tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post5240743026087032221..comments2023-11-05T07:44:36.996-05:00Comments on anaba: Sol LewittMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-55979007481017605022008-12-29T10:24:00.000-05:002008-12-29T10:24:00.000-05:00Glad you liked LeWitt. Every time I go in I see so...Glad you liked LeWitt. Every time I go in I see something new. Just wanted to let you know that if finances are tight, there are passes available at most libraries in Berkshire county as well as some in bordering New York and Vermont libraries. I don't know about the rules in VT and NY but if you have a library card anywhere in Mass, you can check a pass for MASS MoCA out of the library. That said, we deeply appreciate your willingness to pay admission. We rely on the gate to keep the doors open and the lights on! <BR/><BR/>Also, re Anonymous's query about catalog. We don't have a catalog yet, hope to have one by March or April. We couldn't get all the drawings photographed in time to get a catalog to a printer to get it back by the opening.MASS MoCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762953932782940217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-18526303580380257942008-11-28T12:43:00.000-05:002008-11-28T12:43:00.000-05:00It takes me about 45 to get to Glens Falls so the ...It takes me about 45 to get to Glens Falls so the route I have planned is shorter. It snowed here in the morning so I am changing my trip date to December 21. I am going downstate for over a week then. I plan on stopping at MassMOCA on the way (I will wait and see if they send me a press kit and catalog before then.) downstate on the 21st and then when I go into the city on December 23rd I plan on seeing as many shows as possible (I hope to review at least three of them) and will be jamming with friends in the evening. Noise rock yeah! Thanks for the directions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-26470074785082231492008-11-27T18:05:00.000-05:002008-11-27T18:05:00.000-05:00t's a pretty ride, if you go the way we go...f...t's a pretty ride, if you go the way we go...<BR/><BR/>from glens falls to fort edward to schuylerville to greenwich to cambridge to hoosick falls (my hometown) to pownal to williamstown to north adams.... the map link says that route is 2 hours 5 minutes one-way. <BR/><BR/>will the williams college museum be open tomorrow? i recommend checking out that little pre-show at williams.<BR/><BR/>http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Glens+Falls,+NY&daddr=Broadway%2FUS-4+to:County+Rte+95%2FHill+Rd+to:42.811522,-73.27795+to:North+Adams,+MA&hl=en&geocode=%3BFbBZlAIdUimd-w%3BFV9bjgIdb9yg-w%3B%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=13&via=1,2,3&sll=42.832297,-73.311596&sspn=0.102724,0.17149&ie=UTF8&ll=42.85382,-73.317776&spn=0.102688,0.17149&z=13Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-20766853224618270162008-11-27T17:04:00.000-05:002008-11-27T17:04:00.000-05:00I'm actually going to see it tomorrow. It will req...I'm actually going to see it tomorrow. It will require a total of five hours of driving. Have a nive T Martin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-52961079946640628122008-11-25T21:04:00.000-05:002008-11-25T21:04:00.000-05:00Thanks for the heads up Martin. I am going to see ...Thanks for the heads up Martin. I am going to see the LeWitt exhibition on Saturday and write about it for artcritical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-56391424569164136012008-11-25T01:08:00.000-05:002008-11-25T01:08:00.000-05:00totally.my mom painted lines and arrows and things...totally.<BR/><BR/>my mom painted lines and arrows and things in our bedroom when my brother and i were young in the 70's. <BR/><BR/>wish i had some photos.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1409630971331050512008-11-24T18:58:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:58:00.000-05:00Those colors and shapes are an institutional nost...Those colors and shapes are an institutional nostalgia trip for me - something about the sixties/seventies - to think the institutional environment was shaped by art so much - ubiquity - and general diffusion/cross pollination - functionally, Sol Lewitt is pop pared down to it's means of transmission (the machine). And fine art is of course "pop" in a sense - I can't make those kinds of distinctions anymore what with the advanced state of the internet and the almost erased line between graphic design, illustration and "free expression."<BR/><BR/>Those pictures remind me of snack time, recess, text books, playground monitors - the products of the diffusion. A trip.zipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-12310345291232628632008-11-24T00:04:00.000-05:002008-11-24T00:04:00.000-05:00Holy Toledo. It's all G O R G E O U S.EvaHoly Toledo. <BR/>It's all G O R G E O U S.<BR/><BR/><BR/>EvaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-52939055318318576512008-11-22T18:48:00.000-05:002008-11-22T18:48:00.000-05:00I haven't published new stuff on artcritical.com f...I haven't published new stuff on artcritical.com for a long time simply because I haven't written anything in a while. I still do editing work for artcritical on occasion though. It definitely seems like the perfect show to review. Thank you for the generous invitation to post reviews on your blog. <BR/><BR/>The NYSUN doesn't maintain an archive since they went under so I can't find my LeWitt review from a few years ago. I don't think I saved the original. It was a 500 word review and it wasn't very good anyway. <BR/><BR/>EGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-36108133478931772742008-11-22T12:45:00.000-05:002008-11-22T12:45:00.000-05:00how come? i'm not sure i understand. are you kiddi...how come? i'm not sure i understand. are you kidding?<BR/><BR/>you should go to mass moca and write a review of this instead. we could put it on here if you don't have anyplace else to put it.<BR/><BR/>anytime you want to put a review up here you are welcome.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-69689988252079583422008-11-21T22:50:00.000-05:002008-11-21T22:50:00.000-05:00Cool. I was critical of his early word pieces in a...Cool. <BR/><BR/>I was critical of his early word pieces in a NYSUN review I wrote over a year ago, but I will write a different more positive review if I revisit them in the future. <BR/><BR/>EGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-23208033297768021492008-11-21T17:24:00.000-05:002008-11-21T17:24:00.000-05:00nomi - yes, that's wall drawing 51.. all architect...nomi - yes, that's wall drawing 51.. all architectural points connected by straight lines.. first installed in turin in 1970.<BR/><BR/>eric - the installation is spectacular by definition: impressive or sensational, a single dramatic production of unusual length or lavishness, an elaborate display.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-41529881683775822372008-11-21T17:03:00.000-05:002008-11-21T17:03:00.000-05:00What is that around the exit door? Is that part o...What is that around the exit door? Is that part of the show?Nomi Lubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662026175506202868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-89585342790199056192008-11-21T08:46:00.000-05:002008-11-21T08:46:00.000-05:00Sorry for repeating the comment. Obviously I have ...Sorry for repeating the comment. Obviously I have nothing substantial to say right now. Could you tell us specifically why you thought the retrospective was "spectacular"? I am being serious not facetious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-27002628386240017502008-11-21T08:23:00.000-05:002008-11-21T08:23:00.000-05:00"The idea becomes a machine that makes the art" Th..."The idea becomes a machine that makes the art" <BR/><BR/>That certainly describes Lewitt's art making practice.<BR/><BR/>EGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com