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RFW Art updates: new exhibition Augusta 6/13/16 -Big chalk drawing (1 Viewer)

I might be doing a pretty cool art project in the fall. A visiting Art Historian/curator from Beit Berl college in Israel came out this spring. Beit Berl is a pretty interesting place in that Arab and Jewish Israelis are educated side by side. She was pretty interested in my social practice art work: creating/curating art exhibitions in a soup kitchen), having an art exhibition in another site that had - in addition to art- food and clothes on pedestals that anyone could take if they needed/wanted it.

So, the college has tentatively approved me flying out and creating a collaborative art project where Arab and Jewish Israelis will be working together.

 
'rabidfireweasel said:
I might be doing a pretty cool art project in the fall. A visiting Art Historian/curator from Beit Berl college in Israel came out this spring. Beit Berl is a pretty interesting place in that Arab and Jewish Israelis are educated side by side. She was pretty interested in my social practice art work: creating/curating art exhibitions in a soup kitchen), having an art exhibition in another site that had - in addition to art- food and clothes on pedestals that anyone could take if they needed/wanted it.So, the college has tentatively approved me flying out and creating a collaborative art project where Arab and Jewish Israelis will be working together.
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a :excited: Fan-freaking-tastic!Very cool to do that kind of work, IMO- and even cooler to get some kind of recognition/perks for it.ps- don't ride any buses.
 
Well, my sometimes harsh/brutally honest critique style may have to change given that almost every student at the college is allowed to pack heat (many are serving in the military.

One really interesting phenomenon about Israeli art is that almost every adult Israeli citizen of the Jewish religion (save those deemed unfit) serves in the military: women for two years and men for 3 years. Since Israel has been involved in conflict for nearly all of its contemporary existence, this is training that is constantly put into practice.

So, almost every adult Israeli artist and art viewer has been trained in how to kill, and has served in active military conflict. This is a completely different reality for most Western societies.

 
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'rabidfireweasel said:
Well, my sometimes harsh/brutally honest critique style may have to change given that almost every student at the college is allowed to pack heat (many are serving in the military.One really interesting phenomenon about Israeli art is that almost every adult Israeli citizen of the Jewish religion (save those deemed unfit) serves in the military: women for two years and men for 3 years. Since Israel has been involved in conflict for nearly all of its contemporary existence, this is training that is constantly put into practice.So, almost every adult Israeli artist and art viewer has been trained in how to kill, and has served in active military conflict. This is a completely different reality for most Western societies.
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2 of the guys I played college soccer with were Israeli... that's quite a different college freshman coming in at 21/22 and having served in the military. I wonder how/if it might affect their art?
 
Well, I think that- without a doubt- they have a different level of shared experience/consciousness. Much of the exhibited work by Israeli Jews (that doesn't mean the work made, just the work selected by curators or covered by press) addresses the current political climate: some hopeful, some peaceful, some aggressive, some hopeless.

So anyway, I have to figure out a way to do something that touches on - in no particular order:

empathy, the land, mapping/demarcation, history, tradition and community space that equally engages process and product.

I am leaning towards having them creating artifacts for an archeological dig of an imagined site where their shared ancestors may have lived.

What would their cups, plates, chairs look like? What would they eat- wear? Then, we will eat and drink together (and maybe with the greater college community) with those objects-

 
'rabidfireweasel said:
Well, I think that- without a doubt- they have a different level of shared experience/consciousness. Much of the exhibited work by Israeli Jews (that doesn't mean the work made, just the work selected by curators or covered by press) addresses the current political climate: some hopeful, some peaceful, some aggressive, some hopeless.

So anyway, I have to figure out a way to do something that touches on - in no particular order:

empathy, the land, mapping/demarcation, history, tradition and community space that equally engages process and product.

I am leaning towards having them creating artifacts for an archeological dig of an imagined site where their shared ancestors may have lived.

What would their cups, plates, chairs look like? What would they eat- wear? Then, we will eat and drink together (and maybe with the greater college community) with those objects-
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okay, mr artist-guy
 
Is there going to be an interactive component to this RFW? Chalk and chalkboards beg somebody to scribble. or at least throw erasers.

 
'El Floppo said:
Is there going to be an interactive component to this RFW? Chalk and chalkboards beg somebody to scribble. or at least throw erasers.
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Well a few things-1)I pretty much expect that every chalk piece either won't sell because of its temporal nature, will get erased or scribbled on. That just comes with the territory of being dumb enough to make art on a chalkboard. So it's weird, but the reproductions of the art object (the photos) may be worth more than the actual art objects. We may only do singular prints of each drawing, so they would be discrete are objects2) We will have an interactive blackboard in the studio that anyone can draw on, erase, etc. Periodically during the exhibition, my collaborator and I will go into the gallery, add some more to the board, photograph it and hang that image in the exhibition.3) The sweetness of the photos is all my partner in crime. He is an awesome photographer. I am the lead scribbler.
 
'rabidfireweasel said:
'El Floppo said:
Is there going to be an interactive component to this RFW? Chalk and chalkboards beg somebody to scribble. or at least throw erasers.
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Well a few things-1)I pretty much expect that every chalk piece either won't sell because of its temporal nature, will get erased or scribbled on. That just comes with the territory of being dumb enough to make art on a chalkboard. So it's weird, but the reproductions of the art object (the photos) may be worth more than the actual art objects. We may only do singular prints of each drawing, so they would be discrete are objects2) We will have an interactive blackboard in the studio that anyone can draw on, erase, etc. Periodically during the exhibition, my collaborator and I will go into the gallery, add some more to the board, photograph it and hang that image in the exhibition.3) The sweetness of the photos is all my partner in crime. He is an awesome photographer. I am the lead scribbler.
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:thumbup:1) makes me think of one of my favorite guys- and definitely with my favorite name- **** Long (although IIRC, he only goes by Richard). For that matter Gordon Matta Clarke (even bigger fan of his). I'm a big fan of temporary "installation" types of work- I'm really digging the chalkboard idea.2) all kinds of awesome.3) I feel compelled to comment on 3 since I did the first two, but I've got nothing. :shrug:Can I come and smack two erasers together?3)
 
Update: Over the past several years, I have been working on a hybrid sequential painting/ graphic novel series about my family's time moving through hurricane Katrina. There was a time when I was unsure if I was getting a kind of karma punishment for being a scumbag poker player. I am currently at a chapter that touches on that called Pride & Poker Practice. Each page is 30" x 22" and combines paint, marker, collage and often sumi-e ink. With so many poker players on the board, and Assani's thread bumped, I thought I would give an update. Some FBG's served as poker models ( in image, not personality).

If you are interested in the whole series, which has another 45ish pages, let me know in note. Eventually, I will publish the sucker.

https://picasaweb.google.com/114934453803535872362/PrideAndPokerPractice

 
I have a new two person collaborative show opening Pull in Nashville at Blend Studio on 79 arcade on Saturday, April 5th. The opening is from 6-9. I will be doing an artist talk from on Friday between 4-6pm. My friend Luc Demers and I will be making an 11'x15' chalk drawing on site. There will be both chalk drawings, and more permanent photographs of chalk drawings. There will also be an interactive component where we will have 29 photos of drawings we have made of the phases of the moon. Viewers will be invited to make a drawing of the phase of the moon on the date they visit as well as of any date of personal significance to them.

You can find a couple of examples here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/114934453803535872362/ImagesForShowAtBlendStudioInNashville?noredirect=1

 
Thanks for the good wishes. Despite the fact that I will mostly be indoors working on the mega-drawing, I am looking forward to getting out of the never ending Maine winter and heading into Nashville.

 
Hey all.

I have been on a FBG sabbatical for a bit. I still know a few of you are in Houston. I have a show coming up at San Jac College North on 2/5.

I will have between 50-75 of my Katrina Chronicle drawings- which include a few portraits of FBG in a section called Pride and Poker Practice.

 
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