Re: Roland H paintings

Tom Coffin (tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:05:28 -0600 (CST)

not angered...
I didn't really think about the consequences
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I was just wondering what may have happened....?

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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Barry Smylie wrote:

> Tom are you replying to all? I think maybe Roland send a mass mailing to
> all at artnet and you replied to sender and it got sent to the list... think
> that's a possibility.
>
> 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
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >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...
> >
> >_______________________________________
> >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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > coffin@art.net
> > > >
> > > > ---===<<<<<<<((((((([[[[[[[*]]]]]]])))))))>>>>>>>===---
> > > >
> > > > art.net/~coffin
> > > >