John le Carre

I pre-ordered his new one and it came this week by mail.  I have only gotten to page 6 but I have to say so far it is OK..

From page 2:

...his rhetoric had alarmed him.  Would Orwell have believed it possible that the same overfed voices which had haunted him in the 1930's, the same crippling incompetence, addiction to foreign wars and assumptions of entitlement, were happily in place in 2009?

If there is anything le Carre goes after better than the Brits, it is the Americans.  But as I said, I am only on page 6 so far.

Why?

 After the exhibition a person is tempted to ask, "why?"  Why go through the economic, emotional, and physical expense of the thing?

Economic is easier.  Sales were sufficient to pay the nut, so OK.  And a big thanks to kind and friendly souls with the great good taste to purchase one of my masterpieces.

The other questions are harder to answer.

Though I do believe an artist should show, except for the outsiders that can not bring themselves to do it.  Show and tell is an old tradition.

The best received of my works were the nearly thrown away head that Sachi tied the  Art group cloth around and directed me to stick to my street sign and the way my favorite painting turned.

I am not sure it was even important to many visitors that the image was workable in any direction they turned it.  I just think they enjoyed turning, having something to do, being a physical part of things.

If I can get up the strength to continue this 20 year old habit of October exhibitions next year I will certainly try to have another doll or puppet head in the street to terrify passing children and something for the adults to turn, poke, twist or otherwise push around.

Thanks to all.

Last day

the back of the book of hours

It has been 2 weekends and the week between them.  I was lucky to have many friends old and new visit.  Tomorrow will be the end of it.

I made a video late last night before I went home.  youtube of the show

Exhibition on the wall and street

There are surprises and levels to an exhibition that were not planed.  For the people passing by, especially the children, this head I stuck on my sign at the last minute is most popular, in the case of the younger ones, horrifying.  I had to hang the cloth to mark the exhibition as part of the Geikoten art festival, the head, one of a hundred ideas gone bad, was fished out of my garbage by my wife and tied appropriately