Secondary Concerns

Paul Dodd "The Art Gallery" acrylic on paper 2024
Paul Dodd “The Art Gallery” acrylic on paper 2024

Drop-off for the annual Members Show at RoCo was this past weekend. I was torn between submitting a photo from my “Portals and Planes” show or the abstract above. Interesting that it came down to those two. They are really very similar. Peggi helped me make the decision and the acrylic on paper has been entered.

Rochester Contemporary Director, Bleu Cease, with copy of Margaret Explosion's new cd. Photo by Peggi Fournier.
Rochester Contemporary Director, Bleu Cease, with copy of Margaret Explosion’s new cd. Photo by Peggi Fournier.

While we were there we gave Bleu Cease a copy of the new Margaret Explosion cd, “Field Recordings.” Peggi was struck by the color scheme. I took the color out of East Avenue to heighten the matchy matchy.

Unique Fair double portraits "Pax Plexus & Epoch" at Rochester Contemporary
Unique Fair double portraits “Pax Plexus & Epoch” at Rochester Contemporary

We were out of town for the opening of “Queering Democracy,” the current show, so we took the opportunity to take in the show. We felt comfortable hanging around because we had parked using the new Flowbird app. You type in your location and the meter starts. It stops charging when gps notes that you left the space. Turns out we never engaged it properly so we parked for free and didn’t get caught.

The double portrait above by Rochester artist, Unique Fair, was my favorite piece. We talked to Bleu again on the way out and I had an opportunity to pass on a comment that Anne Havens wanted me to share with the Director. It is somewhat bothersome to have art shows hinged to secondary concerns, secondary to the visual that is. The wall tags are getting bigger than the artwork.

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