Ok, so these two do not necessarily have much in common. But yesterday was the first day of spring and tonight is the full moon. Bellisima! I went out dancing with many friends and had a blast! And after passing my camera around, I now have hundreds of images to prove it.
Allora, trying to catch up on e-mail is often a problem for me, but I came across notice of this blog about art collecting. It is pretty cool and I wish more people were sharing their passions in this way. Enjoy (and click on the title for the full interview):
03/20/2008: "THE FINE ART OF ART COLLECTING: AN INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD GOLDMAN" by Laurie Lamson
Some Exerpts:
Edward Goldman: “Yes, to wrap yourself in a blanket and just to watch TV. We cannot do anything without challenging ourselves. And when I say challenging, for [a] good collector, it’s to acquire, to buy only what [the] person loves. But it doesn’t mean [the] person should see only what [the] person likes and prefers to see. You have to see everything.
It’s like, you want to marry, you probably want to know, on a personal level, as friends and acquaintances, hundreds of people before you make a choice. You meet good people, you meet not very good people, you meet wonderful people, you meet nasty people. So you learn something about people. You learn about whom you want to spend the rest of your life with.
The same about art. You have to understand not only what you like, [but] what’s there around for you. You might be surprised. I believe that if someone likes to drink tea and coffee, and never drank vodka – we are talking about good Russian vodka from the freezer – you might be shocked. It’s [an] acquired taste. The same probably for the whiskey. The same for the very spicy food. You’re acquiring [a] taste. So you want to look at a lot of art under different circumstances and slowly decide, what kind of new friends you want to make among the art and artists.”
“For me, and I think for all of us, art shouldn’t be a luxury. Art is expression of our human collective experience, of our collective soul.”
“I think about art collecting, if you do it smartly, not to invest money, I’m not interested about that, and I’m not able even to advise people on that. I’m interested in investing yourself, your soul in collecting art, the way you invest yourself in building friendship, which lasts, you hope, for the lifetime.”
Resources:
http://blog.absolutearts.com/blogs/archives/00000419.html
Edward Goldman’s ART TALK audio and text archives available on KCRW.com: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/at
Laurie Lamson is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She produces and directs mini-documentaries for neighborhoods, causes and organizations, and is currently raising funds to make a documentary about the Fine Art of Art Collecting classes. You can send a comment to laurie@jazzymae.com.
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1 comment:
my two cents, lol...collecting is something we do to make us feel happy or to experence the joy of life. if you buy something for the money value it holds isn't collecting its to amass a holding such as real estate, art or anything you expect to sell for more than what you paid for it. this i know something about. all to often we feel we have to buy buy buy to sell sell sell. there is nothing wrong in making money but to behold a thing we think is beautiful is everlasting far after the money is gone. gee i think im starting to sound like the old man that i am, lol. luv you girl happy easter...Rodney
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