Passing through

While here in Akron, Ohio, I stopped in at the ever-interesting Akron Art Museum, where I came across a painting by Bill Radawec, linked here via the museum's extensive online collection.

Bill, who recently passed away from a long and brave battle with cancer, was also a forward-thinking artist who started a gallery in his house in Los Angeles long before anyone else had the idea. His space called Domestic Setting, gave many artists, me included, their first opportunity to showcase work amongst other international artists and cutting edge ideas. It was a great pleasure to see this painting, Bill was a native Ohioan, in one of my favorite art museums.

Fabienne Lasserre

I keep thinking about a piece I saw a few weeks back at the NADA Hudson Art Fair. The piece was this sculpture by Fabienne Lasserre and it was in Jeff Bailey Gallery's "booth."

On another note, Hyperallergic, the World's Greatest New York Art Blogazine, has started a curated Kickstarter page with specially selected out interesting projects to support!

Here's another picture of the NADA Hudson Art fair that shows off the place with a nice looking lady in light blue high heels (how did she get across the gravel parking lot).

Donald Steele Saves the Queen via Hyperallergic! All hail Hrag!

In response to Hyperallergic's , “Saving the Queen in Art and Image,” Hrag posted the following images by Donald Steele, who has had some fun with Her Highness.

h/t Austin Thomas

POSTED BY HRAGV

IMPROMPTU POP-UP PIZZA PARTY @ POP-UP PORTRAIT GALLERY

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Sunday, Aug. 14th 

430 Warren Street

Hudson, NY

come if you are upstate, tomorrow

call 917-400-3869 for more info. or directions 

Alex Prager

Jane, from the series West-end, 2009

Peter Stitchbury

Estelle 5.2, 2010

Digital print on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl 290 gsm

$6,000

 

David Dupuis

Femme Fatales and Dirty Bitches, 2000

Colored Pencil on paper

$12,000

Austin Thomas

Envelope Girl

Paint, collage on paper

$1500

Judith Page

Dreams of Power (CB), 2010

Tar Gel, acrylic, archival inkjet print on rag paper

$1,800

POP-UP GALLERY

PORTRAITS
@ Scot Cohen Realty
 430 Warren St.,Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 822-1191
July 30 through September 3, 2011

Sascha Braunig

Sharon Butler

Roz Chast

David Dupuis

Andre Ethier

Dan Fischer

General Idea  

Sara Greenberger Rafferty

Kristen Jensen

Maira Kalman

Pam Lins

Keith Mayerson

Jen Mazza

Matthew Miller

Judith Page

Matthew Pillsbury 

Alex Prager

Cindy Sherman

Adam Simon

Laurie Simmons

Peter Stichbury

Austin Thomas

Featuring 21 artists, whose portraits in photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, collage and abstraction present a multifaceted exhibition that relates to the space in it's new incarnation as a gallery as well as to contemporary ideas of literal and symbolic personal representations.

Hudson the new Brooklyn

a long day's work

Pictures from a long day's work with me concentrating on the collaged figure and Julie working large on the floor.

Reclining,

then from the back

and two barely visible but worked-through collages.

The making.

Table shots I and

II.

It all starts with the blank page.

Constructing,

reconstructing,

Reviewing and deciding (reclining but not collaged) but not finished.

Finished work!

In 4 parts, close-ups.

Details.

 Another view.

View four.

I ended the evening by editioning a new print, "HAVE A SUPER FANTASTIC DAY."

Gocco in action.

HAVE.

Till next time, have a super fantastic day.

(one of my favorite books, Julie has a bit of Bourgeois in her)

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much and it doesn't matter where you end, it's about how you got there

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much - Helen Keller and from my yoga teacher, Salvador Martinez - It doesn't matter where you end, it's about how you got there...it's about the journey.

These are the 2 quotes of the day.  And with these two sentiments in mind, I'm posting a bunch of pictures from the past couple of weeks events and from group activities and journeys in an effort to catch up a little bit and breathe.

Copper wire in jars from medium to small by the very prolific artist James Prez

The artist, James Prez in his apt./studio

James hold a Julie Torres

A nice James Prez installation.

Next up, soup!  On a hot Saturday night (cold soup), artist friends Lars Kremer and Liz Atzberger served up a secret supper for paying guests, nominally for a 3-courser, plus drinks.  The meal, this being the first is part of a gallery cum supper club called Airplane.  All the food was served in airplane ware and scrumptious!!

Diners eating

at the table

with bread.

Guests cooled their feet in the pool.

On the stove

where Lars cooked.

The secret door or hatch to Airplane.

On a footnote, Lars is an amazing cook, and he has presided over other meals we have put together, including at Camp Pocket U., and most recently at a Market meal.  There will be more dining with Lars and Liz most certainly at Airplane, but also at other places where art and the community come together.

Crowd Shots from the Opening...

Pictures taken by Greg because I'm in them and I'm usually not, so a little extra visual indulgence!  

Michele, Julie and me, with a Sara Greenberger Rafferty in the background

Adam Simon with a Sharon Butler in the background, talking seriously to a visitor.

Adam Simon, Kristen Jensen and Matthew Miller

talking and listening.

watching...

Julie and planning our next project together!

Jen Mazza talking with Chuck and art enthusiast.

Scot and Julie Cohen, they are the masterminds behind everything!!

Natalie Simon, Julie and friends