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Comment on Edward Hopper meets Spielberg by Woody Burby

Woody Burby — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:25:21 +0000

And Amazon.

Comment on Butler’s 77th Midyear says yes by Woody Burby

Woody Burby — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:25:25 +0000

Very cool! Congratulations, Mr. Dorsey.

Comment on OK, I am curious, yellowists by dave dorsey

dave dorsey — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:47:55 +0000

Krystal, I apologize for not approving this extremely thoughtful response to my post until now. I’ve been flooded with spam over the past year and haven’t been able to sort out the genuine comments from the bogus ones. I finally found a plug-in and successfully installed it (the hard part) and your reply finally emerged from the morass of junk. I share your feelings about vandalism, and I think the act of defacing a work of art that has genuine value (economic and aesthetic) is wrong, but I admire the thinking behind the gesture. I don’t think what the Yellowists are doing is art and they don’t think so either; that’s my take on what they’re doing. What I believe they’re trying to dramatize is the relativism built into post-modern art and criticism. If I say it’s art, it’s art–what Warhol and Duchamp set in motion. It’s a philosophical stance but it has led to a lot of cerebral art without the sort of heart and connection to life that you clearly appreciate. Yellowism is almost nothing but irony–irony without content. It’s an attempt to pronounce postmodernism dead so that artist can grapple individually, one at a time, with whatever imperative drives them to make art. If Umamets could have found a potentially less destructive way to get the idea across, I’d totally approve.

Comment on I’m part of the performance by dave dorsey

dave dorsey — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:31:25 +0000

Kristol, I’m so happy you replied to the post. I know it’s ridiculous that I haven’t thanked you until now, but I’ve finally solved my spam problem and can sort out the genuine comments from the bogus. I appreciated hearing from you.

Comment on Canaltown camera work by dave dorsey

dave dorsey — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:13:00 +0000

Hi Tracy, sadly no. But if we put together another show I’ll let you know. I didn’t see your comment because for the past year I’ve been inundated with spam and unable to find a plug-in to filter it. I found one and installed it and have been trying to sort needles of actual comments from the haystack of junk. Sorry for not responding sooner.

Comment on Canaltown camera work by Tracy Schuhmacher

Tracy Schuhmacher — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:48:19 +0000

Greetings from a former coworker of Hank, Walt and Dave. Are the photos still on display at Canaltown? I’d love to check them out.

Comment on Oh snail, shoot Mt. Fuji, but slowly, slowly . . by Woody Burby

Woody Burby — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:54:35 +0000

Some famous photographer said something like, “Only two things matter: where you stand and when.”

Comment on Art or life? by Al in SoCal

Al in SoCal — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:47:22 +0000

“Can I please be the Hopi shaman who got to wear this helmet?”

You know … could you give these artifacts the respect they deserve? “Helmet” is not the word I would use to describe this beautiful and sacred work of a people who are distressed at it even being sold.

Comment on Decline and fall by dave dorsey

dave dorsey — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:03:58 +0000

Don’t you know better than to watch TV and write at the same time? Yeah, totally agree Rick. Nobody I know went into this for money. What is sad, though is the suggestion that the gallery scene has been replaced by online or inside tracks as well as the art fairs. On the other hand, that’s just as viable for people who want to try for income from the work, but what Saltz misses is the social factor, rubbing elbows with somebody and talking about something in an impromptu way. I totally agree with that. We paint because we believe it matters and it’s worth doing–the rest is gravy. I want to make a trek to see Kurt’s show. Didn’t get there for the reception. If you’re up for a lunch and studio visit, let me know.

Comment on Decline and fall by Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:31:28 +0000

That’s what I get for watching Face The nation while writing a response- I think it’s readable, sorry for the fractures.

Comment on Decline and fall by Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:29:41 +0000

Everything is up and down. We’re down now. Hopefully it will come up again. But if artists quit creating, or are only producing work because they are trying to get on that train, what path are thy on anyway? You’d be better off on wallstreet. That’s where the money is.

I think there’s only one reason real reason to take the path- because you can’t see your way clear to do something else. Then make do, and get busy figuring out what you’re here to do.

Comment on Art or life? by Steve Kopacz

Steve Kopacz — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:29:36 +0000

Please remove the photo of the “kwatsi”, which you ignorantly call a “helmet” and would not be worn by a “shaman”. Crow mother is one of the most important of the Hopi katsina, and to depict this figure on your website is highly disrespectful. Admittedly, it is magnificent but it is wrong to display it in this manner. Thank you.

Comment on Queequeg ain’t got nothin’ on me . . . by dave dorsey

dave dorsey — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:56:14 +0000

There are quite a few more at the Saatchi site. There are many shows I wish I could see . . . I’ve been reading a profile by Richard Ben Cramer from Esquire, 1986 and his obsession with fishing. You’d like it. It’s all on-line.

Comment on Queequeg ain’t got nothin’ on me . . . by Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:15:18 +0000

That is a remarkable image. Wish I could see the show.

Comment on Ok, from the beginning, again . . . by Beasts of Revelation, Nixon Pilgrims and Rastafarian Israelis » Art Matters!

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:06:22 +0000

[...] presented in vastly different ways. I’ve already pointed out the quasi-Gnostic overtones of the Joseph Strau show at Green Naftali, which seemed to be a sincere attempt to produce art inspired by the German [...]

Comment on “Nobody cares about art” by Maron and Bouchard on painting » Art Matters!

Maron and Bouchard on painting » Art Matters! — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:21:10 +0000

[...] 319, he interviews cartoonist, Loren Bouchard, about his life and briefly their conversation gets truthful about the life of painting in a way I love, on principle, even though I hate hearing the truth. Always. (I much prefer the [...]

Comment on Anything goes, part two by Sung Dynasty Burchfield » Art Matters!

Sung Dynasty Burchfield » Art Matters! — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:20:55 +0000

[...] any painting he did, other than one particular landscape in the phenomenal Whitney retrospective, (Heat Lightning,) this work fulfills Burchfield’s lifelong yearning to be a classic Chinese scroll painter [...]

Comment on Simon says by Now that’s a restoration » Art Matters!

Now that’s a restoration » Art Matters! — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:18:03 +0000

[...] year, I was hanging around Viridian Artists, up to no good, and Simon Cerigo came in to visit, and we talked about a show at Zwirner which I’d just seen a few hours [...]

Comment on Our new house guest by New Year’s Resolution #6 » Art Matters!

New Year’s Resolution #6 » Art Matters! — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:17:46 +0000

[...] the right place in my studio for the human skull in my care. It’s been on loan to me from Chris and John Pulleyn for almost a year now. I finally did one painting of it last month, which is on exhibit at Viridian [...]

Comment on Simon says by In Memory of Simon Cerigo » Art Matters!

In Memory of Simon Cerigo » Art Matters! — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:17:29 +0000

[...] . . who died a few days [...]