tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post117141457158955802..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Save the Butterflies!Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1172850322321485932007-03-02T10:45:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:45:00.000-05:00Steve, I'll give him a pass on the Precious connec...Steve, I'll give him a pass on the Precious connection. She used butterflies, but the works are different enough. The mandala image is also a hot item now, Ryan McGuinness's latest at the Armory Show reminded me of Hirst. I don't want to let Hirst off the hook either, he borrows heavily and has a staff of workers producing his ideas. That's acceptable practice although I prefer hand made by the Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1172104632011085682007-02-21T19:37:00.000-05:002007-02-21T19:37:00.000-05:00Following up on the Tomaselli comments above: Befo...Following up on the Tomaselli comments above: Before it's even opened, there's already a growing controversy in L.A. regarding Hirst's pending exhibition at Gagosian Gallery and the similarities between Hirst's work (supertouchblog.com/?p=2431) and that of L.A.-based artist Lori Precious (www.loriprecious.com/images/sculpture.html), whose almost identical pieces have been in museums and galleriesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1171595782486254052007-02-15T22:16:00.000-05:002007-02-15T22:16:00.000-05:00They're on canvas so I wonder how light plays off ...They're on canvas so I wonder how light plays off them. The varnish will shine but no translucence. We'll see.Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1171582431794272102007-02-15T18:33:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:33:00.000-05:00I'd love to see these in person and in natural lig...I'd love to see these in person and in natural light, they seem more like Nabokovian mandalas than rose windows and you can't see iridescence and color shifts properly in a jpg<BR/><BR/>it's disturbing of course, as Hirst's things arerbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542929276957788028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1171489946723314202007-02-14T16:52:00.000-05:002007-02-14T16:52:00.000-05:00It dose look like grout, a nice picnic table. Lets...It dose look like grout, a nice picnic table. Lets go to L.A.Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1171468759579527982007-02-14T10:59:00.000-05:002007-02-14T10:59:00.000-05:00Dare I say it reminds me of mosaic trivets from th...Dare I say it reminds me of mosaic trivets from the 1950s, although I do suspect that in person the materials and scale would not allow that comparison. It's just how the web image looks!libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263762698879546478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1171464501855876392007-02-14T09:48:00.000-05:002007-02-14T09:48:00.000-05:00I have rag paper with butterflies embedded. I also...I have rag paper with butterflies embedded. I also thought of Tomaselli. The big difference is that Hirst's will sell out at $400,000.00 per.Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1171460031801323482007-02-14T08:33:00.000-05:002007-02-14T08:33:00.000-05:00This is just like Fred Tomaselli don't you think, ...This is just like Fred Tomaselli don't you think, who hasn't done butterflies to my knowledge but has got pills and feathers and leaves and all kinds of natural materials embedded in his resin and paint. Hirst's piece also reminds me of Romanian folk painting on dinner plates which also have a kind of starburst patterning. I'll bet you can buy butterflies through science lab supply places. I robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852244878830710258noreply@blogger.com