Talked with Silicus in Pune India. Then Jared Woodcock, Jan’s nephew, about Schuyler Duffy’s idea for growing vegetables in a shipping container. Drive to UAlbany for meeting with students.
Drove down to NYC to go to opening of Judy Henry’s exhibition at BravinLee Programs (526 West 26th Street #211, New York, NY 10001)
Judy talking with Karen.
More work on getting ready for taxes. Trip to Albany to meet with UAlbany students. Jan there too. Raining and cold.
Walked over to university art gallery. Current show: The Ties That Bind: Artists and Archives.
Most striking is Shane Aslan Selzer’s images in B&W. One image bleeding into the next always preserving elements of the earlier in the succeeding. Here is a sequence grabbed by iPhone from the video.
Snow and ice almost gone from shady side of street. 8:38 am
Went to gym early.
Very good UTM meeting with Seth and Jan about developers.
Went to Harrington’s for paint. Very expensive $49 per gallon. Paint DOG rooms tomorrow. Continue reading
Hoboken United Synagogue, Park St.
We are the old farts. Looked around for Goldie, Dave, and so on, They are all long dead, We are the old generation. Very cheery sunny space. Good social vibes, relaxed ambience. Service was over 2 1/2 hrs long. Lots of up and downs. Cast of dozens of relatives and a bunch of rabbis. Carole and Bill Myers, Barry and Honey Barman were all from that side of the affair. Continue reading
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7 amBreakfast at Tanzy’s. By mistake of wandering attention ended up shopping at Walmart. Bought two new pillows on top of groceries. Will see if they are thin and soft enough.
Meeting of HAL Campaign Committee at house. As usual good vibes. Eileen Halloran, Theresa Parson, Betsy Miller, Betsy Hamilton, Doug Wingo, Marie Rasner. 10:30 – 12:15.
Snow started right on forecast’s schedule, 2:30 pm. Went for a walk up the street. Stopped for hot drinks at Mojo, the new location of Swallow.
A reason to go for a walk during a snow or immediately afterward is auditory:
Stopped at Hudson Opera House on the way home to look at Caprices: The Sculptures of Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes. His website here.
Bob’s Diner, Fairview Ave. Greenport NY
Breakfast and shopping.
Gentrification upper State St.
Later went for a walk around the hospital loop. Snowy sidewalks.
Stopped at the Columbia County Council on the Arts (209 Warren) to look at sculpture show. “On and Off the Wall” – Sculpture – Works can be free-standing, wall-mounted, relief or assemblage. (January 24 – March 21)
The gallery sitter was one of the artists, Stepan Kubicek. SteelPuddle.com. Interesting talk with him that evolved around to the makerspace idea. His work is the free standing sculpture in the photos
Went to Woodstock to see exhibition at Center for Photography at Woodstock.
Had a great bite to eat at Oriole 9.
Then to CPW. Last day of this exhibition:
HOME GROWN: Fellowship Recipients 2005 – 2014
Curated by Ariel Shanberg & Helena Kaminski
Featuring Craig J. Barber, Karen Davis, Isaac Diggs, Tara Fracalossi, Danny Goodwin, Deb Hall, James Heil, Yumiko Izu, Chad Kleitsch, Kristina E. Knipe, Mark Lyon, Tanya Marcuse, Jennifer Lynn Morse, Harvey Osterhoudt, and Phil Underdown.
Karen’s “Little Procedures”
Went on a jaunt to Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY. Stopped in Glenns Falls, NY on the way to visit the Hyde Collection. In Saratoga Springs, Enjoyed the ambience, watched a couple of races, wagered nothing (couldn’t figure out how it works….trifecta, perfectas, etc???). Also stopped at other spots: Congress Park, Saratoga Springs History Museum, Saratoga Spa State Park, and other.
Last week we went to NYC for a Nyla event at Trinity. Along the way we went to the Guggenheim largely to see the Francesca Woodman show. We had to walk up the ramp quite a way to get to that show and I found myself enthralled by the sculpture of John Chamberlain.
John Chamberlain – untitled 1962
John Chamberain – Miss Remember Ford – 1964
Kiss #12-1979 (30 x 31 x 27 inches) by John Chamberlain-from Guggenheim show catalog
Though he is apparently usually noted for his wide use of car parts in his sculpture, he noted, in an audio clip, how annoying this is to him, “Do you ask a painter what brand of paint do you use?” Any connections to Pop Art or other commentaries passing as art was clearly not his intent or desire. The car parts were just material to him.
As I moved up the ramp it dawned on me that his use of painted/colored metals introduced, for me, color as a major element of sculpture. Although there is obviously color present in every sculpture, for the most part, I have been most focused on the 3-dimensional form not its color or even surface textures. Looking at Chamberlain’s work I started to see the color not as a surface element but in an entirely new dimension.
As I moved around the sculptures, the fields of color shifted into new juxtapositions of color. Because my mind does not process 2-dimensional forms with much interest I have always been left mostly uninterested in abstract expressionism and other non-figurative 2-dimensional art. Chamberlain’s work has given me new access to these forms of abstraction.
As we were leaving the Guggenheim I purchased the catalog. A bit later I opened it to a few of the photos of works that I had liked the most. I was immediately struck by how unsatisfactory these photos turned out to be. Though the photos were of high quality and the reproduction on the pages very good. They lay flat. It was not possible to get any of the experience of moving around the sculpture.
This reminded me that for years I have taken multiple images of sculpture with the intent of providing a weak simulation of this experience. With this in mind I went back to my photo collection and created a little slide show of a work Karen and I saw earlier in the winter on a walk through the field sof Omi International Arts Center in Ghent NY.
Dinner with Bob Greenstein and Elissa Parker here in Hudson. They stayed at the Inn at Hudson.
Went to Dr. Szilak. Heart results clean. Gained 10 lbs in year. Otherwise everything is on an even keel.
Spent lots of time revising template for riversidebusinesscoach.com. Also sent PR for DOG.
Going to NYC with Karen… Pick up pictures in Peekskill. Then, NYC to galleries and museums. Stay in Harlem. Uncomfortable about John. Continue reading
