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Warhol Memories - Essay from 2001
1/5/01
Andy
We met met on a crisp warm day September 1981 in Fort Collins, Colorado. I was an art student and bicycle racer. Andy was my hero. I found him almost by himself signing Komiko Powers posters in a CSU campus schoolroom. I plopped down right next to him and asked if I could help. I told him Craig Scott set me. It was a lucky moment, Bob and Chris were running around the school hunting for babe sightings. He touched my hand and told me to stay with him to and "we’ll find Chris". I shot many rolls of film in the first hour. Finishing the signage stack we went looking Chris. Found everyone. Bob and….and Fred.. Fred, Bob and I sat out in front of the art building and smoked a joint. Bob was cruising me. Andy toured his show with some well dressed people, we smoked pot . They told me to come back to the "Inn". Racing over there I was pulled over by the police …I told him in panic …I’ve been summonds to Andy Warhol! he let me go without a ticket. I screeched into there stay. Almost like a hello he was probing further now. Andy asked me for ideas for photos for his book America. I showed my recent bloody scrapes on my legs from a crash bicycle racing. I had to pull my shorts up to show him the injuries all the way up to my hip; He shot a whole roll in the parking lot of the motel. He liked other ideas too. We were standing there e shooting and several important people drove in …I think John Powers and the head of the school. He ran from them, We ran like children and hid in the motel room…now there…I was a slut..sort of. Bob told me Andy needed to take a nap… Andy then had the opening and the book signing. I stood in line for him to sign. I was a wonderful moment when it was my turn for the signature he signed dozens of pages choosing his favorite portraits. Then drew a money symbol with a penis in the blank inside cover. I then handed him my issue of the Kimiko Poster and he signed it to Craig Scott and me.…Craig the person that told me to go early and find Andy. Craig was to closeted to visit. Craig who Chris Makos found at Uncle Charlie’s in the village. Craig was cruising during time off while at the National Championships bicycle races in NY State. Craig who is now dead from aids is how I met Andy. i will alsways be thankful for that The next month I was on the masthead and payroll of Interview while crash learning the hierarchy and cast of his universe. Fred, Bob, Chris, Rupert, Bidgid, Pat, Edmond, Lucy all came into my life. It was a most exciting time.
The other day I found the recordings of many of our phone conversations. They are sort of meaning less because Andy taped everything with his mother ..but they are mine ..the phone ringing at the the factory Briid answering. And Andy taking the call…long talks of our projects ..he was always very very excited with lines like "oh that is sooo greeeat" Once he was painting with Jean Michel I interviewed him ..Dumb questions like what was Eddie really like; He changed the subject and in jested at telling a wild tale of our relationship. We were flirting. He said to tell the story of dinner with Mick Jagger and how we crossed swords in the urinal at the Odeon. How how Mic gave me his number to go bicycle riding. he reminded me of the party the host could careless Warhol and Mic were there. and how Mic gave me a big piece of hash in exchange for a joint Peter and Chris had given me earlier.Someday i will print the pictures of that evening.
When first visiting the Factory in the early 1980s and seeing Andy's dizzy celebrity life style I was appalled and my romantic bubble burst. Everyone was uptight. It seemed to my young eyes Andy was not an artist any more because others made the mechanical art for him, a seemingly endless conveyer belt of work was being manufactured flooding the market. Effortless portraits were 25k and up, and he seemed tired of it all. Brigid and Pat were inventive scribes for his books. One time when leaving to lunch Fred Hughes begged Andy to discuss colors for an important portrait ready to be screened, "just make it arty" he whined and left. That was my first year in NYC. Upon spending more time in Andy world my respect soon reversed back to him being a super hero again. The genius and the title Factory became clear. His many explorations such as modeling, Andy Warhol TV, computers, the paintings for DIA and working with Jean Michel, Clemente all masterful. His sense of humor dark but true.
I made a lot of photographs of Andy really laughing and smiling, not cloaked. These I consider rare. A few others are in the Warhol Diaries. The Diaries, my account of a snowmobile accident below the Maroon Bells in Aspen is much different than his description of Jon Gould trying to kill him. I had zoomed past Andy and Jon dragging my hand in the snow. This caused snow to cover Jon’s goggles; he lost control crashing off a cliff with Andy falling off the back. Stunned thinking I had just killed the "Prince of Pop Art" I ran to the edge and down to help ending up instead taking pictures of Andy laughing in glee. We all went back to Jane Holtzers pad for a meal of Mexican TV dinners and ice cream on heated glazed donuts.
We took Andy to the over crowded Aspen Airport early. a lear jet several yards away fired its engines sending a aluminum latter flying like a leaf nearly taking us out. I then went back to Janes pad and had it all to my self for three days..I filled my car with hundreds of pounds of food they ahd left and lived off if it for months back at my studio in Denver.
Often I photographed Andy’s hands. Andy loved to hold hands. Holding his hand while walking or in a car are some of the most cherished moments I have. Once we walked past an alley and stopped to look a jumbled stack of boxes. They were beautiful with the evening light streaming across them. Andy signed several making them his. Holding hands while singing loud along with "Lets get Physical" by Olivia Newton John, rocking a little bright yellow econo rental Toyota in LA traffic. Stopping at a Calvin Klein poster so he could put his hand on the crouch of the underwear model. His hands holding money, his hands touching rare Navajo blankets or jewelry before purchase, his hands holding a hotdog at Danny’s Dogs on Melrose where none of the kids there knew who he was, his hands holding the beloved Minox camera or Big Shot Polaroid. Holding hands into the door of openings and parties was grand.
The things Andy was noticeably not good at:
Being behind, being early, getting a tan, spelling, skiing, drinking, being alone, keeping a secret, repairing things, letting workers vacation, paying workers well, paying for the meal when some one with more money was present, not worrying about his skin, not being envious, being old, going to hospitals.
After his death I left NY because he is whom I made my art for.
Mark Sink
Andy
We met met on a crisp warm day September 1981 in Fort Collins, Colorado. I was an art student and bicycle racer. Andy was my hero. I found him almost by himself signing Komiko Powers posters in a CSU campus schoolroom. I plopped down right next to him and asked if I could help. I told him Craig Scott set me. It was a lucky moment, Bob and Chris were running around the school hunting for babe sightings. He touched my hand and told me to stay with him to and "we’ll find Chris". I shot many rolls of film in the first hour. Finishing the signage stack we went looking Chris. Found everyone. Bob and….and Fred.. Fred, Bob and I sat out in front of the art building and smoked a joint. Bob was cruising me. Andy toured his show with some well dressed people, we smoked pot . They told me to come back to the "Inn". Racing over there I was pulled over by the police …I told him in panic …I’ve been summonds to Andy Warhol! he let me go without a ticket. I screeched into there stay. Almost like a hello he was probing further now. Andy asked me for ideas for photos for his book America. I showed my recent bloody scrapes on my legs from a crash bicycle racing. I had to pull my shorts up to show him the injuries all the way up to my hip; He shot a whole roll in the parking lot of the motel. He liked other ideas too. We were standing there e shooting and several important people drove in …I think John Powers and the head of the school. He ran from them, We ran like children and hid in the motel room…now there…I was a slut..sort of. Bob told me Andy needed to take a nap… Andy then had the opening and the book signing. I stood in line for him to sign. I was a wonderful moment when it was my turn for the signature he signed dozens of pages choosing his favorite portraits. Then drew a money symbol with a penis in the blank inside cover. I then handed him my issue of the Kimiko Poster and he signed it to Craig Scott and me.…Craig the person that told me to go early and find Andy. Craig was to closeted to visit. Craig who Chris Makos found at Uncle Charlie’s in the village. Craig was cruising during time off while at the National Championships bicycle races in NY State. Craig who is now dead from aids is how I met Andy. i will alsways be thankful for that The next month I was on the masthead and payroll of Interview while crash learning the hierarchy and cast of his universe. Fred, Bob, Chris, Rupert, Bidgid, Pat, Edmond, Lucy all came into my life. It was a most exciting time.
The other day I found the recordings of many of our phone conversations. They are sort of meaning less because Andy taped everything with his mother ..but they are mine ..the phone ringing at the the factory Briid answering. And Andy taking the call…long talks of our projects ..he was always very very excited with lines like "oh that is sooo greeeat" Once he was painting with Jean Michel I interviewed him ..Dumb questions like what was Eddie really like; He changed the subject and in jested at telling a wild tale of our relationship. We were flirting. He said to tell the story of dinner with Mick Jagger and how we crossed swords in the urinal at the Odeon. How how Mic gave me his number to go bicycle riding. he reminded me of the party the host could careless Warhol and Mic were there. and how Mic gave me a big piece of hash in exchange for a joint Peter and Chris had given me earlier.Someday i will print the pictures of that evening.
When first visiting the Factory in the early 1980s and seeing Andy's dizzy celebrity life style I was appalled and my romantic bubble burst. Everyone was uptight. It seemed to my young eyes Andy was not an artist any more because others made the mechanical art for him, a seemingly endless conveyer belt of work was being manufactured flooding the market. Effortless portraits were 25k and up, and he seemed tired of it all. Brigid and Pat were inventive scribes for his books. One time when leaving to lunch Fred Hughes begged Andy to discuss colors for an important portrait ready to be screened, "just make it arty" he whined and left. That was my first year in NYC. Upon spending more time in Andy world my respect soon reversed back to him being a super hero again. The genius and the title Factory became clear. His many explorations such as modeling, Andy Warhol TV, computers, the paintings for DIA and working with Jean Michel, Clemente all masterful. His sense of humor dark but true.
I made a lot of photographs of Andy really laughing and smiling, not cloaked. These I consider rare. A few others are in the Warhol Diaries. The Diaries, my account of a snowmobile accident below the Maroon Bells in Aspen is much different than his description of Jon Gould trying to kill him. I had zoomed past Andy and Jon dragging my hand in the snow. This caused snow to cover Jon’s goggles; he lost control crashing off a cliff with Andy falling off the back. Stunned thinking I had just killed the "Prince of Pop Art" I ran to the edge and down to help ending up instead taking pictures of Andy laughing in glee. We all went back to Jane Holtzers pad for a meal of Mexican TV dinners and ice cream on heated glazed donuts.
We took Andy to the over crowded Aspen Airport early. a lear jet several yards away fired its engines sending a aluminum latter flying like a leaf nearly taking us out. I then went back to Janes pad and had it all to my self for three days..I filled my car with hundreds of pounds of food they ahd left and lived off if it for months back at my studio in Denver.
Often I photographed Andy’s hands. Andy loved to hold hands. Holding his hand while walking or in a car are some of the most cherished moments I have. Once we walked past an alley and stopped to look a jumbled stack of boxes. They were beautiful with the evening light streaming across them. Andy signed several making them his. Holding hands while singing loud along with "Lets get Physical" by Olivia Newton John, rocking a little bright yellow econo rental Toyota in LA traffic. Stopping at a Calvin Klein poster so he could put his hand on the crouch of the underwear model. His hands holding money, his hands touching rare Navajo blankets or jewelry before purchase, his hands holding a hotdog at Danny’s Dogs on Melrose where none of the kids there knew who he was, his hands holding the beloved Minox camera or Big Shot Polaroid. Holding hands into the door of openings and parties was grand.
The things Andy was noticeably not good at:
Being behind, being early, getting a tan, spelling, skiing, drinking, being alone, keeping a secret, repairing things, letting workers vacation, paying workers well, paying for the meal when some one with more money was present, not worrying about his skin, not being envious, being old, going to hospitals.
After his death I left NY because he is whom I made my art for.
Mark Sink
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
MoP Denver 2013
MoP - Month of Photography Denver is a celebration of fine art photography with hundreds of collaborative public events throughout Denver and the region March and April 2013. We are joining multiple museums galleries and schools surrounding fine art photography creating an exciting artistic and educational event for the city of Denver and the region.
The RedLine art space will serve as the nerve center for the Month of Photography with exhibitions, lectures, workshops.
For student and professional fine art photographers there will be intensive portfolio reviews with galleries and museum directors, curators, photography collectors, teachers, critics, editors. Experts who can influence and advise on current marketing and offer image world knowledge. RedLine.org
MCA Denver curated by Mark Sink
MCA Denver - Lucas Foglia - Pablo Gimenez Zapiola - Mario Zoots - Adriana Ramic - Paolo Cirio
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| Acorn with Possum Stew, Wildroots Homestead, North Carolina on loan from David Winton Bell Gallery , Brown University |
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| Homeschooling Chalkboard, Tennessee on loan from David Winton Bell Gallery , Brown University |
Lucas Foglia: A Natural Order
Curated by Mark Sink
Exhibition on view March 8th through April 7th, 2013
Opening night celebration March 15, 2013, 6-10pm
Lucas Foglia: A Natural Order
In 2006, photographer Lucas Foglia began travelling throughout the southeastern United States befriending and photographing communities of people who had chosen to leave mainstream society and live off the grid. His interest in the project stemmed from his own upbringing. Like his subjects, he had grown up on a small farm with parents who had chosen a self-sufficient lifestyle. During his travels, Foglia met a new generation of people who had chosen to live radically independent lifestyles for some very modern reasons––including worries over the current economy, environmental concerns or simply to reduce government interference. A Natural Order showcases the people Foglia met and the communities he visited. www.lucasfoglia.com/a-natural-order
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Pablo Gimenez Zapiola: Around the Infinite
Exhibition on view March 8th through April 7th, 2013
Opening night celebration March 15, 2013, 6-10pm
Installed in the MCA's elevator, Zapiola's Transitions in Life is an animation video. Composed from a sequence of long exposure photographs of a single subject and then looped, the animation has the effect of appearing infinite and endless.
www.pablogimenezzapiola.com
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Curated by Mark Sink
Exhibition on view March 8th through April 7th, 2013
Opening night celebration March 15, 2013, 6-10pm
The museum's Open Shelf Library will present a series of photo-based collages by Denver-based artists Mario Zoots. Zoots appropriates imagery from a wide range of sources such as 50’s and 60’s cult films and sci-fi novels.
www.mariozoots.com
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Open Shelf Library
Adriana Ramic Craigslist Assisted Readymades
http://adrianaramic.com/clreadymade
On the outside of the museum:
Paolo Cirio Google Street Ghosts
www.paolocirio.net/work/street-ghosts/street-ghosts.php
To be found on and around MCA and other places in the city.
http://goo.gl/maps/6VNGL
1485 Delgany Denver, CO 80202
www.mcadenver.org
303.298.7554
Byers-Evans House Museum - The Denver Salon
Byers-Evans House Museum - The Denver Salon
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| Susan Evans gelatin silver print 1/1 1994 |
Colorado Historical Society
The Denver Salon
Then and Now
Curated by Paul Harbaugh
Opens First Friday, March 1, 2013
Runs March through May
It has been twenty years since photographer Mark Sink formed the Denver Salon, a gathering of fine art photographers that he admired who were pursuing higher ideals in the use of photography. The Denver Salon prided itself with presenting bold experiments, risky and revealing subject matter, as well as ambitious photo installations. The Byers-Evans House Gallery’s March – April show will highlight The Denver Salon by showcasing the work of 20 of its members.
A selection of Denver Salon Members include:
Anne Arden McDonald - Bryan Boettiger - Christoper James - Christopher R Perez -
David Zimmer - Eric Havelock-Bailie - Michael Ensminger - Joel Dallenbach - John Hallin - Jeff Hersch - Inna Valin - Katie James - Laura Merage - Mark Sink - Kevin O’Connell -
Reed Weimer - Paul Schroeder - Shaun Gothwaite - Susan Evans - Tamaki Obuchi - Wesley Kennedy
This show will open with a free public reception on Friday March 1, 2013 from 5 to 9 pm.
Cost: Free. For more information: 303-620-4933.
First Friday special hours 5 –9 pm
Hours are 10am - 4pm Monday through Saturday
1310 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80204
303.620.4933
RedLine The Reality of Fiction Curated by Mark Sink
RedLine Presents The Reality of Fiction
RedLine
The Reality of Fiction
Realities and absurdities of our modern age.
Curated by Mark Sink
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| Reiner Riedler From the series Fake Holidays :Horizon #1 Tropical Islands Germany 2007 Represented by Sous Les Etoiles Gallery NYC |
March 8th - April 28th 2013
Opening celebration March 8th, 6-10pm
A survey of photographers work who explore the subject of reality and fiction in this new millennium. From serious social documentation to humorous and absurdities our modern culture. This survey of fake will consist of portraits of extreme plastic surgery, hyper realistic fake babies, fake holidays, fake relationships, fake realities, UFO Polaroids and much more.
Emily Peacock - Reiner Riedler - Phillip Toledano - Sarah Martin - Sally Stockhold
Rebecca Martinez - Greta Pratt - James Soe Nyun - Joe Clower - j.frede - Katie Taft
John Bonath - Christine Buchsbaum - Conor King - Michael Ensminger - Edie Winograde
- Pablo Gimenez Zapiola - Lori Nix - Liz Greene - Harry Walters - Adam Milner - T. John Hughes - Nina Berman - Sarah Haney - Susan Anderson - Justin Beard - Zach Reini
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| Rebecca Martinez Held Cryer |
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Phillip Toledano Sonia New Kind of Beauty Represented by Paul Kopeikin
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| Emily Peacock Silver Print from the series You and Me and Diane |
www.mopdenver.com
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Portfolio Reviews
For student and professional fine art photographers there will be intensive portfolio reviews with galleries and museum directors, curators, photography collectors, teachers, critics, editors. Experts who can influence and advise on current marketing and offer image world knowledge.
March 23rd - 24th, 11am - 5pm 2013
"This is one of the best opportunities a emerging photographer can do for their career. "
SIGN UP HERE - REVIEWS
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Lecture Events at RedLine
Saturday March 9th 2pm -3pm
Artist Rebecca Martinez will walk and talk about her series PreTenders.
Sunday March 24th 6:00pm Action Figures
A participatory performance and discussion on photography
"Musical Chairs" by Katie Taft and Don Frank
Thursday April 25th 7:00pm
Art Photographers of America - APA
Jackie Shumaker will do a presentation on
Copyright and licensing your work.
You will learn why this valuable business information
relates to all photographers.
RedLine Denver
MOP - The Month of Photography
2350 Arapahoe St. Denver, CO 80205
303.296.4448
www.redlineart.org
www.mopdenver.com
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