“When we say ‘take up our arms,’ we are talking about our vote.”
She'll also tell you she has a good deal on a bridge in Lower Manhattan.
Artists Choose Artists
Artist Annell Livingston writes about my work for the new blog, Vasari 21, founded by Ann Landi. Click pic for info and a link
Recent Solo: "Silk Road"
"Joanne Mattera: The Silk Road Series" was at Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Larchmont, New York, May-July. Some paintings are available for viewing at the gallery. Click pic for gallery info
Recent: August Geometry
More than just a summer show. Au-gust: adjective, respected and impressive. At the Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta. Click pic for info
Recent
I'm having a great year of exhibitions and catalogs. This volume, published by Space Gallery, Denver, on the occasion of the exhibition, "Pattern: Geometric|Organic," is viewable online and available for sale as a hard-copy volume. Click pic for exhibition info and a link to the catalog. That's my "Chromatic Geometry 29" on the cover
James Panero Reviews Doppler Shift
Writing in The New Criterion, Panero calls Doppler Shift "a smart group show, " noting the work of "artists who interest me most these days." There's a nice shout out to Mary Birmingham, the curator; to Mel Prest, who originated the concept; and to me, among others. Click pic for the review
"Textility," curated by Mary Birmingham and myself for the Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit (where Birmingham is the chief curator), looked at contemporary painting, sculpture and work on paper in which textile elements were referenced or employed. The exhibition is over, but you can see this exhibition on line. Click on the links below to read and see more.
Review of Textility
Click pic to access review. Then click on page images to enlarge them for legibility
Thank You, Ivan
Ivan Karp, legendary art dealer, 1926-2012. Photo by Melanie Eve Barocas. Click pick for my tribute to Ivan, where your comments are welcome
New Digital Prints
Above, "Silk Trail 386." Below: "Silk Trail 339." Both 2012, unique digital prints on 11 x 8.5 inch archival Epson paper. Click either image to see more and find out where they are available
Miami Nice from Artcritical
December 2, 2011: “ . . . stand-out exhibits at Aqua included . . . the funky abstractionist stable of Conrad Wilde Gallery of Tucson, Arizona, amongst them the sensual encaustic monochromes of Joanne Mattera and the biomorphic reliefs of Ruth Hiller."--David Cohen, artcritical.com. Click pic for entire review. Above: John Dempcy, Hiller, Mattera
Miles Conrad, director of Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, and me at the Aqua Art Fair. Photo: artcritical.com
Haller holding a photograph of himself with Morandi in the early Sixties. Click pic for story
19 comments:
Perfect
thanks! you hit the nail on the head (or horns)
She's going to use this as her campaign poster.
She isn't a nice person.
I'm with Charles Blow, who refuses to even say her name to contribute to her media hype.
I agree. I don't use her name either, but the statement was so egregious--and such an example of the repugnicans trying to blame others for their bad behavior, their DEADLY behavior, that it has to be noted.
Bravo, Joanne. Brava!
Like! :)
Greetings,
I cannot agree more with your sentiments. The problem Sara Palin has is that she is a rifle and gun totting individual who just loves to shot her weapons and kill the innocent creatures in her crosshairs.
Now having said this, it is important that we look past this and send a message of unity and less hateful rhetoric, beginning with politics; then stop reality shows like Jersy Shores.
PS: If she is running for 2012 higher office, I will be packing, because if she wins, I will leave America.
SHE who shall not be named.
She won't win. Even the repugnicans aren't that stupid. But it's shameful and disgraceful that with so many intelligent and able female politicians--women really deserving of our vote and we of their service--this pinhead is the one who's getting attention.
SP now talking about blood libel--we already know she has no shame, but she always manages to dig herself deeper into the muck.
Joanne- I adore that you have the "balls" to be this straight forward, but I believe it can be harmful for us (democrats...woot woot!) to be so extreme without repercussion, please let us remember our roots, and that our arguments are valuable through reason and thought, as opposed to our counterparts...don't let our riot toward this one specific act give others (the "repugs") a reason to think we are unthoughtful, or irrational. Let's use our wits to create a smart argument. Let us rise above through reason, and through compassion. Once again, our president says it well:
"At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized--at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who happen to think differently than we do--it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds,"
Let us pause.
The republicans are far from stupid Joanne. Considering that their mission is to take tax revenues from the poor and middle class and redistribute them to very wealthy, the political success they've enjoyed to date is nothing short of phenomenal.
As for Ms. Palin, it's not the presidency she's seeking (in my humble opinion), but the threat of her candidacy which brings her the fame and fortune which she desires.
William,
You are right that those repugnican lawmakers with an agenda are wily. However I can't ascribe that same kind of intelligence to a group (Tea partiers, mostly) that would support a pinhead such as the horned woman in the picture.
Bea,
The President has been moderate in every way, and the repugnicans have disrespected him in every way. (Take the the "birther" movement, for instance.) They have ramped up their anti-immigration, anti-healthcare, anti-gay voices. The horned one has made hugely inflammatory statements--putting politicians and whole regions of the country in her crosshairs--and we see what that kind of inflammation can do.
If I learned one thing from the Women's Movement--and, indeed, I learned many things that allow me to live my life as a strong, independent person--it's that when someone has their foot on your neck, you don't say, "Would you please be so kind as to remove your foot from my neck," you grab the foot and do what you need to do to get free.
The horned person doesn't have that much personal power (when she doesnlt have a gun in her hands), but her words are incendiary. She is egging on the masses of psychopaths, political crazies, and that great mass of bad spellers known as the tea party, to act in ways that are truly dangerous. Moderation is not a concept understood by crazy people at the edge. We have to speak out, strongly. To paraphrase: Don't retreat. Re-word.
I thought the Devil was silver tongued? This woman garbles the language, scrambles thought and has the tone of cheap lead.
and... those aren't targets, they're map symbols... yeah, right... not on my map.
Palin/Bachmann 2012: Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you feel like two! Actually I sorta wish Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty would run and get 'em both out of public office.
For her to paint herself as a victim of "blood libel" when the only blood shed was from the truely innocent victims of the shooter and those murdered was truly shameful, paranoid and the wrong thing to do.
It 's also important to note that her language , like Bush's, is couched with biblical and religious terms used to promote an agenda that sets one American off against another. Be aware. Beware.
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