Critical COPY or A Critic Critiques a Critic
This is how I roll.
by Kevin Freitas
The COPY exhibit currently on view at the Simayspace Gallery downtown got some copy, today, in the form of a nice article and review of the show, by San Diego Union Tribune's art critic, Robert Pincus. The long hours of planning, ideas and physical work that went into the organization of this exhibition, paid off. I'm grateful.
This show of course, couldn't have been possible without the help, good faith and excellent work provided by the artists who participated. I take this opportunity to thank all those who helped in the planning and execution of this event (and if you think this is sounding like an acceptance speech for an Academy Award, you would be right - I'm elated.)
Thanks to the artists: Richard Gleaves, KAI1, Joey Burns, Tom Torluemke, Herve Crespel and Bret Barrett; gratitude for Doug Simay at Simayspace Gallery and the Art Academy of San Diego for the invitation and letting me be the "first;" Mark over at BodyMarks Tattoo on El Cajon Blvd. for playing a major role in the performance; Patricia Frischer for being a sounding board to last minute ideas; Elliott Linwood for curatorial advice at a crucial moment; and finally, Robert Pincus from the San Diego Union Tribune.
Freitas follows the rabbit down the hole
Curator strives for an 'Alice in Wonderland' feel to exhibit at Simayspace
By Robert L. Pincus
ART CRITIC
March 30, 2008
Kevin Freitas has placed a big desk in the current exhibition he's curated for Simayspace downtown. It even has his nameplate on it, with his title (art critic) in French ... more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artists: Joey Burns, Hervé Crespel, Kevin Freitas, Richard Gleaves, KAI1, Tom Torluemke
Show title: COPY
Show dates: March 7, 2008 –April 25, 2008
Reception: Friday, March 7 6-9pm
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9am – 6pm & Saturday 9am – 1pm
Contact: Kevin Freitas (619.337.4891) or Doug Simay (619.231.3900)
Simayspace @ the Academy
The Art Academy of San Diego
840 G Street
San Diego, CA 92101
COPY features installation work and collages by San Diego artists Richard Gleaves and Joey Burns, drawings by French artist Hervé Crespel and by Indiana/Chicago artist Tom Torluemke, and a mural by Arizona graffitist KAI1. It also includes an opening-night performance by Kevin Freitas, San Diego arts writer and founder of the art blog www.artasauthority.com.
With roots back to the 14th century, the word copy has acquired many meanings and usages. The one most commonly used by artists and laymen alike is: “an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work.” Yet this does not capture the unique ability of the copyist to diverge from the original, unintentionally or otherwise. This ability embodies the beauty and intrigue, the power that the copy holds over the original. It also embodies the beauty of the word itself, which can denote so many things: political, religious, social, artistic, sexual, mass-produced, and even terroristic.
In keeping with this theme the art and performance featured in COPY will be subjected to various acts and forms of copying, blurring the boundaries between copy and original, critic and artist, text and image. Whatever truths result will reside strictly in the eye of the beholder.
www.artacademyofsandiego.com
Comments
Hey Kevin! Great review (mostly) of your curatorial adventure. It sounds like an exciting show. Good luck with AasA and all.
Posted by: Mark Staff Brandl | avril 16, 2008 12:55 PM