Albright Knocks
Chris Ashley describes a frustrating visit to the Albright-Knox museum in Buffalo here. Seems the museum is, um, fudging on the terms of its gift of Clyfford Still paintings:When I was ready to see the Stills I asked someone at the desk where his paintings are. "Oh, yeah, we showed him a few months ago." "You mean there are none on display right now?" "No, we just showed them." "Doesn't that violate the conditions of his gift, that a portion be displayed in a dedicated room at all times?" (Shrug) "I don't know anything about that."
Huh? On the web page regarding the Albright's Stills it says, "According to the terms of the gift, the paintings must be shown in their own room, all of the time, and never loaned to other museums." OK! Also amusing is the press release for an upcoming show there called "Extreme Abstraction," featuring Linda Besemer, David Reed, David Batchelor, and Katharina Grosse, which also consists of "Extreme Fundraising Events," an "Extreme Dinner," and an "Extreme After Party." There is an extreme space commitment, as well--Chris says large parts of the collection were unviewable while the museum prepared for it.
Afterthought on Clyfford Still: I kind of like those craggy, ultraserious paintings, which I saw at the A-K in '94, and the "stoner concentration" Still paid to his edges, as one painter I know put it. Hey, someone has to defend that holy-terror-even-in-death.
and "Extreme Tree Wave" ;o)
Are you playing at the Extreme After Party?
we're playing both the Extreme Public Opening on the 15th and Extreme After Party on the 16th.
and I'm looking foward to trying some Extreme Authentic Buffalo Wings.
Cool. Extreme congrats.
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Albright Knocks
Chris Ashley describes a frustrating visit to the Albright-Knox museum in Buffalo here. Seems the museum is, um, fudging on the terms of its gift of Clyfford Still paintings:Also amusing is the press release for an upcoming show there called "Extreme Abstraction," featuring Linda Besemer, David Reed, David Batchelor, and Katharina Grosse, which also consists of "Extreme Fundraising Events," an "Extreme Dinner," and an "Extreme After Party." There is an extreme space commitment, as well--Chris says large parts of the collection were unviewable while the museum prepared for it.
Afterthought on Clyfford Still: I kind of like those craggy, ultraserious paintings, which I saw at the A-K in '94, and the "stoner concentration" Still paid to his edges, as one painter I know put it. Hey, someone has to defend that holy-terror-even-in-death.
- tom moody 7-08-2005 7:23 pm
and "Extreme Tree Wave" ;o)
- paul (guest) 7-09-2005 1:15 am
Are you playing at the Extreme After Party?
- tom moody 7-09-2005 1:30 am
we're playing both the Extreme Public Opening on the 15th and Extreme After Party on the 16th.
and I'm looking foward to trying some Extreme Authentic Buffalo Wings.
- paul (guest) 7-09-2005 1:46 am
Cool. Extreme congrats.
- tom moody 7-09-2005 4:03 am