Sidney Gordin does one thing that I cannot accept. It's the masking tape paintings done around 1980. Masking tape is for house painters. Even as a joke or used to imply our technological era, it always irritates me.
In 1982 I completed a sculpture course taught by Gordin at UC Berkeley. He was a wonderful teacher who gave us the tools and ideas to work. I remember we had one project to buy balsa wood and make a sculpture connecting the wood with straight pins.
Another was a clay relief, mine turned out very much like one of the pieces in this show, http://www.sullivangoss.com/paintings/De... At that time, I did not speak much, so, I did not connect with most professors. However, I did connect with Gordin, I remember when it came time to paint my relief, he invited me to his office to choose the right color of paint. It turns out, I chose white, just like the the piece in the show. His office had 4 or 5 book cases, to the ceiling full of art books.
After I completed the class, I was interested to see more of his work. Since then, this show is the largest I have seen. It is well done and I can see how his worked changed through time.
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Posted on April 6 at 5:12 p.m.
Sidney Gordin does one thing that I cannot accept. It's the masking tape paintings done around 1980. Masking tape is for house painters. Even as a joke or used to imply our technological era, it always irritates me.
In 1982 I completed a sculpture course taught by Gordin at UC Berkeley. He was a wonderful teacher who gave us the tools and ideas to work. I remember we had one project to buy balsa wood and make a sculpture connecting the wood with straight pins.
Another was a clay relief, mine turned out very much like one of the pieces in this show, http://www.sullivangoss.com/paintings/De...
At that time, I did not speak much, so, I did not connect with most professors. However, I did connect with Gordin, I remember when it came time to paint my relief, he invited me to his office to choose the right color of paint. It turns out, I chose white, just like the the piece in the show. His office had 4 or 5 book cases, to the ceiling full of art books.
After I completed the class, I was interested to see more of his work. Since then, this show is the largest I have seen. It is well done and I can see how his worked changed through time.
I like this painting http://www.sullivangoss.com/paintings/De... because he mixes the sharp tape-ish line with a free brush.
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