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Art in the Streets
MOCA, Los Angeles
(thru Aug 8)
Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy, London
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Dear Friends,
The art world has lost three great artists this summer: American artist Cy Twombly and British artists Lucian Freud and John Hoyland have died. An exhibition of Cy Twombly's paintings opens at MOCA in Los Angeles this month while his sculpture will be shown at NYMOMA. In happier news, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was released from jail in June. He has resumed his influential Twitter feed criticizing his treatment in jail. His bail terms ban his use of social media. In Washington, US Congress is being lobbied to pass federal legislation that would pay royalties on the resale of artists' work up to 70 years after their death. Already in place in the UK, such 'droit de suite' laws are difficult to enforce and this one would exempt galleries from paying the so-called 'resale tax'. Meanwhile in New York, a legal battle ensues over an alleged forgery of a Robert Motherwell painting. In Blue Tangerine Art news, a grand public sculpture by Stephanie Carlton Smith will be be erected in London's Hanover Square this week. The 12 ft high sculpture will be on display in Mayfair until February 2012. We also bring you new work by painters Bjornulf Dyrud and Angela Findlay, and are pleased to announce that Patter Hellstrom has a solo show, 'Expressive Flow', in San Francisco this August reviewed by Jason Lahman.
With best wishes,
Trudy Montgomery
"My line is childlike but not childish. It is very difficult to fake..."
~Cy Twombly
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US Congress lobbied on Artist Resale Rights
Campaigners push for reframed federal legislation that includes exemption for private galleries By Helen Stoilas, The Art Newspaper, August 4
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The late Edward Kennedy speaking in 1986 in favour
of artists' copyright protection (The Art Newspaper)
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The Artists' Rights Society (ARS), the main copyright and licensing collecting agency in the US, is pushing for legislation that would see droit de suite, or artists' resale rights, become federal law. Although previous attempts to bring a royalties scheme to the US have largely failed, the new legislation will be different, said Theodore Feder, president of the ARS. Resale fees "would not be applied to galleries"... Read the article... |
Forgery Row exposes murky goings-on of trade in fine art
Legal battle over Robert Motherwell painting The Observer (Guardian.co.uk), Aug 7  | |
Detail of painting in Elegy to the Spanish Republic series by Robert Motherwell. Photograph: Getty Images
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A bitter legal battle over an alleged trade in forged paintings has exposed the murkier side of the art world. It is claimed in court papers that one of the world's leading art galleries, Knoedler of New York, has been involved in the sale of alleged forgeries of works by pre-eminent 20th century US artists, including Jackson Pollock, Richard Diebenkorn and Robert Motherwell. Read on... |
Public Sculpture by Stephanie Carlton Smith selected for London's Mayfair district
A grand public sculpture by Blue Tangerine Art sculptor Stephanie Carlton Smith will be erected in central London's Hanover Square on August 11. Instinctively, this public sculpture seems earthly, corporeal, palpable to both touch and smell as you step closer to the sinews and grooves of the trunk to this 12 ft high Redwood tree. It in fact anything but. Entitled 'Reaching for Higher Ground', the work is inspired by much more intangible values. 'Our ability to reach up, the capacity for man to survive as an individual and as a collective' is the motivation for Carlton Smith to create this momentous sculpture. It will be on display in the prestigious address in Mayfair until February 2012. To see more of Carlton Smith's sculpture, visit our website. |
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New Work by Bjornulf Dyrud and Angela Findlay
Following successful shows and sales in Europe, Blue Tangerine Art is pleased to showcase new paintings by Bjornulf Dyrud and Angela Findlay just released from their respective studios in Norwary and Britain.
Inspired by the drama of the Norwegian landscape, Bjornulf Dyrud deepens his exploration of energy and light which he captures in a new series of mystical abstractions, richer and bolder than before. British painter Angela Findlay, who has recently completed an MA in fine art, offers new oil on canvas paintings which reveal a more complex process at work. Like what you see? Please contact us for more information.
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Patter Hellstrom's Grief Wounds
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Patter Hellstrom, 'Grief Wounds I', 2009
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" Expressive Flow" is the title of Patter Hellstrom's upcoming exhibition of remarkable abstract paintings opening at The McLoughlin Gallery on August 4. The title is apt as it conveys the psychological and oceanic quality of the works. Although at first sight one might be reminded of certain abstract expressionists (particularly Helen Frankenthaler), repeated viewings reveal an entirely original sensibility. The volatility of liquid has been channeled with extreme skill into compositions that are redolent with the rhythms of underlying cosmic processes. One feels that the surface is a laboratory, a theatre to witness the mysterious stages of an alchemical unfolding. Read the article. |
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Art Diary Dates
Upcoming Art Events - Art LA, Los Angeles, CA: Sep 30-Oct 2
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Blue Tangerine Art offers art advisory services to private and corporate collectors. We source contemporary art from a wide range of sources, including direct from artists and galleries in the US and Europe.
We offer paintings, drawings and limited editions by artists including: Chris Crossen, Bjornulf Dyrud, Patter Hellstrom, Deborah Lanyon, Angela Findlay, Rachel Holloway, America Martin, Lisa Fromartz, Kim Frohsin, Birgitte Lund, Zanny Mellor, Kathy Montgomery, Trudy Montgomery, Bella Pieroni, Anne Stahl, Nicola Wood, Suzan Woodruff and Eric Zener among others. Sculpture by Stephanie Carlton Smith and photography by Sparky Campanella, Sebastien Davila, Allison Hunter, Cressandra Thibodeaux, Sieglinde Van Damme and many others not listed on our website. We look forward to helping you find just what you're looking for. Please contact us with your request via email or on (310) 699-6826.
Happy Collecting!
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Trudy Montgomery
Art Advisor and Principal, Blue Tangerine Art
PO Box 661216, Los Angeles, CA 90066
web: http://www.BlueTangerineArt.com
email: trudy@bluetangerineart.com
twitter: @trudymontgomery
tel: (310) 699-6826
  
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