I too am interested in the velvets I remember she showed an artist who did work on velvet before a long time ago, but I don’t remember if it’s the same artist so I’m wondering if velvet are thing now or maybe it was just this one artist I like the idea of velvet
I miss a beautiful Art day in NYC, but thanks to you and your gift to us this is a good substitute. So, Wow! standouts Ackerman, Heinze and regarding the 3rd hand helping there is a great book called:FLOW the Psychology of Optimal Experience by ( the late great psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ) and in the acting world the saying is 'Let IT Do You.' I see some Dali in Heinze...any way-thanks again-keep safe. Slain'th. Dave
A most enjoyable art walk with you . Your calm voice and music helped inform to these new to me artists. My bil will be having a show in the spring. So add him to your list of must see. Peter Allerton.
I thought the name Rita Ackermann rang a bell then after doing some research I realised I own a vinyl LP with her artwork - Gazheart on the Locust label. The music on the a side isn't great but the b side has an etched artwork by Ackermann plus there are two good quality prints by her. The second-hand price of the LP is very low so it's a cheap way of owning her work. Anyway, a great video as usual.
These video's are great. It enables me to see contemporary art exhibitions that I would otherwise not be able to experience firsthand. It's actually pretty valuable. Plus your voice is very pleasant.
What a beautiful display of incredibly good artists! Thank you, Mary Lynn. It’s always a thumbs up from me every time I watch your videos. I’m sure a lot of work goes into producing one single video, but you manage to make it seem so effortless with your candor. Thank you so much.
You shot the best images of Sillman and Ackermann I have seen. Very clear and captures the subtlety of the surfaces and color really well. I also highly recommend anyone interested to read Sillman's collected writings in a book called Faux Pas.
that big Schnabel (australia) is one of the best things ive seen in years. I like the velvet pieces but my favorite stuff is his big abstract joints from the early to mid 90s. violent and beautiful. rita ackerman used to do stuff for sonic youth in the 90s as i recall. you can tell shes been looking at a lot of brice marden lately. im not sure about these works (they just seem so unfinished and sketchy) but theyre headed in an interesting direction.
Some enjoyable works. If I could I'd collect Ian Fairweather, Rosalie Gascoigne, Reg Mombassa, and John Olsen. I'm a fan of the Hermannsburg School and have a painting by Ewald Namatjira but almost any First Nations art.
The Petzel and Gladstone Gallery shows are the only ones not on view anymore. But everything else is. However I would check their hours, most galleries have summer hours and are closed on weekends
Love the work of Tara Donovan but I am sure she doesn't arrange these sculptures, she probably has the idea, draw the idea and a group of assistants will build them for her. Maybe I am wrong, but I still love the work.
Great survey. A lot to unpack. Sometimes I think Schnabel is great, other times think it's complete fakery. Having Bischofberger write the intro puff piece is really a bit much. A dealer who has made millions off of Schnab is not exactly an objective source and the notion that painting was "dead" in the late 70s and JS singlehandedly brought it back is as ridiculous as it gets. Quite like Rita Ackerman possibly this new work is a bit too figurative for me. Nobody does decorative painting better than Amy Sillman. Perfect for over a living room couch or poshest lobby. The Pendleton show for me was the best of this lot. Not too much, not too little, part funhouse vibe, part high mined art show.
now where's that shopping list, oh yeah : milk bread rice Claire Woods toothpaste Cecily Brown potatoes and an Anselm Kiefer. have a good break Mary, thanks for the work.
