Comments for theartblog http://theartblog.org Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof's artblog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Enrique Chagoya’s The Headache – Gone from Rosenbach, now at The Print Center by Farrar Fitzgerald http://theartblog.org/2010/03/enrique-chagoyas-the-headache-gone-from-rosenbach-now-at-the-print-center/comment-page-1/#comment-8098 Farrar Fitzgerald Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:01:29 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12227#comment-8098 Thank you for visiting and blogging about the Rosenbach's Philagrafika 2010, Out of Print program! Thank you for visiting and blogging about the Rosenbach’s Philagrafika 2010, Out of Print program!

]]> Comment on Explorer Ron Klein creates magic by Vikki http://theartblog.org/2010/03/explorer-ron-klein-creates-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-8097 Vikki Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:34:01 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12312#comment-8097 Hi Ron Remember the Chateau La Napoule days? 1989. I was working there and looking after the Artists in Residence program. I visited the Chateau last year and it brought back some good memories. I am now working at a College for Creative arts for special needs young people. See our site: my email: brierv@beaumontcollege.org I am a Teaching Assistant learning to be a Teacher of Environmental! Have you heard of Andy Golsbrough? he is our class favourite at the mo. I was telling my students about meeting you so many years ago and showing them some of your art on the internet. I wonder if you had any old brochures or catalogues of you work that vyou could either direct me to on the internet or even better send them to me? My address: 7 Plover Drive, Heysham, Lancashire, England. LA3 2SL I am very intrigued with your work with seeds and pods, it seems a big change from the irons works and salvage things you did in the 90's. Both good in their own right. It would be great to hear from you and inspiring for our students to learn more about your art. Sending best wishes Vikki Brier Hi Ron

Remember the Chateau La Napoule days? 1989.
I was working there and looking after the Artists in Residence program. I visited the Chateau last year and it brought back some good memories.
I am now working at a College for Creative arts for special needs young people. See our site:
my email: brierv@beaumontcollege.org
I am a Teaching Assistant learning to be a Teacher of Environmental! Have you heard of Andy Golsbrough? he is our class favourite at the mo. I was telling my students about meeting you so many years ago and showing them some of your art on the internet.
I wonder if you had any old brochures or catalogues of you work that vyou could either direct me to on the internet or even better send them to me?
My address: 7 Plover Drive, Heysham, Lancashire, England. LA3 2SL
I am very intrigued with your work with seeds and pods, it seems a big change from the irons works and salvage things you did in the 90’s. Both good in their own right.
It would be great to hear from you and inspiring for our students to learn more about your art.
Sending best wishes

Vikki Brier

]]> Comment on Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial by roberta http://theartblog.org/2010/03/weekly-update-lets-have-a-philadelphia-biennial/comment-page-1/#comment-8091 roberta Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:25:45 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12202#comment-8091 Sid, I love the piers...and I love the Barnes thought too. And speaking of the Navy Yard, somebody said Urban Outfitters (based down there) should be a corporate sponsor. That is a really good idea. All the questions about smaller regional show, who's going to evaluate and ego bruising are good ones. I don't know any answers but it seems to me we have smart curators who could work it out. As for depleting the stock of good artists in one big show and then leaving few for the next show, I'm not sure that would happen...Pew is still giving fellowships after at least 12 years....and there are so many new artists coming to town and graduate artists staying here instead of leaving that we have a big critical mass to draw from. The Delaware Biennials didn't get stale and they went on for many years. I think it's all doable -- in spite of the fact that there will be problems and issues. And there is no particular model that needs to be followed, just one that works. Sid, I love the piers…and I love the Barnes thought too. And speaking of the Navy Yard, somebody said Urban Outfitters (based down there) should be a corporate sponsor. That is a really good idea.

All the questions about smaller regional show, who’s going to evaluate and ego bruising are good ones. I don’t know any answers but it seems to me we have smart curators who could work it out. As for depleting the stock of good artists in one big show and then leaving few for the next show, I’m not sure that would happen…Pew is still giving fellowships after at least 12 years….and there are so many new artists coming to town and graduate artists staying here instead of leaving that we have a big critical mass to draw from.

The Delaware Biennials didn’t get stale and they went on for many years.

I think it’s all doable — in spite of the fact that there will be problems and issues. And there is no particular model that needs to be followed, just one that works.

]]> Comment on Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial by Sid Sachs http://theartblog.org/2010/03/weekly-update-lets-have-a-philadelphia-biennial/comment-page-1/#comment-8090 Sid Sachs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:14:05 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12202#comment-8090 And the new Barnes Foundation will have a 5000 square foot area for contemporary projects. And the new Barnes Foundation will have a 5000 square foot area for contemporary projects.

]]> Comment on Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial by Sid Sachs http://theartblog.org/2010/03/weekly-update-lets-have-a-philadelphia-biennial/comment-page-1/#comment-8075 Sid Sachs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:42:59 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12202#comment-8075 And we have lost the Civic Center Museum. They had important exhibitions there randomly. A regional sculpture exhibit sponsored by the Cheltenham Art Center (which was more important than Abington in the 1960s and 1970s), a major Italian exhibit (which contained Clemente's work for the first time ever), FOCUS Women in the Arts - created by a grassroots consortium of women in Philadelphia and a major early Feminist event covered in Art in America. The Port of History Museum held a major ceramics exhibit curated by the Clay Studio in its infancy etc. Using one of the Delaware River piers sounds great. Does the city own one? Could a non-profit obtain one for a dollar a year? Any space(s) in the Navy Yard area (which is totally amazing!!!)? These ideas are both exciting and rife with conflicts of interest, territorial fights however. Who is objective enough to create this entity? If the schools got involved - how would issues of faculty, alumni cronyism be resolved? Since not everyone can participate, who creates, evaluates the selections? With a smaller regional exhibit, within a smaller regional audience, the ratio or percentage of ego bruising would be greater than in a larger less centralized project. And we have lost the Civic Center Museum. They had important exhibitions there randomly. A regional sculpture exhibit sponsored by the Cheltenham Art Center (which was more important than Abington in the 1960s and 1970s), a major Italian exhibit (which contained Clemente’s work for the first time ever), FOCUS Women in the Arts – created by a grassroots consortium of women in Philadelphia and a major early Feminist event covered in Art in America. The Port of History Museum held a major ceramics exhibit curated by the Clay Studio in its infancy etc.

Using one of the Delaware River piers sounds great. Does the city own one? Could a non-profit obtain one for a dollar a year? Any space(s) in the Navy Yard area (which is totally amazing!!!)?

These ideas are both exciting and rife with conflicts of interest, territorial fights however. Who is objective enough to create this entity?

If the schools got involved – how would issues of faculty, alumni cronyism be resolved?

Since not everyone can participate, who creates, evaluates the selections? With a smaller regional exhibit, within a smaller regional audience, the ratio or percentage of ego bruising would be greater than in a larger less centralized project.

]]> Comment on Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial by roberta http://theartblog.org/2010/03/weekly-update-lets-have-a-philadelphia-biennial/comment-page-1/#comment-8074 roberta Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:42:09 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12202#comment-8074 I remember them! they were very good indeed.. No catalogs but tons of Philadelphia artists represented so that they were all but a Philadelphia Biennial. I think the Delaware museum ran out of dough or got embroiled in their capital campaign and abandoned edgy contemporary art shows. Maybe we can get Nancy Batty to talk with the PMA curators. And the head of the Delaware Museum now is Danielle Rice, formerly head of Education at the PMA so she might have some insights at both institutions on how to move things forward. I think the curators are key. You need to convince the curators who will then advocate for a show and help steer the drive for funds. I remember them! they were very good indeed.. No catalogs but tons of Philadelphia artists represented so that they were all but a Philadelphia Biennial. I think the Delaware museum ran out of dough or got embroiled in their capital campaign and abandoned edgy contemporary art shows. Maybe we can get Nancy Batty to talk with the PMA curators. And the head of the Delaware Museum now is Danielle Rice, formerly head of Education at the PMA so she might have some insights at both institutions on how to move things forward. I think the curators are key. You need to convince the curators who will then advocate for a show and help steer the drive for funds.

]]> Comment on Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial by Sid Sachs http://theartblog.org/2010/03/weekly-update-lets-have-a-philadelphia-biennial/comment-page-1/#comment-8073 Sid Sachs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:20:47 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12202#comment-8073 Anyone remember the regional Biennials at the Delaware Art? Museum? My memory was that they were pretty interesting. But they were driven by Nancy Batty, then the Director. No catalog that I remember. How do we get the PMA interested? Anyone remember the regional Biennials at the Delaware Art? Museum? My memory was that they were pretty interesting. But they were driven by Nancy Batty, then the Director. No catalog that I remember. How do we get the PMA interested?

]]> Comment on Fare at the NY art fairs – Pulse and Volta by libby http://theartblog.org/2010/03/fare-at-the-ny-art-fairs-pulse-and-volta/comment-page-1/#comment-8068 libby Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:13:50 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12235#comment-8068 You'll need to show us your bona fides. The site looks nice, but why should someone trust you? You’ll need to show us your bona fides. The site looks nice, but why should someone trust you?

]]> Comment on Fare at the NY art fairs – Pulse and Volta by Mark Busacca http://theartblog.org/2010/03/fare-at-the-ny-art-fairs-pulse-and-volta/comment-page-1/#comment-8065 Mark Busacca Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:56:24 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12235#comment-8065 Can you help me to get the "word out." ??? { Art Consignment Platform } We are committed to the highest hand-picked standards of quality and personal service. As much of our business is custom or special order, if you don't see it just ask. We are the first worlds all encompassing and curated art gallery, all within a safe secure no cost system consignment posting platform. Please! Have a look at this consignment safe platform! --> { CURATED ART & ANTIQUES } http://www.BusaccaGallery.com Sincerely, Mark Busacca - Founder Gallery  415-776-0104 or cell 415-215-6533 For more info please email me ! BusaccaGallery@sbcglobal.net http://www.BusaccaGallery.com Can you please put me on your mailing list. if you could pass on my web link and look into putting us up on your top link picks, it would be most appreciated. Thank you. Can you help me to get the “word out.” ??? { Art Consignment Platform }

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]]> Comment on Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial by roberta http://theartblog.org/2010/03/weekly-update-lets-have-a-philadelphia-biennial/comment-page-1/#comment-8061 roberta Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:41 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=12202#comment-8061 Hi Sid, I do think the Flower Show folks are the audience. If you ask the Carnegie Museum who their audience is for the Carnegie International they will tell you it's all of Pittsburgh, and they program for all of Pittsburgh. They have a crunchy contemporary art exhibit and yet they take a very pro-public, pro-education approach to it...and that is what we need here. There is no reason that a Philadelphia Biennial can't excite the public and rope them in to a discussion about what is contemporary art. It would be great to have more people involved/interested/committed to visual arts and this is a good way to do it. I see no evidence that the Whitney Biennial hurts any of the artists that have been in it. Whether it helps is up to the individual artist and what they do with that notch in their belt. I don't think we want to compete with the Whitney Biennial and be international. I love the regional approach taken by the Museum of Contempory Art in Montreal putting together the Quebec Triennial. That show was better than a lot of NY shows...it was all regional artists, none of whom (except David Altmejd) I knew. And I still remember the show and can't wait for the next one. That's the kind of show we want. We need lots more writing about local art. A catalog for this show is a record of the show and it helps get things documented. Hi Sid, I do think the Flower Show folks are the audience. If you ask the Carnegie Museum who their audience is for the Carnegie International they will tell you it’s all of Pittsburgh, and they program for all of Pittsburgh. They have a crunchy contemporary art exhibit and yet they take a very pro-public, pro-education approach to it…and that is what we need here. There is no reason that a Philadelphia Biennial can’t excite the public and rope them in to a discussion about what is contemporary art. It would be great to have more people involved/interested/committed to visual arts and this is a good way to do it.

I see no evidence that the Whitney Biennial hurts any of the artists that have been in it. Whether it helps is up to the individual artist and what they do with that notch in their belt.

I don’t think we want to compete with the Whitney Biennial and be international. I love the regional approach taken by the Museum of Contempory Art in Montreal putting together the Quebec Triennial. That show was better than a lot of NY shows…it was all regional artists, none of whom (except David Altmejd) I knew. And I still remember the show and can’t wait for the next one. That’s the kind of show we want.

We need lots more writing about local art. A catalog for this show is a record of the show and it helps get things documented.

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