We will install on Monday from 5-6pm and the Exhibit is Wednesday(the 18th) from 6-8pm.
Asilyn and the Naysayers are the band for the exhibit. FOOD and DRINKS ned to be discussed still. Keep the Facebook/Myspace campaigns going. This weekend is the time to push and let people know. Fliers anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'd be great to have one at the SERTOMA second time around store so all of their regulars will know. I heard Doc telling someone about it today. She's doing her part. Are ya'll doing yours?
Thanks to all for coming to Anthropologie on Wednesday. It was really cool to get to see the store and assist on a window. I'll post the pics next week.
Later,
mikewindy
I just commented, but my comment didn't save. So I will type this again, but it probably won't be as awesome as the first time...
ReplyDeleteThe author makes a point to say that artists like Matisse, who produce non-controversial, "lovely" work are somewhat confusing to us. Because of this, "we are not sure what to do with him since he fits so awkwardly with the art of now." His work lacks the violence of Goya or the sexual energy of Gilbert and George.
However, wouldn't you say that since we don't know how to 'place' Matisse, that since his work is "lovely" and we don't know what to do with it, it is controversial in that sense? Maybe 'controversial' isn't quite the right word.
But the fact that Matisse and his counterparts aren't pushing any buttons or pissing off any art critics shouldn't (and don't) take away from the true talent and, yes LOVELINESS of his work.
Devon,
ReplyDeleteI think your second comment is just fine. I've always liked Matisse. It is wierd but I think interesting to see him as "controversial" due to his "Uncontreversialness". We should think of the word you mean. It's on the tip of my tongue. He certainly doesn't fit the stereotype of struggling artist even though many of his peers and competitors probably did. And his work is lovely. I'd argue it's the best version of that kind of "lovely" which is why he still gets talked about so much.
Hey I have a question for Mike..are you going to be at the Sertoma place in the mall at 5? I have to mount my jewelery boxes on the wall, should I bring anything from the woodshop, nails, hammer? Or will you have tools with you.
ReplyDeleteAnd if anyone is going to the sertoma store monday to set up, could i possibly get a ride?
thanks
megan
In his time, Matisse WAS controversial. When a completely new approach to creating is established into a movement as Fauvism was, there is always controversy surrounding it. We think of his work as beautiful now but that was over a hundred years ago. The Fauves or “beasts” were called as such by an art critic as a smear but the name stuck.
ReplyDeleteClement Greenburg said, "All profoundly original art looks ugly at first." Matisse's highly saturated color choices and unfinished technique put off many critics and fans of art at the Salon d'Automne in 1905 when Fauvism first hit the scene. I don't always agree with most art critics (especially Greenburg) but he had a point. Each "avant garde" art movement has been met with controversy since the Impressionists first clashed with the Salon.
What happened to the in-depth conversation about Tomb raider and OctoMom? -sigh- We can talk about art ANYTIME!!!
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