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W wine+artMember
Hmmmm. I received an email this afternoon of an invoice ( paid) from a gallery we buy from for our records and the insurance company.

I called my wife who is in Santa Fe ( I'm in Dallas currently) to talk after I received the email, and she said nothing about buying a Joel Shapiro piece. I even called her back a few minutes later, and again nothing. Confused

Both of our birthday's are within the next week, so I guess she may have bought this as a gift, but I sure would feel better knowing for sure she did indeed buy the piece and nothing funny is going on. I can call the gallery, but would hate to spoil the surprise if that is her plan.

Hmmmm...
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
...I can call the gallery, but would hate to spoil the surprise if that is her plan.

Hmmmm...


The cat's already part way out of the bag, if D did pick this piece up. Make the call.

PH


Got into SF on Monday. I walk in to find the piece hanging. I ask D about it. She says she saw it, loved it, bought it and they came to the house to install it all in the same day. D says I just forgot to tell you... Big Grin

She then told me at dinner that night the gallery would be sending us the certified provenance papers and bill of sale for insurance riders. I did not bother to tell her I received all that the day she bought it. Wink
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
Renzo Piano is certainly a world class architect, but he's done LA no favors. First came the awful Broad Contemporary Art Museum addition to LACMA. That was followed up by another red hulk of a building, Reznick Pavilion addition a stone throw from the Broad. And now is this proposed adaptaive reuse of the next door neighbor Streamline Moderne May Company building. LA architect Zoltan Pali, who was working with Piano on the project resigned about two weeks ago.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Museum Building
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Renzo Piano is certainly a world class architect, but he's done LA no favors. First came the awful Broad Contemporary Art Museum addition to LACMA. That was followed up by another red hulk of a building, Reznick Pavilion addition a stone throw from the Broad. And now is this proposed adaptaive reuse of the next door neighbor Streamline Moderne May Company building. LA architect Zoltan Pali, who was working with Piano on the project resigned about two weeks ago.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Museum Building


I'm a huge fan of Piano, huge.

From the attachment you are showing, I would never have guessed Renzo.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Renzo Piano is certainly a world class architect, but he's done LA no favors. First came the awful Broad Contemporary Art Museum addition to LACMA. That was followed up by another red hulk of a building, Reznick Pavilion addition a stone throw from the Broad. And now is this proposed adaptaive reuse of the next door neighbor Streamline Moderne May Company building. LA architect Zoltan Pali, who was working with Piano on the project resigned about two weeks ago.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Museum Building


I'm a huge fan of Piano, huge.

From the attachment you are showing, I would never have guessed Renzo.

I thought you were (and for good reason.) Have you seen the two original additions he did at LACMA? Both are bad.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Old Man:
Renzo Piano is certainly a world class architect, but he's done LA no favors. First came the awful Broad Contemporary Art Museum addition to LACMA. That was followed up by another red hulk of a building, Reznick Pavilion addition a stone throw from the Broad. And now is this proposed adaptaive reuse of the next door neighbor Streamline Moderne May Company building. LA architect Zoltan Pali, who was working with Piano on the project resigned about two weeks ago.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Museum Building


I'm a huge fan of Piano, huge.

Have you seen the two original additions he did at LACMA? Both are bad.


I have not.
W wine+artMember
Our minimalist lifestyle in Santa Fe continues with a new acquisition of art.

The gallery ( and artist) came out today with 8 pieces to showcase works in the space we were interested in. We quickly selected two we knew would work, and selected one we are excited about.

As have said many many times, nothing in life that does not matter excites me more than quality art. Nothing. Cool
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Our minimalist lifestyle in Santa Fe continues with a new acquisition of art.

The gallery ( and artist) came out today with 8 pieces to showcase works in the space we were interested in. We quickly selected two we knew would work, and selected one we are excited about.

As have said many many times, nothing in life that does not matter excites me more than quality art. Nothing. Cool

Nothing?

Something that excites me
irwinirwinMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Our minimalist lifestyle in Santa Fe continues with a new acquisition of art.

The gallery ( and artist) came out today with 8 pieces to showcase works in the space we were interested in. We quickly selected two we knew would work, and selected one we are excited about.


As have said many many times, nothing in life that does not matter excites me more than quality art. Nothing. Cool


Have you been to the Namingha gallery in Santa Fe? http://www.namingha.com/
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by irwin:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Our minimalist lifestyle in Santa Fe continues with a new acquisition of art.

The gallery ( and artist) came out today with 8 pieces to showcase works in the space we were interested in. We quickly selected two we knew would work, and selected one we are excited about.


As have said many many times, nothing in life that does not matter excites me more than quality art. Nothing. Cool


Have you been to the Namingha gallery in Santa Fe? http://www.namingha.com/


Irwin, the gallery is less than a 10 minute walk from our home.
irwinirwinMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by irwin:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Our minimalist lifestyle in Santa Fe continues with a new acquisition of art.

The gallery ( and artist) came out today with 8 pieces to showcase works in the space we were interested in. We quickly selected two we knew would work, and selected one we are excited about.


As have said many many times, nothing in life that does not matter excites me more than quality art. Nothing. Cool


Have you been to the Namingha gallery in Santa Fe? http://www.namingha.com/


Irwin, the gallery is less than a 10 minute walk from our home.


What do you think of their work? We bought a piece when we were out there a number of years ago.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
The top 5 of the night were, Newman, Bacon, Rothko, Warhol & Warhol. These 5 alone sold for more than $334M. Cool

Just to clarify, none of these 5 works were Modern or Contemporary pieces.

I'll bite.


OM, not sure I understand the comment. Are you asking about my comment about genre? If so...

Newman was a Color Field painter with Abstract Expressionism leanings. Bacon was a Surreal Figurative painter. I think of Rothko as an Abstract Expressionist with Color Field leanings, and then there is the King of Pop, the great Warhol.

Modern is truly from 1906-1956, and contemporary is just that. I understand the terms/genres are thrown around rather loosely, but it drives me nuts. Wink
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
The top 5 of the night were, Newman, Bacon, Rothko, Warhol & Warhol. These 5 alone sold for more than $334M. Cool

Just to clarify, none of these 5 works were Modern or Contemporary pieces.

I'll bite.


OM, not sure I understand the comment. Are you asking about my comment about genre? If so...

Newman was a Color Field painter with Abstract Expressionism leanings. Bacon was a Surreal Figurative painter. I think of Rothko as an Abstract Expressionist with Color Field leanings, and then there is the King of Pop, the great Warhol.

Modern is truly from 1906-1956, and contemporary is just that. I understand the terms/genres are thrown around rather loosely, but it drives me nuts. Wink

But isn't for example, Pop Art a subset of Contemporary and Ab Exp a subset of Modern? And isn't there a general problem with the term Contemporary anyway? If Contemporary is of the time, then there will never be another major genre. Confused
W wine+artMember
OM, the lines are blurred for sure. Contemporary art is just that, art from the current generation without a true defended movement, thus devoid of a common philosophy.

Movements are well defined. Some last for only a short period like Impressionism ( thank goodness) and other movements are more major and long lasting, including serious influence on future art. Movements have a common philosophy.

Clear as mud? Big Grin

The Modern & Contemporary has become a too easy and lazy catchphrase that is just not accurate.
J judy2400Member
To: The Old Man,

I would love a pdf of the original copy of The Fine Art of Acquiring Fine Art. I've been looking for it for some time now. Let me know if the offer is still available to email a pdf! Thanks so much.

Judy

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Elements of my life converged. I am an unabashed fan of pre-1980 Playboy magazine. I am particularly fond of the early 60s to early 70s--yes my formative years. I used to buy them in the mid-60s in a downtown Chicago subway station when I was 13 and started subscribing when I was 14. Somewhere else I will give the details of why I think this magazine was so important--yes I used to read it cover to cover.

Anyway as a fan I picked up the now out of print digital version of the 1950s and 1960s. In the January 1962 issue there was an article entitled, The Fine Art of Acquiring Fine Art. I can email anyone a pdf copy if you'd like.

Earlier this week I was mailed a copy of the best free magazine around--Taschen's magazine and catalog. It comes out quarterly and is a must get. And low and behold (whatever that means) there was this article to promote a new book on Playboy: What if...you had followed Playboy's art buying advice from 1962?.

A fun article.
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