Ken Price

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Ken Price 1967 Artforum ad


Kenneth Price

R.I.P. Maurizio Cattelan 1960-2009

R.I.P. Maurizio Cattelan 1960-2009

Maurizio Cattelan's Posthumous Retrospective, at Triple Candie.


A timeline traces the arc of Maurizio's career.


"Death is the very last moment of pathetic intimacy, the most radical way to avoid public responsiblity." - Francesco Bonami


It hearts.


Boy mourning the loss of Maurizio Cattelan.


The pigeons. Supposedly the retrospective includes the famous piece hidden under the floor.


So sad. What a waste.

dash snow

Dash Snow.

Picked this up at Bortolami-Dayan's 2006 dirty lot beneath the High-Line show.


the back.

KjArtan Slettemark

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Someone left a comment on an old post letting us know that Kjartan Slettemark has passed away. He died of heart failure in December, at seventy-six.

Travis Conner

UPDATE: Travis Conner passed away Friday, January 11, 2008. An obituary is posted in the comments. I might make another post later.

Travis Conner at Chop Suey, posted 3/15/2006
Travis Conner announcement, posted 9/2/2006
Travis Conner at Nonesuch, posted 9/13/2006
Travis Conner in Art Basel: Stuffy's, posted 6/7/2007

(all mentions of Travis on anaba)


coming into the gorge in washington...

UPDATE: Travis' flickr page.
UPDATE: Black Lines, made October 2007.

RELATED: Nonesuch will be closing permanently as of February 1st. This was maybe my favorite space in Richmond.

Morris Yarowsky, second post

Yesterday I mentioned to a friend that Morris Yarowsky had passed away, not knowing if they even had any relationship, and it turned out that this friend had helped Morris pack up and move his studio from Fulton Hill to Baltimore. He wasn't aware Morris had died.

Getting home tonight I find that a friend of Morris has sent the following e-mail -

"I saw your notes about Professor Yarowsky on your blog. I was Morris' good friend and I was very heartened to see the kind words of his former students. I have sent the comments from your blog to his wife and son. I would be very interested to know of any memorial efforts and if you need any assistance re any memorial material please let me know. I have attached the obituary which appeared in the Washington Post this week."

Dennis shared (in the previous post's comments) that VCU/PAPR is preparing a book with drawings and memories and photos. Materials can be dropped off to Richard Roth at his office, or email rroth@vcu.edu for more info.

Below is Morris' Washington Post obituary, followed by the comments from the previous post. Please feel free to leave further comments, the will probably be forwarded to his family.

Obituaries, Tuesday, April 18, 2006; Page B07, Morris Yarowsky, Artist, Professor -

"Morris Yarowsky, 73, an artist and art professor, died of pancreatic cancer March 20 at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson, Md. He lived in Towson.

Mr. Yarowsky taught painting, art theory and criticism at numerous schools, including Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond for the past 35 years, commuting there from his homes in Montgomery and Howard counties.

His work was shown in galleries and museums in the United States and Israel. An abstract impressionist, he borrowed images from popular culture to create a signature style. During a 1984 show at the old Anton Gallery, Washington Post critic Paul Richard said, "Yarowsky, who was painting in San Francisco in the 1950s, borrows without shame from Popeye and Picasso, from Gorky and Guston, but his paintings are protected by their subtle, knowing wryness."

He was born in Pottsville, Pa., and graduated from Dartmouth University. He received a master's degree in philosophy from Columbia University, then moved to the West Coast, where he received a master's degree in fine arts from what is now the California College of Arts in Oakland, Calif., in 1959. Mr. Yarowsky began teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute and became its dean.

In 1970, he moved east and began teaching at VCU, from which he retired in 2005.

An amateur musician since boyhood, Mr. Yarowsky played viola in string quartets and the Richmond Community Orchestra.

His first marriage, to Harriet Yarowsky, ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife, Pei Feng, of Towson; a son from his first marriage, Max Yarowsky of New York; two stepsons, Steve Wang and Mike Wang, both of Los Angeles; and three sisters."

Comments from the previous post -

Dennis Matthews said...
hey martin, i received an email from Roth about last week, it was actually about 3 weeks ago. Very sad, he will be missed most definitely. He went pretty quickly from what I hear, he had been sick for a little while. Let people know that they are preparing a book with drawings and memories and photos. The stuff can be dropped off to Roth at his office or they can email rroth@vcu.edu for more info. Dennis

w said...
Sorry to hear this - I enjoyed his painting and criticism classes. I liked his work too...

martin said...
i enjoyed his class also. he was very open-minded and supportive.

tmmartin said...
Very sad to hear this news. He will be missed.

Anonymous said...
Once he said "Painting is like the piano," meaning it's limited, but vast. I hope he said this to lots of people.

vgriswold said...
I am sorry to hear about Prof. Yarowsky's passing. His criticism courses profoundly affected my attitudes and approach to making and viewing art. He was a great teacher.

Morris Yarowsky

Someone told me today that recently retired VCU professor Morris Yarowsky passed away last week.

Charles Ware has died

CharlesWare, originally uploaded by Bromirski.

Anna L. Conti reports that San Francisco artist Charles Ware has died. I love this part pulled from Anna's interview with Charles -

Interviewer - You need some more light in here, Charlie.

Charles Ware - I need a new lease on life. There's no audience for this, now. If you're a ballplayer, you can make zillions. If you're an artist, you can't even pay the goddamn rent.

I excerpted that in my post last March linking to Anna's interview. Ware's daughter Laura Ware left a comment to my post saying her dad "has been doing what he loves his whole life and as he says, 'has nothing to show for it.' But I have always been so proud of him and I think he is truly an amazing artist and person."