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Willoughby Sharp’s mother (Muriel Manners Sharp). 1 Reply

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From the WS group @ Facebook:

Michael McCall (Los Angeles, CA), February 19th, 2009: "I love Willougby. First met him at an Art Conference in Columbus, Ohio in '73. He was on a panel with Harold Rosenberg, he came into the massive auditorium late, dressed in an Ohio State Buckeye jersey, threw a football from the back of the auditorium all the way across to the stage, then came running up to the panel and kissed Harold right on the lips! Great guy..."

Danny Dries, January 16th, 2009: "Back in the day, when I was teaching at Washington U. Art School we brought Willoughby to campus to do a performance. He was hip and was publishing Avalanche, the best art rag at the time. His performance ended in blood and no one knew whether this was planned or not..."

Susan Britton (Toronto, ON), December 7th, 2008: "I have great memories of the Willoughby Sharp Show! and the whole Manhattan Cable era. It was a lot of fun racing around town with a crew and cranking out those shows with Cookie, Rockets, Steven, Tim, Vernon and of course Boris. Who knows why it didn't get picked up by HBO or Bravo? Two seasons!"

Judith Doyle (Toronto, ON), November 24th, 2008: "Hi All - I had the opportunity to read your messages to Willoughby and he loved the experience. I think he and Pamela plan on responding one or two at a time as Willoughby's energy allows. The main thing is, he was so happy to hear your stories, memories and thoughts, he even delayed his morphine dose for a couple hours to be as fully awake and appreciative as possible..."
 

Exhibition: Ends of the Earth, Art of the Land to 1974 - Opens April 8, 2012

 


 

 

 


“Ends of the Earth: Art of the Land to 1974” [opening April 2012 at LAMOCA] will feature more than 100 sculptural and media-based works by more than 80 international artists in the muse­um’s vast Geffen Center. Kaiser and co-curator, Miwon Kwon, an art historian at the University of California in Los Angeles, want to revise the popular image that land art is primarily a US movement, dominated by monumental sculpture in the desert. Another aim is to acknowledge the role of gallerists, collectors, curators and critics. They have frequently been misrepresented in art history and museums, “as backdrop with artists as makers”, says Kwon.

Kaiser and Kwon will focus on three historical exhibitions including “Earth Art” from 1969, considered to be the first Land Art show that involved both US and international artists. Organised by curator Wil­loughby Sharp at the Cornell University Art Museum, this show also encountered difficulties. Heizer and De Maria accepted Sharp’s invitation to create site-specific works for the show, exhibited briefly, but then withdrew for reasons that remain unclear. Reflecting on the exhibition 40 years later, Sharp said:

“I tried to do what the artists wanted done.”

In 1969 the art dealer Virginia Dwan funded the purchase of the 60-acre site for Double Negative and in turn the artist transferred the property deeds to Dwan. In 1971 Heizer prevented the Dwan Gallery from selling the work. Dwan then donated Double Negative to MoCA in 1984, with Heizer’s blessing, to coincide with “In Context: Michael Heizer, Geometric Extraction”. For this solo exhibition, MoCA was able to include a photographic pan­o­rama of Heizer’s work.

After showing at MoCA, “Ends of the Earth: Art of the Land to 1974” is due to travel to Haus der Kunst in Munich in autumn 2012.

The Franklin Street Arts Center was included in EXIT ART'S Fall 2010 exhibition ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES

EXIT ART - ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES

Fall 2010 - Alternative Histories is a historical exhibition about the rise of the alternative art spaces in New York City from 1970-1990. Through audio interviews, documentation, ephemeral material and narrative descriptions, the exhibition and catalog will tell the story of spaces like White Columns, Artists Space, Fashion Moda, Threadwaxing Space, ABC No Rio, Franklin Furnace, The Franklin Street Arts Center, and dozens more.

A Google search for The Franklin Street Arts Center at 112 Franklin Street NYC, founded in 1975, yields no results as of July 19, 2010. A comprehensive chronology of The Franklin Street Arts Center (FSAC) and the LIP/FSAC (Live Injection Point at the Franklin Street Arts Center) is being prepared along with a video oral history of the LIP/FSAC. EXIT ART will exhibit archival material associated with the founding of the FSAC and the activities of the LIP/FSAC. Stay tuned for details...

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From Pamela, 17 December 2008:

"Willoughby died this morning at 4:45 a.m New York time. I was at home when I received the call. My last contact with him was last evening when I read several new posts on Sharpville and read the names of each of the 81 members out loud. Then I stroked his head and talked to him about how he would always be with all of us and that we would always be with him... how much I love him and that the best years of my life were those I spent with him."

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WILLOUGHBY SHARP GALLERY; ARTDROME Org.

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WILLOUGHBY SHARP GALLERY; The Bronze Show, Press Release.

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WILLOUGHBY SHARP GALLERY; Exhibition List (1988-1991).

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Homage to Willoughby Sharp small

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Pamela left a comment for Yoori Kim
Welcome Yoori! Since you're interested in Dennis Oppenheim, have a look at Bil Thompson's film, "The Earth Art Interviews" on the Sharpville Videos page and leave a comment.
Aug 18, 2011
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Yoori Kim is now a member of Sharpville Aug 18, 2011
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Pam - send me your address so K can send you the yellow scarf in honour of WS - finally finished - looking forward to major catchup XXOO
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Pamela commented on John Drury's photo
Hi John, Thank you for posting the Brochure for DOUBLE VISION at The Willoughby Sharp Gallery - 20 years ago this year!
Jun 10, 2011
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DOUBLE VISION brochure (front and back) Willoughby Sharp Gallery, 1991.

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