Re: Roland H paintings

Tom Coffin (tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:06:52 -0600 (CST)

interesting reply to my earliers post, I'm curious
as to why Barry would think I was refering to him
as the author. artist@art.net must be comprised of
artists other than art.netters...

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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Barry Smylie wrote:

> >
> >
> >I mostly surfed into the abstracts. Really liked "Bang"!
> >Were you into painting subway cars? I was just looking
> >at a book about that and the style reminded me...
> >"Rain" is very intense
>
> I have painted and carved live stone but not subway cars... they are beyond
> my scope... outside my environment, I mean... I'll paint anything and yes
> graffitti is cool... real art.
> >
> >aside...
> >I hope you are not insulted by the notion of graffitti art
> >if so, please accept my apologies - I personally
> >regard street art as a "now" art form. NY made a huge mistake
> >erasing it's culture - like they continue to do
> >with street artists in front of the Met, confiscating
> >art daily.
>
> I can understand the problem... most of the stuff I saw in NY was crap just
> signature marks... it must be impossible to make decisions about what is and
> is not worthy of keeping. Street artists know that their stuff is not going
> to last very long. If it isn't the iconoclasts it would be nature and the
> weather.
>
> I think you have me confused with someone else... don't recognize the titles
> Bang and Rain as mine... at least not of the pieces I posted at ArtNet...
> >
> >___________________________________
> >On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, RlndHstn wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > > I've just finished getting most of my studio together. If you have a
> chance,
> > > let me know what you think.
> > > Roland
> > >
> >
> >
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