tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post8119154131700460670..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Sometimes You Just Have to Say SomethingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-30559736361771328192007-10-27T15:16:00.000-04:002007-10-27T15:16:00.000-04:00Good job!Good job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-45900339476420537972007-09-23T21:18:00.000-04:002007-09-23T21:18:00.000-04:00Anonymous,I have not contacted the artist. As I me...Anonymous,<BR/>I have not contacted the artist. As I mentioned in one of my other responses, I googled and couldn't find a website--although I did mention it to her dealer, who brushed it off with a nonchalant response. Note that I did not mention this artist's name. But if you show publicly, your work is up for discussion.<BR/><BR/>Why are you anonymous?, by the way?Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-10859902982373285502007-09-19T20:40:00.000-04:002007-09-19T20:40:00.000-04:00Have you contacted the artist? If she is innocent...Have you contacted the artist? If she is innocent, this is a fairly public outing and could be unnecessarily embarrassing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-32769271100891436232007-09-19T19:22:00.000-04:002007-09-19T19:22:00.000-04:00I've been in this boat too. That said, I get a to...I've been in this boat too. That said, I get a totally different feeling from your work and the other work- esp the blue ones. I wouldn't worry too much about it. One of the things I've thought about as regards copy cats is that they copy because they have no ideas of their own and their work will stagnate. At times being copied has made me (who has more ideas than I'll use in this lifetime) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-26168519617298363192007-09-18T15:18:00.000-04:002007-09-18T15:18:00.000-04:00Joanne, while acknowledging some immediate (and p...Joanne, while acknowledging some immediate (and perhaps superficial) similarities- for example, the two blue paintings, one your's and one the Mystery Artist's (I am ignoring Steve's sleuthing for the moment), are both dark blue with rings composed of dots- I'm going to take a contrary view (because I can't help myself): I actually don't see a lot in common at the deepest core of work and Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157568829838336715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-45309116559559067872007-09-18T08:52:00.000-04:002007-09-18T08:52:00.000-04:00Coming up short upon visual impact certainly pushe...Coming up short upon visual impact certainly pushes the issue out of that gray-area, Joanne: it is your gut reaction, which to me is more than intellectualizing or evidential. But giving up the 'Twombley' marks?! I was reading Talk of the Town in The NY'er a few years ago and literally almost choked when I came across a story about Joseph Marioni<BR/>making huge blood red, poured <BR/>paintings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-74976743042365638342007-09-17T22:51:00.000-04:002007-09-17T22:51:00.000-04:00Well, that's a positive spin, Stephen. And I like ...Well, that's a positive spin, Stephen. <BR/><BR/>And I like Vince's comment, too: that it would be interesting to see how an artist's work develops over time. I couldn't find a personal website for this artist, so it's difficult to follow a trail. (Her NY gallery shows only current work.) And, to be honest, I've been too busy (painting, writing, traveling) to take the time to find a trail, let Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-88509526602445390672007-09-17T20:21:00.000-04:002007-09-17T20:21:00.000-04:00Hah! I just finished my sleuthing. Lucky for me,...Hah! I just finished my sleuthing. Lucky for me, you kept the original tags to the images and I ended up at Roy Boyd Gallery looking at Hi-dee's paintings. I just sent you an email with an attached image of the paintings I was showing in Chicago in 1994 (with Paul Klein). I used to love going to the Roy Boyd gallery then. . . how old is this stealer-of-chops? <BR/><BR/>Isn't imitation the Steven LaRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932068647330025855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-66602683626558493292007-09-17T15:48:00.000-04:002007-09-17T15:48:00.000-04:00Another very interesting topic. I see what you are...Another very interesting topic. I see what you are saying. I think one way to tell if an artist is knocking off work is to look at their work leading up to the new work. Recently I updated my statement artist and I talk about and show a few examples of work I made over the years that have similar tendencies. If one were to look over my earlier works closley, there can be no doubt that the Vincent Romaniellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301936760009254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-20819786355566209792007-09-16T11:12:00.000-04:002007-09-16T11:12:00.000-04:00I agree with ben. Quite different, although there ...I agree with ben. Quite different, although there is a slight resemblance. Not really worth mentioning though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-13512994246249700662007-09-15T16:15:00.000-04:002007-09-15T16:15:00.000-04:00Once I made paintings that looked like someone els...Once I made paintings that looked like someone else's--Sylvia Plimack Mangold. I had never seen her work until she was a juror for a grant I applied for. I looked her up to see if she might look sympathetically upon my work, and I was shocked and embarrassed by the similarity. But I was a lowly grad student-- her paintings were so<BR/>much better. Needless to say, I didn't get the funding.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825044768622438532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-90900851418788299052007-09-15T13:29:00.000-04:002007-09-15T13:29:00.000-04:00Interesting. I'm sure it happens more than we exp...Interesting. I'm sure it happens more than we expect, and many times is just coincidence. However, as someone whose work is published in one of (the only?) the primary works on encaustic painting, I think you're right to wonder if it's derived from your work. <BR/><BR/>The painting by the other artist on the left (the lighter one) is really very close to your work, and at a casual glance I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217715121375001807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-4557230012187684822007-09-15T13:10:00.000-04:002007-09-15T13:10:00.000-04:00Well, we've both shown in the same gallery, so the...Well, we've both shown in the same gallery, so the plot thickens.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-32230995607730997102007-09-15T12:46:00.000-04:002007-09-15T12:46:00.000-04:00That has happened often to me too. Sometimes I eve...That has happened often to me too. Sometimes I even know the person and just have to scratch my head and wonder why. Once, someone I didn't know got into an exhibit that I also had entered. She got in, I did not. She used the exact same arch shapes, colors and feel that I use in my Catacombs series. I entered with a different series. Did the jurors think her piece was mine? I'll never know.<BR/><Joanie Gagnon San Chiricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08992948840276768588noreply@blogger.com