tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62264783680508288962024-03-05T11:53:25.521-08:00Artist Spotlight | Fine art, artists & exhibitionsRosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-86389170091686504882012-02-10T09:22:00.000-08:002012-02-10T09:22:43.613-08:00HAVANA 2012: Poetry from the Violet Island – Reina María Rodríguez<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">There are rare, shimmering moments in life when we connect with beauty in a way that moves us profoundly.</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> It might happen when we first see a long-admired painting in person or hear the power of Beethoven’s 9th symphony performed with a full orchestra. I’ve experienced it during those dark nights when a few lines in a book suddenly reveal deep personal meaning. For each individual the event that might illuminate a life is unique, but the feeling is universal. Such a moment happened for me recently during a visit to the Havana apartment of acclaimed Cuban poet Reina María Rodríguez. From her rooftop garden, with the setting sun casting its golden glow over the slowly crumbling buildings behind her, she gathered together selections from her sensitive, exquisite poetry and released them like angels into the sky. I was moved beyond words when she concluded her reading by saying, </span><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">“In this moment, I feel my poetry has some importance.”</b><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
As I traveled with a small group of professional researchers, visiting Reina’s welcoming Havana home to hear her discuss her work and then read for us was one of the unforgettable highlights of my first trip to the island. For many of us in the United States, Cuba only exists as a collage of images from pre-embargo days: Hemingway, Sinatra, Ava Gardner, fifties automobiles with big grills and flaring fins, primo cigars and highball glasses filled with molasses-colored rum consumed by wealthy people in fancy dress—and everywhere the syncopation of Afro-Caribbean music. As with stories of the legendary isle of Atlantis, if you haven’t been there it’s hard to separate reality from nostalgia. <br />
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From my perspective, while the iconic players have changed and the magical, pastel-hued city of Havana has aged less than gracefully, the vibrant culture of Cuba and its people’s warm welcome to visitors have not. The afternoon spent with Reina María Rodríguez is but one shining example.<br />
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Born in Havana in 1952, only 8 years before Fidel Castro’s revolution blew the country apart, Reina María grew up and developed her poetry amidst radical changes in the country’s social, political, and economic life. Her work, making use of an experimental style initially, is richly metaphorical and expresses not only her own erotic and personal life experiences but continues to question and comment on contemporary Cuban culture as a whole. Winner of the Casa de las Americas poetry prize, the UNEAC Prize, and the Julian del Casal prize, Rodriguez is recognized today as one of the most outstanding of Cuban writers.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmwOXQZsoUd8z__0ZM17XvbSOfi43ybZYuSrZClTKGee3cI2qhoqRfEkezf_P0I9VQ_7Uc1FUtJMHZ2jwMgxd1AihGPyib5cBqtotWpvhSOPtcbLGrkWvTVi62EQqu4icRHiYD_ACrvJg/s1600/violet_island-cover.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmwOXQZsoUd8z__0ZM17XvbSOfi43ybZYuSrZClTKGee3cI2qhoqRfEkezf_P0I9VQ_7Uc1FUtJMHZ2jwMgxd1AihGPyib5cBqtotWpvhSOPtcbLGrkWvTVi62EQqu4icRHiYD_ACrvJg/s1600/violet_island-cover.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">One of Rodríguez’s most recent books, published by <a href="http://www.greeninteger.com/book.cfm?-Reina-Maria-Rodriguez-Violet-Island-and-Other-Poems-&BookID=185" target="_blank">Green Integer (2004)</a> in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">the United States, is Violet Island and Other Poems, a collection in both Spanish and English, with translations by Kristin Dykstra and Nancy Gates Madsen. As expressed in this slim volume, “Rodríguez offers the freedoms of a revised vision, a revolutionary gaze that depends not on freezing the hands of time, but on embracing its motion. In her poetic testimonies, it is not any single moment of triumph that gives meaning to revolution, but the everyday, intimate, and ambivalent experiences that citizens share—even if they know heroes and history only from a distance.”<br />
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Reina María is a revolutionary within Cuba’s political evolution. Beyond the intellectual challenges of her work, for two decades her seven-story walk-up, informally known as la azotea de Reina, an intellectual salon, has provided a space for readings and discussions where writers and artists can depart from party lines and weave more textured self-expression. The stairwell leading to her front door is dark, the walls dilapidated and crumbling, the handrail leaning to one side. Perhaps it serves metaphorically to represent some of the poet’s journey. In contrast, as you enter her home you are surrounded by bright colors, rooms filled with light from the sky beyond her rooftop garden, collections of books and art, music, and the certainty that here ideas are rigorously embraced. <br />
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May we all be embraced and surrounded by such beautiful moments—<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rosemary Carstens</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Editor</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, <a href="http://www.feastofbooks.com/" target="_blank">FEAST</a></span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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To experience the full beauty and power of Reina María’s poetry, read “Memory of Water,” translated from the Spanish by Joel Brouwer and Jessica Stephenson, and published in the June 2011 issue of Poetry magazine. Be sure to check out the tab “About this poem” also: <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/242092">http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/242092</a><br />
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For audio and video recordings of readings by the poet on various dates from 2000-2011, see: <a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Rodriguez.php">http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Rodriguez.php</a><br />
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Recording of a reading by Reina María Rodríguez in Spanish and by Arizona public radio correspondent James Reel in English on Havana rooftop: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-kVwS4MtoU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-kVwS4MtoU</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-27458965043655351992011-10-06T10:48:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:48:48.322-07:00ROSETA SANTIAGO, Santa Fe’s rising star . . .<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD8DcqRg6hXNclrfMn5hmOFzmLx1oI7Eti6Bmkt51P4mkF-vYEHLWXYyCELIuwcAXAlN6WG3ReE-WVlJaYFSoEuZhap9YnERnMIinFanBFRdAmdv63jvfEXHNCA_U5vID_fNGWVfBPeP8/s1600/11.Santiago-ArtistfromBelize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD8DcqRg6hXNclrfMn5hmOFzmLx1oI7Eti6Bmkt51P4mkF-vYEHLWXYyCELIuwcAXAlN6WG3ReE-WVlJaYFSoEuZhap9YnERnMIinFanBFRdAmdv63jvfEXHNCA_U5vID_fNGWVfBPeP8/s200/11.Santiago-ArtistfromBelize.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I recently had the marvelous privilege of interviewing painter <b><span style="color: blue;">ROSETA SANTIAGO</span></b> in her Santa Fe home and studio. Her surroundings reflect her active curiosity and engagement with life, her love of history, of ancient artifacts, and people of all cultures. She is presently represented by Blue Rain Gallery and some of her work can be seen on their website at <a href="http://www.blueraingallery.com/">http://www.blueraingallery.com</a> where she is one of their best-selling artists.</span><br />
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The Interview:</span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q </b>- To quote poet Mark Doty, “love is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it.” I find this true about art also, certainly of your paintings—they are a gateway into the heart of your subjects, whether an object or a figure. How do you achieve that sense of intimacy? </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In my never-ending curiosity I had to research Mark Doty first! Examination is the way I look at things and people. I imagine the subject's life or circumstance as I paint. My comments are in paint, light, and composition. I try hard to isolate what I am seeing or hearing. All that we are as artists is what goes into the painting. It is the emotional component that I think makes my paintings interesting.</span></span></i></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q </b>- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your mastery of chiaroscuro is especially profound. What started you on that path and what would you say are the characteristics that made it so appealing? </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While sitting and watching the light change on white marble statues on my first trip to the Louvre in 1969, I was awestruck by how the light and shadows illuminated their beauty. I promised myself I would attempt to portray that light in my paintings someday. The subjects emerging from the shadows, the drama, and the "discovery" I was experiencing were all ingredients I hoped to capture with paint.</span></span></i></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q </b>- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is richness and vibrancy about your use of color, which is, I think, part of what draws people to your work. In your figurative work, the faces glow in a distinctive way. How do you choose who you want to represent? </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I always know when I see a face whether I want to paint it or not. It is mostly the translucency of the face and the character showing through.I am inspired by "interesting" rather than just classic perfection.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></i></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q </b>- Most of your paintings feature a center-stage focal point, yet the backgrounds are important also and can add or distract from an artwork’s effectiveness. Are there some specific effects or goals you have in mind as you work through the entire composition? </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sometimes an active background will work as a tapestry for a quiet subject in the foreground. I tend to enjoy a complex background if there are designs and objects the viewer can discover secondarily. These things expand the story of the main character. They are often clues to what the painting is about.</span></span></i></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q </b>- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is an Asian sensibility about your work, in its simplicity and the serenity your paintings project. Where does this come from? </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am not painting for shock value or sensationalism. A painting of mine might have the same lasting effect, but it will be a quiet understanding. I want my paintings to have one simple message that lasts a lifetime.</span></span></i></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q </b>- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It seems that music is an important part of your life. Are there a half-dozen artists that you find yourself playing again and again as you work? How do they influence your mood at the time?</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I approach the easel, each day is different. I select music that feels right for a 10 hour session. In most cases those selections take me through a day's work. One day the studio is filled with Andres Segovia's Pictures at an Exhibition and perhaps Leonard Cohen. Another, I listen to Lisa Gerard, a masterful composer whose work includes musical scores for movies such as Gladiator. These musicians are translating feelings into music. I am interpreting with paint. It is a perfect pairing for me. Lately, Anour Braehem makes me feel like I am in a mysterious studio in Europe. Music transports me. It is like a musician holding my heart while I paint. It is inspiring. There is a secret language that creative people speak. </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q </b>- Your paintings hint at history, culture, a story emerging from the pages of time. That’s a strong part of their fascination. Is this intentional on your part? </span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I find that treasures are hidden everywhere. Some of the most precious are in museums; some simple but missed. I want to bring these into the light, share my fascination and the beauty I see. I am inspired by this life and all that is in it. I hope to inspire someone else with my work. I have my first bronze in the Shidoni foundry. It is entitled Ancestral Dreams. It is a contemplative face in a dreamtime state. When we wonder where some of the images come from in our dreams, I believe they are inherited. </span></span></i></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">THANK YOU, Roseta, for sharing your thoughts and your beautiful work with us!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;">--Rosemary Carstens</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span id="goog_1966770437"></span><span id="goog_1966770438"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-106453180245938512011-06-17T10:09:00.000-07:002011-06-17T10:12:58.595-07:00TATTOO: Memoir on Skin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9HQ5USo0nQV4r5NZFhKVTXQGy3vfAGWnFVlmPBEFtoyr0Jk1uwfyTC_oz4xnrW23Tvj0TtdDmd5mZdbNFimzJZRL3jZH6sVefYWrL1Ov-XHKIOPqVZuHxpyq_-sI3CzMmRasOtsUauA6/s1600/schwartz-chuccowarrior_LG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9HQ5USo0nQV4r5NZFhKVTXQGy3vfAGWnFVlmPBEFtoyr0Jk1uwfyTC_oz4xnrW23Tvj0TtdDmd5mZdbNFimzJZRL3jZH6sVefYWrL1Ov-XHKIOPqVZuHxpyq_-sI3CzMmRasOtsUauA6/s320/schwartz-chuccowarrior_LG.jpg" width="244" /></a></div>Recently a friend of mine who is an avid art collector purchased a life-size photograph by artist Eric Schwartz. Titled <i>Chuco/Warrior</i>, and shown here to the left, we see an unforgettable face, a body strikingly tattooed to reveal the narrative of the man’s life. As my friend says, when she shows it to friends, they either “love it or hate it—but I love it!” I loved it, too. Part of a project titled “L.A. in Black and Gray,” Schwartz has applied his considerable behind-the-lens talent to capture strong personalities of street warriors and the art they display on their bodies.<br />
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The subject of Chuco looks into the camera with a raised eyebrow and a measure of attitude that seems to say, “This is who I am, where I’ve been. Take it or leave it.” Few of us have the courage to put that out there. We hide behind manners, groomed appearances and smiles, and try to please, to fit in, to present ourselves in relation to those we are with. When someone presents themselves without those masks, it can be startling. When they have a body inked with images, it’s even more so.<br />
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Born in New York City, Schwartz grew up in Eastchester. He came out to Denver in 1957 and has been there ever since. He began his art career as a sculptor, creating projected light pieces. By the time he was 28 years old, he had work in four museums and had obtained a measure of recognition. He decided to publish an art magazine that would help artists find grants and fellowships. Ocular was aimed at visual artists and, according to Eric, “was the most widely read art publication in the country in the late 1970s.” <br />
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After a stint working as a photographer for ad agencies, Schwartz found himself attracted to fine art photography—a natural progression to a medium where it’s all about using light and shadow to tell a story or express a point of view. As Eric puts it, “This is my way to express my feelings about life.”<br />
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Earlier this year, Denver’s <a href="http://www.robischongallery.com/html/home.asp">Robischon Gallery</a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOykjd5FupbgJvwO0ulxhnD9VTYyLGytiq0e8wyxfcua4dcDqRqNPgPQ9I8V8wh4AJZ7FhmvteeR3XoySayIo7cgsW34HIsvpFUQCxuN4jLnrUj4tAsC5v-4m1K42t7wrZavzhxHMw5bXM/s1600/schwartz-joseph_LG.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOykjd5FupbgJvwO0ulxhnD9VTYyLGytiq0e8wyxfcua4dcDqRqNPgPQ9I8V8wh4AJZ7FhmvteeR3XoySayIo7cgsW34HIsvpFUQCxuN4jLnrUj4tAsC5v-4m1K42t7wrZavzhxHMw5bXM/s200/schwartz-joseph_LG.jpg" width="154" /></a> presented its first solo exhibition of Eric’s photography, featuring seven, large-scale portraits of individuals boasting Chicano tattoos. It takes years to gain the trust of those in this particular LA subculture and Eric put in the time, slowly gaining enough trust to be allowed to carry out his project.<br />
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This primarily monochromatic tattoo style, featuring brief color images such as a brilliant blue butterfly or a red lipstick kiss, originated in prison and sometimes bears symbolic gang affiliation markers. Yet, the roots of the symbolism run much deeper, referencing historical Aztec warrior imagery and religious icons such as Our Lady of Guadalupe, classic Hollywood beauties such as Marilyn Monroe, and men as action heroes alongside personal references and symbols. Each man’s choices make a point, reveal an individual history. Beyond their fierce, no-shit, gaze a viewer glimpses men who have played their way through a tough hand and are much more complex than a first, perhaps prejudicial, glance reveals. <br />
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For more about <a href="http://www.ericsartwork.com/home.html">Eric Schwartz and his work</a><br />
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(Images: Top left, <i>Chuco/Warrior</i>, pigment print on canvas on DiBond aluminum, 52"x40"; above right, <i>Joseph Rodriguez, East LA</i>, pigment print on canvas on DiBond aluminum, 52"x40") <br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">-- Rosemary Carstens<br />
<a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-38393440230343283672011-06-06T12:28:00.000-07:002011-06-06T12:28:19.289-07:00Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist (Schiffer Publishing 2011)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbpyhFRRz-XqdyzeyY3aiV0qJXMsWz3_tHLSu5eLhFxkqQ3KkghWHe-WtbqAxedcC4ubZ6NN3osbR4CKtviS8aWRs-qfhaorOTUCb7c16pSWW1oM7TVwQPwvzdh0er_Qm8k0yLIC5hyphenhyphenv_/s1600/QT-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbpyhFRRz-XqdyzeyY3aiV0qJXMsWz3_tHLSu5eLhFxkqQ3KkghWHe-WtbqAxedcC4ubZ6NN3osbR4CKtviS8aWRs-qfhaorOTUCb7c16pSWW1oM7TVwQPwvzdh0er_Qm8k0yLIC5hyphenhyphenv_/s200/QT-cover.jpg" width="154" /></a><b style="color: blue;">So often throughout history accomplished artists have disappeared from sight as other artists’ popularity has risen or when no new work appears to remind us.</b> Such might have been the case for the remarkable work of <b>QUINCY TAHOMA</b>, had not two women embarked on a more-than-a-decade search to uncover the mysteries of his life and work. The two, <a href="http://tahomablog.com/about-the-authors"><b>Vera Badertscher</b> and <b>Charnell Havens</b></a>, long-time friends and colleagues, took on a gargantuan task to bring us this beautiful, annotated biography. They gathered oral histories from over 50 people, many of whom knew Tahoma personally, and spent untold hours up to their armpits in archival materials, piecing together ragged bits of information here and there, sifting fact from legend to create a record of the artist’s short life. Many of the book’s more than 260 full-color images have never before been shown publicly.<br />
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<b style="color: blue;">It all began with “Aunt Mary.”</b> When Charnell Havens was 12, her aunt returned home from a visit to Santa Fe, NM, and brought with her five of Tahoma’s paintings. Charnell never grew tired of seeing “the Indian braves rounding up majestic wild horses and spearing buffalo so there would be meat,” and she “marveled at the beauty of the seemingly endless landscape and the animals that claimed it as their own.” Upon her aunt’s death many years later, her niece inherited those paintings and the earlier fascination they held for her drove her to dig into who the man was behind the art. She ultimately drew her good friend and sorority sister Vera Badertscher into the quest. The result is this very special volume about an artist whose brain raged with amazing images.<br />
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Until this publication came to my attention, I knew nothing of Quincy Tahoma or his art. As I studied the imagery in this volume, I was struck again and again by their detail and their symmetry. <b>There are sophisticated aspects of his paintings that evoke art deco style—his repetitive use of stylized natural elements such as waves, clouds, even dust flying from the hooves of buffalo. He echoes shapes for emphasis and exaggerates or elongates figures and animals to create a distinctive personal style, and he employs perspective to show the vastness of the Western landscapes he loved</b>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9qf9_4Kjc6f0UUDKC8G5bMbwFtWhpDbMPBWtNYz4waDFIbZ56I3S65akm7kBhZj3zDF8g7jKNyTPiJsrBZw67I-V26O3phZqOqWYSjVlKk5W5M4uSbX28UoYwBQuKWZA8sPj1McKGD1G/s1600/QR-thechase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9qf9_4Kjc6f0UUDKC8G5bMbwFtWhpDbMPBWtNYz4waDFIbZ56I3S65akm7kBhZj3zDF8g7jKNyTPiJsrBZw67I-V26O3phZqOqWYSjVlKk5W5M4uSbX28UoYwBQuKWZA8sPj1McKGD1G/s1600/QR-thechase.jpg" /></a><b><span style="color: blue;">I was amazed at the detail about the American Indian culture revealed in this artist’s body of work</span></b>—clothing and adornment, the role of the hunter, the magnificence of horses and game, and groups’ communal activities. There is something about Tahoma’s art that reminds me of the famous “ledger” artists—Plains Indians who produced narrative drawings or paintings on paper or cloth. Tahoma’s work is alive, active—stories are told, and a history of a people unfolds within them. He draws the viewer into the tale. And, within each, is his unique signature with its “next chapter” of the action foretold in a few, spare lines.<br />
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Quincy Tahoma was a handsome young man, talented, swarmed after by the ladies, but ultimately tortured by his growing alcohol dependency. In his late thirties, his body gave out—but <b>one can only image how brightly his mind would have continued to roam the hills and valleys of his compositions had he survived</b>. Thanks to the determined efforts and persistence of Havens and Badertscher, his legacy has been revitalized.<br />
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For more information about Quincy Tahoma, the authors, the research journey, and interviewees’ personal memories: <a href="http://tahoma.info/%20">http://tahoma.info/ </a>or Quincy Tahoma Blog: <a href="http://tahomablog.com/">http://tahomablog.com</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">-- Rosemary Carstens</div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-3655275552291845332011-05-31T13:48:00.000-07:002011-05-31T13:48:55.380-07:00Delicious Jewels to Whet the Appetite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJSk-_cTM9Il0VolKgXoTfckkIaZV4ThFWJALzlWvWLdatpxA-qLuA5MZop5WLwpzxTtKxIP-brjRIgR8nsHk7baHauXEVhr6R3G4GoFanvt06GLcH4VeyA6c0YeFJjlQNZez31bwTre1/s1600/Hemmerle_Delicious_Jewels_engl_109097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJSk-_cTM9Il0VolKgXoTfckkIaZV4ThFWJALzlWvWLdatpxA-qLuA5MZop5WLwpzxTtKxIP-brjRIgR8nsHk7baHauXEVhr6R3G4GoFanvt06GLcH4VeyA6c0YeFJjlQNZez31bwTre1/s200/Hemmerle_Delicious_Jewels_engl_109097.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Hemmerle, renowned jewelry designer, and acclaimed chef and cookery writer Tamasin Day-Lewis have combined their talents in this unusual but expressive, beautifully photographed book. Called the “vegetable collection,” Hemmerle presents 11 brooches and one pair of earrings inspired by mother earth’s bounty. As is always the case with Hemmerle, the best ingredients are combined with superb craftsmanship to create sparkling replicas of foods from the garden. Among the bounty: the sparkling “Red Pepper,” of copper, white gold, silver, and garnets; the artichoke’s intricate symmetry presented in copper, white gold, and purple sapphires; and the shimmering beauty of “Sweet Corn,” created in silver, yellow and white gold, oriental pearls, and white diamonds, to name just a few delights.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia96IhjAxlFRd-qBC_X7XaBLWVLQiwO32tqehrJlGb0FKEwbDrbZn9Fglk9T865PDpWqozS-BVRxVMpIlyXJSZ1OudVVoU_0xMi0XDHOJJ88KtZbZLoQMIlGCv6vJUdSmtkvTglHqxZXrh/s1600/chard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia96IhjAxlFRd-qBC_X7XaBLWVLQiwO32tqehrJlGb0FKEwbDrbZn9Fglk9T865PDpWqozS-BVRxVMpIlyXJSZ1OudVVoU_0xMi0XDHOJJ88KtZbZLoQMIlGCv6vJUdSmtkvTglHqxZXrh/s200/chard.jpg" width="166" /></a>Mixed in with this unique jewelry collection, again using only the best ingredients combined with her own chefly artistry, Day-Lewis provides recipes for making the most of the garden’s offerings. “Vegetables,” she says, “are the jewels of the earth.” She speaks lovingly of her grandmother’s garden where vegetables were “brought up to the house every morning . . . heaps of small, sweet carrots like waxy, whiskery orange candles; tiny pebbles of new potatoes; slim, shiny broad bean pods, firm-flowered caulis” and so much more. In this volume, she complements Hemmerle’s creations with those from her kitchen.<br />
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There is no doubt that Delicious Jewels (<a href="http://www.randomhouse.de/prestel_eng/index.jsp">Prestel 2011</a> ) appeals to both our heavenly and earthly longings—no need to wait for Happy Hour to indulge!<br />
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<a href="https://www.hemmerle.com/">For more about Hemmerle</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/03/tamasin-day-lewis.html">For More about Tamasin Day-Lewis</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Enjoy the feast . . . </div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;">-- Rosemary Carstens</div><br />
<span id="goog_359664458"></span><span id="goog_359664459"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-58795051778162592822011-03-30T08:38:00.000-07:002011-03-30T08:38:48.877-07:00April 5 - Native American eBay Art Auction Benefits Japanese Disaster Relief<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60_9kgdTnUdNHUOXKmuCwBsJ-euQ8SE8R5-WEByOEAbPiTqF4bFLiC7EkJJVlhmmy3C7gkYtzmLrLSCvZ-2hBY1_Nr1nJMV9p1Uns0LBCtfvygezSmWiswoQg5p1dk6oRFtJzpmr1Nm-7/s1600/Ebaypromo150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60_9kgdTnUdNHUOXKmuCwBsJ-euQ8SE8R5-WEByOEAbPiTqF4bFLiC7EkJJVlhmmy3C7gkYtzmLrLSCvZ-2hBY1_Nr1nJMV9p1Uns0LBCtfvygezSmWiswoQg5p1dk6oRFtJzpmr1Nm-7/s200/Ebaypromo150.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b style="color: blue;">In a moving act of empathy, this first-of-its-kind event will offer top quality work by prominent Nativ</b><b><span style="color: blue;">e American artists, with all proceeds going to disaster relief for Japan.</span></b> The first of a series of eBay auctions is slated to begin April 5th, 2011.<br />
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Raymond C. Yazzie, award-winning Navajo jewelry artist, has many friends and customers in Japan. As the disaster unfolded before his eyes on television and the Internet, <b>Yazzie felt a deep need to reach out. He and fellow artists Darryl Dean Begay and Lyndon Tsosie got together and Native American Artists for Japan (NAAJ) was born</b>. All monies raised will be donated to the Red Cross effort in Japan.<br />
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Within 24 hours of announcing their idea on Facebook, commitments of amazing pieces of art flowed in from across New Mexico, Arizona, and beyond. Over 100 artists including Tony Abeyta, Michael Roanhorse, and Darryl Dean Begay have pledged some of their best pieces for the EBay auction, and additional pledges continue to pour in from such artists as Verma Nequatewa (Sonwai), Perry Shorty, McKee Platero and Lyndon Tsosie.<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><b>“Our mission is to inspire fellow Native artists to give back to our brothers and sisters abroad,” says Yazzie. Lyndon Tsosie, adds, ”Native American Artists for Japan has turned into a gigantic bubble of love and help, reaching out to those affected by this disaster.”</b></div><br />
A website has been established at <a href="http://www.nativeamericanartistsforjapan.com/">http://www.nativeamericanartistsforjapan.com</a>, where links to ongoing eBay auctions will be posted. You can also view information about fund-raising progress, a list of contributors, and videos from artists who have joined the effort. The first in the auction series will include as many 15 pieces of art. This auction will last for 7 days, then NAAJ will post more art the following week. <br />
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The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) has joined forces with the founders to handle monetary donations. Checks can be made out to: SWAIA c/o Native American Artists for Japan and sent to: SWAIA, c/o of Native American Artists for Japan, POB 969, Santa Fe, NM 87504-0969. <br />
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<b style="color: blue;">This is a fantastic way to add to your Native American art collection and benefit people in deep need at the same time. I hope you’ll participate!</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">--Rosemary Carstens<br />
<a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-60170593727660206642011-02-09T09:40:00.000-08:002011-02-09T09:40:42.184-08:00Mastering the “Business Side” of Art . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhNJ1ROWTxxKmxJrgXXzFNb0UduGggXhAXy9qihmcl_EWwLfXmCt03lZZ__IuZTxcfgVqUz6uWBLHLiBAHXBkr9-pgBX_zery8ezb0YxqCfYzlsAY86l77ljz_q1Q3mJF0K3aseAOv3AC/s1600/studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhNJ1ROWTxxKmxJrgXXzFNb0UduGggXhAXy9qihmcl_EWwLfXmCt03lZZ__IuZTxcfgVqUz6uWBLHLiBAHXBkr9-pgBX_zery8ezb0YxqCfYzlsAY86l77ljz_q1Q3mJF0K3aseAOv3AC/s200/studio.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><b><span style="color: blue;">Almost every artist I know struggles with the business requirements that can make the difference in their search for success and recognition.</span></b> And not just visual artists—it’s true for writers as well, and probably anyone in the “small business” category. There seems to never be enough time to attend to networking, marketing, or building an Internet presence. Yet, today, it’s a huge road block to your career if you don’t do them. Oh, I know, you’d “rather be in the studio”—but few of us can afford that luxury. We either have to get out there and market, or we have to hire someone who will do it for us.<br />
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<b style="color: blue;">ALYSON B. STANFIELD has published a fantastic roadmap that is geared toward artists in particular, but that I find to be a great guide to marketing for any small business owner.</b> I’d Rather Be in the Studio: The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion (Pentas Press). An experienced artist advocate, workshop leader, and art-marketing consultant, Stanfield knows all about self-promotion and has written a book crammed with checklists, tips, and resources to help her readers benefit from her experiences. It’s the kind of book you want to keep on your desk at all times. Got a minute? Pick it up, do one or two things, and you are on your way.<br />
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Of course, there are some essential basics that every creative person who wants to make a living at their craft must accomplish—like having a website, for example. But <b>Stanfield breaks this down into manageable, understandable steps to prevent intimidation overload</b>, and the same is true for the wealth of other materials in this book.<br />
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<b style="color: blue;">I’ve already placed post-its on a couple of passages I need to work on myself.</b> Wishing you a successful year of moving forward with your marketing plans!<br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
Alyson Stanfield’s website: <a href="http://www.artbizcoach.com/">http://www.artbizcoach.com/</a><br />
Author’s blog: <a href="http://www.artbizblog.com/">http://www.artbizblog.com/</a><br />
Book website: <a href="http://idratherbeinthestudio.com/">http://idratherbeinthestudio.com/</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">-- Rosemary Carstens<br />
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Sunday, January 30th, their newly reinstalled, 23,000 s.f. of Native American galleries reopens and they’ve done a superb job. DAM holds one of the nation’s most comprehensive collections of American Indian art, with approximately 18,000 artworks ranging from prehistoric to contemporary—remarkable in itself. But the redesigned American Indian and Northwest Coast galleries take a fresh approach, choosing to focus on the individual artists, their creations and inspirations.<br />
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Far from an old-school approach that offers up Native American displays as “dead” collections of artifacts from times gone by, the museum underwent both a physical and intellectual <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJ_MdC6yQGklZDfLlSGPFRmLNl2d8IbTJI9UA5ct2FYFfKp_LHNj6WsAYK_VLPLCpOxTaze5Bse2-PnRz7NdSZ9oCJHz-GEJm6JsByIZvPm6eJzPpW3AgqFnfYiXendd1_b3KxqBhz6l3/s1600/Artist+not+known+_Navajo_-eyedazzler+style+rug+1995_76.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJ_MdC6yQGklZDfLlSGPFRmLNl2d8IbTJI9UA5ct2FYFfKp_LHNj6WsAYK_VLPLCpOxTaze5Bse2-PnRz7NdSZ9oCJHz-GEJm6JsByIZvPm6eJzPpW3AgqFnfYiXendd1_b3KxqBhz6l3/s1600/Artist+not+known+_Navajo_-eyedazzler+style+rug+1995_76.jpg" /></a>overhaul. Now, the stunning creativity of various cultural groups throughout history is juxtaposed alongside the work of contemporary artists, not only paying homage to what came before, but extending the narrative in compelling and modern ways. Interactive technology has been incorporated to give visitors of all ages a chance to “participate” with some displays and to address the question about what is—or isn’t—American Indian art. <br />
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The galleries’ interior has been entirely reconfigured with new platforms, studio areas, and interactive media displays. They focus on 9 regional areas: artists of the Arctic, California, the Plateau and Great Basin, Northeast, Northwest Coast, the Plains, the Southeast, Southwest, and Great Lakes. Each brings something remarkable to the table. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGd4k0fCTOr6OyGrIBDDBzmHWnJ4odGnYqeknUaKI_8Z61D2PrWq8oaZgGEFRkAgscWp2f_ioZYmaGuVmD3IoS8M_eCDu0Y4IWeHlg2CS9KRlUsP_J73qKt_fDhDyZ5RGsmLz_h6gdUYae/s1600/Romero_+Mateo-Voices+at+Wounded+Knee_+Series+%25232+2008_326.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGd4k0fCTOr6OyGrIBDDBzmHWnJ4odGnYqeknUaKI_8Z61D2PrWq8oaZgGEFRkAgscWp2f_ioZYmaGuVmD3IoS8M_eCDu0Y4IWeHlg2CS9KRlUsP_J73qKt_fDhDyZ5RGsmLz_h6gdUYae/s1600/Romero_+Mateo-Voices+at+Wounded+Knee_+Series+%25232+2008_326.jpg" /></a>The renovated and reimagined American Indian galleries at the DAM are a great space for family visits, students, artists, and even a stimulating place for any individual to while away an afternoon. They are guaranteed to spark discussions, amazement, creative ideas, and send you away with a renewed appreciation for the art of these cultures. As Nancy Blomberg, curator of the collection and leader of this project, says, “This exciting new presentation will highlight the artist’s hand and give visitors the opportunity to watch artists at work and evaluate their own perceptions of American Indian art.”<br />
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For more information: <a href="http://www.denverartmuseum.org/">http://www.denverartmuseum.org</a> or 720.865.5000.<br />
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IMAGE CREDITS: Top left: George Walkus, Kwakwka’wakw, Four-faced Hamat’sa Mask (detail), about 1938. Denver Art Museum; Native Arts acquisition fund. Right: Artist not known, Navajo, eyedazzler-style rug, about 1885. Denver Art Museum; Gift of The Douglas Society. Lower left: Mateo Romero, Cochiti, Voices at Wounded Knee, Series #2, 2008. Denver Art Museum; William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">-- Rosemary Carstens<br />
<a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-20172705831242540192011-01-30T12:30:00.000-08:002011-01-30T12:30:02.226-08:00Getting ready for 2011 action!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM8dZj5gF-XLgoZ2G8lYjRuggDgf921BUs2jdxI1N_oeFoJ1WR7toHMykYNdvbzwSRZ6DdE0uLm71fjfQAq3SeY6qzZJ50k97OMJGi_TGAdvr0dlWddlij7z2hMFiVh8zrkKW9jVrhmaf/s1600/feasthead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM8dZj5gF-XLgoZ2G8lYjRuggDgf921BUs2jdxI1N_oeFoJ1WR7toHMykYNdvbzwSRZ6DdE0uLm71fjfQAq3SeY6qzZJ50k97OMJGi_TGAdvr0dlWddlij7z2hMFiVh8zrkKW9jVrhmaf/s320/feasthead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Those of you who follow this blog have probably noticed that posts have fallen off over the past 45-60 days. That's because design is underway for a fabulous new format for our online magazine FEAST, about books, art, food, film, and travel. We will be incorporating the Artist Spotlight blog into the magazine, giving it a bright new look and offering continual introductions and notices about fine art, craft, exhibitions, art books, and the wonderful world of top-notch creativity we know you enjoy.<br />
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Please be patient with us!<br />
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Rosemary Carstens<br />
Editor, FEAST<br />
<a href="http://www.feastofbooks.com/">http://www.FEASTofBooks.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-50169057650047580352010-11-27T11:06:00.000-08:002010-11-27T11:06:27.761-08:00Andrea Kemp—Rising Star in the Art World<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">I recently spent a wonderful afternoon at Denver’s Saks Galleries LES FEMMES: Women Artists of Note</b> exhibition and had one of those “oh YES” moments upon meeting Denver artist Andrea Kemp and viewing her work. <b>A remarkably talented young artist, Kemp’s paintings are breathtaking.</b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Speaking about where her inspiration for new work </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">comes from, <b style="color: blue;">Kemp related being influenced by something the great American poet Ruth Stone</b>, now in her 90s, once said. Stone related that, when she was growing up in rural Virginia, she’d be out working in the fields and would feel and hear a poem coming at her like a thunderous train, barreling down on her, shaking the ground beneath her feet. The only thing she could do was run like hell to the house for a pencil and paper to get it down before it raced past her in search of another poet. What a vivid image! <b>One that Kemp completely identifies with. An idea for a painting emerges, growing stronger and stronger, grabbing her by the neck—refusing to let go until she’s brushed on the last beautifully crafted brushstroke:</b></span></span><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My journey as a painter takes me to new places</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> . . . presenting unique ideas and challenges [often] paralleling other events in my life. Painting is a teacher [and] its possibilities are boundless. It’s a large part of who I am and its meaning is ever changing.</span></i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjTdaltRlJDqlz6WZZB7FMxt4DskbG4ODpjh1gf51RIIjUuAJ6uvcb8-TgBhVE5U6J1n5cezmh-P0zAlztCgTp2PmlZoq7M32njxkOAeIdu6MosyDX9hvq5YDKmC7-l9zQVH-amQGCjeW/s1600/kemp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kemp grew up in Glenwood Springs, CO, and began painting seriously at the age of 15. The chance to study with nationally acclaimed painter Daniel Sprick, “provided a life-changing foundation for my painting and drawing. His disciplined approach set a great example,” Kemp says. After high school, Kemp studied at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Connecticut, and then completed her BA in Fine Arts at the University of Utah. </span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjTdaltRlJDqlz6WZZB7FMxt4DskbG4ODpjh1gf51RIIjUuAJ6uvcb8-TgBhVE5U6J1n5cezmh-P0zAlztCgTp2PmlZoq7M32njxkOAeIdu6MosyDX9hvq5YDKmC7-l9zQVH-amQGCjeW/s1600/kemp.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjTdaltRlJDqlz6WZZB7FMxt4DskbG4ODpjh1gf51RIIjUuAJ6uvcb8-TgBhVE5U6J1n5cezmh-P0zAlztCgTp2PmlZoq7M32njxkOAeIdu6MosyDX9hvq5YDKmC7-l9zQVH-amQGCjeW/s200/kemp.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In December, Kemp’s work will be exhibited in the <b style="color: blue;">3rd Biennial American Art Invitational, December 3-31st at Saks Galleries</b>, 3019 E. 2nd Ave., Denver, CO. She will also be having a one-woman show at the gallery in 2011.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To see more of the artist’s work:</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><a href="http://andreakempart.com/2010/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://andreakempart.com/2010/</span></a><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.saksgalleries.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.saksgalleries.com/</span></a></span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">– Rosemary Carstens</span></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</span></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-77812684644205236192010-11-07T16:41:00.000-08:002010-11-07T16:41:09.770-08:00Denver Lights and City Nights: Celebrate Arts Week in the Mile High City!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Philip Hyde</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">Friday night a group of us toured four arts districts in Denver, CO</span></b>, to celebrate First Friday and kick off what promises to be an exciting, fun-filled <a href="http://www.denverartsweek.com/">DENVER ARTS WEEK</a> from November 5-13. I’ve focused here on galleries, but there’s <b>a plethora of cultural events going on, from opera to the 33rd Starz film festival, a scavenger hunt, restaurant and hotel bargains, and special museum exhibits, plus a long list of theater happenings</b>. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We began in the <b><a href="http://www.gtmd.org/">Golden Triangle Museum District</a></b> near Denver’s Fine Art Museum, parking in the Cultural Complex Garage at 12th Avenue & Broadway, <b>an easy base for walking around to visit some nearby galleries</b>, including:</span><br />
<blockquote><b><a href="http://www.cameraobscuragallery.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Camera Obscura Gallery</span></a></b><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><b><a href="http://www.michelemoskofineart.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Michelle Mosko Fine Art</span></a></b><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><b><a href="http://www.williamhavugallery.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">William Havu Gallery</span></a></b><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.walkerfineart.com/">Walker Fine Art</a></b>, which will feature a panel discussion <b>DADASPEAK</b>: Shutter Shift, dedicated to changing technologies in photography, Nov. 11.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After a glass of wine, we boarded our bus and headed for the <b><a href="http://www.artdistrictonsantafe.com/">Art District on Santa Fe</a></b>. <b>More than 50 galleries, shops, and restaurants span several blocks in the heart of one of Denver’s oldest, predominantly Latino communities</b>. If you can’t make it there during Denver Arts Week, explore the area during the holidays when many of the galleries light the walkways with traditional luminaries—it’s a <b>great area to uncover special gifts!</b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mimi Carnevale</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next up, <b><a href="http://www.tennyson-street.com/">Tennyson Street Cultural District</a></b>. I had not known about this area, described as a <b>“funky yet sophisticated urban neighborhood” that used to be a streetcar corridor in the late 1800s</b>. It’s smack in the center of the Berkeley neighborhood in Northwest Denver and unique locally owned shops, restaurants, and art galleries abound. The streets and shops were crowded with people enjoying an unseasonably warm November evening, with live music playing on the street and even a hair salon sporting fine art and champagne. <b style="color: blue;">The energy level was high and the art a mix of sophisticated and eclectic.</b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jumping back on our bus, we headed for the <b><a href="http://www.rivernorthart.com/">River North Art District (RiNo)</a></b>, where more than <b>60 artists live and work in an area of industrial buildings </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Zwick<b><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>undergoing a renaissance journey of their own</b>. Here you’ll find architects, art galleries, designers, furniture makers, illustrators, painters, media artists, photographers, sculptors and an array of studio spaces to discover. We visited two and especially loved seeing both the working spaces and a local residence. The <a href="http://www.irontonstudios.com/index0701.html"><b>Ironton Studios & Gallery</b></a>, owned by <b>Jill Hadley Hooper</b> (an artist and illustrator herself) and the co-founder of RiNo, welcomed us with <b style="color: blue;">a roaring open fire to warm ourselves by as temperatures chilled, and series of studios where artists’ work was on display</b>, including some fabulous puzzle tables and metal sculpture—there’s a real sense here of craft in process. Across the street we toured <a href="http://www.weilworks.com/"><b>Weilworks</b></a> an <b>innovative three-story gallery and residence</b> exhibiting some new work by Tracy Weil. Climbing the circular stairway to “heaven” to view the night lights of Denver from a spectacular perch, I also spotted numerous works by artist <b>Susan Zwic</b>k.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">What an evening! And we didn’t even scratch the surface of all that Denver has to offer when it comes to fine art.</b> In many ways, the urban scene in this terrific city is a collection of villages, communities in which people live and work and surround themselves with highly developed cultural events and, at its heart, world-class theater, opera, and symphony—enough to keep any culture vulture such as me busy every day of the year! <b>If you are local, get out there this week. If you live elsewhere—it’s time to visit this exciting City on the verge of the incomparable Rocky Mountains.</b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For more info: <a href="http://www.denver.org/">Denver Convention & Visitors Bureau</a></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rosemary Carstens</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</span></a><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-20490908876121147412010-09-29T14:16:00.000-07:002010-09-29T17:17:03.881-07:00The Magic of Conversations: Jane Sauer’s Fiber Artistry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAvXVNRMMjV0H010_kv4jxlNXzdiEsoWIGQs3LFSvmU0HYP0u1SnYT5qAHHrqsPOKstoxutEq92CRrS42lgmwM75oJ1Uwe1eb7ZCoS-y6NEbhAkwiFG5RhzUfODC58OjDjx1H_jnq1kRy/s1600/Madre+12.5x16x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSv5ruqFHE2akW2NupLIVzEw6-wTXn37zXCUWhRJZj5vruqbsn9LtSFnNOAJV5UTrPReeyN5EbVNeTdK_xbs0bXMkQcYdN9DJkrTIB7s1hN4rG5t5CLHrNCtNwKmyFejn5kpSaEfZHG2HF/s1600/Jane+Sauer+Combiosis+28x23x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSv5ruqFHE2akW2NupLIVzEw6-wTXn37zXCUWhRJZj5vruqbsn9LtSFnNOAJV5UTrPReeyN5EbVNeTdK_xbs0bXMkQcYdN9DJkrTIB7s1hN4rG5t5CLHrNCtNwKmyFejn5kpSaEfZHG2HF/s1600/Jane+Sauer+Combiosis+28x23x12.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">For many of us, a trip to Santa Fe, NM, is not complete without stopping in at Jane Sauer’s gallery on Canyon Road to see the latest in high-quality contemporary art.</b> Jane and her gallery manager, Jorden Nye, have a talent for finding <b>the best of the best</b> when it comes to the artists they represent. From <b>Adrian Arleo</b> to <b>Nancy Scheinman</b>, from <b>Geoffrey Gorman</b> to <b>Paul Stankard</b>, <b>Noel Hart</b>, and <b>Gugger Petter</b>, to mention only a few highlights, the work exhibited is first rate.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;"> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">But what many of you may not know is that Jane Sauer is an accomplished, highly recognized artist in her own right.</b> Over a successful career of more than 30 years, Jane moved from her original training as a painter to a fascination with fiber. Its tactile qualities and manipulability, combined with her interest in construction techniques and three-dimensional art, led her to distinctive creations such as those you see here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">I find the rich colors, bold shapes, and exquisite handwork</b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjth4TtTL8G8_AgVnMhPVBhPelraCvZfNHNoe2uYNRQIJyZdLmwvMnMJct4gq_RndLRjP1lJNa0_abzgxq0pxLeOr-0Fm0mLcXYSqsm83hopG3N605qStUVmvfkJX3ee9hu23cBUOfSZ_AQ/s1600/Janephoto.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjth4TtTL8G8_AgVnMhPVBhPelraCvZfNHNoe2uYNRQIJyZdLmwvMnMJct4gq_RndLRjP1lJNa0_abzgxq0pxLeOr-0Fm0mLcXYSqsm83hopG3N605qStUVmvfkJX3ee9hu23cBUOfSZ_AQ/s1600/Janephoto.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;"> of these knotted-linen fiber works fascinating.</b> Each sculpture is made up of rows of hundreds of small half-hitch knots. While they tentatively fall into the category of “basketry,” they are not functional containers or vessels. Instead, they are <b>communications about universal human emotions expressed through abstraction</b>. Frequently, Sauer’s pieces comprise groupings, thereby transforming themselves into “conversations”—<b><span style="color: blue;">magical exchanges with stories all their own</span></b>. Their titles speak of an inner life, sometimes whimsical, sometimes erotic, sometimes profound, and reflect the artist’s concerns and meditations about relationships. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Enjoying the variety, texture, and narrative quality of this artist’s work, it is easy to understand Jane's success as a gallery owner. With her innate understanding of how artists combine joy and beauty with a superior level of craftsmanship to bring something unusual and exceptional to art lovers, <b style="color: blue;">Jane Sauer can spot the winners at a hundred yards!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A must see for your next trip to Santa Fe:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jane Sauer Gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">652 Canyon Road</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Santa Fe, NM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">505-995-8513</span><br />
<a href="http://www.jsauergallery.com/">http://www.jsauergallery.com</a><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Adrian Arleo is an extraordinarily imaginative ceramic artist</b> and her pieces communicate a sophisticated exploration of the interaction between what is seen and known about the connection between humans and animals—and what is mysterious, unseen, and, perhaps, only intuitable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Arleo’s latest exhibition, featuring all new works, opens Friday, July 23rd, with an artist’s reception from 5–7pm, and runs through August 16th at the <a href="http://www.jsauergallery.com/">Jane Sauer Gallery</a> in Santa Fe, NM.</b> The artist hails from Lolo, MT, and her studio, as does her work, reflects her fascination with nature’s many forms. In other words, nature doesn’t stay outside while she creates inside. Her window sills, and <b>every surface within her studio, hold a wild collection of beehives, honeycombs, birds’ nests, rocks, twigs, shells, and other bits and pieces</b> she’s come upon outdoors and brought here to consider further, to inspire. The studio’s windows, doors, and the artist herself are open to life and its continually evolving, ever-changing spiritual intersections.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Fascinated by “the glimpses we get into what is normally unseeable and mysterious,” Arleo’s newest works hold both interior and exterior surprises</b>. For example, <b><i>JANUS</i></b>, created in January 2010, arose from the mythological Roman God of beginnings, a single figure gazing simultaneously backwards and forwards through time. For the artist, each new year brings fresh possibilities and the baby hidden within this piece “represents this vulnerable, blank slate feeling.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Adrian Arleo’s sculpture is exhibited internationally, and is in numerous public and private collections. <b>Her pieces are richly evocative and narrative. Each creation is a complex combination of clay, glazes, and wax encaustic, some including gold leaf, and involves an exceptional degree of craftsmanship</b>. Her work is incomparable and I guarantee that a visit to this exhibition will be rewarding—<b><span style="color: blue;">something you will not soon forget!</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Zaytceva’s wonderfully whimsical line of pottery, named “Face-Tea-Witties,” delights viewers and collectors alike with their narrative, Russian fairytale sensibility. </b>She imaginatively blends figures and nature in fresh, three-dimensional ways only achievable by an artist who has mastered her craft. Her work is completely original; each piece is hand built from high-fired porcelain and painted using colorful glazing layers that create exceptional depth and translucency. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGDhe4Gq7wT6URN4_OfseJ1LLnMSYBdw6HZyHnrWSw6Mjo444ETVxBiPg7nqafbmR0G6CjIpD_xEDtISYAbZ9B_OOFC7RhGpyAXo3PQlKpBM8b7Dhmabfs5OnrXwWl6CTOzpKyHpGnE3Z/s1600/iz_avian_conjurer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGDhe4Gq7wT6URN4_OfseJ1LLnMSYBdw6HZyHnrWSw6Mjo444ETVxBiPg7nqafbmR0G6CjIpD_xEDtISYAbZ9B_OOFC7RhGpyAXo3PQlKpBM8b7Dhmabfs5OnrXwWl6CTOzpKyHpGnE3Z/s320/iz_avian_conjurer.jpg" width="214" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The artist is represented by <a href="http://www.janesauergallery.com/">JANE SAUER GALLERY</a> in Santa Fe, and can also be seen in private collections and museums, including the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.</span><br />
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<b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are in Santa Fe this weekend, don’t miss the fabulous SOFA show, running July 8-11—for Zaytceva’s work and that of many other world-class artists!</span></b> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For full details about SOFA: <a href="http://www.sofaexpo.com/">http://www.sofaexpo.com/</a></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rosemary Carstens</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Top, Matador Resting; right, artist; bottom left, Avian Conjurer)</span> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-54900041266794097482010-06-16T14:02:00.000-07:002010-06-16T14:02:28.178-07:00A Clear View . . . the world of contemporary realist Steve Smulka<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUedUahEl9a6HwZIO9Enn6tzzdzCVBJ6ojaILvjpCuaRllsROyEURLrRQnBSOeSXaYznYVhBQrrOvwOAMUvTHyXO7ptU0wQt6qCtqKoCngAsg2Pw1jpaPoRRXuDRcLLsVv7z2A1v95chwR/s1600/SSm-193-Revelation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUedUahEl9a6HwZIO9Enn6tzzdzCVBJ6ojaILvjpCuaRllsROyEURLrRQnBSOeSXaYznYVhBQrrOvwOAMUvTHyXO7ptU0wQt6qCtqKoCngAsg2Pw1jpaPoRRXuDRcLLsVv7z2A1v95chwR/s200/SSm-193-Revelation.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Nowhere in the art world is the ability to capture light more essential than for those whose paintings portray glass</b>. <b>STEVE SMULKA</b> is the maestro of that subject matter, and it features prominently in his work. Contemporary realism is his niche and his portrayal of such complex groupings of vintage mason jars, hurricane lamps, bottles, and miscellaneous glass vessels, often framed against a window that looks onto an equally detailed view, are awe inspiring. <b style="color: blue;">So masterfully does Smulka transform paint into prism and translucence into reflective refraction that the viewer feels a sense of their physical presence that exceeds simple realism.</b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A part of Smulka’s success comes from his ability</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> to compose and manipulate space on each canvas and his keen eye for the extreme multitude of fine detail when dealing with</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvwDWrN633CtnickzfUj8j4HYYHT4Jb4LOut96hpXXt7er83Vi3W6VdfEuDl7ZpMeJX7cNaYqrQ7iC0DXl_cDYVkk6tSKQWpHCEyhxE04ZdTwTIPhYrW2x9vnsyhI0M-phDs7NN3NmkrK/s1600/SSm-191-Safe-Harbor-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvwDWrN633CtnickzfUj8j4HYYHT4Jb4LOut96hpXXt7er83Vi3W6VdfEuDl7ZpMeJX7cNaYqrQ7iC0DXl_cDYVkk6tSKQWpHCEyhxE04ZdTwTIPhYrW2x9vnsyhI0M-phDs7NN3NmkrK/s320/SSm-191-Safe-Harbor-copy.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> glass objects. Can you imagine? <b>It’s not just a matter of looking for shadows and highlights, because each object replicates its reflective and refractive qualities again and again, echoing itself in its neighbors, in its backdrop and foreground.</b> There is stunning sophistication at work here—this is a man who knows how to wield the tools of his craft expertly.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Born and raised in Detroit, at the age of 18 Smulka attended the School of Visual Arts in New York on a full scholarship. There he <b>studied under renowned photo-realist Chuck Close</b>, who inspired Smulka to pursue contemporary realism too. During his college years, he also worked as an assistant to <b>Pop artist Bob Stanley</b> doing everything from cleaning his brushes to helping him with paintings. Stanley introduced him to many of the top dogs of the 1960s and early 1970s New York art scene, including <b style="color: blue;">Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, Walter DeMaria, Richard Artshweiger, and Bob Ryma</b>. Says Smulka about those years, “It was very exciting for a kid to meet [Stanley’s] friends, who were all pretty famous by then.”</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_KZZX9AMGUPKyQ_XPnBgpSCEzIm5YaxD-D1KNtVEQRfh_IbkKzGEVoJvnD3Vfbk7cGB7lEmbzYslMg7IemgtdAvTa_Lx_5CLbnppt9sKEhjJQhGX_3xsddtNfuoHAThtVkbAOYMvS3H9/s1600/SSm-101-Labyrinth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_KZZX9AMGUPKyQ_XPnBgpSCEzIm5YaxD-D1KNtVEQRfh_IbkKzGEVoJvnD3Vfbk7cGB7lEmbzYslMg7IemgtdAvTa_Lx_5CLbnppt9sKEhjJQhGX_3xsddtNfuoHAThtVkbAOYMvS3H9/s320/SSm-101-Labyrinth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After graduating from the SVA, Smulka earned his MFA from the University of Massachusetts and then returned to New York: “At the time, it seemed like the only place to live for an artist. I found a loft on the Bowery and did just enough carpentry work to survive and pay the rent and buy art supplies. I spent the rest of my time painting.”</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">For awhile Smulka experimented with different styles</b>: “By the time I was out of graduate school, I was doing minimalist painting, very painterly, neo-abstract, expressionist . . . . As I matured and my work became more personal, I developed a style that could be described as large, abstract landscapes. The more I was excited by the work, the larger the paintings got, ultimately reaching 30 feet long. Finally, I was ready for a show.” His first show was at the SoHo Center for the Arts, where Larry Aldrich of the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT, became the artist’s first collector. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Today Steve Smulka exhibits regularly and his list of collectors is long, prestigious, and international.</b> His work is held not only in private collections but also by museums and some of the nation’s largest corporations, including Mobil, Oppenheimer & Co., and the Continental Group. Smulka is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Displayed here are three fine examples of Steve Smulka’s work</b>: <i>Revelation</i>, <i>Labyrinth</i>, and <i>Safe Harbor</i>. He has been showing at Gallery Henoch in New York since 1993. To see more of this exceptional artist’s work, visit the gallery online at <a href="http://www.galleryhenoch.com/">http://www.galleryhenoch.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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Richard Hess Works His Magic<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97zaVjn0txe0qdWAqUpftZzZZF9GW_BVCAHgckOEwS_swwN90Ka5V-VP3hgTrFYfSFZi2uw8WXha59RiDLdpuMfPvOBOmg7V_TUwjBnnD-ik9RXTnFGBrG2mwXfHbPB-dXA_4SrgJpRPl/s1600/hess-horse1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97zaVjn0txe0qdWAqUpftZzZZF9GW_BVCAHgckOEwS_swwN90Ka5V-VP3hgTrFYfSFZi2uw8WXha59RiDLdpuMfPvOBOmg7V_TUwjBnnD-ik9RXTnFGBrG2mwXfHbPB-dXA_4SrgJpRPl/s320/hess-horse1.jpg" /></a><b style="color: blue;">Richard Hess, Texas hill country ceramic artist, finds it pretty amazing how his life brought him full circle to the work he was always meant to do:</b></div><blockquote style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>"I grew up in a small working class town in New Jersey where art in school or the community was mostly nonexistent. People worked hard in factories to put food on the table, and there was little time for much else. Fortunately, I was able to go to college and picked Alfred University, a major force in American ceramics. I didn't know anything about pottery at the time but was always intrigued by the students who wore "mud" on their jeans. After a year, I transferred from Alfred to Rutgers in Newark, NJ, studied history and spent my free time hanging around the one-person theater department. I thought I wanted to be an actor."</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7ZiWPgPT3LUY4tiRlC-Mx4mcOwukHHFIsYQpFD0TD_DAfnC7f1rl_rgkxgiiAI6BsqidOmIB0nGOkiI_iLlg2a-BpoU6vJCoPW2QMsD2I7rdillHuGSB65L9SVVSq9tPdwYiBxJ8E6rg/s1600/hess-horse11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7ZiWPgPT3LUY4tiRlC-Mx4mcOwukHHFIsYQpFD0TD_DAfnC7f1rl_rgkxgiiAI6BsqidOmIB0nGOkiI_iLlg2a-BpoU6vJCoPW2QMsD2I7rdillHuGSB65L9SVVSq9tPdwYiBxJ8E6rg/s320/hess-horse11.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmqZiDGVeJctzAzfZ14M9puh0h7eDyCXHpmyFRfBvRyO_4yc7odlMkVQnuIyq0PtpVn9lzIVo6VumgF6ban4crPHZPrr94HBBR2aaOrXZjOlSsDWFmAAZLF7BcaIT6nJa7-wpJlsEv1XK/s1600/hess-horse9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmqZiDGVeJctzAzfZ14M9puh0h7eDyCXHpmyFRfBvRyO_4yc7odlMkVQnuIyq0PtpVn9lzIVo6VumgF6ban4crPHZPrr94HBBR2aaOrXZjOlSsDWFmAAZLF7BcaIT6nJa7-wpJlsEv1XK/s320/hess-horse9.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After college and two years in the Army, Richard went returned to the east coast to live in New York City. <b style="color: blue;">At a pottery course in Greenwich Village he discovered he was “hooked.” </b>He loved clay, but had reservations about being able to make his living as an artist. He taught at Little Red School House in NYC, went to grad school and became director of an alternative elementary school. Throughout all his career positions, a part of him yearned to work with his hands. Finally, <b>at age 50, his life came full circle as he came back to the “mud.”</b> He worked nights as a janitor to support his day job as a potter as he built his reputation. <b style="color: blue;">Today, Richard Hess is a full-time potter living near Lake Travis, TX, doing what brings him the most joy.</b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Each of Hess’s pieces is unique.</b> He uses a variety of alternative firing techniques with his slab-constructed pottery, but <b style="color: blue;">Raku, a technique developed in Japan in the early 1500s, is a favorite</b>. It utilizes a rapid rise in temperature in a fuel-fired kiln. The red-hot items are then placed in an air-tight container with various combustible materials; a short time later the pieces are removed from the container and either air cooled or sprayed or dipped in water. What is special about this method is that pieces develop wonderfully vivid coloration and sheen. Fire and smoke can create matte black surfaces in unglazed areas, and oxygen deprivation, the fire, and temperature changes cause the glazes to fully or partially reduce, causing distinctive colors or patterns to develop. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Horses have played key roles in war, transportation, and industrial development throughout history, and, in America, they stand as iconic representations of all that symbolizes the American West.</b> In addition to Western history, legend, and the sheer majesty and physical beauty of these animals, Richard’s work has been influenced by the Bronze Age of China and American folk art.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As his work continues to develop, Richard says, <b style="color: blue;">“I am excited to think about what might come next as I continue to explore and refine these images. This is work that I love—I hope you enjoy it, too.” </b></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</span></a><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Join me on Twitter: @tweets2go</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-84204870383331982242010-04-26T10:36:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:59:44.316-07:00Delicate, refined detail is the keynote of Karen Latham’s wildlife portrayals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjM4aCK0DJH0qC7kTjQk_IOKtydt5p6Vh5vdDovhakgovwQeeyMcvEbkC7T8nC2-ZyvuLYKvZV2BOGO0NuS8zH6l4fSTByEGgUtBNnCDpxTZwWVycIHecRZHEDwWneCo1KczT1R8DHMK3/s1600/Latham.royalty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjM4aCK0DJH0qC7kTjQk_IOKtydt5p6Vh5vdDovhakgovwQeeyMcvEbkC7T8nC2-ZyvuLYKvZV2BOGO0NuS8zH6l4fSTByEGgUtBNnCDpxTZwWVycIHecRZHEDwWneCo1KczT1R8DHMK3/s400/Latham.royalty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Award-winning watercolorist <b style="color: blue;">KAREN LATHAM</b> <b style="color: blue;">wields her brush like a magician wields his wand, creating brilliant depictions of wildlife in natural settings</b>. She has exhibited extensively in the United States and England and raised thousands of dollars for wildlife and environmental conservation with her paintings. Her work helps viewers everywhere to better appreciate the natural world around them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Latham has a degree in biology, which helps her to understand the anatomy and characteristics of each creature she paints, but it is her mastery of her medium that truly brings them to life. She has continued to develop and hone her skills: <b style="color: blue;">“The best artist never stops learning,” she says.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For more information, see:</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.whistlepik.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">http://www.whistlepik.com/</span></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br />
<a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com </span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-65331586330216059302010-04-06T12:59:00.000-07:002010-04-06T13:13:24.062-07:00HOWL: The Mystique of Wolves<div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Why is it that wolves are one of the most mysterious, even other-worldly of images?</b></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDcQzsH_dt4AzaFruoKnvoZnNXowDi7ySDnq67eJvQL9aOzXB7tFL517d_og4xdISPl47UlDR9bETlYmqad6ClINeRl_N78boX-HF89mVohGb8qt3G80-Z9SmwAJXJT6BgKonDdS1y4BE/s1600/Rocky+Hawkins+Yellow+Wolf+Howl+12x12+Oil+on+Board+72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDcQzsH_dt4AzaFruoKnvoZnNXowDi7ySDnq67eJvQL9aOzXB7tFL517d_og4xdISPl47UlDR9bETlYmqad6ClINeRl_N78boX-HF89mVohGb8qt3G80-Z9SmwAJXJT6BgKonDdS1y4BE/s200/Rocky+Hawkins+Yellow+Wolf+Howl+12x12+Oil+on+Board+72dpi.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are so magnificent and yet figure chillingly in many tales of adventure, even the oft-told children’s story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. They have been the focus of harsh, bloody encounters almost to the point of extinction, yet they emerge in many nature studies as nurturing and collaborative within their packs. <b style="color: blue;">Whatever the reasons wolves may frighten or intrigue us, one thing’s for sure: we can’t look away!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">VISIONS WEST galleries (Denver, Livingston, Bozeman) have partnered with the <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/">Natural Resources Defense Council</a>, to host <b style="color: blue;">HOWL</b>, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">The show opens on April 22nd, with a reception at 1715 Wazee Street, Denver, from 6-9 p.m.</b> It runs through May 5, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Visions West is open Monday–Saturday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm – Phone: 303.292.0909</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Images: upper left, Rocky Hawkins, <i>Yellow Wolf Howl</i> (12x12 oil on board); right, Robert McCauley, <i>A Brief History of Westward Expansion</i> (29x35 oil on canvas); lower left, Mary Roberson, <i>Omega Serenade</i> (22x14 oil on canvas)</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-61546347313531764382010-03-09T09:39:00.000-08:002010-03-09T09:39:22.811-08:00Remembering Edward James . . . eccentric English Poet, artist, and patron of the Surrealist movement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv9NUHyyzgwqcJ3yp77sy_8tpU8pzkfj9XMcSZP0DPKIfAi7b9PJGnbV9GMMfONx-oFGs16FCyBN1kVn8FHXYncgpazA_64pZQ4D7H94tnYwv9aMuntVh3MmqNs54vNFqGXZz2CnvDbt7/s1600-h/edward+james-lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv9NUHyyzgwqcJ3yp77sy_8tpU8pzkfj9XMcSZP0DPKIfAi7b9PJGnbV9GMMfONx-oFGs16FCyBN1kVn8FHXYncgpazA_64pZQ4D7H94tnYwv9aMuntVh3MmqNs54vNFqGXZz2CnvDbt7/s200/edward+james-lg.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Deep in a tropical rainforest about seven hours’ drive north of Mexico City</b><b><span style="color: blue;">, in a region seldom visited by tourists, lies Las Pozas (The Pools)</span></b>, the larger-than-life fantastical, surrealistic home and gardens developed over a period of some 35 years by eccentric English poet, artist, and patron of the Surrealist movement, <b>EDWARD JAMES</b>.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Edward James, born in England in 1907—the same year as the well-known artist Frida Kahlo and the not-so-well known but marvelously talented Annette Nancarrow (see sidebar about my book in progress)—grew up the only son among five children and inherited considerable wealth upon his father’s death.</b> He attended fine private schools, including Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh, and is best known as a passionate and early supporter of Surrealism. In 1938, he sponsored Salvador Dali for a year and René Magritte stayed in his London house to paint. <b>His personal collection of paintings and art objects subsequently became one of the finest in private hands and he appears in one of Dali’s paintings and two of Magritte’s, and sculptor Isamu Noguchi created an early marble portrait of him.</b> His collection included works by Hieronymus Bosch, Giorgio de Chirico, Paul Klee, Leonora Carrington, Pavel Tchelitchew, Pablo Picasso, Giacometti, Max Ernst, and Paul Delvaux, among others. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbm4ueZ6CzLC_80LhJchE-dzCEpI1Vo9jBY4afPz0j3R6WJYj98NeUQQ0tK8TXBPXJPdhmu1w4mfM88JspN6WEGhWayiHn9ZxjQjE8keot2ZJLo6iWwFD7t_Lm3KARp3oZjAbG2HFCHMJ/s1600-h/350px-Laspozas1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbm4ueZ6CzLC_80LhJchE-dzCEpI1Vo9jBY4afPz0j3R6WJYj98NeUQQ0tK8TXBPXJPdhmu1w4mfM88JspN6WEGhWayiHn9ZxjQjE8keot2ZJLo6iWwFD7t_Lm3KARp3oZjAbG2HFCHMJ/s320/350px-Laspozas1.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In 1940 <b><span style="color: blue;">James visited Taos, NM, as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, where he was known for his amusing, clever eccentricity</span></b>. But his most idiosyncratic personal adventure—Las Pozas—was to begin a few years later, when he chose Mexico as the ideal place to create his vision of “a Garden of Eden.” </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Las Pozas lies outside the small village of Xilitla at about 2,000 feet above sea level.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.feastofbooks.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.FEASTofBooks.com</span></a></div><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Avery Danziger’s one-hour, award-winning documentary, EDWARD JAMES: Builder of Dreams, is a wonderful introduction to the man, his many amazing friendships in the art world, and the creation of his lifetime, Las Pozas.</b> It’s available on Amazon and also from numerous other venues. Just google “Avery Danziger and Edward James documentary” for other sources.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>For a taste of Las Pozas and the film</b>, go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA0HUAIvcHo%20">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA0HUAIvcHo </a></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>NOTE:</b> I visited Las Pozas a few years back on a solo adventure of my own and recommend it and the region. It’s a chance to see some unspoiled “old Mexico.” This part of the country, the Huasteca Potosino, is rich in cultural and scenic attractions, including a remarkable vast cave visited daily by a flock of green parakeets, mountains, waterfalls, and traditional villages with special market days. For me, a girl who grew up in Southern California visiting beautiful missions built by Franciscan friar Junipero Serra, a highlight of my visit was seeing several of the first five small missions he built there in the years following 1750. These five, constructed in a baroque style that blends Spanish and Indian cultures, are like architectural jewels holding within them a historic past. Four of them, in the respective towns of Tancoyol, Tilaco, Landa de Matamoros, and Jalpan, are strung out along or near Highway 120 in the state of Queretaro. The fifth, located in Conca, is reached by turning off in Jalpan onto Highway 69, which is the way to Río Verde. For more information about the missions and other treasures of the region: <a href="http://www.xilitla.org/gettingthere.php">http://www.xilitla.org/gettingthere.php</a></span></span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-90338498753055868722010-02-09T09:44:00.000-08:002010-02-09T09:48:08.467-08:00Geoffrey Gorman’s “Creatures of Curiosity” opens in Santa Fe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUQGsE3aQ4UzfGD5jZ8rpCgOAuhKGhZiqaWIFrZFuS2UrJawblvJ4dQtSgng-8kCgKbM0GAycw6dtAVlTVOY5ves68Lenc5eKfMAhZmcYjFzby5aSpNXI1pg_WTzSLas36jhqwDrLxfQc/s1600-h/gg_ruppellis_run.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUQGsE3aQ4UzfGD5jZ8rpCgOAuhKGhZiqaWIFrZFuS2UrJawblvJ4dQtSgng-8kCgKbM0GAycw6dtAVlTVOY5ves68Lenc5eKfMAhZmcYjFzby5aSpNXI1pg_WTzSLas36jhqwDrLxfQc/s320/gg_ruppellis_run.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This Friday night, February 12th, <b style="color: blue;">a show featuring the imaginative whimsical works of Geoffrey Gorman will kick off what’s sure to be a fabulous, fun 2010 season at Jane Sauer’s gallery in Santa Fe</b>. The artist will be present for the opening reception from 5–7 pm and the show will run until March 16th. On Saturday, 2/13, at 2 pm, Gorman will give a talk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here’s what the gallery has to say about Geoffrey Gorman’s work:</span><br />
<blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The artist typically folds together history, real life experiences, and his own colorful imagination. He is always ready for an adventure and needs little encouragement to travel to unknown places, whether in his mind or in reality. "Creatures of Curiosity" is one of Gorman’s journeys and you are invited to come along.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Whether it is a rabbit poised to spring, two birds huddled together, peering felines, quizzical canines, pondering armadillos, a miniature running antelope, or crawling lizards, they will all beckon you to follow them into the shadows of Gorman’s realm of the curiously outlandish and bizarre. </span></i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHDielAQ-5Ig3FNWOPUy68x31oIxYZl_LZ1t0OGS122dDW5Pbgfrv2i3r-RQ7CO8N-S-pyL7syA20ehAkIftRUWWj5Ycw4Cn9AyTJP59R0NVd0_BcvR8l_PDMzPJcOPOSO4F6VKeP2SeA/s1600-h/GG_geoffrey-in-studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHDielAQ-5Ig3FNWOPUy68x31oIxYZl_LZ1t0OGS122dDW5Pbgfrv2i3r-RQ7CO8N-S-pyL7syA20ehAkIftRUWWj5Ycw4Cn9AyTJP59R0NVd0_BcvR8l_PDMzPJcOPOSO4F6VKeP2SeA/s200/GG_geoffrey-in-studio.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gorman employs such diverse materials as gnarled tree branches, which "bleached from sun and rain, make me think of weathered bones”; stained strips of cloth; wax; and found objects, <b style="color: blue;">all assembled and fashioned by the artist’s free-ranging curiosity into intriguing shape-shifted works of art</b>. He’s been greatly influenced by creations from previous cultures and by experiences deep within nature’s meditative places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>For more details about Geoffrey Gorman, the Jane Sauer Gallery, and the other artists presently being featured or upcoming shows</b>: <a href="http://www.jsauergallery.com/">http://www.jsauergallery.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Video of artist</b>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqai9nqgU1A&feature=channel_page">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqai9nqgU1A&feature=channel_page</a></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Photo of artist, © 2008 Daniel Quat Photography</span>)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-37452316287035161722010-02-02T10:30:00.000-08:002010-02-02T10:30:23.705-08:00Dallas Art Fair: The place to be this weekend . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLQCgDr3Xc9kOO38G40ciNoN84pwrD0bsBEF5PCLm2RkD4XrIkSrAzKGzVdTLFzv2O-LF0h4oRWZkbmgJpaujpPDSCGrQwV8ROzxycxBEgWbUjJzUtPn4WBrU2SDcL35DhL3zcEzhdymM/s1600-h/DallasArtFair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLQCgDr3Xc9kOO38G40ciNoN84pwrD0bsBEF5PCLm2RkD4XrIkSrAzKGzVdTLFzv2O-LF0h4oRWZkbmgJpaujpPDSCGrQwV8ROzxycxBEgWbUjJzUtPn4WBrU2SDcL35DhL3zcEzhdymM/s400/DallasArtFair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Beginning with a preview Gala on February 4th, the second annual 2010 Dallas Art Fair (DAF), celebrating modern and contemporary art, will showcase paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and photographs from postwar artists represented by over 50 prominent national and international art dealers from over 15 cities, the United Kingdom and Canada.</b> Previous artists exhibited include Chuck Close, Joan Mitchell, Sol LeWitt, Damien Hirst, John Chamberlin and Rufino Tamayo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Located at the Fashion Industry Gallery, the DAF is within walking distance of the world-class cultural institutions of the Dallas Arts District</b> including the Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Meyerson Symphony Center. Co-founded by John Sughrue and Chris Byrne, in its first year over 5,500 art lovers attended the DAF, and the events drew established and aspiring art collectors and enthusiasts from throughout the nation. <b>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.dallasartfair.com/">http://www.DallasArtFair.com</a>. </b></span><b><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">An exciting feature of this year’s program is the “Finding Frida” Symposium to be held from 10 a.m.–12 noon, 2/6 and 2/7, Saturday and Sunday</b>. A controversial collection of Frida Kahlo material will be the subject matter discussed by an international group of noted panelists. <b>They will debate the authenticity of the Noyola collection of approximately 1,200 drawings, journals, letters, paintings, and other items whose owners maintain are handmade by Frida Kahlo, but which others have denounced as fakes</b>. The panel will also present an overview of the challenges of authenticating newly discovered works of art purported to be by famous artists. <b style="color: red;">This is a not-to-be-missed event!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">The Dallas Arts District</b> is a unique, 68-acre, 19-block neighborhood in the heart of the city. A rare jewel that is the centerpiece of the region's cultural life, the district is home to some of the finest architecture in the world. Enhancing the downtown Dallas skyline are buildings by Pritzker Prize winners I.M. Pei, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas and AIA Gold Medal recipient Edward Larrabee Barnes. In addition to the Fashion Industry Gallery, other superb features of the district are the Annette Strauss Artist Square, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (where the “Finding Frida” Symposium is to be held), Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Theater Center/Arts District Theater, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Art in the District, a satellite art show</b> offering exceptional pieces by nationally and internationally known artists alongside emerging and breakthrough newcomers from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area will be taking place simultaneously at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel, 1717 N. Akard St., Feb. 5–7. The event space will be open from 12 p.m.–9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.–4 p.m. on Sunday. <b>For more information: <a href="http://www.artinthedistrict2010.com/">http://www.artinthedistrict2010.com</a></b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There’s an exciting new Smithsonian traveling exhibition titled <b style="color: blue;"><i>Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer</i></b> at the <a href="http://www.grammiemuseum.org/" style="color: black;"><b>GRAMMY MUSEUM</b></a> in Los Angeles. On January 8, 2010, Elvis would have been 75 years old—can you imagine? <b>Better for us fans to remember the sexy, iconic vocalist as he was when he burst onto the music scene long ago. </b><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">In 1956 photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor to shoot promotional images of a recently signed recording artist. </b>The artist was ELVIS and Wertheimer tagged along with him after the assignment, <b>continuing to photograph what would be a shooting star—brilliant, stunning, and, way too soon, disappearing into the dark sky</b>. These images bring his early sweetness and sexy appeal back full force and, whether you remember those days clearly or have simply heard about them, you won’t want to miss this exhibition either in LA or when it comes to a venue near you.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These were the days before Elvis was a celebrity hounded by paparazzi and fans everywhere. <b style="color: blue;">The hope and longing, the teasing good humor of a down-home boy from Tennessee, are readily apparent—and raise our own hopes and longing for unspoiled talent, real people achieving their dreams in a time before big media corrupted the system.</b><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: right;">--Rosemary Carstens<br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226478368050828896.post-6519410240161513052010-01-03T18:53:00.000-08:002010-01-05T20:08:23.459-08:00Tom Killion—Elegant Detail with a Classic Japanese Influence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUFDvjKRiovikkt1ankZ63ACEPes4XEAAm8LkcBQ7SoXfF0iQ-CTuCNAvjx23-_nUzB8DWK9MAp4T9vTrjbU8cpxuNHFfvAjjNLsnrj7ORCpLFKkUzLTsAIEbahZ89nnxDmpRbKwZ__W1/s1600-h/City_From_Yellow_Bluff-webimage_gallerythumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUFDvjKRiovikkt1ankZ63ACEPes4XEAAm8LkcBQ7SoXfF0iQ-CTuCNAvjx23-_nUzB8DWK9MAp4T9vTrjbU8cpxuNHFfvAjjNLsnrj7ORCpLFKkUzLTsAIEbahZ89nnxDmpRbKwZ__W1/s320/City_From_Yellow_Bluff-webimage_gallerythumb.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I’ve always enjoyed the spare, stylized art of such classic Japanese artists as Hokusai and Hiroshige. <b style="color: blue;">Imagine my pleasure when I discovered the art of Tom Killion</b>, born and raised in Mill Valley, CA—as he puts it, “on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais”—<b style="color: blue;">who employs these traditional techniques in a fresh, contemporary manner</b>. He combines two of my favorite things—amazingly skilled craftsmanship with a Japanese influence and the dramatic scenery of the Big Sur, Marin County, Northern California landscape. I have spent many wonderful days meandering among these scenes over many years and never tire of them. To see them in Killion’s art is so appreciated. <b>I thought a post about him and his art to be the perfect way to start off the new year!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: blue;">From an early age Killion was drawn to making landscape prints using linoleum and wood.</span></b> While studying at UC Santa Cruz, he was introduced to fine book printing by William Everson and Jack Stauffacher. He found that these two niches fascinated him, could be combined creatively, and never failed to inspire him. In 1977, he founded Quail Press after traveling extensively in Europe and Africa. His sketchbooks and travel journeys in these countries provided the basis for many fine works (as can be seen on his <a href="http://www.tomkillion.com/">website</a>).</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBbGVxgTVZ0Oj7UUKN0VweLJLEIozqxMmBWcj6mP_kzThpAafct6sWX0oB-5TdoxB06dtoynTNWORGy9kEzacgyhhyphenhyphenxavRoMEbBSHbaSviIAJImo7GSU-jYA0KFEcqKdbXRo9tksbj5pT/s1600-h/TomKillion2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBbGVxgTVZ0Oj7UUKN0VweLJLEIozqxMmBWcj6mP_kzThpAafct6sWX0oB-5TdoxB06dtoynTNWORGy9kEzacgyhhyphenhyphenxavRoMEbBSHbaSviIAJImo7GSU-jYA0KFEcqKdbXRo9tksbj5pT/s1600-h/TomKillion2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBbGVxgTVZ0Oj7UUKN0VweLJLEIozqxMmBWcj6mP_kzThpAafct6sWX0oB-5TdoxB06dtoynTNWORGy9kEzacgyhhyphenhyphenxavRoMEbBSHbaSviIAJImo7GSU-jYA0KFEcqKdbXRo9tksbj5pT/s320/TomKillion2b.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Killion carves his images into cherry, all-shina plywood, Amsterdam linoleum, and other block materials using Japanese hand tools.</b> He prints his images on handmade Japanese kozo papers using oil-based inks and a German hand-cranked proofing press. He relates the labor-intensive details of how he moves from concept to completion on his website and it makes for fascinating reading! <b>His skillful blending of oriental style with Western and African themes and craftsmanship has developed a unique and compelling body of work. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The artist’s limited editions frequently sell out and he <b><span style="color: blue;">produces monotone as well as multicolored images, and has produced or illustrated numerous handmade books</span></b>. Many of these master works are in rare book collections of major libraries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tom Killion has a snail mail list you can join. <b>What a thrill for me when a card arrives with one of his new images!</b> Check this artist out—you’ll be glad you did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the meantime, <b style="color: blue;">I’m wishing everyone all art all the time in 2010—</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br />
<a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Carstens Communications</span></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Images: top, City from Yellow Bluff; left, Bolinas Ridge; right, Tom Killion) </span><br />
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</div><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">January 18, 2010, marks the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are many exhibitions, programs, and events planned in celebration of the museum’s constant efforts to excel. The history of SFMOMA includes <b>stories of the artists, collectors, and San Francisco leaders who founded and built this world class showcase for contemporary art, as well as those who helped to maintain its vitality</b>. This coming year there will be many wonderful opportunities to explore.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This past Sunday, <b style="color: blue;">the Anniversary Show opened and will be on view until January 16, 2011</b>. It will include images that reveal the arc and history of the collection and the first complete reinstallation of the second floor galleries since 1995. A recent press release states: </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">Paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs, video works, architectural models, and design object</b>s will be supplemented by archival material orienting visitors to the timeframe and context in which these works were first shown and acquired. From mounting Jackson Pollock's first solo museum exhibition in 1945 to championing the emerging Mission School scene in the mid-1990s to exhibiting snapshot photography in 1998, <b>SFMOMA has consistently broken new ground, challenging conventional wisdom of what an art museum should present and collect</b>.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></blockquote><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you plan to be in or near San Francisco during the coming year, try to fit in a visit to SFMOMA. You won’t be sorry!</span></b><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For full details of ongoing events: <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/401">http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/401</a></span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-- Rosemary Carstens</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.carstenscommunications.com/">http://www.CarstensCommunications.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">var _sttoolbar = {}</script><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/stblogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">stBlogger.init("http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=9aefa17b-b322-4d43-a22f-96aedaa3a1da&type=blogger");</script></div>Rosemary Carstenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078731575772645930noreply@blogger.com0