Comments on: ATC or MOMA by William Dolan

By: Norbert Marszalek

Norbert Marszalek — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:21:45 +0000

“…if artists want to end up closer to the top of art world, they have to stop fiddling around with the junk at the bottom.”

worth repeating – -

By: Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:05:05 +0000

Informative and enjoyable article and discussion. Also, true. (At least from my perspective of 40 years of making art, associating with artists, and researching “making it.”

By: Pamela Staker

Pamela Staker — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:22:56 +0000

Hi Ted –
Your Van Gogh analogy is great – makes me smile. I think having the wheels come off has made me more open to experimentation and not taking myself so seriously. Life has become interesting again, like when I was a kid, and I love that outgrowth. When Rauschenberg died I read in one of the articles that he had said something to the effect that it is extremely important that (his) art be unjustifiable – I’m not sure what triggered that thought, but I dig that kind of driving force.

By: Norbert Marszalek

Norbert Marszalek — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:02:22 +0000

Nice.
Hey, I’m just stating a fact – -

By: Bill Dolan

Bill Dolan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:59:12 +0000

“Most of the artists that will be at ATC were not even born yet!”

Now, you’re sounding like a crotchety old man.

By: Bill Dolan

Bill Dolan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:56:05 +0000

ATC is for emerging (there’s that word again) artists, which is why an artist shouldn’t do it every year. It’s also why I would rather see it be something better; something that would be a better start to a career as an artist, than the crappy little street fair it has become. I think that is what Jim Happy Delpech had in mind when he started it.

What that is, I don’t know, but I’m glad they are trying something new.

By: Norbert Marszalek

Norbert Marszalek — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:54:21 +0000

“mid-’70s Cadillac or Lincoln”

Most of the artists that will be at ATC were not even born yet!

By: Bill Dolan

Bill Dolan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:51:03 +0000

I’m looking forward to it.

For effect, they should park a mid-’70s Cadillac or Lincoln in front with some suspicious-looking wires hanging down from the chassis.

By: Norbert Marszalek

Norbert Marszalek — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:44:39 +0000

It does seem like ATC really does want to make some changes. That does sound like a good thing. Maybe we should check it out this year to see what’s what!!??

That’s bombs from the mob not terrorists – -

By: Bill Dolan

Bill Dolan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:35:16 +0000

I would rather see ATC made into something viable. I’m hopeful that it will be. Moving it from Wicker Park to the Plumbers’ Union Hall and making it smaller is a start. With the 4-foot thick walls to protect the building from bomb blasts, it even seems a little dangerous.