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| Sarah Thee Campagna, "Lensey". |
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| Sarah Thee Campagna, "Where are my keys?" |
Sarah's Robotopiary is strangely human....
--- Luis
Seen/Scene: Sarah Thee Campagna's Robots @ Crafstmen House Doll Show.
Sarah Thee Campagna sent two emmisaries from her Cybercraft Robots Orbiting Space Lab, that weightless future factory, to the Craftmen House Doll Show back on June 25th.
Sarah's Robotopiary is strangely human....
--- Luis
Sarah's Robotopiary is strangely human....
--- Luis
ARCA 2013 Art Crime Conference on Saturday Afternoon: Derek Fincham and Stefano Alessandrini discuss the Fano Athlete/Getty Bronze
Dr. Derek Fincham, Associate Professor at South Texas College of Law where he teaches art law and legal writing, has researched legal statutes under intentional and cultural law of who should possess the Fano Athlete/Getty Bronze when the statue is ancient Greek, found in Italy, smuggled out of the country, conserved in England and sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum in the United States.
The statue was created using a lost wax technique in the 2-3rdcentury BCE and lost in the Adriatic Sea. Around 1964, Italian fisherman retrieved the hollow bronze in a chance find in either Italian or international waters. Since the sea-encrusted statue began to smell after a few days, the statue was sold to a priest then handed over to the Barbetti brothers who moved it inland and buried it from the authorities. The statue was illegally exported to Brazil and then returned to Europe, first England then Germany, for conservation work.
The Italian justices prosecuted the buyers but the conviction was overturned because they were unable to establish that the statue was an object of cultural importance because no photo of it could be produced in court. Where was it found – in international or domestic waters?
J. Paul Getty himself was reluctant to purchase the bronze without approval from the Italian authorities but the museum trustees approved the $4 million purchase in 1977 after Getty’s death.
The Italians knew it has been illegally exported so they came up with a new strategy: initiate a forfeiture proceeding in Italy and look to have it honored by the Getty or if necessary, enforced by a U.S. Court.
In April 2012, an Italian court has ordered the return of the statue. Can the courts in the US get the Getty to comply? The Getty hired Italian lawyers to fight the forfeiture action.
The Mutual Legal Assistant Treaty, signed in 1982 and renewed in 2010, is the legal tool used to facilitate enforcement of legal decisions between Italy and the United States.
The Getty arguments are based on prescription (timeliness); that the object was found in international waters; that the US doesn’t enforce public laws absent a treaty; no defendant has been convicted in Italian court for handle the bronze; and the statue is being cared for at the museum in Malibu.
Meanwhile, the town of Fano has installed a copy of the bronze at its harbor.
Here's a link to Professor Fincham's essay "Will the Getty have to return "Victorious Youth""?
The New Yorker: Mark Landis as forger or con artist? Alec Wilkinson quotes ARCA Founder Noah Charney
The August 26, 2013 issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article on Mark Landis in an article by Alec Wilkinson "The Giveaway: Who was the mysterious man donating all the valuable art?"
Matthew Leininger, of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, was the first person to pursue Mark Landis, but Landis had been suspected as a forger by at least one museum, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, in Laurel, Mississippi. In 2003, five years before Everett Shinn called "Nymph on the Rocks." Landis had promised other works, which the museum tried for a year to obtain; which he didn't provide the pieces, the staff grew suspicious of him.The article includes a quote by art historian Noah Charney, founder of ARCA:
Some people consider Landis to be not so much a forger as a con artists which is the epithet Leininger most often employs. Noah Charney, an art historian who is the founder of the Association for Research Into Crimes Against Art, in Rome, wrote me that he thinks of Landis as an adept impostor "more akin to identity fraudsters, like Clark Rockefeller." Money isn't what such people desire. They want to be treated as substantial citizens. "Social status and a feeling of belonging is their reward," Charney wrote. In this context, the painting or drawing Landis spends an hour making is ephemeral: it needs to last only long enough to admit him to a sympathetic haven.
Two from the Florida Craftsmen Doll Show...
[More from the Lost Files fro the Summer of 2013...]
I found these two standouts from that show in this lost memory card. With apologies to the artists and the gallery....
From Eleanor Pigman, this Queen of Hearts done with beads. A bit on the crafty side, but a beautiful object.
Fro Brenda Gregory, a relative rarity these days, a complex political work, with depth of feeling and intelligence, all modulated to great effect. Made from upcycled materials. It reminded me of Mexican Retablos...
--- Luis
I found these two standouts from that show in this lost memory card. With apologies to the artists and the gallery....
From Eleanor Pigman, this Queen of Hearts done with beads. A bit on the crafty side, but a beautiful object.
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| Eleanor Pigman, "Queen of Hearts". |
Fro Brenda Gregory, a relative rarity these days, a complex political work, with depth of feeling and intelligence, all modulated to great effect. Made from upcycled materials. It reminded me of Mexican Retablos...
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| Brenda Gregory, "Rise of the Industrial War Machine". |
--- Luis
Seen/Scene: Art Deals on Beach Drive with Allen Abrams.
[From the Lost Files of the Summer of 2013...]
Sometime in June, right on Beach Drive, at around 9:00 PM, a white van pulls up, two men get out, and put up a display of "genuine African art" for Allan Abrams of Trinity gallery. While he muses and talks prices, I take a few pictures of this improbable scene. Here is the best one from an enchanting evening with a friend...
Sometime in June, right on Beach Drive, at around 9:00 PM, a white van pulls up, two men get out, and put up a display of "genuine African art" for Allan Abrams of Trinity gallery. While he muses and talks prices, I take a few pictures of this improbable scene. Here is the best one from an enchanting evening with a friend...
Gulfport Geckofest 2013
Ok, this is faintly tangential to what this blog is about, but.... it is such a good time that I can't resist.
The 13th Annual Geckofest is being held in beautiful downtown Gulfport on Saturday, August 30th and goes on all day, with the walking parade at 6:00 PM (get there much earlier if you hope to find a parking place) and the costume contest. No Pirates, no elitist BS. There is a street dance. This still has a non-corporate small town aura about it. The town is simply beautiful. And, it is free.
[Their press release...]
The 13th Annual Geckofest is being held in beautiful downtown Gulfport on Saturday, August 30th and goes on all day, with the walking parade at 6:00 PM (get there much earlier if you hope to find a parking place) and the costume contest. No Pirates, no elitist BS. There is a street dance. This still has a non-corporate small town aura about it. The town is simply beautiful. And, it is free.
[Their press release...]
Gulfport’s 13th Annual Geckofest will bring entertainment to the streets during a daylong spectacle
on Saturday, August 31st.
Amid the thousands of festival-goers, hundreds of vendors and dozens of live musicians on two stages, expect to come face to face with live mermaids, magicians, jugglers, acrobats, fire dancers and more, creating an “up close and personal” circus atmosphere throughout the village.Each year, Gulfport celebrates the end of summer with its largest festival of the year, dedicated to the town’s unofficial mascot and favorite reptile.
All festivities take place on Beach Boulevard in Gulfport from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The festival has grown to become one of Tampa Bay’s most anticipated events of the year.Live mermaids will be visiting in a rare display.
Entertainment in the streets is one of the hallmarks of Geckofest, with many both strolling and stationary performers interacting with visitors.
This year’s festival brings more action, fun and thrills to the streets than ever before.
The curator of the exhibit will give details on the history of mermaids, their habits and habitats, before drawing the curtain to reveal one of the visiting mermaids. These “sea women” of lore can be viewed up close behind the glass of a giant water tank. Naturally curious, a mermaid may surface from the water to interact with onlookers. Getting close to her may mean getting splashed! Watch for the mermaid exhibit in the heart of the festival.The Mcandless Aerial Troupe will be on hand to perform acts of anti-gravity grace, including aerial acrobatics, long distance drops, hanging “Spanish web” rope maneuvers and more.
The Acromaniacs will show off an array of thrilling acrobatics including “extreme flipping” and body balancing stunts combined with comedy. Also watch for Dallas, a well-known Bay Area performer combining comedy and juggling, as well as amazing feats of strength and balance.Donning his trademark color orange, Stunt comedian Wacky Chad combines clowning with such stunts as carrying passengers on a miniature bicycle to balancing shopping carts on his face!
His extreme pogo stick stunts will amaze festival-goers and his comedy antics will keep visitors in stitches. Seasoned magician, mentalist and entertainer Anton James will display a variety of illusions, including assorted magic tricks large and small, mind reading and “mind games,” and other entertainment in a high energy style.Capping off the festivities, the Fireshow by Mayhem will showcase a troupe of performers who will dance with, play with, manipulate, swallow and have full body contact with fire.
The finale includes a “rocket staff” spun by a performer like a baton with live fireworks attached to each end. Audience members gather in a circle surrounding the performance area and are able to view the pyrotechnics from close up.Also watch for face painters, balloon artists, stilt walkers, drummers, a “living statue” and more street entertainers throughout the day.
The fire show returns to Geckofest by popular demand and has thrilled audiences on every occasion.
Other costumed performers, including pirates, gypsies, faeries, and of course geckos will be strolling through the village during Geckofest, creating a quirky, vibrant and colorful scene enjoyable for visitors of all ages.
Geckofest visitors are encouraged to come in costume.
Many of the Geckofest performers will also march alongside costumed visitors in the annual Walking Parade, which will be led by Gulfport’s Mayor Emeritus, and include the “o-FISH-al” Gecko Goddess, as well as the new Gecko Queen and her Court.
A costume contest with prizes will be held following the parade for children and adults.
Geckofest is sponsored by the Gulfport Merchants Association, and produced by SIK Promotions.
For more information, please visit www.Gulfportma.com, www.geckofest.com or call 727-322-5217.
Seen/Scene: Mishou Sanchez Solo Show @ Rhino Studios
[From the Lost Files of the Summer of 2013...]
Mishou Sanchez is a Renaissance Woman: Multiple degrees, Architect, Artist, Interior Designer, Multimedia, and more, she is also brimming with ideas about culture and art, some of which she has put into practice. She turned cargo containers into gallery spaces on a greens outside of Tampa, and did so without government money. Mishou's vision is a benign, unpretentious, irresistible force oriented toward community and a better future. I recently met with her, and after three hours of energized brainstorming, I left with a renewed sense of hope for the near future of the arts in the Bay Area -- and the world. For more, see here: [Link].
This solo show took place on June 15th, 2013 at Rhino Studios on the 600 Block. It was a mix from her female Geisha/Ninja and the famous persons series. Here are a few pictures from that evening.
In this series, the artist has painted representations of herself, Sophia Renee, a renowned photographer of men and Mitzi Gordon, who runs Articulate, is on important boards, and owns the Book Bus, and more. Three women in the arts, in kimonos, depicted as Geishas. The two symbols, or kanji for the word mean "art" "doer". They are entertainers and hostesses who perform traditional art forms in Japan. In these paintings they wield swords and are also Ninjas. From Wikipedia: "A ninja (忍者) or shinobi (忍び) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations.[1] Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat."
This series redefines the woman artist into a multidimensional role with a martial aspect.
Congratulations to Mishou Sanchez for a good show.
--- Luis
Mishou Sanchez is a Renaissance Woman: Multiple degrees, Architect, Artist, Interior Designer, Multimedia, and more, she is also brimming with ideas about culture and art, some of which she has put into practice. She turned cargo containers into gallery spaces on a greens outside of Tampa, and did so without government money. Mishou's vision is a benign, unpretentious, irresistible force oriented toward community and a better future. I recently met with her, and after three hours of energized brainstorming, I left with a renewed sense of hope for the near future of the arts in the Bay Area -- and the world. For more, see here: [Link].
This solo show took place on June 15th, 2013 at Rhino Studios on the 600 Block. It was a mix from her female Geisha/Ninja and the famous persons series. Here are a few pictures from that evening.
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| Mishou Sanchez, "Mishou", from Geisha Ninja Series. |
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| Mishou Sanchez, "Sophia", Geisha Ninja Series |
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| Mishou Sanchez, "Mitzi", Geisha Ninja Series. |
In this series, the artist has painted representations of herself, Sophia Renee, a renowned photographer of men and Mitzi Gordon, who runs Articulate, is on important boards, and owns the Book Bus, and more. Three women in the arts, in kimonos, depicted as Geishas. The two symbols, or kanji for the word mean "art" "doer". They are entertainers and hostesses who perform traditional art forms in Japan. In these paintings they wield swords and are also Ninjas. From Wikipedia: "A ninja (忍者) or shinobi (忍び) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations.[1] Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat."
This series redefines the woman artist into a multidimensional role with a martial aspect.
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| Gallery view, all work shown by Mishou Sanchez. |
Congratulations to Mishou Sanchez for a good show.
--- Luis
From FMoPA: Opportunities for artists...
[As received...]
Opportunities for Artists
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John Pollini on "The Bronze Statue of Germanicus from Ameria (Amelia)"
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| Professor Pollini lectures on Germanicus |
John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art & Archaeology at the University of Southern California, delivered a talk, “The Bronze Statue of Germanicus from Ameria (Amelia)”, at the Museo Archeologico di Amelia for the Rome Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Here's a link to the summary of the talk (posted on Academia.edu) with this introduction:
The statue of Germanicus with its travertine base was discovered in 1963 outside the Porta Romana of the town along the ancient via Amerina. That the statue was found smashed into a number of fragments indicates that it did not fall accidentally from its base but was attacked, quite likely by Christians in the Late Antique period. The statue had probably been set up originally in an imperial shrine in connection with the ludi iuvenum (games of the local pre- or para-military youth organization known as the luventus) that would have taken place in the campus of America outside the city walls.
Because it is a work of high quality, the statue was undoubtedly produced in a workshop in Rome and then transported to Ameria, where it was set up.
In his lecture, Professor Pollini describes the figures, pointing to the symbols of legal command and that of a supreme military commander and ‘a military tunic and high-laced boots, the calcei patricii, symbolic of patrician status. This is Professor Pollini’s description of the cuirass decoration:
The muscle breastplate is decorated with a plethora of appliqué figures symbolizing various aspects of victory. The central figures depict the ambush of the Trojan youth Troilos, son of King Priam, by the Greek hero Achilles. Represented above and rising out of a series of stylized sea waves is the winged sea monster Scylla hurling a rock in her upraised right hand. Flanking either side of the central scene of Troilos and Achilles and located just under the cuirass’s arm-openings are winged Victories. On the back of the cuirass is represented an incense-burner (thymiaterion), on either side of which are posed two Spartan female dancers (Lacaenae Saltantes), who celebrate a victory dance with baskets (kalathiskoi) on their heads. Circling the bottom of the cuirass are two rows of lambrequins (pteryges), that is, decorated leather straps. The upper row of straps features apotropaic motifs (symbols used to ward off evil), consisting of alternating heads of lions and bearded satyrs; the lower row, stylized victory palmettes.
And his interpretation of the program of the cuirass:
All the figurative and decorative elements represented on the cuirass have reference to military victory. The sea monster Scylla, who also serves an apotropaic function, may refer to victorious battles fought in the context of the sea or rivers. Since Roman commanders enjoyed emulating great Greek military personalities of the past, the representation of the legendary hero Achilles in the central composition would have been a suitable model, even though he slays here one of Rome’s ancestors, the Trojan prince Troilos. Although this might seem an odd subject to celebrate on the cuirass of a Roman commander, it should be remembered that without the fall of Troy there would be no Rome; and it was one of the prophecies that Troy would not fall if Troilos reached the age of 20 (Plaut. Bacch. 951-954; Mythographi Vaticani. I. 210). Therefore, this was all part of the divine plan! Achilles, moreover, was a model for great Roman leaders in Latin literature. In his famous messianic Eclogue (4.35-36), Vergil foretells the birth of a child (most likely the future Augustus), who as savior of Rome would bring peace to the world after military victories on land and sea. In the context of the wars that preceded the advent of this new Golden Age of peace, Vergil likened the great future Roman leader to Achilles: Erunt etiam altera bella atque iterum ad Troiam magnus mittetur Achilles (“There will also be other wars and a great Achilles will be sent again to Troy”). Therefore, the Achillean imagery on the cuirass has a dual meaning. The figural program of the statue’s cuirass referencing victory would also have been suitable for an original portrait statue of Caligula. Despite his aborted invasion of Britain in 39, Caligula celebrated a triumph in Rome for a sea victory over the sea-god Oceanus (Suetonius, Vita Tib. 46-47; Cassius Dio 59.27.1-4). This statue with cuirass heralding military victory could also have conveniently served to honor Germanicus, who won battles against the Germans on the Rhine and Weser and along the coast of the North Sea, for which he was awarded a triumph, as already noted. A transformation from an image of Caligula to one of Germanicus would have taken place after Caligula’s death in 41 A.D., at which time Claudius (10 B.C. - 54 A.D.), the uncle of Caligula and the brother of Germanicus, became emperor.
Also attending Professor Pollini's lecture in Amelia was Guilia Rocco, the Italian scholar and author of La Statua Bronze con Rittratto di Germanico (Roma 2008, Bardi Editore Commerciale) in which she proposes that the thorax was made around the first century BC in a Greek workshop in Pergamene for Mithradates VI, King of Pontus.
Seen: Mitzi Gordon's Art Car
(Going through my Summer photo files...found these of Mitzi Gordon's art car...the car was painted by Hunter Payne.)
Congratulations to Mitzi and Hunter...
--- Luis
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| Mitzi Gordon's car, Jennifer Kosharek children. |
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| M. Gordon (ft) and J. Kosharek (r) art cars. |
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| Mitzi Gordon and her art car. |
--- Luis
Seen/Scene: Saint Pete Clay
Photographs from August 2013's 2nd Saturday taken at Saint Pete Clay....
I need to spend more time over there and do a more in-depth blog.
--- Luis
I need to spend more time over there and do a more in-depth blog.
--- Luis
Florida Craftsmen Theater Art and Vision August 29-31
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Upcoming...Looking Back Looking Forward: Picasso Gaglione @ eve N Odd
[As received...]
Picasso Gaglione: Looking Back Looking Forward
September 7th at the eve-N-odd, 7-10pm
PICASSO GAGLIONE
LOOKING BACK LOOKING FORWARD
A New look for Old Photos
A show of works by Picasso Gaglione
Text: Darlene Domel
Eve N Odd Gallery 645 Central Ave St Petersburg Fl
Opening 7 Sept 2013
Picasso Gaglione created many incarnations and identifications during his long career as a conceptual artist.
He was one of the very early correspondents in the mail art network started by Ray Johnson and his work under the post name “dadaland” is present in catalogs and the documentation of mail art shows beginning in the late 60’s and continuing to the present day. A large body of his mail art work is part of the permanent collections of the archive of the Library of San Francisco, the Center for the Book Arts in Minnesota, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the special collections section of the Art Institute of Chicago.
A fascination with all things Italian led him to the discovery of the Futurist Sintesi theater pieces in the late 50’s and ultimately to the performance of these pieces all through the mid 70’s and into the twenty first century. His involvement with the Fluxus art movement in performance art is well documented from the mid 60’s to the present day. He currently performs at art events in museums, galleries and art centers under the title “DADA machine FLUXUS”.
He began to use rubber stamps in his artwork in the early stages of his career and finally, in the late 70’s, taught himself how to make rubber stamps for his own use. In the early 80’s he and his wife, Darlene Domel, founded the fine art rubber stamp company, “Stamp Francisco” and became an inadvertent influence in the foundation of the rubber stamp industry. For more than thirty years they have worked to encourage, teach and inspire others to produce and use rubber stamps creatively.
Gaglione offers a video tour of his very first “Rubber Stamp Museum, dating from the early 80’s, on “you tube” under the title “Abracadada Rubber Stamp Museum. They opened their first rubber stamp store in the early 80s in San Francisco. During this period Picasso also began the series of accumulation publications entitled “STAMPZINE” in which contributors were asked to contribute 75 hand stamped pages. He then compiled the pages and designed the covers. All contributors received an issue containing these original art pieces and museums and art libraries regularly collected editions.
Picasso took this craft into fine art world in the 90’s with the creation of his “ StampArt Gallery”. He decided that the gallery would exclusively exhibit the use of rubber stamps in fine art by notable international artists. He personally selected each subject and researched information for every monthly show. He designed a unique poster and catalog for each event. The gallery poster collection was recently featured in a one-man show in New York City and the catalogs are now part of the permanent collection of the library of New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
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He is recognized as one of the earliest creators of art “zines’ and other limited edition art magazines beginning in the early 70’s. He coined the word “Dadazine” to describe these works. He was an active participant in the development of the “artistamp” concept and still uses his own antique perforating machine to create limited editions of his “Stamp Art” zines, the conceptual combination of both art forms.
One of Picasso’s most innovative creations is the limited edition box set. Each of these handmade box sets usually, but not always, contains a combination of his favorite art forms: a rubber stamp, a zine - often entirely hand stamped, and an artistamp sheet focused on a subject of some particular fascination to him. They are produced in very limited editions and succinctly reflect his rather whimsical perspective on some provocative and often obscure fragment of art history.
The works in this show contain a capricious collection of altered antique photographs bearing the unique “Gaglione” signature. With pen and ink Picasso carefully creates another layer of complex designs over the old images in a kind of dada art graffiti that transforms the antique into a modern, witty dynamic. He draws history into fantasy.
Picasso Gaglione never stops making art or discovering new ways to make art. Examples of his works can be found in private collections and major art museums worldwide
Picasso Gaglione and his wife currently reside in Lake Villa Illinois, outside Chicago. He still produces a line of rubber stamps in addition to his other artworks. He can be found actively corresponding with other artists all over the world via his “facebook” page.
Ó Darlene Domel 2013