Comments for mnartists.org http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists Just another Walker Blogs weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:23 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 Comment on TEN: This Week in Local Art – Sales, Scrap and Carl Sagen by Scott Stulen http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/11/20/ten-this-week-in-local-art-sales-scrap-and-carl-sagen/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Scott Stulen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:23 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=598#comment-458 Thank you Randy. I appreciate it! Thank you Randy. I appreciate it!

]]> Comment on TEN: This Week in Local Art – Sales, Scrap and Carl Sagen by Randy Pena http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/11/20/ten-this-week-in-local-art-sales-scrap-and-carl-sagen/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Randy Pena Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:33 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=598#comment-457 I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts. I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

]]> Comment on 10: The week in local art and other bits of interest by Frank Gaard http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/10/23/10-the-week-in-local-art-and-other-bits-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Frank Gaard Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:21:39 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=489#comment-456 jl - I don't agree with your idea, it's too glib too inside. Picasso lived a long while Oiticica lived a less long life and in a culture quite unlike Paris. His work was fragile to begin with and more unusual in materials and function; he was not so much a painter of a sculptor as he was a lover of the Samba. If you saw the Walker show of his material you might see the loss differently. Besides the idea that all work falls within some paradigm of failure is simply not reasonable. Oiticica was something else something only found late. Maybe I'm too emotional about this because I'm grown old but I do know how thrilling that show was and I know every rule has an exception. jl – I don’t agree with your idea, it’s too glib too inside. Picasso lived a long while Oiticica lived a less long life and in a culture quite unlike Paris. His work was fragile to begin with and more unusual in materials and function; he was not so much a painter of a sculptor as he was a lover of the Samba. If you saw the Walker show of his material you might see the loss differently. Besides the idea that all work falls within some paradigm of failure is simply not reasonable. Oiticica was something else something only found late. Maybe I’m too emotional about this because I’m grown old but I do know how thrilling that show was and I know every rule has an exception.

]]> Comment on 10: The week in local art and other bits of interest by Jimmy Longoria http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/10/23/10-the-week-in-local-art-and-other-bits-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Jimmy Longoria Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:46:30 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=489#comment-448 Hola Frank, your comment reminds me of an exhibition I once saw of Pablo Picasso's hidden stash of work. The show was in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was a big deal and the show brought a whole of cash along with long lines and a killing at the Gift Shop. I was lucky and had a friend on the staff that arrange for me to see the show as often I wanted. I learned a very important truth about an artist's total output of work. I learned that what Peter Drucker had said about the work of Master Sumi E brush painters was right. 90 % of any great artist's work is crap. Great crap relative to others; but crap none-the-less. I found Mr. Drucker credible because he also included his own writing in that assessment. With caveat: \the challenge is to figure out what is the good 10% and keep only that!\ Happy Turkey Day Frank. Bobo Hola Frank, your comment reminds me of an exhibition I once saw of Pablo Picasso’s hidden stash of work. The show was in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was a big deal and the show brought a whole of cash along with long lines and a killing at the Gift Shop. I was lucky and had a friend on the staff that arrange for me to see the show as often I wanted.

I learned a very important truth about an artist’s total output of work. I learned that what Peter Drucker had said about the work of Master Sumi E brush painters was right.

90 % of any great artist’s work is crap. Great crap relative to others; but crap none-the-less.

I found Mr. Drucker credible because he also included his own writing in that assessment. With caveat: \the challenge is to figure out what is the good 10% and keep only that!\

Happy Turkey Day Frank.

Bobo

]]> Comment on 10: The week in local art and other bits of interest by Frank Gaard http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/10/23/10-the-week-in-local-art-and-other-bits-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Frank Gaard Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:24:05 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=489#comment-444 The news that so much of Helio Oiticica art was lost in fire is tragic . A huge loss for the world . His work is so inspiring and so slight that one forgets the objects themselves are material. It's as if he dies a second time. The news that so much of Helio Oiticica art was lost in fire is tragic . A huge loss for the world . His work is so inspiring and so slight that one forgets the objects themselves are material. It’s as if he dies a second time.

]]> Comment on Q & A with Kristin Makholm, new director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art by Jo Ann hendricks http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/06/17/q-a-with-kristin-makholm-new-director-of-the-minnesota-museum-of-american-art/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Jo Ann hendricks Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:42 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=425#comment-437 I live in downtown St Paul and volunteered in the past with the Museum. It has certainly had its challenges. Yet I saw the success of the patio programs and I witnessed members of the community showing up with checkbooks! becuase they believed it was important to have the art museum in St Paul. So, good luck to the new director and the board! (Okay, and DON'T give up on having the city giving the old cop shop across the street from my condo at 10th and Minnesota as a permanent museum home.) I live in downtown St Paul and volunteered in the past with the Museum. It has certainly had its challenges. Yet I saw the success of the patio programs and I witnessed members of the community showing up with checkbooks! becuase they believed it was important to have the art museum in St Paul.

So, good luck to the new director and the board!

(Okay, and DON’T give up on having the city giving the old cop shop across the street from my condo at 10th and Minnesota as a permanent museum home.)

]]> Comment on Q & A with Kristin Makholm, new director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art by Jimmy Longoria http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/06/17/q-a-with-kristin-makholm-new-director-of-the-minnesota-museum-of-american-art/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Jimmy Longoria Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:10:05 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=425#comment-435 Hola Kristin, last week I returned from a visit to Chicago. I attended a community meeting at the National Museum of Mexican Art. The topic was the preservation of contemporary public murals. Chicago has an extensive history in community murals. The presenters of the meeting did a great job of presenting the possibility of gathering national funds to support the work. I had a pleasant talk with a Development officer after the meeting. When I came back to Minnesota I was surprised to hear of the cuts in the arts over at Minneapolis City government. I have been thinking that as your board wrestles with the challenge of coming up with a compelling case statement for funding if you might not consider what Intermedia has realized it must do: merger. It might a good idea for you to consider merging service goals to find a competitive mission. Take into consideration that Target funded in a very big way the Chicano Show. Although the leadership has changed-they motivation has not-that population group keeps growing. Let me share something with you-the community at this meeting kept asking for a way to save the art of the muralists, not just in the Pilsen area but nationally. They pointed out that although the walls themselves could not most times be saved- could the images in a new medium be created and stored for people to see? Think about it. The WaWa has a new direction in art, young gallery visitors-young art lovers and it must aim at your central goal of american art if it will be able to fend off the MIA with it's expanded MAEP. Just being a regional baby artists venue may not be enough to get you the \endowments\ you will need to attract the operations money that will keep whatever door you will get to open. Just a thought. your friendly muralista coyote Hola Kristin, last week I returned from a visit to Chicago. I attended a community meeting at the National Museum of Mexican Art. The topic was the preservation of contemporary public murals. Chicago has an extensive history in community murals. The presenters of the meeting did a great job of presenting the possibility of gathering national funds to support the work. I had a pleasant talk with a Development officer after the meeting. When I came back to Minnesota I was surprised to hear of the cuts in the arts over at Minneapolis City government.

I have been thinking that as your board wrestles with the challenge of coming up with a compelling case statement for funding if you might not consider what Intermedia has realized it must do: merger. It might a good idea for you to consider merging service goals to find a competitive mission. Take into consideration that Target funded in a very big way the Chicano Show. Although the leadership has changed-they motivation has not-that population group keeps growing.

Let me share something with you-the community at this meeting kept asking for a way to save the art of the muralists, not just in the Pilsen area but nationally. They pointed out that although the walls themselves could not most times be saved- could the images in a new medium be created and stored for people to see?

Think about it. The WaWa has a new direction in art, young gallery visitors-young art lovers and it must aim at your central goal of american art if it will be able to fend off the MIA with it’s expanded MAEP. Just being a regional baby artists venue may not be enough to get you the \endowments\ you will need to attract the operations money that will keep whatever door you will get to open.

Just a thought.

your friendly muralista coyote

]]> Comment on Big cuts in arts coverage at City Pages by Jimmy Longoria http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/01/05/big-cuts-in-arts-coverage-at-city-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Jimmy Longoria Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:37:16 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=100#comment-433 Ah the dia de los muertos has a habit making look for souls. It sad that only writers write about writers dying in their souls. But let me say this; there are a few of us painters who read. We to see what the "words" can provide for amplification of the observation of truth. Tragically it does't sell papers. I read once that Billy H. employed poets and cartoonists to reach out to the common man(women did most of the reading, still do). But it took burning theaters, social masterpieces and great personalities to sell the nickel rags. It is interesting to see the news on my laptop, with sixth block ads twisting the stories that catch my eye. I think nothing is as new as the old answer in a new wrapper. But then again what do I know painting on walls on broken down buildings for one dollar? Art goes on in a strange sorta way while all of those who wrote about it seem to not understand. People still open their eyes, ask the driver to stop the bus and look at the painting on the wall. No gallery needed, no guards and best of all no critics. Perhaps it is a good thing the paper pulpits are crumbling-but mankind being as he is will bring back the critics-if not maybe the coyote will,..... Ah the dia de los muertos has a habit making look for souls.
It sad that only writers write about writers dying in their souls.
But let me say this; there are a few of us painters who read. We to see what the “words” can provide for amplification of the observation of truth. Tragically it does’t sell papers. I read once that Billy H. employed poets and cartoonists to reach out to the common man(women did most of the reading, still do). But it took burning theaters, social masterpieces and great personalities to sell the nickel rags.

It is interesting to see the news on my laptop, with sixth block ads twisting the stories that catch my eye. I think nothing is as new as the old answer in a new wrapper.

But then again what do I know painting on walls on broken down buildings for one dollar? Art goes on in a strange sorta way while all of those who wrote about it seem to not understand. People still open their eyes, ask the driver to stop the bus and look at the painting on the wall. No gallery needed, no guards and best of all no critics.

Perhaps it is a good thing the paper pulpits are crumbling-but mankind being as he is will bring back the critics-if not maybe the coyote will,…..

]]> Comment on TEN: This Week in Local Art by Jimmy Longoria http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/11/06/ten-this-week-in-local-art-2/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Jimmy Longoria Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:17:34 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=545#comment-432 sun shine paint flowing art invisible words gleaming art dying a poe-m in ten sun shine
paint flowing
art invisible
words gleaming
art dying

a poe-m in ten

]]> Comment on 10: The week in local art and other bits of interest by Paul http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/2009/10/23/10-the-week-in-local-art-and-other-bits-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Paul Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:17:48 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/mnartists/?p=489#comment-427 Er, tomorrow, I mean. Er, tomorrow, I mean.

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