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Norte Maar hosts (me!) 45projects and a New Art Show
Welcome to a 45projects exhibit’s first brick-and-mortar show. You’re Invited!
Thank you So Much to Jason Andrew of fabulous Norte Maar. This is gonna be Interesting, hot, fun.
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studio visit: Ellen Letcher is on her game
And we are highly productive!
The secrets of two professional people to be revealed later.
Superb Studio Visit: Alfred Steiner
This career’s about to pop.
Leads to large-scale watercolor and pen drawings on paper.
Plus kick-but conceptual works…
More on tap…
My new university is On Wall Street
Doesn’t look like much, you say? Well I no longer call it Zuccotti Park; think of it as ‘Zuccotti U,’ as in, University, a new campus that’s sprung up for anyone who has the gumption to walk inside and get an education.
There are so many extra-mural ‘classes’ to be had as well—now that the city [...]
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David Brody
Has an opening of an impressive new body of work at Pierogi.
The after-reception, upstairs, however, is when I started snapping pix.
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Paid to talk
Met with an artist from the west coast whose major project was a definite news pitch item for ARTnews.
He was enjoying the conversation, and I was, too. He insisted on paying me NOT to write anything.
This could be a new ‘revenue stream’ I had thusfar not explored. Hmmm.
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Schmerlreport: 11.10, Zuccotti Park
There is something you can do.
You just need to think hard about what it is and then actually DO it.
Tiptoed amongst the sleeping occupy-ers after dawn this morning.
Schmerlreport: Yes, there is too much that is just plain Wrong going on. Yes, it is worthwhile to resist.
And no, you shouldn’t exploit people by taking pictures of [...]
Studio Visit Gems
Artist’s words, transcribed by me, verbatim, during a studio visit in DUMBO:
“Maybe we’re at this moment in history where it’s good to rethink the role of an artist or what an artist’s career is; I’m making work: but what’s the goal?”
Hmmm.
Below, totally ‘unrelated’ (yet not)—paintings in acrylic and Flasche by Rupert Goldsworthy.
(Images courtesy of Rupert Goldsworthy, [...]
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Unpacking the Show