tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post116481547190470518..comments2023-10-30T06:13:31.296-04:00Comments on PaintersNYC: Odili DonaldPainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087735650298480553noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164896533373642752006-11-30T09:22:00.000-05:002006-11-30T09:22:00.000-05:00I'd say Karl Benjamin and Helen Lundeberg. My fave...I'd say Karl Benjamin and Helen Lundeberg. My fave is <I>Dutch Light</I>, 2004.hlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17329657896127162796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164860166075981162006-11-29T23:16:00.000-05:002006-11-29T23:16:00.000-05:00Like a detail of a Bridget Riley or somethingno, n...<I>Like a detail of a Bridget Riley or something</I><BR/><BR/>no, nothing like Bridget Riley.hlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17329657896127162796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164854448334215342006-11-29T21:40:00.000-05:002006-11-29T21:40:00.000-05:00Donald is generally giving us a picture of a lands...Donald is generally giving us a picture of a landscape remapped via Friedrich Froebel, zig-zag waving us across the sky. <BR/>In a sense this image does have a lot to do with Crow.<BR/>Donald's exteriors are built from visceral substances of the mind, though oblige us in the same way we look out at things: the top is where we expect it to be, the basement below our feet. <BR/>Crow's, of course, are more gastric--interiors that have been superimposed onto the canvas. And then again on-top walls, windows, dressers and chairs--something else is going on via la' pancreas.<BR/><BR/>What it does show, with both artists, is that abstraction is not a thing in itself, but a transition into one's interiority, drawing the outside in, wherein it might be at one time the wave, or the tablecloth--gently tugged from one corner in, in hope not to disturb things unnecessarily. Though the sounds of crashing silverware cups and squawking gulls tell us otherwise--perhaps a forewarning that the quick pull is sometimes better, as is the big crash!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164849470788814682006-11-29T20:17:00.000-05:002006-11-29T20:17:00.000-05:00This thing hasn't generated a lot of comments, it ...This thing hasn't generated a lot of comments, it seems. I never take this as a good sign.<BR/>Personally it bores me to tears.Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892382970597462240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164845639788536832006-11-29T19:13:00.000-05:002006-11-29T19:13:00.000-05:00To hold the TV to my lips, the air so packed with ...To hold the TV to my lips, the air so packed with cash,<BR/>Then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot,<BR/>To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms tracks,<BR/>And watch beneath the eyelids every passing dotzipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164845201674898562006-11-29T19:06:00.000-05:002006-11-29T19:06:00.000-05:00Naive Melody by The Talking Heads.It feels naive a...Naive Melody by The Talking Heads.<BR/>It feels naive and melodious. It hums.<BR/><BR/>It's not carpet, not sand, not a pigmented clay wall, not Flintstones vitamins mashed up and made into watercolor.<BR/><BR/>I'd sit next to it for a while if I could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164844657215882992006-11-29T18:57:00.000-05:002006-11-29T18:57:00.000-05:00Like a jive turkey magnet.Like a jive turkey magnet.zipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164843738360686892006-11-29T18:42:00.000-05:002006-11-29T18:42:00.000-05:00Like wandering in a desert of obscene jungian syn...Like wandering in a desert of obscene jungian synchronicity.<BR/>I say zig, you say zag, but its basicly a jazz joint. Allways has been. Allways will be.zipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164840309566725022006-11-29T17:45:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:45:00.000-05:00To clarify, I meant that the bottom third correlat...To clarify, I meant that the bottom third correlates with the ground in Crow's painting. Hope that makes some sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164840242767193092006-11-29T17:44:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:44:00.000-05:00I like the relationship between this piece and the...I like the relationship between this piece and the one below, some of the same color themes going on, the large shape at the bottom almost functions as a landscape with the smaller shapes above it. It sort of fits with a similiar usage of space between the two. <BR/><BR/>Interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164839020153794412006-11-29T17:23:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:23:00.000-05:00I always think it's from the 50s,for a minute,tho-...I always think it's from the 50s,for a minute,tho-arebourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129183347516811016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164838830049228972006-11-29T17:20:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:20:00.000-05:00something therapeutic about this-would like to see...something therapeutic about this-would like to see in some kind of health care setting,low key cheerinessarebourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129183347516811016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164838687638971062006-11-29T17:18:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:18:00.000-05:00Like a detail of a Bridget Riley or something.Like a detail of a Bridget Riley or something.zipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164836268051785702006-11-29T16:37:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:37:00.000-05:00Murals were big in the sixties and seventies. Why ...Murals were big in the sixties and seventies. Why is that? Was it Sol LeWit trickling down into economies of forms? Or was it an interest in identity politics - the mexican muralists? My local theater had a figurative doozie. I allways remember staring at the elbow poking a face in the eye. It was actually pretty trippy.<BR/><BR/>Sorry if thats too autobiographical and has nothing to do with the work. Tough noogies.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that its like a disco - or a rollerink - or any arena, really. The side of a cinderblock wall, sanitized with some abstract stripes. A semi side with logo. <BR/><BR/>All point towards the wall, which is built, brick by brick, but is perceived as a whole.<BR/><BR/>I think they paint houses with patterns in nigeria - look it up.<BR/><BR/>I wish they did that here. Its better than using pre-fab siding in a patchwork of "postmodernist" pretention.<BR/><BR/>But paint is too wild style for easy marketability. Rather reefer to the historical nature of the neighborhood regrade than embrace it or hybridize it wholesale.zipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164830924555560052006-11-29T15:08:00.000-05:002006-11-29T15:08:00.000-05:00Home is where I want to bePick me up and turn me r...Home is where I want to be<BR/>Pick me up and turn me round<BR/>I feel numb - born with a weak heart<BR/>I guess I must be having fun<BR/>The less we say about it the better<BR/>Make it up as we go along<BR/>Feet on the ground<BR/>Head in the sky<BR/>It's ok I know nothing's wrong . . nothing<BR/><BR/>Hi yo I got plenty of time<BR/>Hi yo you got light in your eyes<BR/>And you're standing here beside me<BR/>I love the passing of time<BR/>Never for money<BR/>Always for love<BR/>Cover up and say goodnight . . . say goodnight<BR/><BR/>Home - is where I want to be<BR/>But I guess I'm already there<BR/>I come home - she lifted up her wings<BR/>Guess that this must be the place<BR/>I can't tell one from another<BR/>Did I find you, or you find me?<BR/>There was a time Before we were born<BR/>If someone asks, this is where I'll be . . . where I'll be<BR/><BR/>Hi yo We drift in and out<BR/>Hi yo sing into my mouth<BR/>Out of all those kinds of people<BR/>You got a face with a view<BR/>I'm just an animal looking for a home<BR/>Share the same space for a minute or two<BR/>And you love me till my heart stops<BR/>Love me till I'm dead<BR/>Eyes that light up, eyes look through you<BR/>Cover up the blank spots<BR/>Hit me on the head Ah oohAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164821887982210282006-11-29T12:38:00.000-05:002006-11-29T12:38:00.000-05:00did he drop the odita?he had some nice big wall pi...did he drop the odita?<BR/><BR/>he had some nice big wall pieces, like murals, in a show here last year. they worked well within the architecture of the space...Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710060.post-1164815553268006162006-11-29T10:52:00.000-05:002006-11-29T10:52:00.000-05:00Odili Donald @ Jack Shainman gallery513 West 20th ...Odili Donald @ <BR/>Jack Shainman gallery<BR/>513 West 20th Street<BR/>NYCPainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087735650298480553noreply@blogger.com