Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

This one is the same NYC gallery I exhibited in back in June....and this link is for an exhibit in a new gallery for me in the Chelsea gallery district...http://www.agora-gallery.com/Exhibition ... _2007.aspx

I must be dreaming...

hell yeah Kurt.....this I'm gonna try and make.......wired

hey, dream on, golden boy
(but what's with the mug shot for the cdn group show? they tryin to scare us? - ha! don't scare so easy. we got that maple syrup low tundra groove goin on)

break a hell-razin leg, kurt! and mazal tov. you deserve nyc and every echo and lightray thereof

Agora... 17 days and counting... scratching time away.

will you attend the opening in addition to the October reception?

[btw: i was thumbing thru the Oct issue of Architectural Digest wherein they have an interesting promo for your good city. being a fan of architecture i was taken by Libeskind's 'Crystal' addition to the ROM. Wow! Also the Gardiner Museum... great spaces!

Gehry's Art Gallery of Ontario and the OCAD... wonderful pics. Would love to visit your area someday and take in all the wonderful architectural spaces that are offered. Must be nice, eh?]

Hi Cecil, only got the dough for one trip, so it will be the reception only. As far as Toronto arch, goes, I was far more excited about the ROM addition when it was just a series of steel columns and beams flying out of the ground with no apparent reason. AGO has been done to death. The problem with high flying architects renovating an art gallery they are too tempted to build a piece of art as a monument to them selves. The last time the added to the gallery we did'nt get one square foot of extra exhibit space but a swanky restaurant and an enormous gift shop. Guess I'm in a bit of a cynical mood. Glad to host you and Sooze....

yr reply gave me laugh, Kurt! the old duality play in action, eh? yr city promoters apparently are pushing for more tourism by spending these large amounts on big-name architects, while the city folks wonder if it's worth it. i reckon that's common throughout major cities doing the same thing.

K: "The problem with high flying architects renovating an art gallery they are too tempted to build a piece of art as a monument to themselves."

I imagine that to be true when these artists (i see architects as artists) are given the go-ahead to do what pleases themselves... much like any artists would do. wouldn't you agree that any art is a "monument" (scale irrelevant) to the artist... something any artist wouldn't mind seeing as a lasting piece that resounds with the future?

i was unaware the AGO had been done to death. could this have anything to do with Gehry being a homeboy... a city pride thing? (i also surprised Gehry was Canadian, and grew up in that general neighborhood). from this angle i could understand the idea, but disappointed if all that space was devoted to a restaurant and gift shop! boo that, but not Gehry.

Thx for the offer, host! but seriously, for us to go there would be damn near impossible given our financial position in this day and age. but it is definitely appreciated! i just do a google trip for now.