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From: Murphy Lawrence <murphylawrence77@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:31 AM
Subject: PERSONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED
Dear Sir/Ma,
I got your email through the Monster.com employment database. In the past,
you either posted your resume online or applied for a job that was
similar to the one that I am hiring for.
I am looking for someone who can handle my personal and business
errands during his or her spare time.
I need your service because I am constantly traveling abroad on
business. I own an Art Gallery that specializes in international art.
Your Responsibilities are below.
1. Receive my mail and correspondences. Drop them off at the post
office or shipping center.
2. Pay my bills on my behalf and sit for delivery at home.
4. When you get my mail or package, you would mail all items to
where I want them shipped. .All expenses and shipping charges will be
covered by me.
The contents of the packages are mostly art materials and paintings.
In addition, there will be clothing I need for business and personal
letters. No heavy packages are ever delivered!
I would love to meet with you to discuss this job in more detail,
but I am currently away on business to Taiwan. If you decide to
accept the position, please read the employment requirements listed
below.
EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
A. You Must be a honest human.
B. Your Work hour ls only for 15 and 20hrs a month
C You must be able to check your email 3 to 4 times daily
WEEKLY PAY IS $705 GOOD ENOUGH FOR A START?
In closing, I have a couple of questions for you.
First, If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus an upfront
payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to?
Second, how would you like for your name appear on the money or check?
Maybe you can provide me with the following details below
NAME:
STREET:
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EMAIL:
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| Diana with Acolytes, 2011, Oil on Canvas, 27x40 |
Joe was born in 1933 in Puerto Rico, raised in D.C. He studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, but he was largely self taught. Looking at masterworks, lots of practice and self-criticism revealed his direction. He loved Degas for his technique, composition and even psychology; but for subjects, salty and mythic it was Picasso graphics, like “The Sculptor’s Studio” and the drawing therein that had deep impact.
Joe worked for the Smithsonian for 26 years as an exhibition designer and curator. He has organized world class exhibitions, and written articles in major art magazines and newspapers, and juried many shows. He teaches currently at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore; he lectures, and has taught at other universities.Visit his website here
His work has been shown in galleries and museums around the world. Joe’s work is in many important collections, private and public – i.e. – The Corcoran, Hirshhorn, and Brooklyn Museums among others.
I took a bunch of photos, but I have to admit I concentrated on the most absurd pieces (or those that reminded me of something else and which I wanted to share with friends).See the post here and the pics here.
MEXICO: EXPECTED/UNEXPECTED— an exhibition that will make its East Coast debut at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center on Saturday, June 9— defies commonly held stereotypes about Mexico and its art, exposing unexpected images and perspectives created and communicated by some of Mexico’s most influential contemporary artists. The goal? To encourage new thoughts about Mexico and its place in the international, contemporary art scene.
The exhibition, the largest one of contemporary Mexican art to show in Washington, D.C., comprises works selected from the Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, one of Mexico’s most comprehensive contemporary art collections. Works by leading contemporary Mexican artists such as Francis Alÿs, Jorge Méndez Blake, Gabriel Orozco, and Pedro Reyes, are presented beside works by artists from other Latin American countries, Europe, and the United States, including Gordon Matta-Clark, Ana Mendieta, Ed Ruscha, and John Baldessari.
MEXICO: EXPECTED/UNEXPECTED at the American University Museum is sponsored by the Mexican Embassy and the Mexican Cultural Institute. As part of the collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute, Mexican artists will visit D.C. for a few months while creating installations for the exhibition.
Through the malice of Eros, Apollo the god was seized with love for the maiden. But she abhorred the thought of loving men. Her delight was in woodland sports and the spoils of the chase. Many lovers sought her, but she spurned them all. Apollo chased her into a ravine and was about to ravish her. She called for help and a great Earth magic reached from under and turned her into a laurel tree, which subsequently became the tree of lovers and of victory.The drawing was done in 2000, and if my memory serves me right, it was sold to a lawyer in Charlottesville, Virginia. Thus I find it curious that it is now somewhere in Britain being offered on Ebay at a great price.
