tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post114585188175005516..comments2023-11-05T07:44:36.996-05:00Comments on anaba: Morris Yarowsky, second postMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-32169975820599908892018-01-25T22:42:54.317-05:002018-01-25T22:42:54.317-05:00The creativity with the radio show was beyond anyt...The creativity with the radio show was beyond anything anybody has ever seen. Timeless. “Hi Ho Silver! Oy Vey!”<br /><br />Ishmael O’BrienAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-17083271442948936132010-07-10T10:16:33.057-04:002010-07-10T10:16:33.057-04:00This post is way out of time... I am really sad to...This post is way out of time... I am really sad to see this news! Of all the professors I had at the U of O, Morris Yarowsky was the one I remember. Like others here, I remember the open discussions and critiques that came several times a semester. They were life changing in their scope for me. I will always carry with me those discussions and the kindly way Morris encouraged each of us in our art.Nancyhttp://www.houseunited.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-56561769329034939682009-01-26T17:14:00.000-05:002009-01-26T17:14:00.000-05:00Sad news about Morris. He was our painting semina...Sad news about Morris. He was our painting seminar Prof from 1982 until we graduated in 1984 with the MFA. He certainly challenged us to think critically. Logical Positivism for the philosophical base with Clement Greenberg & Harold Rosenberg for the painting critiques. He loved the NY Times and we drank a few beers during the seminars. He had a kindness too. We did frustrate him with our lack of back stabbing each other - he wanted drama. It was a good experience and I grew as an artist because of Morris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-32998963088757623752008-10-15T17:55:00.000-04:002008-10-15T17:55:00.000-04:00Morris,Bless the late 60's and early 70'. Back the...Morris,<BR/>Bless the late 60's and early 70'. Back then you were a wild and unpredictable character. I loved that about you. Your brilliance illuminated the space around you and you were rare, powerful and inspiring. You insisted that I bury a crate of your paintings from the San Francisco days. I did not. The paint is still wet. <BR/>PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-7204581182916235662008-07-20T19:42:00.000-04:002008-07-20T19:42:00.000-04:00I was an old old friend of Morris'. We had a weekl...I was an old old friend of Morris'. We had a weekly radio show "Eat with Morris" in Eugene when he taught at the University of Oregon. He had an Art of Destruction derby, a Diseases of the Mouth show, plus The Chrome Heart Chamber, a theater piece that took place on twelve beds. He played the violin at parties, was always seen reading Artforum and The New York Times, gave students credit for things like teaching him to play pool and I got advanced credit for the radio show. He got students to stop painting flowers and throw away their tiny brushes. He also inspired us to read art criticism and value popular culture. I felt he was my best friend ever and kept in touch with him over the years. I even sent him one of his old workshirts covered with paint just before he got married the last time and a copy of Diseases of the Mouth that I had just found. I really miss him.<BR/>ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-75716775591580374132007-12-14T15:38:00.000-05:002007-12-14T15:38:00.000-05:00I was in that same pre-palm pilot class that Beth ...I was in that same pre-palm pilot class that Beth Beaven was in. I was going thru a rough personal patch at the time and Mr. Yarowsky's class was a port in the storm. I still have and appreciate paintings I did in that class, as opposed to most of my other student work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-9537066711965583942007-05-10T03:41:00.000-04:002007-05-10T03:41:00.000-04:00i am back re-reading this post 5/10/07, because so...i am back re-reading this post 5/10/07, because someone googled morris, and i almost couldn't remember who the friend i start out talking about is... so i need to put his name here or i will forget completely.<BR/><BR/>jeremy parker.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1152576006233104362006-07-10T20:00:00.000-04:002006-07-10T20:00:00.000-04:00peter reginato sent an e-mail he said i could post...peter reginato sent an e-mail he said i could post here - <BR/><BR/>"I just noticed your post on Morris Yarowsky. <BR/><BR/>I went to school at the SFAI in 63-66 and had Morris for a teacher but also got very friendly with him and used to hang out a bit together. I think? when he moved he gave me this great old round wood table that I later gave to my mom who had it restored but what I mainly remember is his paintings of light bulbs in a very black background with silver spray paint around the bulbs ..great stuff..."<BR/><BR/>- Peter ReginatoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1148443904877644312006-05-24T00:11:00.000-04:002006-05-24T00:11:00.000-04:00Morris Yarowsky was my painting professor years ag...Morris Yarowsky was my painting professor years ago, in 1969. This evening I was just surfing around and discovered the sad fact that he had passed away.<BR/><BR/>He was a wonderful teacher and certainly the sharpest and most interesting painting teacher I ever had. After the first critique, I knew he was special and I decided to really listen to what he had to say. He taught me a great deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1146602801938094952006-05-02T16:46:00.000-04:002006-05-02T16:46:00.000-04:00Missing from Morris's Washington Post obituary are...Missing from Morris's Washington Post obituary are two significant facts: that he is survived by his second wife (with whom he lived for nearly 12 years), Rebecca -- the daughter of his close friend, the Bay Area figurative painter James Weeks (1922-1998)-- and a stepdaughter, Molly Caitlin Flynn, currently residing in Brooklyn, NY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1146143404166861192006-04-27T09:10:00.000-04:002006-04-27T09:10:00.000-04:00I took several classes with Morris in the early-mi...I took several classes with Morris in the early-mid 90s ( pre-palm pilot) and he was also a professor of mine for independent study/painting. I learned so much from his criticism classes, as well as his painting critiques of my work. At the time I was not able to assimilate all that he said- but was quite amused a couple of years after completing my studies at VCU, while painting in my studio, his words were the ones that popped in my head most often.Thet were usually the words that stung a bit at the time I originally heard them(after many words of encouragement right before the sting!) They came to me at the exact right times to help me push through a painting dilemma. He will be missed- but his art and advice lives on.<BR/><BR/>Beth BeavenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1145975855089669972006-04-25T10:37:00.000-04:002006-04-25T10:37:00.000-04:00I knew him pre-palm pilot back in the early 90s - ...I knew him pre-palm pilot back in the early 90s - back then he always had a newspaper...<BR/><BR/>I agree Michael, he had a quiet way of showing us students some direction on our paths. His painting class came at a good time for me and I'm thankful for his amused guidance.<BR/><BR/>His criticism class was good too - never making us feel stupid or dumb. He just wanted to explore and talk about things.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I really remember him (along with Mr. Kevorkian) wearing his white lab coat in painting class (it was hard for me to recognize him with out it). I started thinking of him as some kind of scientist, an art scientist. <BR/><BR/>- Warren Cragheadwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826725473614994406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1145934120446917502006-04-24T23:02:00.000-04:002006-04-24T23:02:00.000-04:00that's true, he was ALWAYS writing down everything...that's true, he was ALWAYS writing down everything on that thing, but he still couldn't keep an appointment - it was very funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1145933983382301032006-04-24T22:59:00.000-04:002006-04-24T22:59:00.000-04:00YES! he was eternally on his palm pilot.. always f...YES! he was eternally on his palm pilot.. always found that funny..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1145897075443555682006-04-24T12:44:00.000-04:002006-04-24T12:44:00.000-04:00When I think of Morris, I immediately remember his...When I think of Morris, I immediately remember his critiques, which were some of the more interesting crits of my VCU experience. At first I thought that he was being overly permissive and simply patting backs. Much to my surprise, hours passed as we, the students, were painlessly coaxed into new explorations and considerations. Those conversations were a great pleasure, and I am thankful that I had the privilege to take part in them. <BR/>Though I was only one of the multitude, Morris was always willing to offer up a kind word of encouragement or a challenging bit of insight... and then he would go back to his palm pilot, and I would bound down the crowded hall and back to painting.Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.com