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Post by donavan on Jun 17, 2021 12:37:09 GMT
Turn over a new leaf, maybe?
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 17, 2021 16:46:10 GMT
Wood you stop it, already?
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 17, 2021 16:51:57 GMT
I mean, I try to go with the phloem.
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Post by donavan on Jun 17, 2021 18:10:59 GMT
I try and do that at tree-o'clock every afternoon.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 17, 2021 19:13:34 GMT
So that is why the timbre of your voice changes at the same time each afternoon.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 18, 2021 0:36:24 GMT
Wood puns, they're hard to beat.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 18, 2021 0:39:16 GMT
But they do sap my brain power.
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Post by miles on Jun 18, 2021 1:07:18 GMT
Serious question, what's the difference between an art center and art museum? I'm only familiar with having at least knowingly been to places called art museums. Nothing to easily differentiate them from each other, in terms of quality. Probably funding is a big part of it. Publicly funded institutions are more likely to be art centers, privately funded institutions prefer the museum designation, and often have WAY MORE MONEY. And have been there many years longer to boot.
I think Mare is correct too, that Art Centers are more open to community participation.
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Post by miles on Jun 18, 2021 1:10:39 GMT
Oh, cool, miles ! You've got this! You may not even have to cannibalize any prior things you have written-is your perspective on things much different than when you wrote your friend Geoffrey Chandler's obit? Spent all day hashing it out. I used very little of my obit, and having new access to some direct quotes of his, I wrote it over to incorporate them. So You called it.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 18, 2021 6:10:36 GMT
It's funny, but now I'm putting work into the catalogue of the Visionary Art show. It's at an "Art Center" as opposed to museum, but close enough. My written bits are finished (brief descriptions of the pieces included, a bio and a paragraph about my POV of the movement.) Now I am consolidating various bios of my late friend Geoffrey Chandler, into one that fits the word limit. He has one of his major paintings from his "Infinity" series in the show, lent by his sister. I wrote his obit for the San Francisco Chronicle, some of which I will cannibalize. I'd like to hear more about your show please.
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Post by miles on Jun 18, 2021 15:16:38 GMT
It is a group show, with several old friends also participating. Northern California was the epicenter of Visionary Art in the 70s and beyond. Here is my statement about it.
Not so long ago, a time and place existed receptive to the ideal, to personal exploration and individual visions. A fertile garden for new art flourished in this nexus, The Northern California Visionary Art movement. Nurtured by the beauty of the California landscape, it was a revival of older traditions too, a rebirth of imagination over fashion, the spiritual over crass materialism. A respect for discipline and technique connected it to the history of fantastic imagery and past masters. Bill Martin, Nick Hyde and others were at the forefront initially. Younger artists, like myself, followed their example. With the evolution of our collective visions, this community now extends throughout the world, a 21st century version of the universal mind.
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Post by Mare on Jun 18, 2021 18:10:36 GMT
Spent all day hashing it out. I used very little of my obit, and having new access to some direct quotes of his, I wrote it over to incorporate them. Good deal! New material, particularly direct quotes from the artist/author/creative inspirer.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 18, 2021 18:29:11 GMT
It is a group show, with several old friends also participating. Northern California was the epicenter of Visionary Art in the 70s and beyond. Here is my statement about it. Not so long ago, a time and place existed receptive to the ideal, to personal exploration and individual visions. A fertile garden for new art flourished in this nexus, The Northern California Visionary Art movement. Nurtured by the beauty of the California landscape, it was a revival of older traditions too, a rebirth of imagination over fashion, the spiritual over crass materialism. A respect for discipline and technique connected it to the history of fantastic imagery and past masters. Bill Martin, Nick Hyde and others were at the forefront initially. Younger artists, like myself, followed their example. With the evolution of our collective visions, this community now extends throughout the world, a 21st century version of the universal mind. Thank you for expanding upon it. Is/was Christian Lassen part of that movement? I thought he had some art either a studio or gallery not just in Hawaii but California too, but maybe I'm wrong. His paintings which I've loved since I was a kid with the vivid colors and fantasy like landscapes (especially the ones with the planets) remind me of some of yours I've seen and the description you gave. I can't find my favorite work of his but this is similar.
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Post by miles on Jun 18, 2021 19:23:40 GMT
There was an exponential growth of Fantastic, Fantasy and Visionary Art, beginning with the late 60s. Galleries started showing work, which was previously scorned, and artists like Lassen had a ready market. I don't see clear boundaries between these artistic cousins, and many similarities. In fact most of my career was for the Fantasy-Science Fiction market, before, during and after my decade + at the Gallery.
If you are interested in the Visionary Artists from N. California, google Bill Martin, Nick Hyde, Cliff McReynolds, Gage Taylor for a start.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 21, 2021 4:07:21 GMT
I did check into these suggestions. At least to see examples from what I could find via Google Search. Rather neat, thanks for suggesting.
I'm not sure if you said, when does the show you mentioned working on start or has it already? How long does it run? How is it going?
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