but I think we've shown the County
can step up to it the right way."
- Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani
Those budget expenditures includes maintenance, which of course, brought up Lance Smith's ZAP box on South Maryland Parkway that was whitewashed in beige earlier this summer. During the discussion, without being specific there was a reference to an undisclosed individual who considered "the box evil," and who may or may not have been responsible for the box painted over for offending a limited political and social perspective. There was a general consensus by other commissioners that after community meetings, rounds of approvals, and outreach, all funded by the public art budget, anyone unhappy about content may have to "live with it." The owner of the strip mall where Smith's box resides was fond of the public art and is being very supportive, according to Commissioner Giunchigliani.
The meeting also revealed the next round of ZAP boxes may be the outlying District C. The commissioner for that district, Larry Brown, while looking forward to the project, said he would like to see the rural identity of his district reflected in incoming ZAP art.
TV Critic: Paul Joncich for 8NewsNow covered the meeting and at the end of the report the anchors asked “Who decides what kind of art goes up?” The question came with some chuckling.
GOVERNMENT SPIN: Have a moment from the opening reception for Chris Jones at the Clark County Rotunda Gallery, held on July 22. Jones' tower installation, titled "USUS, GLORIA," is a column of "three independently rotating sections, each festooned with the printed detritus of our lives; torn, reassembled, stenciled and written on by the artist. The rotation of the sections refers to wheels used in ceremonies in various cultures." Through September 9. The Other Clark County Site:
At Winchester Cultural Center Gallery, Eric Vozzola "A Visual Language" closes August 19. . . Next up will be Gail Gilbert "Impressionable Air" from August 29 to Oct 14, 2016. Reception Date will be Friday, September 2 at 5:30 p.m. |
Photo: Gig Depio
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PIC ME: While this Instagram taken at Seven Magic Mountains production values beyond the typical selfie, ArtNet's Artiquette has a list of do's and don'ts when taking a portrait with art I ArtNet
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NOT AXED: Large-scale street art in Rio de Janeiro is thriving and being shared on Instagram I TimeMagazine
Courtesy Kent Twitchell
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PAINT TECH TALK: Kent Twitchell mural process is shared at his blog: "...he photographs the subject for reference, hand draws many studies of various parts of the mural for detail, has a model of the building made, hand draws the entire mural using graphite, hand mixes all of the paints (one color can have up to 20 values), then finally he hand paints the mural in his studio on 3 ft x 4 ft polytab fabric using numbers 4, 5 and 6 brushes, mostly sable rounds." Kent Twitchell.
SPRING FLASHBACK: Earlier this year I wrote about Kent's mural of Ed Ruscha at Hyperallergic. SPEAKING OF: "Ed Ruscha and the Great American West" at the de Young reviewed at Mercury News. |
who’ve been influenced by what I do,
and they’re interpreting it in their own ways."
Chaz Bojorquez, the Godfather of Cholo Writing, via LATaco.
Other skies are high up, and you're not conscious of them.
But the sky here, the clouds - they come in low over,
and they become aware of them."
Robert Irwin in Marfa, Texas, site of his current installation I NPR
Robert Irwin Project. Artwork Exterior Before Completion (crop). © 2016 Philipp Scholz Rittermann. Courtesy Chinati Foundation.
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"Irwin’s U-shaped building is divided into black-and-white hallways and lined with translucent scrims that filter the incoming light. High-polished cement floors and a neat succession of eye-level windows enable rectangular light shadows to materialize throughout the space.
In the unfurnished interior, sound travels quickly and ricochets with intensity, which seems incongruous to the otherwise enveloping calm of the space." Anna Furman at ArtNet
“People travel to Marfa looking for an authentic experience—of the town, of the art, of the west Texas landscape,” said director of The Chinati Foundation, Jenny Moore.
As a result, the town’s thriving art landscape is mostly devoid of any heavy branding or commercialization, but some expect to see it grow. Observer |