",'http://markaguhar.com/video_file/9043974499/tumblr_lq330uz0VF1qao7z5',400,300,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lq330uz0VF1qao7z5_r1_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lq330uz0VF1qao7z5_r1_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lq330uz0VF1qao7z5_r1_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lq330uz0VF1qao7z5_r1_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lq330uz0VF1qao7z5_r1_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p>Sports frock, Fringe skirt, patent pleather beachwear</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/9043974499http://markaguhar.com/post/9043974499Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:53:00 -0500clothingsculptureperformance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpvmhpxv0j1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://markaguhar.com/post/8870164668http://markaguhar.com/post/8870164668Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:13:01 -0500clothingcommissionperformancesculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpuawm1EX51qao7z5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Capsule Collection</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/8842393924http://markaguhar.com/post/8842393924Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:05:00 -0500collectionfringesheersculptureperformanceclothing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lprzfpbsic1qao7z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Go-Go</p>http://markaguhar.com/post/8784819507http://markaguhar.com/post/8784819507Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:02:13 -0500sculptureclothingperformance