Comments on: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: West Side Openings 7/10 http://thewhole9.com/blogs/liberalart/2010/07/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-west-side-openings-710/ A creative blog by Arthur Kegerreis on The Whole 9 Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:40:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dangerousideas http://thewhole9.com/blogs/liberalart/2010/07/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-west-side-openings-710/comment-page-1/#comment-37 dangerousideas Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:45:54 +0000 http://thewhole9.com/blogs/liberalart/?p=164#comment-37 Yet, against all my prejudices and prejudgements, I'm forced to acknowledge that there has been some excellent work done by celebrities better known in other areas. Viggo Mortensen is an outstanding painter, David Lynch is also a hell of an artist, David Byrne's done some very interesting work, Richard Gere's photos of Tibet are amazingly good, Jeff Bridges has done some fascinating panoramic B&W photos on various film sets he's worked... I even like some of Dennis Hopper's art, particularly photo portraits he took of other actors such as Paul Newman and Dan Stockwell. Yet, against all my prejudices and prejudgements, I’m forced to acknowledge that there has been some excellent work done by celebrities better known in other areas. Viggo Mortensen is an outstanding painter, David Lynch is also a hell of an artist, David Byrne’s done some very interesting work, Richard Gere’s photos of Tibet are amazingly good, Jeff Bridges has done some fascinating panoramic B&W photos on various film sets he’s worked… I even like some of Dennis Hopper’s art, particularly photo portraits he took of other actors such as Paul Newman and Dan Stockwell.

]]> By: awaken2sun http://thewhole9.com/blogs/liberalart/2010/07/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-west-side-openings-710/comment-page-1/#comment-36 awaken2sun Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:16:05 +0000 http://thewhole9.com/blogs/liberalart/?p=164#comment-36 Funnily enough I saw Dennis Hopper's work last night and couldn't figure out what looked dingier -- his work or Berman's gallery. I've heard (from people I trust) that he actually took a few really good photos in his time. The fact that I can't remember whether I saw any of his photos or not might be a testament to the zeal of my 2-1/2 year old daughter as we ripped through Bergamont Station, but more likely it's just that there wasn't anything that really caught my attention. Note however, that I do remember a magnificent photo by Sebastiao Salgado in the Peter Fetterman Gallery, a series of amazing sculptures in another gallery, and a somewhat puzzling photo series in a third that examined the lives of Mexico's nouveau riche. Funnily enough I saw Dennis Hopper’s work last night and couldn’t figure out what looked dingier — his work or Berman’s gallery. I’ve heard (from people I trust) that he actually took a few really good photos in his time. The fact that I can’t remember whether I saw any of his photos or not might be a testament to the zeal of my 2-1/2 year old daughter as we ripped through Bergamont Station, but more likely it’s just that there wasn’t anything that really caught my attention.

Note however, that I do remember a magnificent photo by Sebastiao Salgado in the Peter Fetterman Gallery, a series of amazing sculptures in another gallery, and a somewhat puzzling photo series in a third that examined the lives of Mexico’s nouveau riche.

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