Andrew Wodzianski's House opens tomorrow
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 8, 2009, the place to be is at Flashpoint in DC, for the opening reception from 6-8pm of Andrew Wodzianski's House.
Let me start with a warning: this exhibit is not for the faint of heart, or the weak of constitution.
If you choose to attend and take your chances, there will be food and drink and ghosts... and perhaps even a few murders. Of your safety, Flashpoint can make no such guarantee. It isn’t a very warm welcome, is it?
Before the party begins, let’s go over the details.
In this exhibit you will see thirteen artworks, nine of which are paintings. All nine depict interior sets and props used in William Castle’s cult camp classic film, 'House on Haunted Hill’, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
The paintings are a triumph of technical and creative visual minimalism. Still images from the film are manipulated and juxtaposed onto tinted canvas, and obfuscated by multiple layers of white glaze and velaturas.
Do you believe in ghosts? Much like the ones haunting the film, the works themselves appear veiled, slightly threatening and unresolved. Don’t worry, you’re safer at the gallery than anywhere else. And the ghosts in this house will be glad that you came.
Are we all strangers to each another? At the opening is not the time for being alone. For the dearly departed did not shuffle off his mortal life with the intent of doing so alone. No! He wanted – wants – you to experience the art all the more with your presence, your action, your... life? What other funerary comes dressed in white? But I realize this is a very unusual party.
The ghosts are already moving, and that’s a bad sign. But you don’t believe in ghosts, do you?
So why don’t you take a tour through Wodzianski’s House tomorrow evening, and let’s see what happens, shall we?
What’s the use of saying Good Night?
Flashpoint
916 G St NW
Washington DC 20001
202.315.1305
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Langley Spurlock at Studio
There's a very cool (and highly affordable) exhibition currently at Studio Gallery.
There you will find 100 Paintings, drawings, photos and prints of birds and only birds. Imagined birds; Abstract birds; Absurd birds; Sexy birds; Cocky birds; Fighting birds; Rare birds; Odd birds; Extinct birds, etc. by Langley Spurlock.
There is also The Winged Bestiary, an Illustrated Abcedarium of Feathered Nonsense from A to Zumborouk, a very impressive collaboration with the poet John Martin Tarrat.
There are receptions on Friday, October 9, 6 - 8 pm and on Friday, October 16, 6 - 8 pm.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Who knows the real story about this painting?
At least six bidders do (definitely not the auction house estimator):
AnInteresting, nu?18th-century unsigned oil painting of the Grand Canal in Venice, estimated at a modest $6,000 to $8,000, sold for $687,125 Sunday afternoon at Sloans & Kenyon auction house in Chevy Chase. It is believed to be the most expensive painting ever sold at a Washington area auction.
Thirteen phone bidders competed against live bidders in the gallery for this work from the "school of" the 18th-century artist Giovanni Antonio Canaletto.
"It is highly probable the painting is by Michele Marieschi," said London art dealer Charles Beddington, who was an adviser to the painting's runner-up, who stopped bidding at $550,000. Marieschi, another 18th-century artist, never signed his work and died young, Beddington said.Read the WaPo story here.
FTC'ing bloggers
The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.Details here.
It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.
Matt Sesow at MFA
I hear that Matt Sesow had a great opening at Mayer Fine Art in Norfolk with loads of sales. Congrats to both!
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