tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post609826229220653548..comments2023-10-17T08:01:00.374-05:00Comments on KJ - One Hundred Objects: Playing Around...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-10006648752392955342010-09-25T04:31:36.012-05:002010-09-25T04:31:36.012-05:00If you don’t want to replace your area rug, call u...If you don’t want to replace your area rug, call us for a free estimate on having it cleaned. We hand wash your rugs to have them look and smell like new. We are the best in the business with getting pesky pet stains and odors out. Call us and ask about our special offers.<br />Broward County: 954 - 978 - 5737<br /><br /><a href="http://www.orientalrugcare.com/oriental-rug-cleaning-hollywood.html" rel="nofollow">Area Rug Cleaning Hollywood</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224067465566254048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-182364137067740742010-09-07T13:18:14.922-05:002010-09-07T13:18:14.922-05:00Hello, Greg, great to meet you and your art... obv...Hello, Greg, great to meet you and your art... obviously a body of work that you are well in control of and I can't imagine anyone trying to direct you one way or another. Alec Baldwin! Wow!<br /><br />Thanks for the pep talk, I think I'm over my momentary disillusionment and back to knowing what I need to do. A little down time there... <br /><br />I do think it's perfectly normal to be at odds with reps while still wanting to work in sync with them. I cannot sell work on my own. BTDT and want no part of it. One of my problems is staying true to a 'look' as I'm drawn to many mediums and styles... want to do them all! If my reps didn't keep me on track (or my guilt) My painting would drop to 'hobby' status. Maybe I'd even be a better artist, but who would know?<br /><br />The confusion comes when you realize that these people don't even know each other... and they have different ideas as to what they need from their artists. They create their own look via the artists they choose to represent. It's challenging just trying to read them ;)Karen Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316270072956883280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-23771187950362964202010-09-07T09:04:31.850-05:002010-09-07T09:04:31.850-05:00Hi,
Gregory Kirschenbaum here :)
(www.aspiretogrea...Hi,<br />Gregory Kirschenbaum here :)<br />(www.aspiretogreatness.com)<br />I share your situation...reps, agents, publishers, blah blah blah. It's the exact same thing I have been going through. Then they want 20 of this or 20 of that...etc... Well, it is certainly a balance. Stay true to you. That's what I'm doing. Don't let them dissuade you from the work you truly want to be doing. Money is good. I agree. But are you an artist for the money? LOL!<br />The reps are in your life more because of who you are and what you represent as person than for your paintings. That's what the whole "industry" crap is really all about. And the Commercial art industry is merely price and decoration...so to hell with them anyway. Paint for the customer. Paint for you. It's your work after all, and it's the customers' home or office etc... The reps and brokers and dealers and gallerists and publishers and ALL of them need us way more than we need them. They're more like stockbrokers than art people. Think Basquiat... They're all just trying to make a buck off your paintings. And by the way, you are a delightful abstract expressionist. I find your work to be genuine and earthy. Don't let them steal that from you. Otherwise let them go to the Chinese artists who sell wholesale for $10 and $20 for a 24 x 36! YOU are not a production house. You are an artist. Claim that power. Michaelangelo yelled (often) at the Pope. Remember?<br />Peace and Love,<br />Greg<br />PS - I was invited to see the Broadway show, "Red" about Rothko with Al Molino. Sat behind Alec Baldwin and was invited so I could be introduced to my very special friend's best friend from childhood...the co-curator for the biennial at the Whitney here in NYC...and her husband...another co-curator there. Throughout this exceptional show that was raging with passion, they sat motionless while the rest of us in the audience was oooing and sighing and crying and on the edges of our seats...When the curtain fell and the lights came up I asked them, "So, do either of you paint?" They replied in unison, "Nope". I shook their hands and quickly left them at their seats while I bolted up the isle to the exit to have a smoke and talk to Alec.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475555981257907561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-86601280285060633822010-09-01T09:10:18.459-05:002010-09-01T09:10:18.459-05:00Interesting thoughts. And really quite a wonderful...Interesting thoughts. And really quite a wonderful piece.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870075379758015838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-22138033513778593472010-08-29T10:26:31.663-05:002010-08-29T10:26:31.663-05:00Hey Saradel... you slipped in along with my commen...Hey Saradel... you slipped in along with my comment! ;)Karen Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316270072956883280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-39722362306742755142010-08-29T10:25:11.509-05:002010-08-29T10:25:11.509-05:00Thank you both... playing is important to keep fro...Thank you both... playing is important to keep from going stale, I think.Karen Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316270072956883280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-26208023147884230972010-08-29T10:23:33.314-05:002010-08-29T10:23:33.314-05:00I love this piece, and you putting into words such...I love this piece, and you putting into words such a constant, tickly, weighing of choices and intentions...saradelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-15279240888393123542010-08-29T09:40:02.529-05:002010-08-29T09:40:02.529-05:00well stated, Karen. Great piece, btw, whether from...well stated, Karen. Great piece, btw, whether from playing or fulfilling expectations.CMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946336431994312623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17649128.post-82672280560230867232010-08-29T08:27:47.159-05:002010-08-29T08:27:47.159-05:00Beautiful piece. Warmly, KarenBeautiful piece. Warmly, KarenKaren Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089665496105184971noreply@blogger.com