My Perfect Art Gallery

Recently I moved to Melbourne, Australia. First things first - as soon as I found place to park my suitcases I decided to look up my gallery owner friend I knew from before only to find out that she just closed down her galleries, all two of them and assumed role of an art consultant/dealer. For a while she worked from her storage place, her office and regular booths at art fairs. Later on, luckily for me, a more detailed search revealed that she recently reopened a space at a different address, where rents are lower and probability of getting a car park spot - considerably higher. Apparently it was a big step up for the gallery's finances and cost cutting. Let's not forget - it is a commercial gallery we are talking about. But what about the art and artists represented? Where on the list of priorities are they situated? And what was the outcome for them in the process of restructuring?
Ausra Larbey on 07.30.04 @ 05:24 PM EST [more..]

INSIDE SKINNY on DIGITAL ART

Wow. Wake up to a new world. It sure has changed hasn't it? Or shall we say it is evolving at an incredible rapid rate. I just opened my closet door to find an "almost new" box from a few years ago with it saying: "Fujitsu 230 MEG drive." As we all know, today we are looking for GIGS not MEGS and even TERREBYTES to give us proper storage we are looking for: LOTS of technology - small size. Project it HUGE.

Laurence Gartel on 07.26.04 @ 01:50 PM EST [more..]

A Journey on Canvas

Irish Painter John Nolan explains the use of motifs and colour in his art, and his journey so far on canvas As a child I was literally surrounded by art. The walls and ceilings of our home were covered in murals and friezes painted by my father, John senior. Our small bedroom was decorated with scenes from Hollywood movies and on the ceilings his magical paintbrush had created scenes from the Sistine Chapel. In this Aladdin's cave my father's easel and painting paraphernalia were set up, and I whiled away many happy hours there.

John Nolan on 07.19.04 @ 09:58 AM EST [more..]

Impressions of Argentina

As I write I am sitting in a small cafe in the plaza San Martin in Cordoba Argentina. I´m here for an exhibition of my drawings at Artempresa, a contemporary gallery owned by Maria Elena Kravetz. Maria is very dedicated to the artists she represents. She exhibits some great local painters, sculptors and glass artists from Cordoba and the region. Every year she also exhibits a few artists from around the world which is how I came to be here.

This is my 3rd visit to Argentina. I was invited to participate ina cultural exchange along with my colleague Stewart McKissick in 2000. We taught illustration at the Centro Cultural Recoleta of the City of Buenos Aires and lectured at the Foundation for Fine Arts founded by Sabat the famous Political Illustrator at Clarin the largest periodical in Argentina. We were invited back in 2001 to exhibit. I returned with C.F. Payne, also a very well known illustrator in the States, who currently does the back cover for Reader´s Digest each month and has illustrated two of John Lithgow´s children´s books. These exchanges were sponsored and funded by the City of Buenos Aires and the Ohio Arts Council. We also had some help from the Columbus College of Art and design.

Walter King on 07.15.04 @ 12:14 PM EST [more..]