(An Appropriate Distance)

 

FROM THE MAYOR'S DOORSTEP

Jun 30, 2019 5:44 PM EDT

Id agree with David that somehow the curators have over played their hands and not provided us with the opportunity to experience what a subtle and sensitive artist Frank Bowling really is.

- Patrick Jones

Sep 04, 2019 2:39 PM EDT

I was sad to learn of John's passing, wonderful artist and dear old friend,in the last few years he suffered from Parkinson's but nonetheless continued painting and even made a wonderful video in the studio , to encourage others with the disease to continue working , and not to give up, he was a very good and thoughtful man with a wonderful sense of humor.He ppresented a steady chain of excellent , high level artworks through the decades. I was happy to find that Yale's Brtish Art Center has some 80 works on paper by him! Right here in Connecticut! The world has lost a fine artist and a lovely man.My sympathy to his wife Jan, who stood by him through these difficult times.

- Lucy Baker

Jun 15, 2019 8:59 PM EDT

Emerge is a wonderful gallery in our little town, bringing a well-presented and organized venue for new and more established artists. Robert Langdon has a great eye for art, and his enthusiasm is contagious. I just hope that more people from farther away come to Saugerties and discover the treasures he presents.

- Loel Barr

Sep 04, 2019 3:16 PM EDT

I met Peter Bradley in 1978 Kenworth W. Moffett (my boyfriend at the time) took me to his studio and shows ,thereafter, and we became good friends, and though I was sorry not to be able to attend this show, I know his work well enough to say he is one of the best and moost underated arists of our times.Peter produced so many amazing artworks in his career ,so far, that have been largely unseen, by the general public, it's just criminal! He's a broad talent and excells in both painting and sculpture.His early and mid 1970's paintings were ground breaking, with the use of foam and textural surfaces,and later he produced several incredible sculpture shows ,one most memorable at Hirondelle Gallery, that may have been the most important exhibitions he's done (and I would count among the top exhibitions of the 20th Century)along with another amazing sculpture exhibiton at (1993) Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY where he exhibited several very lare scale(monumental) pieces.Peter Bradley is a "household" name" in the artworld, but it's time he received the public recognition he well deserves for a long and outstanding career.He's been an inspiration to many younger (and older!) artists,as far away as South Africa where he ran a workshop) and he's overdue for a major retrospective in a major museum.

- Lucy Baker