This Friday, we'll be talking about collecting art. The highlight of this session will be a film called Herb and Dorothy, about a married couple of art collectors under some unusual circumstances! Herb was a postal worker and Dorothy a librarian, but even with their modest salaries accumulated a large and important collection of modern and contemporary art. You can go the Herb and Dorothy website where you can learn a little more about them and the film projects that helped bring them to the public eye. At the bottom of the front page, you can click on the YouTube icon to learn more about the next movie the filmmaker is creating about the Vogels (check it out!), as well as view clips from the first movie that we will be watching. Sadly, Herbie died in the past year – you can also read his obituary by the New York Times for more information.
Coming into the next class, please start considering the following questions relating to collecting art. (You can also write about this in your blog!)
• What is a collection?
• What should you collect?
• Where can you get art? How do you collect it?
• What is a collector's responsibility to the art and even the artist?
Hopefully you've already been thinking about the semester-long project — creating your own virtual art collection. The good news is, money is no object!
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I'll look forward to seeing you on Friday and sharing Herb and Dorothy with you!
Herb and Dorothy, I believe were a cute but very interesting couple. From the in class video, I came to understand them to be very passionate, stubborn and sacrificial. I personally would collect art, which means to me: groups of things that I find fun, creative, and priceless. I would consider myself to be a beginner to the art industry, however my selection of art that I would choose to keep around would be personalized but most likely consist of me and my family’s liabilities, preferences, and assets. Interestingly, Vogel’s finical dependance was not so important. Much of their income was spent on art all over the globe. On the couples limited budget they collected several pieces of art. I remember Herby as being the one with the unique eye. He would visualize and interoperate such extraordinary conclusions about how the piece should look, why it looks right or what could change. Herb seemed to be very confident about the way he wanted the art in front of him to look. The entire class seemed to scrutinize the little piece of rope in the Vogel’s household. i as we all jumped on the bandwagon, about how the rope could be considered art. For me, I didn’t quite understand but I did take it to be somewhat of learning lessens to the fact that there are different strokes for different folks. In general, what might work for me might not work for you. In addition, the rope reinforced a "principle", reminding me to keep an open mind in art and life because if I where to approach the rope as not art no way then, maybe, Would be able to gain perspective of the bigger picture. To me I can’t generate a new idea with complete defiance. I like how art has the ability to expand my thing in ways i never imagined. Art can be found in a verity of colleges, art galleries, and conventions. Art to my knowledge is be purchased, given, or be bargained with depending on the buyers persuasion or income. Lastly, I don’t recall the rule of thumb on what the responsibility of the collector or the artist is.....
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