tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84652059255014533742024-02-20T23:17:55.975-10:00THE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII ARTISTS PAINT RAG"The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks."
-- Douglas AdamsAHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-88842105999372710752010-10-19T21:15:00.000-10:002010-10-19T21:15:53.419-10:00Amazing Night<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Amazing Night Part 1</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">By</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Philip Riley</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first night in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Honolulu</place></city>, I met a girl named Walter. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her grey hair frizzled out like burnt wires and her rubinesque figure strode with great pomp. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I automatically followed her into Hanks Café, a bar on <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">Nu’uanu Street</address></street>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Nice hair,” I said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She scowled darkly like the huddled figure from Edward Munch’s woodcut “scream.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scowl though seemed exaggerated, like a sidewalk caricature and I wanted to laugh. I couldn’t hold it in and my cheeks burst. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What’s wrong with you?” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She asked as she stared suspiciously at me.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m fine.” I replied. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her liquid dark eyes glowed at me and I saw reflections of stars in them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Would you like to go eat pizza? I asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What boldness was overtaking me, but it felt so much like bliss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She inspired at once bravado and surrender.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Why would I want to do that?” she spit out caustically. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You mean you won’t?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pretended to pout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She examined my face with a sneer, like a surgeon looking for a disease. I smiled back like a drunkard in a Frans Hals painting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked silently up Nuuanu toward <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">Hotel Street</address></street>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had total faith in the journey with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of her angry looks there beat the blood of a common intuition. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Approaching St. Marks Garage a whirling noise encompassed us. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked up and saw a man hovering in a space ship about the size of an old Volkswagen Beetle surrounded by an ultramarine blue Rothko haze. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He launched a beam of the blue light from a cardboard tube and cast all buildings, lamp posts, and traffic signs on Nu’uanu in a blue color. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People walked in and out of doorways as if part of the Picasso blue period. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“How do you like this show?” Walter said as she sprouted a rat tailed Salvador Dali mustache that extended at least five inches long on each side of her cheeks. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’s an amazing night.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You can’t argue with instincts” she said, adding, “We are having so much fun.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stopping at Hotel and Nuuanu she emptied her pockets of thick sticks of pastel colored chalk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We fell to our knees and began to draw on the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We moved slowly like Tai chi movements, conscious of our bodies in space.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man in his spaceship grinned down at us from above the three story brownstones that fronted <street w:st="on"><address w:st="on">Nu’uanu Street</address></street>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He waved a long languid hand as theatrical as a Toulouse Lautrec poster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We waved back together in one movement and in slow motion. Then we returned to our drawing on the asphalt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We blocked the intersection timelessly and though the police station was only a block away, no police interrupted us. Cars honked a symphony around us as all their tones fell in place. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’s a regular Caravaggio,” said Walter as we stopped to survey our abstract chiaroscuro.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then a man burst onto the scene with Rosarina’s pizzas in Mondrian patterned boxes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’ve got pizza.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said with a wide elastic smile that curved around a banana shaped nose. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gingerly passed slices of pizza through the open car windows of the frustrated drivers who had been yelling and shaking their fists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They stopped yelling and ate loudly with faces contorted with the aggression of German expressionist’s paintings.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pizza man stood contra posta in front of Walter, and with eyes alight said to her,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“My old friend Michelangelo painted love on my ceiling you know.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walter dropped her chalk and they embraced him as tight as a Brancusci sculpture. Then the two disappeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was now alone on Nuuanu and I sat on the curb thinking like the statue by Rodin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The noise of the small spaceship vanished in the Kandinsky sky. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(to be continued)</div>Life of Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454271761180502499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-59035286341408885442010-10-17T19:35:00.000-10:002010-10-17T19:35:56.400-10:00Judd Boloker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Judd Boloker’s works on paper are created using heavily applied colored pencil on Bristol board. His compositions challenge the traditional presentation of the natural world, presenting organic elements influenced by an increasingly hostile 21st century climate. Given the detail involved, each drawing takes approximately 6-8 weeks to complete. Judd’s drawings have been exhibited throughout the mainland including galleries in Chelsea NY, Los Angeles CA, and Scottsdale AZ. His work “Night of the Spider Flowers” recently won “Best in Show” at the 2010 Association of Hawaii Artists’ 41st Annual Contemporary Exhibit. For more information and images, please visit <a href="http://www.boloker.com/">http://www.boloker.com/</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Download and print a copy of the </span><b><a href="http://db.tt/PJ5kqN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PROSPECTUS</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Entry Date is: September 4, 2010</span></div>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-47526523595581121152010-04-28T22:22:00.001-10:002010-04-28T22:22:47.342-10:00Hiromi Uehara - The Tom and Jerry ShowWas cruising NPR.org and came across a story on Hiromi . . . this piece is just phenomenal!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In an odd bit of coincidence (or is that redundant?), I came across these two pics today. The first, a diagram of how to implement an idea. The second, um, maybe the same?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?no_interstitial">The Enemy is Powerpoint</a></span>Umamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15930227060213069085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-55166743659768790162010-03-15T13:27:00.001-10:002010-03-15T13:27:49.365-10:0041st Annual Aloha Show Reception Invitation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fmoZ91284OlqYePy5U0hRuKifWSIjX92H1yr2woDrcPTT1d2nvlYs4LKpO55k4WL3r0byzDC-4QxR-iCOVsci0xadQDOZrADOwOGleU2jSW-yt0O5hbirHBV5grj_BjbR66Wg4KWAQo/s1600-h/alohashow2010invitation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fmoZ91284OlqYePy5U0hRuKifWSIjX92H1yr2woDrcPTT1d2nvlYs4LKpO55k4WL3r0byzDC-4QxR-iCOVsci0xadQDOZrADOwOGleU2jSW-yt0O5hbirHBV5grj_BjbR66Wg4KWAQo/s640/alohashow2010invitation.jpg" width="492" /></a></div>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-41529000017895172422010-03-06T22:38:00.000-10:002010-03-06T22:38:19.915-10:00New Paint Rag Editor NeededAs you may have noticed, the Paint Rag has languished recently, for which I apologize. There are so many demands on me that I've let the Paint Rag go, which is unfair for the Paint Rag and the AHA membership. That being said, I have to let this go, so if anyone is interested in picking up the task, please let me know and I get you set up with the passwords, etc.AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-84472421141409582622010-03-06T22:28:00.000-10:002010-03-06T22:28:12.844-10:00Little resigns as head of Honolulu Academy of ArtsStephen Little has resigned as head of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Click<a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100306033"> here</a> for article.AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-55779015602909411652010-03-06T22:21:00.001-10:002010-03-06T22:26:08.522-10:00Prospectus for Aloha ShowClick this<a href="http://www.associationhawaiiartists.com/pdf/alohashow2010.pdf"> link </a>for the prospectus for the 41st Annual Aloha Show at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267949876_7" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">Honolulu Hale: </span>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-29095900368866878612009-10-27T22:53:00.001-10:002009-10-27T22:55:45.028-10:00By the Maker of "Tank Man"This past June marked the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989. One of the iconic images of that time is a photograph of a young man facing down a row of tanks. Variously called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tianasquare.jpg">"Tank Man" or "The Unknown Rebel"</a>, the photograph was taken by Jeff Widener, who didn't realize the power of the image at the time:<b><br />
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<blockquote>"When I saw the column of tanks come down the Chang'an Blvd. I told the student Kirk that the lone man was going to screw up my composition. I was not thinking clearly with the concussion and I also was suffering from a severe case of the flu. Only a few days later when some of the other international news photographers congratulated me did the full importance of the image sink in. After all, after witnessing everything that I had seen over the previous few days, nothing really seemed far fetched."<br />
</blockquote>(From an e-mail interview of Jeff Widener by About.com Asian History Guide Kallie Szczepanski. The full interview is <a href="http://asianhistory.about.com/od/china/a/WidenerIntervw.htm">here</a>.)<br />
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Widener will be giving two lectures and showing recent work at the University of Hawaii: for the general public 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, at East-West Center's Keoni Auditorium. Widener will speak to UH Mānoa students and faculty at a free lunchtime discussion on Monday, November 2, at noon at the East-West Center's Ohana Room. For more information, click <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091020/GETPUBLISHED/91020037/UH+M++257+noa+presents+lectures+by+Jeff+Widener++Pulitzer+prize-finalist+photojournalist">here</a>.<br />
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An interesting side note: although Widener's photograph is probably the best known, there were <a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/">several other photographs</a> taken, including <a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/behind-the-scenes-a-new-angle-on-history/">one from street leve</a>l. And a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-nXT8lSnPQ">video</a>. Remarkable.<br />
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.AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-52967295551754636232009-10-27T22:11:00.000-10:002009-10-27T22:11:06.584-10:002009 CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON INVITATIONAHA President Anthony Randall has booked the AHA Christmas Luncheon at Kaimana Beach Hotel,<br />
Hau Tree Lanai, Sans Souci room. Saturday Dec 12 from 11:00 to 2:00. It was so<br />
nice last year and it will still be $30.00 per person. Menu is: <br />
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Mix Green Salad with House Dressing<br />
Chicken Alferdo with Linguni Pasta<br />
Chef's Choice of Dessert<br />
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Space is limited to 40 so please e-mail him at: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/post?postID=bGiObcfM7NM09D_ORFhPXObvyFQ76HM1h4eJj0TOGaLpycQpyAPp_Lrry2NV2qX8OET6gK55ecev-d3XnbjVsaee">randallt001@hawaii.rr.com</a> to RSVP and for payment information. Bring a wrapped gift, something from your studio, for a gift exchange.AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-85756593792330600572009-10-18T10:29:00.018-10:002009-10-18T11:07:19.397-10:00Art can also be found in a rice field - - -<div><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes you get interesting stuff in e-mail . . . </span><br />
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Paul Staub to Exhibits 393-6144 <a href="mailto:paul@kaha-kii.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:paul@kaha-kii.com"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255896653_2">paul@kaha-kii.com</span></a> AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-15383005067826167152009-10-18T10:03:00.001-10:002009-10-27T21:57:56.700-10:00“A SEARCH FOR ULTIMATE TRUTH”<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Press Release <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Honolulu, Hawaii—Art exhibit “<u>A SEARCH FOR ULTIMATE TRUTH”</u>, featuring a range of 2-D and 3-D work, from photo essays of sculptures, to paintings, mixed media and wall sculpture, delving into the search for fundamental principles of human existence; an artistic exploration of the underlying harmony among religions and cultures.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Confused and overwhelmed by the plethora of information today about spirituality, spiritual practices, “New Age” ideas, books, tapes, spiritual teachers, prophecies, religions, etc, and seeing the resultant friction among different groups, the artist developed ‘spiritual indigestion” of a sort. In response, Bennett began a personal, serious, inner and outer search for what was common among all of them, an eternal Truth. The search brought the artist from the jungles and shamans of Peru, to the deserts of New Mexico, the Dalai Lama, the “Hugging Saint” of India, the sweat lodges and other ceremonies of the American Indians, and from the Bible to the Bagavah Gita and other esoteric writings. Like Dorothy landing in Oz, the journey took on a spirit of adventure where fact was stranger than fiction, where saints and mystics abound, and the chaos of human existence develops into a seamless whole, complete with a personal gift of the Ruby Red Slippers.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Location; Gallery on the Pali, “A Socially Conscious Gallery<span style="color: black;">”, First Unitarian Church, 2500 Pali Highway 96817, (808) 526-1191 </span></span><br />
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</div>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-25674678579797662572009-10-18T09:59:00.000-10:002009-10-18T09:59:04.296-10:00Proposals Requested for Kapolei Hale Art<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span>Proposals Requested for Kapolei Hale Art</span></span></b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_0" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;">The Commission</span> on Culture and the Arts of the City and County of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_1">Honolulu</span> wishes to commission two <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">works of art</span> for Kapolei Hale, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_3" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">1000 Uluohia Street, Kapolei</span>,<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_4"> Oahu, Hawaii</span> . One <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_5">work of art</span> shall be installed on an existing interior wall; the other shall be at the front entrance of the building. This request for proposals is open to all artists (or artist teams) residing or working in the State of Hawaii . The budget for the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_6">interior work of art</span> is $50,000; the budget for the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_7">exterior work of art</span> is $38,000.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All applications must be received by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_8" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">4:00 p.m. on February 1, 2010</span> at:</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts</span></span><br />
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</div><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_9" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">530 South King Street</span></span> , Room 404<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All questions regarding this Request for Proposals should be directed to the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_10" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">(808) 768-6622</span>, email: <a href="mailto:tlaitila@honolulu.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:tlaitila@honolulu.gov"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_11">tlaitila@honolulu.gov</span></a>.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Download the RPF at <a href="http://www.honolulu.gov/moca/news.htm" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_12">http://www.honolulu.gov/moca/news.htm</span></a></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tory Laitila, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255895828_16" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">808-768-6622</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div>Opening Reception of three acclaimed Hawaii artists, L to Rt: artist Satoro Abe (seated), artist Warren Stenberg (AHA member), Sandy Pohl (Gallery owner) and artist Harry Tsuchidana. <span id="lw_1255894572_0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">Louis Pohl</span> Gallery, Oct.15th (Photo courtesy Charlene Hughes)<br />
</div>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-16854122601173698582009-09-19T19:08:00.002-10:002009-09-19T19:12:16.920-10:00Honolulu Arts Beat - Photos of the Contemporary ShowOur friends at the <a href="http://www.honoluluartsbeat.com/Honolulu_Arts_Beat/E_Komo_Mai_2.html">Honolulu Arts Beat</a> did a nice piece on the Contemporary Show! Check it out here: <a href="http://www.honoluluartsbeat.com/Honolulu_Arts_Beat/AHA_Contemporary.html">Photos of the Contemporary Show</a>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-74308470687815300352009-07-28T20:31:00.000-10:002009-07-28T20:32:17.051-10:00Art Teachers and Leaders of Art Groups ExhibitionThe Art Teachers and Leaders of Art Groups Exhibition, sponsored by the Association<br />of Hawaii Artists will be at Pauahi Tower, Lobby Level, 1001 Bishop Street and runs<br />from August 10 through September 4. Gallery hours are M - F 7am - 6pm and Sat.<br />8am - 2pm. This is an artist's invitational event.<br /> <br />An Artist's Reception will be Monday, August 17, 5pm - 7pm<br />Info call 234-0585AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-67865440599732316842009-07-25T20:57:00.000-10:002009-07-25T20:58:16.552-10:00Why I Can't See a Painting: The Semiotics of Jon and Kate Plus 8<p></p><span style="font-size:100%;">[Editor's Note: I wrote this when the Jon & Kate brouhaha first broke, but never got around to finishing it. It's still not finished, but I'm running it just because I still think the issue (whether context is necessary to understand art, not Jon & Kate <span style="font-style: italic;">per se</span>) is interesting and because perhaps the context of the article itself has changed from it was first written and, if so, what does that do to one's understanding of the article . . . or Jon & Kate?]<br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b125757_You_Didn_t_Want_to_Watch__lt_i_gt_Jon__amp__Kate_lt__I_gt___but_You_Did_.html">"The law of trainwrecks—hard to watch, harder not to watch—was in full effect during last night's <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243372618_0">Jon & Kate Plus 8</span>."</a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> - Joal Ryan, Eonline, on Yahoo!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd27Fuu7XugT0T0xKPVNBPyFAs3h5n2FwAONe8uUjTADcXMVyYMN_vJltnTZ20NKpIT82DKej6HwYcSdG_FDQF1aNTimRYzY8usOi-8fyP4p2YTr67MjKVfCCENjkE6VOGylqmhL2-6s/s1600-h/mich.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd27Fuu7XugT0T0xKPVNBPyFAs3h5n2FwAONe8uUjTADcXMVyYMN_vJltnTZ20NKpIT82DKej6HwYcSdG_FDQF1aNTimRYzY8usOi-8fyP4p2YTr67MjKVfCCENjkE6VOGylqmhL2-6s/s400/mich.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341132661745531730" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >J</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">ust to be clear: I (that is, your Paint Rag editor) don't watch "Jon & Kate Plus 8," TLC's reality show about a couple (the eponymous Jon and Kate) with eight kids (fraternal twin girls and fraternal sextuplets, three girls, three boys). I do, however, have a fascination with the commentary about the scandal that surrounds the show. As Chandler Bing might say, ironically, "Could I be more post-modern??"</span></span><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">For those who don't know, allegations recently arose that Jon was having an affair, then allegations arose that Kate was having an affair (with one of the bodyguards on the show), then there were renewed questions about the welfare of the children on the show, including whether child labor laws are being violated. In short, the reality of the situation is that the attention and celebrity occasioned by their status as television stars has, in the usual course, morphed into a tabloid fascination with their foibles.</span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Against this backdrop, the season premiere was, shall we say, a trainwreck. There's plenty of general criticism and kibitzing out there, including speculation that TLC will make the "will they get divorced?" question part of a season long arc that will end in a cliffhanger finale. Like I say, perversely fascinating.</span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But the reason I bring this up is this quote by Time's TV Critic, </span><span class="postedby" style="font-size:100%;">James Poniewozik, </span><span style="font-size:100%;">in his blog entry: <a href="http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/05/26/jon-kate-plus-8-this-would-be-the-for-worse-part/?xid=rss-topstories">Jon & Kate Plus 8: This Would Be the 'For Worse' Part:</a>"<br /></span></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"><p><span style="font-size:100%;">"It's clear what Jon & Kate has become now: It's The Hills for old people. Like MTV's reality show, it's less a TV series than a media environment, where the broadcast itself is only the starting point. You need to follow the coverage in the tabs and on the gossip shows in order to get the full storyline and the context. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Watching the confessional interviews themselves last night—with all those publicist-managed phrases about "my choices" and "this situation"—would have been near-unintelligible to someone who hadn't followed any of the wider media coverage of the show."</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This was interesting to me . . . does one now <span style="font-style: italic;">need</span> to know the broader societal context in order to understand a television show? </span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The proposition sounded familiar to me and finally I placed it . . . <a href="http://www.tomwolfe.com/PaintedWordExcerpt.html">Tom Wolfe's "The Painted Word."</a> Wolfe's skewering of contemporary art (circa 1975) begins with him reading New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer's review of show called "Seven Realists" one Sunday. This passage catches his attention:<br /></span></span></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Realism does not lack its partisans, but it does rather conspicuously lack a persuasive theory. And given the nature of our intellectual commerce with works, of art, to lack a persuasive theory is to lack something crucial—the means by which our experience of individual works is joined to our understanding of the values they signify."</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Wolfe goes bananas:</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >"</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >What I saw before me was the critic-in-chief of The New York Times saying: In looking at a painting today, "to lack a persuasive theory is to lack something crucial." I read it again. It didn't say "something helpful" or "enriching" or even "extremely valuable." No, the word was crucial.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">In short: frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.</span><br /><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then and there I experienced a flash known as the Aha! Phenomenon, and the buried life of contemporary art was revealed to me for the first time. The fogs lifted! The clouds passed! The motes, scales, conjunctival bloodshot, and Murine agonies fell away!"</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Damn! All I wanted to know was, what the hell kind of </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >theory</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> do you need for </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >realism</span><span style="font-size:100%;">??</span></p><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Do we really need to know context for a painting? What about Jon and Kate . . do we really need to read People Magazine as a prerequisite for watching a television show?<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit95djoX-RzFOj4tIClgxC_KMv4S-G-YK5h7pFn4O4zNqdMXx4c8emTM-OvVTcCiDlZee1og0pVCaBbyLudbTMks3vhIl_p2HZbExp5MIyeUKlDF_WHa2OIwAw_H3kUJNxhDvS8Dp9PLg/s1600-h/mich.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit95djoX-RzFOj4tIClgxC_KMv4S-G-YK5h7pFn4O4zNqdMXx4c8emTM-OvVTcCiDlZee1og0pVCaBbyLudbTMks3vhIl_p2HZbExp5MIyeUKlDF_WHa2OIwAw_H3kUJNxhDvS8Dp9PLg/s400/mich.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341130177157879394" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-89173021881103886112009-07-25T20:25:00.003-10:002009-07-25T20:55:48.320-10:00Art in a Warehouse with No Lights[Editor's Note: Click the title link to go to site for video and photos.]
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<br />By Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 July 2009 0251 hrs
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<br />SINGAPORE : Most of us would be used to viewing art pieces in a gallery or museum with lights to highlight the works.
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<br />And the response was overwhelming - over 2,600 people ventured into the dark and enjoyed the show.
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<br />Organisers of the exhibition titled 'Blackout' wanted visitors to step out of their comfort zone.
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<br />"When the lights go off, what happens is your senses come alive - your sense of touch, the way you look at things, the way you walk. So that's why the works are so interactive," said Alan Oei, curator for 'Blackout'.
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<br />And visitors got to step on eggs, for example, in an art piece that's about challenging people to do what they normally wouldn't.
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<br />Another piece has dozens of paper planes dashing out from one single point. The artist wanted viewers to feel the sudden rush of flight when the light flashes.
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<br />Then there's a piece that addresses consumerism. It comes in the form of a sculpture made up of junk food wrappers and in the shape of a man puking over toilet bowl.
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<br />"This is a big difference from what normal art exhibitions are like. (It's the) first time I'm seeing something like this... The kids love them," said one exhibition-goer.
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<br />"It’s very new, to have an exhibition in the dark, and it’s quite groundbreaking," said another.
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<br />Organisers said the idea for a free art show in the dark at a warehouse came about when the building owners had a gap period.
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<br />13 artists then got together over three months to present their take on darkness with a space slightly larger than a football field.
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<br />Over 1,000 visitors turned up the night the show opened.
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<br />Following the overwhelming response, organisers now have plans to do similar exhibitions in other locations in Singapore. Talks are also underway to bring the concept overseas to places like Japan. - CNA /ls AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-60946349270355655862009-07-25T20:10:00.001-10:002009-07-25T20:13:17.089-10:00The art of a recession: Gallery owners struggling<div class="byline"> <cite class="vcard"> [Editor's Note: From Yahoo!.com]<br /><br />By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer <span class="fn org">Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer</span> </cite> – <abbr title="2009-07-25T10:21:41-0700" class="timedate">Sat Jul 25, 1:21 pm ET</abbr></div><!-- end .byline --> <div class="yn-story-content"> <p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Art gallery owners across the country are finding they have a tough sell these days.</p> <p>With houses going up for auction, unemployment continuing to rise and the threat of layoffs seemingly ever-present, many gallery owners in art communities such as Scottsdale, Ariz., Santa Fe, N.M., <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_0">Portland, Ore</span>., and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_1">New York City</span> are closing shop, going broke to stay open or drastically changing the way they do business.</p> <p>"Art is a very discretionary sort of object, and we are in the worst recession arguably in the postwar era," said Jay Bryson, a global economist with Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, N.C. "Obviously somebody who has lost their job in a factory in Indiana probably is not buying art."</p> <p>Even people with plenty of discretionary money aren't spending much on it.</p> <p>"You're a billionaire and you took a 40 percent hit on your portfolio, now you only have $600 million left," Bryson said. "That's still pretty deep pockets, but 40 percent is 40 percent."</p> <p>In the gallery district of downtown <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_2">Scottsdale</span>, at least a half dozen galleries have closed in the past year or are in the midst of closing. Others still are wondering how much longer they can make it.</p> <p>One recent day, Leslie Levy sat quietly amid the contemporary art she sells in her gallery, which was just as deserted as the streets outside, where the temperature was in the triple digits.</p> <p>The summers here are always slow because of the heat, but this one is much worse than usual. That's partly why Levy is closing her doors at the end of August after 32 years in business and becoming a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_3">private art dealer</span> online.</p> <p>"I'll tell you what — if I was younger, I'd just keep at it knowing we've not seen times quite as bad as this before," Levy said.</p> <p>Longtime customer Marylyn Gregory of Bernardsville, N.J., came in the gallery that day to see it one last time and check out what pieces Levy had left of her and her husband's favorite artist. Gregory told Levy she was surprised and upset when she heard the gallery was closing but added, "You're probably doing the right thing."</p> <p>Gregory didn't end up buying anything that day, saying she needed to check with her husband. Before, she might have been more spontaneous.</p> <p>"Sometimes you'd go to an opening and have a <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_4">glass of wine</span>, and you're like, OK," she said. "It's certainly the method to get everyone to open their checkbooks."</p> <p>But like many other art lovers, the Gregorys are more conservative with their money these days.</p> <p>Levy understands. "People are watching what they spend — cutting back and spending on the necessities of life. That makes sense to people."</p> <p><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_5">Becky Smith</span> knows that all too well. She owned the Bellwether Gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood for a decade, but closed at the end of June after watching her revenue plummet to $80,000 gross in the first quarter of 2009. She had $40,000 net, and $10,000 of it went to rent each month.</p> <p>The $80,000 figure was down from about $350,000 the same quarter in 2008 and about $600,000 during that period the year before.</p> <p>"I was really startled," Smith said. "It was the spring of '08 where I saw three shows that should have been blockbusters underperform, and I was in shock.</p> <p>"Things were booming so intensely a couple years ago and the pendulum has swung so far in the opposite direction, it was impossible to know where I stood," she said. "And I didn't want to be paying for a storefront while I was figuring it out." </p><p> In the past two years, at least 24 galleries have closed in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_6">Manhattan</span>, mostly in Chelsea, according to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_7">New York City</span>-based Artnet magazine, which covers the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_8">fine art world</span>. "That's really dramatic," said Artnet editor <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1248542513_9">Walter Robinson</span>. </p><p>In Santa Fe, N.M., between 10 and 15 galleries have closed this year, said Christy Walker, managing director of the Santa Fe Gallery Association. </p><p>"A lot of people have this idea that running a gallery, the owners make a lot of money, when it's just a lot of effort to make a living off of it," she said. "It's a hard business to be in, and when things are good, things are good, and when times are tough, it's a really tough business to maintain." </p><p> Kraig Foote of art one gallery in Scottsdale has done everything he can think of to avoid shutting down. </p><p>His house is about to go up for auction because he hasn't made a payment in seven months, he has laid off his two employees and he has resorted to selling his own beloved art collection for a fraction of what it's worth. </p><p>"I have given up everything," he said recently in the very empty gallery, which sells work by local high school- and college-age artists. </p><p> And still, the threat of closure looms. </p><p>"I'm trying to make it to December," Foote said. "I think people will start spending again once they get to the next holiday. They'll say, 'We've saved, let's get something.'" </p><p> He paused. "I don't know."</p> </div>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-15008128447189055632009-06-16T23:39:00.000-10:002009-06-16T23:39:00.392-10:00New Yorker Cover Art, Painted With an iPhone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXEmS2JnnRVGQle9ASJ_tkPnOEhkKGOHGkfemcC5FqH5-yvqVmSXGb5wTUyrwUgqF08DRU4ckOsYERkUld_E4PGxAHhYRIG41BND9AGPDZLvs9OoLxVopXBKmPdodQifzt_WWtXctxZ0/s1600-h/mich.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXEmS2JnnRVGQle9ASJ_tkPnOEhkKGOHGkfemcC5FqH5-yvqVmSXGb5wTUyrwUgqF08DRU4ckOsYERkUld_E4PGxAHhYRIG41BND9AGPDZLvs9OoLxVopXBKmPdodQifzt_WWtXctxZ0/s400/mich.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339681828025012514" border="0" /></a>[From NYTimes.com]<br /><div class="timestamp"><br />May 25, 2009<br /><br /></div> <nyt_byline version="1.0" type=" "> <div class="byline">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/stephanie_clifford/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Stephanie Clifford">STEPHANIE CLIFFORD</a></div> </nyt_byline> <nyt_text> <div id="articleBody"> <p>Some people send text with their iPhones, and some play games. The artist Jorge Colombo created this week’s cover for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/the_new_yorker/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about The New Yorker.">The New Yorker</a> with his.</p> <p>Mr. Colombo drew the June 1 cover scene, of a late-night gathering around a 42nd Street hot dog stand, entirely with the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about the iPhone.">iPhone</a> application Brushes. Because of the smears and washes of color required by the inexact medium, it comes off as dreamy, not sharp and technological.</p> <p>“The best feature of it is that it doesn’t feel like something that was done digitally; quite the opposite,” said Françoise Mouly, the art editor for The New Yorker. “All too often the technology is directed in only one direction, which is to make things more tight, and this, what he did very well, is use this technology for something that is free flowing, and I think that’s what makes it so poetic and magical.”</p> <p>Mr. Colombo bought his iPhone in February, and the $4.99 Brushes application soon after, and said the portability and accessibility of the medium appealed to him. He began the scene by beginning with the buildings’ structure, then layering on the taxis, neon lights, hot-dog stand and people. (A video of the process is available at <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/05/jorge-colombo-iphone-cover.html" target="_">newyorker.com</a> beginning on Monday.) [Editor's Note: check out the video; it's pretty cool!]</p><p>It “made it easy for me to sketch without having to carry all my pens and brushes and notepads with me, and I like the fact that I am drawing with a set of tools that anybody can have easily in their pocket,” he said. There is one other advantage of the phone, too: no one notices he is drawing. Mr. Colombo said he stood on 42nd Street for about an hour with no interruptions.</p> <p>“It gives him an anonymity in the big city that an artist with the easel wouldn’t have,” Ms. Mouly said. </p> <p>“Absolutely nobody can tell I am drawing,” Mr. Colombo said. “In fact, once I was doing the drawing at some place, and my wife was around, and they asked her why did I have to work so hard? I seemed to be always on my iPhone sending messages.” <span class="bold">STEPHANIE CLIFFORD<br /></span></p> <nyt_update_bottom> </nyt_update_bottom> </div> </nyt_text>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-22014597979457155772009-06-16T22:42:00.005-10:002009-06-16T23:50:54.070-10:00AHA Mailbag<blockquote></blockquote><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">[Editor's note: Still experimenting with listing various AHA Bulletin Board type announcements in the Paint Rag. I tend to think this is redundant with the Bulletin Board, takes up a lot of space, requires a lot of editing and attention and breaks the flow of the Paint Rag. My feeling is that this type of item is better handled via the Bulletin Board (click <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/">here</a>). But we'll see.]<br /><br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/294;_ylc=X3oDMTJxa29yaWgwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyOTQEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0NTEyOTMwNQ--">AHA NEEDS A DESK TOP PUBLISHING VOLUNTEER</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><blockquote>Aloha everyone, AHA needs a volunter to make postcard and e-anouncements for our Aloha show and Contempporary show using Vista Point or some such program. The position involves only a handfull of invitations and or announcements of our coming show receptions. Without this we cannot reach a bigger audience of guests for our award shows. Please let me know asap if anyone is willing to take this on. Mahalo, President Tony <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/post?postID=XK-EAPwAXtY7C2zBcOX0lP304eaRg4KonopmJLV2Re3OWf4f4aCSeW-juzhWCdmJbyf0K6Vwi_uf0M-uVJ0feg">randallt001@hawaii.rr.com</a> or feel free to call me 398-1863. We need the Aloha show postcards done and printed by entry day July 31.</blockquote></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/296">CALL TO ARTISTS FOR SUMMER SIZZLE AT HCC</a></span><br /><blockquote>Aloha everyone, as of today we only have about 3 artists for our Summer Sizzle show at HCC. Theme is pretty open but we have no artists. Anyone interested please contact Priscilla or myself asap. Entry day is Sunday June 28 9 a.m. AHA doesn't want to lose HCC as a venue but we need to supply the demand . . . Mahalo, President Tony For Prospectus, click <a href="http://www.associationhawaiiartists.com/20090628HccProspectus.pdf">HERE</a>.</blockquote></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/295;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaW5wNnUwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyOTUEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0NTEyOTMwNQ--">AHA WEB MASTER NEEDED</a></span><br /><blockquote>Aloha , We are in need of a new web master for the AHA web site. If anyone is interested please contact myself or Priscilla. My e-mail is <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/post?postID=9lwb_Eu2HcCzxJ0EPelXLeQnsGGswwLxGQBQVTyXCzjbvYhNPVYN5p0d_L_bQuRgNYFy_xILIcWF6ddvF7m7D6caQZ8">randallt001@hawaii.rr.com</a> or feel free to call me at 398-1863 Mahalo, President Tony</blockquote></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/289;_ylc=X3oDMTJxbG9wdmdpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyODkEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0NDg2NzcyMw--">NEW PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN FOR THE AHA</a></span><br /></span><blockquote><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Warren Stenberg is our new publicity chairperson for the AHA. He will be responsible for marketing the AHA activities to the public by contacting the newspapers, radio and other media of our events. His phone number is: 262-8306 and his email address is: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/post?postID=dLDnUZ-f_AtpSYLEvHDLJi-m6Ksum7vzkFC8ExQeJ3TDw0aFFTZUv5QbiH_XkGNziQTfwWrW8sB43is8vlCuKcbcsms">Warsten.art@hawaiiantel.net</a>.</span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.associationhawaiiartists.com/2009AlohaShowProspectus.pdf">PROSPECTUS FOR THE 39TH ANNUAL ALOHA SHOW</a><a href="http://www.associationhawaiiartists.com/2009AlohaShowProspectus.pdf"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a></span> Click <a href="http://www.associationhawaiiartists.com/2009AlohaShowProspectus.pdf">HERE</a>.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><blockquote>Dates: Friday, July 31, 2009 (Intake Day: from 9:30am to 10:30am) to August 24, 2009 (Take Down Day: from 12:00pm to 2:00 pm)<br /><br />Gallery Hours at Honolulu Hale: Mon.-Friday from 7:30am to 5:00pm.<br /><br />Reception: Friday, August 7, 2009, 5:00PM - 7:00PM. Entrants are requested to bring a pupu to share.<br /><br />Juror: Mr. Michael Schnack, owner of Cedar Street Galleries.<br /><br />Awards: Best in Show, 1st Place, 2nd Place and 3rd Place with 3 Honorable Mentions.<br /></blockquote></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/287;_ylc=X3oDMTJxc3U2YjJiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyODcEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0NDY3MzA3OQ--">SUMMER ORIGAMI WORKSHOP</a> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Contemporary Museum</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> June 26, 2009 (1-3 p.m.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> $15 TCM members; $20 non-members </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Take a summer break from email and treat someone special to a handmade origami card. This unique </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245228580_17" style="font-family:arial;">summer workshop</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> is open to all ages, keiki (6 and up) and adults alike. Three different origami models will be taught from the very simple sailboat, to the low-intermediate twist fish, to the more challenging butterfly. Learn at your level and then create unique note cards with beautiful </span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245228580_18" >handmade papers</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. Come ready to have fun! Reservations are required. Please call </span><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245228580_19" >(808)237-5217</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> or email Quala-Lynn Young, Curator of Education at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:qyoung%40tcmhi.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:qyoung%40tcmhi.org">qyoung@tcmhi.org</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /></span> </blockquote><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span>NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM EXHIBIT AT HONOLULU HALE</span></u></span><b><u><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></u></b></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Artwork created by City and County of Honolulu employees and their family members will be on display <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245230338_2">July 13 to 28</span> at Honolulu Hale.<br /><br />The </span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;">Fourth Annual Exhibit of The National Arts Program</span></span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;">®</span></span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;"> in Honolulu</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> is being presented by The National Arts Program</span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;"> </span></span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;">Foundation and the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> The p<span style="color:black;"><span style="color:black;">rogram</span></span></span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:black;">was established in 1983 by The National Arts Program Foundation to identify the artistic talents of our nation. The program involves employees and family members of municipal and county governments and businesses, and is gradually expanding to include the general public. </span></span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;">A</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">ll works will be judged by professional arts practitioners in the following categories: amateur, intermediate, professional, and youth.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span><br /></span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span style="color:black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:black;">It currently reaches more than 450 cities and communities in 44 states and the District of Columbia in 84 annual venues. The City and County of Honolulu is currently the only organization in the state of Hawaii to participate in this program.</span><br /><br />Exhibit hours are <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245230338_3">8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday</span> through Friday. Exhibit viewing is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts at <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245230338_4">808-768-6622</span> or visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.honolulu.gov/moca"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245230338_5">www.honolulu.gov/moca</span></a>.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/288;_ylc=X3oDMTJxanN2MnA0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyODgEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0NDY3MzA3OQ--"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">ART EXHIBIT AT HO'OMALUHIA BOTANICAL GARDEN GALLERY</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;">An Exhibition of New, Recent and Rediscovered Works by five Association of Hawaii Artists members: David DEVENOT, Charlene HUGHES, Ruth Laird PISTOR, Warren STENBERG & Hank WHITTINGTON</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> July 1 thru July 30,2009</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Gallery</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> 45-860 Luluku Road, Kaneohe, HI 96734</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Please join us at our Artists' Reception</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> SUNDAY JULY 5th 3PM – 5 PM</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Please Join Us *** Ample Free Parking</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> (Call for more info: 262-8306)</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/284;_ylc=X3oDMTJxNTNrNWNxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyODQEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0NDU2OTcyMw--">HAWAII ARTS BEAT . . . MUSIC, ART, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span> <blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can get more information regarding Gallery Openings, spotlites on art</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> exhibitions like the Haleiwa festival, at the website:</span> <a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.honoluluartsbeat.com/">http://www.honoluluartsbeat.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> One of the features at this website has Ward Centre GAllery News: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Susie Anderson has been invited to represent Oahu at the "July 4th Makawao</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Paint-Out Invitational - Painting a Volcano from Crater to Coast!" 22 plein</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> air artists will be painting for 7 days from June 28 to July 4th at locations on</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the Island of Maui: Tedeshi Winery, Harvest Dat at O'o Farms, Alii Lavender</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Farm, and at the Grand Wailea Resort. Susie will be posting an updated schedule</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> at her website: www.susieanderson.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Mark Norseth will be having his "3rd Annual Summer Painting Demonstration" on</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Saturday, June 20, 2009. Watch Mark's demonstration, bring a light suppper if</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> you wish, and be part of the onlookers. For details, contact Mark at: 263-2013,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> or email him at:</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/post?postID=up_sKmTD7YFoFXEabXR9wZrsQqREqj64cSpEnB_xKPIf94PjXB_QkdSiCge8FEhyhzWjXa6u3hsG8ed4">mark@marknorseth.com</a></span> </blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHAbulletinboard/message/283;_ylc=X3oDMTJxODg4Ym04BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODYxMzI1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAzNzcwNQRtc2dJZAMyODMEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0Mzk2MzE5OQ--">SCHAEFER PORTRAIT CHALLENGE EXHIBITION</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;">On display at the First Hawaiian Center, 999 Bishop St. There were 56 artists juried into the show from hundreds of entries. 15 of the artists did self portraits. Show runs through September 11, 2009 and is organized by the MACC. The First Hswaiian Center hours are 8:30am - 4:00pm Monday thru Thursday, and 8:30am = 6:00pm on Friday. The Schaefer Portrait Challenge is a spectacular exhibit, not to be missed.</span><br /></blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Connie Hennings-Chilton</span> showed her work in Fukuoka Japan in June along</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> with a Hula Festival at the Fukuoka Sun Palace Hotels and resort, June 6-7. The</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> main sponsors of the event - Aloha Monarch RKB Hawaii. One of her pieces to be</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> featured in their brochure is LEGEND OF THE TARO.</span><br /></span>AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465205925501453374.post-49036471903509008752009-06-16T22:38:00.000-10:002009-06-16T22:38:49.717-10:00Roger Ebert Movie Review: My Kid Could Paint That (PG-13)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty-pUg3LN7Uu97JD6ezhrJu0xLTCbkeJfwu8M5o1-NYjal2cl9e1PFDctu7epCKgTfLn_b9vsMYwnNtKrVRcsMBhFUJdNfigoRcLvYySH2aH9lysSoTJRJj7_wMWPWYPgTSDt43yqF7U/s1600-h/mich.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty-pUg3LN7Uu97JD6ezhrJu0xLTCbkeJfwu8M5o1-NYjal2cl9e1PFDctu7epCKgTfLn_b9vsMYwnNtKrVRcsMBhFUJdNfigoRcLvYySH2aH9lysSoTJRJj7_wMWPWYPgTSDt43yqF7U/s400/mich.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348210484813482242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Cast & Credits</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">With Marla, Mark and Laura Olmstead, Anthony Brunelli, Elizabeth Cohen and Michael Kimmelman.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Sony Pictures Classics presents a documentary produced and directed by Amir Bar-Lev. Running time: 83 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for language). Opening today at the Music Box and Evanston CineArts.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />By Roger Ebert<br /><br />The truth lurking beneath "My Kid Could Paint That" is that your kid couldn't paint that. The documentary considers the perplexing case of Marla Olmstead, a 4-year-old girl from Binghamton, N.Y., who got a lot of publicity because at her age she was producing abstract paintings that sold for hundreds and then thousands of dollars, were awarded gallery shows, generated a firestorm in the art community, and were the subject of a controversial segment on "60 Minutes."<br /><br />The paintings are pretty good. They are as good as some, not most, abstract paintings. They play into the hands of those who dismiss abstract art as the process of applying paint to canvas with a technique that looks random and unconsidered. Some, not all, abstract art gains its importance not because of its intrinsic quality but because of its price. At $25, it looks like dribbles. At $25 million, it looks like a masterpiece.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ1JypGHce1-PsJoSLFvTcq10-CtCbyy2do0mJhWhAyZggAv8Nefi0AcQehSP-hOADQnJlC0yt_yhZMHTrscEnd7FYDx7X13eVKGkdYnuNMH0H905jJ_G5X02bYFntbBNxfheSpq0noQ/s1600-h/mich.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ1JypGHce1-PsJoSLFvTcq10-CtCbyy2do0mJhWhAyZggAv8Nefi0AcQehSP-hOADQnJlC0yt_yhZMHTrscEnd7FYDx7X13eVKGkdYnuNMH0H905jJ_G5X02bYFntbBNxfheSpq0noQ/s400/mich.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348212182190938786" border="0" /></a><br />The story as told by Mark, Marla's dad, an amateur painter himself, is that one day little Marla was on the kitchen table while he was painting, and she grabbed a brush and started painting, too. The child showed an instinctive feeling for color, pattern, composition, texture, and because of her age and the abstract-art-debunking angle, she started to get worldwide publicity.<br /><br />The problem was, no one had actually seen Marla creating a whole work from start to finish except, presumably, her parents. "60 Minutes" came to do a piece on the girl, put their equipment all over the house, and installed a secret camera in the basement ceiling. Through it, they were able to see Marla beginning a painting with urgent whispered instructions from her father. We never see him touch a brush to the painting, but on the other hand, the finished painting doesn't look like a "Marla" but like something any child could paint.<br /><br />Is the little girl the star of a hoax by her family? Amir Bar-Lev, the maker of this film, says he doesn't know, and the film has an open ending. He grew quite close to the Olmsteads, and at times worried that he was betraying their confidence. My own verdict as an outsider is, no, Marla didn't paint those works, although she may have applied some of the paint.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFgG6SKoU80TRvu6JEzkSWIWsbc0JZRekhycPNSTDapuaR5hO2WNYkMU4BX9hcJPIUw-0IznF0Kg8vACX2iEsTLeEzBcBcCtUS_idhlAc3ruxwQMTMuNN5S8QgRzFf-AIECbbbou1yZk/s1600-h/mich.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFgG6SKoU80TRvu6JEzkSWIWsbc0JZRekhycPNSTDapuaR5hO2WNYkMU4BX9hcJPIUw-0IznF0Kg8vACX2iEsTLeEzBcBcCtUS_idhlAc3ruxwQMTMuNN5S8QgRzFf-AIECbbbou1yZk/s400/mich.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348212915313795634" border="0" /></a>But it's more complicated than that. As I said, some of the paintings are pretty good. People might pay hundreds if they were by a kid but would they pay thousands unless they actually liked them? The irony may be that Mark Olmstead is a gifted painter who could never break into the closed circle of abstract art without a gimmick like Marla.<br /><br />My favorite modern painter is Gillian Ayres, OBE. Ayres (born 1930) is a well-known British abstract expressionist whose huge canvases, often measuring several feet in their dimensions, look like finger painting, because they are. With untrammeled exuberance, she paints in bright colors with a thick impasto. Chaz and I had not heard of her when we saw one of her paintings in a warehouse, and simultaneously agreed we loved it. I append an Ayres painting, one of 14 in the Tate Modern. No, a kid couldn't paint that.<br /><br />In the last analysis, I guess it all reduces to taste and instinct. Some paintings are good, says me, or says you, and some are bad. Some paintings could be painted by a child, some couldn't be.AHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278381183411613199noreply@blogger.com0