So I'm right in the middle of trying to aquire a painting by Amy Sillman who I personally think is one of the best and brightest painters working today and I think things are going smoothly when the gallerist out of the blue sends me an email where she apologizes and says unfortunately she has sold the painting. I'm like "What!!" I was bummed out for week I figured now that Amy was on the cover of Artforum it was going to be pretty hard to get that chance again.
Well, to make a long story longer tonight Mrs. OC Art Blog gave me a Valentines present and guess what it was?? Yep, The Amy Sillman painting. I'm a very happy camper. Special thanks to Susanne Vielmetter for helping Mrs. OC Art Blog pull off a sweet one. I had no clue. Happy Valentines everybody....especially to mine.
Here's the painting:
beautiful painting and beautiful gift
Posted by: lucy | September 27, 2009 at 06:37 PM
If you like art that looks like it was made by a grunge listening teenage girl
Posted by: Sarah Katherine Jorgensen | March 24, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Really really cool Valentine's Day Gift...Surprises are always the best!!
Posted by: Casey C. Gannon | March 06, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Go back to work on Twelv Christopher. Maybe Amy can help you with that moon that looks like a potato. Spruce it up a bit. Currently it's like watching paint dry...
Posted by: Chris | February 24, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Guess what? Amy Sillman has about as much inate vision as a potato. But hey, it's still art.
Posted by: Christopher Tjalsma | February 24, 2007 at 06:29 PM
Aww! Mrs. OC Art Blog is a champ.
Posted by: Jit Fong | February 14, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I am so jealous I can hardly breathe! I just got her Works on Paper book. She inspires me more than ANY other artist. Her painting is so free and brave it makes me cry.
Posted by: carol es | February 14, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Color me all kinds of envious. Congrats. I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Sillman's skills. All killah. No fillah.
Posted by: Brent | February 14, 2007 at 07:52 AM
Yay for Mrs. OC Artblog. It's a beauty and I'm coming over every day to look at it...
Posted by: sherie' | February 14, 2007 at 06:55 AM
wow! beautiful painting!
Posted by: mark | February 13, 2007 at 11:09 PM