Castle: 'Interior Castle' by Saint Teresa
Letters cut from 'Mysterium Coniunctionis'
by Carl Jung. 14" x 10.5", 2010
Letters cut from 'Mysterium Coniunctionis'
by Carl Jung. 14" x 10.5", 2010
How 'bout that royal wedding, huh? Have you recovered from the riveting event? I'll bet there wasn't a wet eye in the house. Me, I was royally apathetic about the whole thing, but NPR insisted on covering it, blow by bloody blow, so I had no choice but to listen in. (God forbid I should turn off NPR). Well, I wish them all the best, and may their holy matrimony be cosmically and preternaturally blessed from here to kingdom come.
Back here on Planet Madge, I got my own stuff goin' on. For those of you who won't be spending the weekend with the royal couple, I'm in a show tomorrow (Saturday, April 30) at ACA Gallery in Chelsea. It's at 529 West 20th St., 5th floor, and the opening is from 2-5:00. I sent invitations to all my friends, and then followed it with an email insisting that they don't come. They've all seen my work, it's going to be a beautiful Saturday afternoon, and I don't want anyone to trouble themselves. So far it looks like I've been persuasive - no friends coming. Crap. Maybe I'll bring a book.
Anyway, if you're in the area, please please PLEEEEEASE stop by! It's my first time showing in Chelsea and I'm a wee bit nervous. O, I forgot to mention what the show is. It's called "Fragments: Modern and Contemporary Collage", and there are some pretty awesome artists in the show: Joseph Cornell, Judy Chicago, Romare Bearden, Jim Dine, Tony Fitzpatrick, Red Grooms, Grace Hartigan, Louise Nevelson, Andy Warhol, Max Weber....yeah, so now you see why I'm a little nervous. I'm honored to have been asked to show with such amazing artists. I'll be showing the piece above, which I just found out has sold (yay!) as well as two other pieces.
Actually, I'm a little sad that it sold. I really love this piece. It took me an ungodly number of hours to do it, and I cried the whole time because I'd just gotten royally dumped by a guy. There's a fair amount of tears and snot mixed in with the glue. Maybe I won't tell the collector that, and maybe it's just as well that I send it on its merry way. Onward. But it's difficult to part with a chunk of my heart...anyone who's an artist knows exactly what I'm talking about. Selling art is like selling your children: you gotta get a decent price. But I'm thrilled that someone would fork over the cash to have it on their wall, so it's fine. It's fine. I'll be fine.
Blessings to one and all, and an effervescent toast to the happy couple. May your hearts be open and your castles full.
I saw your work on an rss feed called artistaday.com. I appreciate the spirit of your work, and can only imagine the rigorous hours you must put in to get from point A to point B. I wish that I was close enough to catch one of your openings. It sounds as though you've already met with good luck this showing... but keep the blog posts coming. Mb
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mb. I wish you could come too. Are you sure you can't just fly in for the day? :D
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