I started reading your mass age and got the idea that it was directed at
me... silly me an email pops up on my screen addressed to me and I jump to
conclusions...
Even stranger is you not taking up the conversation after doing a mass mail
of a personal note. How would you prefer me to react... angered at this
invasion...
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Coffin <tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
To: artists@art.net <artists@art.net>
Date: Monday, March 23, 1998 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Roland H paintings
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>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:
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> > >
> > >
> > >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:
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> > > > 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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