Most of my paintings right now are 20\u201d x 16\u201d and believe it or not are the same size as Warhol\u2019s soup cans. I stumbled over this ridiculous factoid while reading \u201cMade in the USA\u201d by Sidra Stich this weekend. \u201cMade in the USA\u201d is the catalog of the show by the same name that I saw at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1987. <\/p>\n
It was the first time that I saw a few artists in enough depth to start to really understand what they were doing, I really got interested in Ray Johnson after this show (by the way see the movie \u201cHow to Draw a Bunny\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s even on Netfilx) and while Johnson is a riddle it was still great to be able to start seeing what he did.<\/p>\n
I remember the show as being great \u2013 and it was. As I looked at the catalog, almost twenty years later, its interesting to see that \u201cAmerica\u201d as we know it from popular images is no longer \u201cAmerica\u201d. I had written a nice little line that tied this all up in a bow but have decided not to. It was a little too \u201cPollyanna\u201d even for me. <\/p>\n
Especially for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Most of my paintings right now are 20\u201d x 16\u201d and believe it or not are the same size as Warhol\u2019s soup cans. I stumbled over this ridiculous factoid while reading \u201cMade in the USA\u201d by Sidra Stich this weekend. \u201cMade in the USA\u201d is the catalog of the show by the same name that I saw at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1987. It was the first time that I saw a few artists in enough depth to start to really understand what they were doing, I really got interested in Ray Johnson after this show (by…<\/p>\n