http://rememberxyz.com Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:18:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our crew in school was always real tight. Still are. We weren't normal that's for sure. I got into a jag with a cat once about whether those experiences were really worth it when it's all said and done. I guess some people had trouble keeping their wig on, so ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/20/dont-crush-that-dwarf/ "When you're painting, you have a central thought that pulls in various kinds of details, and that's the way you make a painting. You go in a direction, and you gather up whatever you need to move that way. It's not necessarily that you have planned to make a picture ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/19/its-not-him-its-me/ I was talking with Giorgio one night. He probably knows as much about art and artists as anyone else I know. He took me to MOMA one time and we were looking at a giant Motherwell. I was having trouble understanding it. He patiently asked me to examine the language ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/17/dinner-for-40/ Leaving the 90's, we left the city. It was 13 years and time for a change. Although I missed the charge you get living in the city, there is wear that is associated with it. It wasn't so much fleeing as a re-associating with an environment I grew up in. ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/14/brookhaven/ As it happened I was spending a lot of time in and around the city of Key West. Whole chunks of time from 1977 onward. Weeks and months of living, fishing, conch biking, hanging out in bars owned by close friends, getting stung by a scorpion, Pernot puffs, and Cristal ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/13/mohawk-further-along/ The Mohawk. When we happened upon it, it was a drug shooting gallery. Our motley crew turned the building into 9 loft condos each was over 2,300 sf on three floors. We designed / built our own spaces. It was a challenge and most of the time exhilarating. On 4th ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/13/the-mohawk-years/ I was lucky enough to be hanging out, living in downtown D.C. during the time when the remnants of the Hanover St. collective were making their early moves in the art world. People like Greg Hannan, Giorgio Furioso, Tom Nakashima, John Winslow, Marise Riddell, and Charlie Sleichter. They revolved ... http://rememberxyz.com/2007/04/13/testing/