I knew Robert Frank from his books " became a hero to me " that was over 25 years ago , after seeing his photographs made me want to pick up a leica M and turn down doing my BA in photography . Was to meet him on the street year's ago , He's liked my photographs and put me and them in one of his film . we became friends even made a super 8 film with him on super 8 40th brithday
It " s the spirit his art is made in that stands up & the craftmanship in his vintage prints & Film works . five minutes with Mr Frank is better than any art school because you learn the hard way & a task master from the school of hard knocks . There say it;s a dangerous thing to meet a hero of kind 's In my case it was a friendship , with hard knocks from that Art world the kind that want's to poke out your eyes . Christopher , On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:36 AM, Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com> wrote: > This discussion made me think about the place of art in our current > cultural climate , how, in the last fifteen years or so, there seems there > is no more space for art as art . Art has become something of a curiosity > item or , at best, a conversation piece whose only value is monetary. Just > pay attention about the way most people who walk into gallery pay attention > to the work being exhibited- they seem to to be more interested in the > produce they browse through at the supermarket. It was something that did > not happen overnight, it was breeding for a long time but now it is all > around us and there is not much to be done about it. The few people who > know about artists like Frank do so through the media coverage of their > work and must often such coverage emphasizes how important their work is > because of the money their work commands in the market place. This 2015 > piece on Frank in the NY Times is very typical of that - > > https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/magazine/robert-franks- > america.html?_r=0 > > If you read the entire piece you will see that in the end everything is > about the money, isnt it? > Oh well. > > 2017-05-27 15:16 GMT-04:00 christopher nigel <christophernige...@gmail.com > >: > >> Ok thank you , >> >> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks! I thought of those children's books.... :) >>> >>> 2017-05-27 11:52 GMT-04:00 Adam Hyman <a...@lafilmforum.org>: >>> >>>> A short-term space/installation. >>>> Say, an empty storefront gets found/used by an organization for a month >>>> only. It’s a “pop-up" >>>> >>>> From: Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: "Experimental Film Discussion List < >>>> frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com>" <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >>>> Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 10:58:58 -0400 >>>> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com>" >>>> <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Cinema v Gallery: Robert Frank in Chicago >>>> >>>> i just realized that i have no idea what ''a pop up presentation'' >>>> is..... oh well. >>>> >>>> 2017-05-27 6:52 GMT-04:00 Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> https://steidl.de/News/Robert-Frank-Books-and-Films-1947-201 >>>>> 7-Exhibition-0226285052.html >>>>> >>>>> Art Institute of Chicago, Bucksbaum Gallery 188 >>>>> 111 South Michigan Ave., Chicago >>>>> may 11-26 >>>>> >>>>> ''This exhibition dedicated to Frank opens with a special pop-up >>>>> presentation, conceived by the photographer and his longtime publisher >>>>> Gerhard Steidl. The two-week-only display includes 29 photographs by >>>>> Frank, >>>>> drawn from the museum’s latest acquisition of the artist’s work, his 2014 >>>>> book *Partida*. A compact retrospective surrounds it, featuring >>>>> reproductions on newsprint banners tacked to the wall, films shown on >>>>> portable video “beamers” and projected on newsprint, and books hung in >>>>> midair across the gallery. On May 26, the pop-up elements will be replaced >>>>> by Robert Frank originals.'' >>>>> >>>>> 2017-05-27 5:54 GMT-04:00 christopher nigel < >>>>> christophernige...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi which gallery was this ? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Chuck Kleinhans < >>>>>> chuck...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > On May 26, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Bernard Roddy < >>>>>>> tactilecor...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Yesterday I passed through a small gallery filled with Robert >>>>>>> Frank pictures. Lined up along a 12 or 15 ft wall were projections >>>>>>> about >>>>>>> 11 x 17 in. of 6 or 7 films. This is gallery exhibition: I saw all >>>>>>> Franks >>>>>>> films in under a minute. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don’t quite understand from this description. Were the >>>>>>> “projections” still images or moving images? Were they actually >>>>>>> projected >>>>>>> (as with slides and films or video projection) or were they screened on >>>>>>> flat screen monitors? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I assume the gallery was selling the photographs. Was it also >>>>>>> selling films? 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