Dialogue: Painting & Drawing
PooL, a perennial alternative hotel art fair in New York and Miami is coming to Chicago. It promises “…to create a meeting ground for artists, art dealers and curators with the pupose of advancing the career of the participating artists.” It “…also provides the public with access to art and Continue reading »
Neoteric Art: In the 1970s you were involved with performance art that combined sculpture with theater. Please discuss…also discuss your transition to painting.
Tom Gehrig: While attending Mills College in Oakland, California (1971-73) as a graduate student in Fine Arts, I began experimenting with the notion of combining objects that I create and “perform”. It seemed a natural segue from the process art pieces that I had done prior to Continue reading »
The world is getting so small, it’s going to implode. Communication and economies of globalization are causing a homogenization of cultures. Much attention has been given to the globalization of the art world. Artists are supposed to enlighten the unwashed masses of the problems Continue reading »
Neoteric Art: What does “painting” mean to you?
Stephen Dinsmore: Painting for me is the pursuit of translating or transforming something seen or felt into a piece of art that pleases and connects. Painting also honors the Continue reading »
Juliette Aristides, whose beautiful art is featured throughout her book, Classical Painting Atelier, is the instructor of the Aristides Classical Atelier at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington, where she lives. Her work is exhibited at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco Continue reading »
Chicago seems to have a long list of artists that are important for a couple of decades or so, then sort of all but disappear. Corbett vs. Dempsey is doing a remarkable job of helping the city with its amnesia. Their current show of Robert Donley’s early works is a prime example of the gallery’s dedication Continue reading »