Opening Night

August 11th, 2008

Some of the people in our photographs will be at the opening reception on Thursday. That’ll add a layer of intrigue to the event. There are four portraits of Nigel made in Manitowoc over a 10 year span, but he won’t be able to see the show ‘cause he’s doing time in the Wisconsin Prison System. In a recent 9 page letter he wrote, “I’m very proud but worried. You guys had a kind of Ramones feel in the sense that what you did was awesome…and it was too cool for the mainstream. But now you’re at the Milwaukee Art Museum. It’s like you’re playing arenas. I don’t like that the mainstream has caught up to you. They may understand the beauty and all the crazy aspects, but they just won’t get it.” Should we be worried?

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One Response to “Opening Night”

  1. # Mel Trittin on 13 Aug 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Only if you make work for people to get it. Only if your work can only be “gotten” in the same way by everyone. If you make your images because you must, then you have really finished your work and it is now up to the rest of us to do our job.

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