tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344194512024-03-13T11:44:11.133-04:00Burn Your Eyes CleanWil MurrayWil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-61662267407865213442013-04-22T12:05:00.002-04:002013-04-22T12:05:26.775-04:00New Collages for Papier 13 in Montreal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can see this new collages at <a href="http://pmgallery.ca/artists/wil-murray">p|m Gallery</a>'s booth at the <a href="http://www.papiermontreal.com/">Papier 13</a> fair in Montreal opening April 25th.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Feeling the historical weight of Berlin and the sense of loss it has engendered, his work in Follow the Winter has taken a heavier turn. In this new body of work, Murray continues his exploration of collage construction and the reactionary relationships that supervene the acts of painting and their documentation, and introduces the figure into his practice for the first time. Through old photographs sourced from East Berlin flea markets images of schoolboys and women in Russian folk dress are incorporated into his paintings, additionally complicating the intricate composition built from layers of paint, collage and weaving .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Murray’s life in Berlin has provided the stimulus to explore mediums that until now have only been nodded to in his painting practice. A stimulus that is a resonant contradiction where emotion, place and history intermingle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>“Every day on the way to my Berlin studio, I pass a miserable old jail that has the kind of history that makes one feel queasy. A sign hangs out front that reads “Live In A Monument”. They are renovating the jail into condos. The sign is meant for me and the rest of the city’s ex-pats and transplants. The thought of living in this monument would sicken anyone who had lived with the threat of being forced to.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I moved to this city to be with Julia. She was born in East Berlin. To care for her I pay very close attention to what my hands are doing. What marks they leave, what they pick up, how well they can make someone understand something. This means my actions in the studio feel even more harrowing. Or maybe they are now balanced by an equal weight held in something that cannot be inventoried between its walls and my skin.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>To love is to feel loss. To love Julia here is to encounter it at the end of every block.<br />On my tram ride to the studio, I ask myself: How do you maintain a ruin? How do you follow the winter?"</i></span></div>
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Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-34917828881105740732012-04-02T06:01:00.002-04:002012-04-02T06:04:22.179-04:00BROADCAST April 19th-22nd, at the Funkhaus, Berlin<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pVblvF553F0/T3l5ShwiWXI/AAAAAAAAAtY/TTSyVXfW3N8/s1600/KurtVonBleymuster1_600x600_500KB.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pVblvF553F0/T3l5ShwiWXI/AAAAAAAAAtY/TTSyVXfW3N8/s400/KurtVonBleymuster1_600x600_500KB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726741760384850290" /></a><div><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span >BROADCAST</span></b></span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Curated by Amir Fattal and Wil Murray<span> </span></span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">April 19th-22nd, 2012</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Funkhaus - Kantine </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></b><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Nalepastraße 18-50<br />12459 Berlin<br /><br />Opening Party: April 19th 19:00-22:00<br />Duration: 20-22.04.2012 12-17h<br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Even by Berlin standards the daily journey travelled to the studio by the artists of Broadcast is surreal: from the black tower of Ostkreuz, past the jail-turned-condos with a view of an unused ferris wheel and through the Gilliam-esque Heizkraftwerk, they arrive at the anachronistically guarded gate of The Funkhaus. Inside, every hallway is lit like a De Chirico painting. But behind every door they have carved out their own real space from the institutional/industrial surreal. Using its rooms like hundreds of larynxes, they are broadcasting again from the Funkhaus.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Curators Amir Fattal and Wil Murray combed these voices, and selected 18 artist’s works to exhibit in the complex's former canteen. BROADCAST displays the occasional harmonies made between artists working privately in a sprawling and often mysterious institution.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Daniele Bordoni</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Nadja Bournonville</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Sabatino Cersosimo</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Sabine Klar</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Konstantin Kunath</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Sibylle Jazra</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Liz Little</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Julia Ludwig</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Wil Murray</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Michael Picke</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Charlotte Richter</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Ulrich Schäfer</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Max Schreier</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Tor Seidel</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Joachim Seinfeld</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Kurt Von Bley</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Peter Wilde</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Jonas Wilisch</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Gloria Zein</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11px;">Image: Kurt Von Bley 'wzorowy uczeń - musterschüler, pt.2'</span></span>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-49639128814081481972012-03-30T04:50:00.002-04:002012-03-30T04:57:31.068-04:00Interview With Alicia Reuter up on Whitehot<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kBcoEX8FT4M/T3V1QSI7zbI/AAAAAAAAAtM/GC0JGiol2DY/s1600/24060004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kBcoEX8FT4M/T3V1QSI7zbI/AAAAAAAAAtM/GC0JGiol2DY/s400/24060004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725611423879122354" /></a><p class="p1" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Once a year, I have a writer down for an interview at the studio. This time, my friend and writer Alicia Reuter came down to my Berlin studio to talk about painting, collage, photography...and fires, circuses and teenage goths.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span ><b>"<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">I’ve started to view the Berlin art scene as similar to broadcast television. If you buy a television and flip on the switch, you have TV."</span></b></span></p> <p class="p2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><a href="http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/in-conversation-with-wil-murray/2509">Enjoy The Article Here</a></p>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-84104254090062042942012-03-19T10:50:00.003-04:002012-03-19T10:54:30.849-04:00Show is up at Sur La Montagne in Berlin<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ocpcoZ_uGuc/T2dH_bdAHKI/AAAAAAAAAso/eQz_kYBd4IM/s1600/writing-on-the-wall2low.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ocpcoZ_uGuc/T2dH_bdAHKI/AAAAAAAAAso/eQz_kYBd4IM/s400/writing-on-the-wall2low.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721621006624234658" /> </a>This is the first time I gone without vinyl lettering and painted the title directly on the wall. I'm pleased. It looks somewhere in between a message written on a barn in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon and the message scrawled on the wal by the father in Hellraiser 2.<div>If you are in Berlin, come to the opening on Thursday March 22nd at 7pm. The gallery is located at Torstrasse 170 in Berlin Mitte.</div><div>See you there.<br /><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div></div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-78320102550614707422012-03-13T10:32:00.002-04:002012-03-13T10:37:10.842-04:00Natural Light in The Studio<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HaKZz35nLu0/T19a25ckIII/AAAAAAAAAsQ/ji7yc9ey9VY/s1600/naturallight.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HaKZz35nLu0/T19a25ckIII/AAAAAAAAAsQ/ji7yc9ey9VY/s400/naturallight.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719389950963884162" /></a><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">See it in the flesh, and in photograph next week at <a href="http://www.surlamontagne.de/SlaM.html">Sur La Montagne</a> in Berlin, and in May at <a href="http://skewgallery.com/murray.htm">Skew Gallery</a> in Calgary.</div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-55802556956517809452012-03-02T10:44:00.001-05:002012-03-02T10:46:34.609-05:00Barren<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v9vs88fmWKk/T1DrMv4E-hI/AAAAAAAAAsE/Z3IX5j7PrGk/s1600/24060028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v9vs88fmWKk/T1DrMv4E-hI/AAAAAAAAAsE/Z3IX5j7PrGk/s400/24060028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715326531375790610" /></a>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-56127742246852969542012-03-02T10:42:00.002-05:002012-03-02T10:44:36.524-05:00In the corner of the studio.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cgTzfibXLUA/T1DqwoxX2mI/AAAAAAAAAr4/ou530O2oQ-k/s1600/24060029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cgTzfibXLUA/T1DqwoxX2mI/AAAAAAAAAr4/ou530O2oQ-k/s400/24060029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715326048432282210" /></a>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-91641649968999821782012-02-27T09:02:00.003-05:002012-02-27T09:13:13.359-05:00Doctor, Doctor Every Night I Dream Your Investigation My Notion<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lFmuGnVW5jk/T0uOBSFK8rI/AAAAAAAAAro/MW_BGObPyCk/s1600/08110019small.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lFmuGnVW5jk/T0uOBSFK8rI/AAAAAAAAAro/MW_BGObPyCk/s400/08110019small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713816704934146738" /></a><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; ">About the show in Berlin: I'm showing paintings as usual, and some multiple exposure photos taken in the subway and in my studio, and some weavings and some collages. Painting, taken on its own hasn't made sense for a while. There's a deep sense of loss in that and in all of my work these days. Call it weight. Of history here, of age....of the history of looking at everything a few degrees from center that has led me out the backdoor and into the street.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; ">Here's the exhibition text I wrote:</div><div style="text-align: left; "> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting, and theme” – John Hawkes</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-weight: normal; "><b style="font-size: 100%; ">I make two things at once: a painting that leaves through the studio door, and another that travels down wires and through the air. To never meet again. They participate in completely different narratives, torn apart and raised up by proud nails, drunken revelers, and teenaged bloggers. </b></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>The camera and the loom were always part of the act. They were just off stage until now. I erased the syllables of can-vas by weaving and the sound of re-pro-duc-tion by exposing film. Neither need be spoken anymore… the awful quotation marks around the word “painter” took care of that.</b></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>I have been called the Hooters of painting. I always thought I was the Brad Dourif. Potato potato.</b></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>In this show you’ll get it all.</b></p></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-38039112765546332452012-02-14T03:46:00.005-05:002012-02-14T03:52:08.862-05:00Doktor, Doktor: Solo show in Berlin<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PfY0CdLzSnk/TzoffvlnvEI/AAAAAAAAArY/jugvlGzuIbY/s1600/13410028web.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PfY0CdLzSnk/TzoffvlnvEI/AAAAAAAAArY/jugvlGzuIbY/s400/13410028web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708910107856190530" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Doctor, Doctor Every Night I Dream Your Investigation My Notion</b></span><div><span>Solo exhibition of painting, collage, weaving and photography by Wil Murray</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><b>March 18th to 25th</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span>Vernissage March 22nd, 19h</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><b><span><a href="http://www.surlamontagne.de/SlaM.html">Sur La Montagne Gallery</a></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><b><span>Torstraße 170, Berlin</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><b><span><br /></span></b><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div></div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-63882199908861632962012-01-04T04:32:00.005-05:002012-01-04T04:38:16.352-05:00Tape Modern No. 25 in BerlinCome see my newest work next week:<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PtDZ4u7EToM/TwQdkXUAF-I/AAAAAAAAArA/EJR7W_iCbxU/s1600/TM25-Front-Back-EFLY-hor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PtDZ4u7EToM/TwQdkXUAF-I/AAAAAAAAArA/EJR7W_iCbxU/s400/TM25-Front-Back-EFLY-hor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693708339473553378" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Opening: Friday, 13th of January 7pm-2am</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Address: Heidestrasse 14, 10557 Berlin.<br />Free entry all night!<br /><br />with:<br /><br />Ron Abram<br />Leo Babsky<br />Maurice Baker<br />Marion Bataillard<br />Geeske Bijker<br />Jesse Dyer<br />Malte Hagen Olbertz<br />Arran Hearn<br />Thomas Heidtmann<br />Andreas Helfer<br />Otto Hernandez<br />Dirk Holzberg<br />Ieva Jansone<br />Filippos Kavakas<br />Henry Kleine<br />Pessi Margulies<br />Dennis Meier<br />Carola Mücke<br />Wil Murray<br />Sharon Paz<br />Matthias Schade<br />Marc Schamuthe<br />Johanna Silbermann<br />SPAR*K<br />Willi Tomes<br />Masaki Umetsu<br />Elmar Vestner<br />Lee Wagstaff<br />Sadie Weis<br /><br />*Free entry all night!<br />*Image by LEE WAGSTAFF<br />*Tape Modern is organize by Amir Fattal and Jonathan Margulies<br />* Exhibition Assistant: Rita Guerreiro</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-83558063471128003972011-12-08T05:40:00.002-05:002011-12-08T05:44:22.358-05:00Russian Girls, maybe pages collages<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_bJQKhhr3Q/TuCUZr3k1zI/AAAAAAAAAqk/gwERuoPYPl4/s1600/page69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_bJQKhhr3Q/TuCUZr3k1zI/AAAAAAAAAqk/gwERuoPYPl4/s320/page69.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683705898735032114" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >A series of collages I made last sumer on arcademi, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.arcademi.com/en/profiles/portfolios/?user=12555">see more of the series here</a>.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >made from a book on traditional Russian folk dress(a common sort of photo book leftover from the days pf the DDR), and draped drop sheets I photographed covering my paintings.</span></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_bJQKhhr3Q/TuCUZr3k1zI/AAAAAAAAAqk/gwERuoPYPl4/s1600/page69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-90296667955679415252011-12-01T10:49:00.002-05:002011-12-01T10:58:08.879-05:00Rover Art Fair In Montreal<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qnj3AKQtlfc/TteiuArKK_I/AAAAAAAAAqY/OrNyNNO96B4/s320/Jean%2BTalon%2BPantalon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681188366289873906" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qnj3AKQtlfc/TteiuArKK_I/AAAAAAAAAqY/OrNyNNO96B4/s1600/Jean%2BTalon%2BPantalon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">The Rover Art Fair<span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></a>starts tonight and goes all weekend.<div>I have 2 pieces in the fair, both from 2005 and some of the last pieces available from that period. Including the one pictured above "Jean-Talon Pantalon".</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">OPENING of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rover Art Fair 2011 </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Friday February 2nd, 2011 6-10pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">135 Van Horne, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">2nd floor</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">PREVIEW Thurs Dec 1, 6–9 pm </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">FAIR Sat/Sun Dec 3–4 from 1–6 pm</span></div><div><br /></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-46026569356110142392011-11-25T08:53:00.002-05:002011-11-25T08:58:11.586-05:00p|m Gallery Toronto<a href="http://pmgallery.ca/wp-content/plugins/pmgallery/uploads/works/wil-murray/she-has-unfinished-business-with-a-wedding-bouquet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://pmgallery.ca/wp-content/plugins/pmgallery/uploads/works/wil-murray/she-has-unfinished-business-with-a-wedding-bouquet.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>I am very pleased to announce I will be represented by<a href="http://pmgallery.ca/"> p|m Gallery</a> in Toronto, Canada.<div>You can check out my works and info on <a href="http://pmgallery.ca/artists/wil-murray">their page here</a>.</div><div>I'll have a solo show opening there in October of 2012.</div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-80056047082456834322011-09-14T03:04:00.005-04:002011-09-14T03:12:04.136-04:00On it's way to Milwaukee<div><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-an-YmZPJPxw/TnBS11OiYNI/AAAAAAAAAp0/FwBhDL0AR1I/s1600/IMG_4772.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-an-YmZPJPxw/TnBS11OiYNI/AAAAAAAAAp0/FwBhDL0AR1I/s400/IMG_4772.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652108617124569298" /></a>2 paintings disassembled and crated up to go to my upcoming show "Askew" in Milwaukee at the <a href="http://www.aux.uwm.edu/Union/art_gallery/index.html">Union Art Gallery</a> - University of Wisconsin.<div>After some major problems with the American shipping company in brown shorts, I found a great guy in Berlin to work with. Email me if you need someone.</div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-90688505825002163812011-08-30T05:20:00.004-04:002011-08-30T05:26:06.504-04:00Joe came by yesterday<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GE8Ku95lFJg/TlysLPKUY9I/AAAAAAAAApk/UaM7r8pKlOM/s1600/Artist%2BPhoto%2Bby%2BJoe%2BDilworth.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">
<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GE8Ku95lFJg/TlysLPKUY9I/AAAAAAAAApk/UaM7r8pKlOM/s400/Artist%2BPhoto%2Bby%2BJoe%2BDilworth.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646577341864109010" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://www.joedilworth.com/">Joe Dilworth</a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GE8Ku95lFJg/TlysLPKUY9I/AAAAAAAAApk/UaM7r8pKlOM/s1600/Artist%2BPhoto%2Bby%2BJoe%2BDilworth.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> came by yesterday to shoot my work and took some casual portraits too. My studio never looked so good.</a></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u>
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<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 72px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span ><span ><b>softcore</b></span><span >HARD EDGE</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span><span ><span style="font-size: 72px; "><b>
<br /></b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span ><span style="font-size: 36px; "><b>August 29th – September 23rd, 2011</b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Opening Reception: Tuesday, August 30th 6pm to 9pm</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; ">
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<br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span ><b style="font-size: 26px; ">Philip Argent<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Tim Bavington</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span ><b style="font-size: 26px; ">Billy Al Bengston<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Karl Benjamin</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Alexander Caldwell<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Ingrid Calame</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Eric Cameron<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Dave & Jenn</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >John Eisler<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Bradley Harms</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Harry Kiyooka<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Allison Miller</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Lee Mullican<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Mark Mullin</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Wil Murray<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Candace Nycz</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >Monique Prieto <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "></span>Laurel Smith</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >
<br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 8px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span style="font-size: 18px; ">Curated by David Pagel and Marianne Elder in partnership with </span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-size: 18px; ">The Art Gallery of Calgary and the Claremont Graduate University</span></b></div></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span ><b>Softcore</b></span><span ><span >HARD EDGE</span><span > </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >features artwork by eighteen artists </span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >from Calgary and Los Angeles.</span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><b><span >
<br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><span ><b style="font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">Claremont Graduate University</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "> </span>
<br /><span >East and Peggy Phelps Galleries
<br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">251 E 10th Street</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">
<br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">Claremont, CA 91711</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">
<br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">Gallery Hours: M-F 10am to 5pm</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">
<br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><a href="tel:909.621.8071" value="+19096218071" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">909.621.8071</a></span></b></span>
<br /></div></span></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-45894746558084990002011-08-17T04:18:00.004-04:002011-08-17T04:30:28.799-04:00Animals of Distinction: Heart As Arena<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27766974?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><div>My pal <a href="http://animalsofdistinction.tumblr.com/">Dana Gingras</a> has been working on a new piece called Heart As Arena. I was lucky enough to live above the dance studio she and the dancers were working in. That was only a year and half ago, but it seems longer.</div><div>Sometimes the world lines up and sends me to places I should be. Last time this happened I wound up in Berlin and meeting the love of my life, this time I am headed to Vancouver at the beginning of October to see my oldest friend before he leaves town and catch the premier of this piece at the <a href="http://www.thecultch.com/content/view/337/484/">VECC</a> on October 4th.</div><div>Most of my life in Montreal has dissolved. This piece feels like a time capsule for me, a small part that left the party before the cops showed up. Or maybe just it was a faultless time traveller that gave me a little glimpse of the life I would lead now.</div><div>I'm really proud of my friend and look forward to this, like everything I have ever seen by her, completely altering my own practice. </div><div>
<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Video by Yannick Grandmont</span>
<br /><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27766974">Heart As Arena</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8140869">Dana Gingras</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-19834229099631242072011-08-15T04:11:00.001-04:002011-08-15T04:12:54.515-04:00Art dies in the summer, but look at this new painting<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xpe0dO92ryA/TkjU2LbgxJI/AAAAAAAAAo0/97biNJP_k1U/s1600/newest.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xpe0dO92ryA/TkjU2LbgxJI/AAAAAAAAAo0/97biNJP_k1U/s400/newest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640992560527754386" /></a>
<br />Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-56910228753024725492011-07-25T05:02:00.003-04:002011-07-25T05:07:51.990-04:00SPARKLE not SPARGEL<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VX6exKFsFzo/Ti0xksNrwRI/AAAAAAAAAnY/gd-TvBzmiZ8/s1600/UAS%2Binvites%2Bback%2BFinal.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VX6exKFsFzo/Ti0xksNrwRI/AAAAAAAAAnY/gd-TvBzmiZ8/s320/UAS%2Binvites%2Bback%2BFinal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633213215323963666" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u>The untitled art society in Calgary is holding a pretty fucking abgefahren fundraising party on August 6th. They're calling it Blitzen Die Partei, and hanging up some of my work and a few others' sparkly oeuvres. A few performances too, and some drinking and dancing.</u></span></div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hup-mkDaNSQ/Ti0xkR-7pwI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Dlby2dbEsGo/s1600/UAS%2Binvites%2BFinal.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hup-mkDaNSQ/Ti0xkR-7pwI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Dlby2dbEsGo/s320/UAS%2Binvites%2BFinal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633213208282769154" /></a><br /></div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-86977289971552377862011-06-22T08:17:00.003-04:002011-06-24T13:52:04.540-04:00Atelier Project Exhibition: June 30th in Berlin<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hffC9L9tgyo/TgHeHzY5TtI/AAAAAAAAAeE/92_SIBAqTyE/s1600/IMG_4284.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hffC9L9tgyo/TgHeHzY5TtI/AAAAAAAAAeE/92_SIBAqTyE/s320/IMG_4284.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621018035570167506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans, 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Atelier Project Exhibition in the cavernous former cafeteria of the DDR radio complex will feature works by 8 international artists chosen in 2010 for the pilot visual arts project at the Funkhaus. This exhibition will be the first of a series of self-curated exhibitions by the artists working in a block of studios occupying warehouses and listening rooms on the first floor.
<br />A haunting, empty space lit by the sun that served breakfast, lunch and dinner for decades, the former cafeteria is a location that represents well the ironic stillness and quiet the artists experience creating their pieces in the former workplace of thousands broadcasting to millions.</span><table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; width: 493px; "><tbody><tr><td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 15px; "><div class="description summary">
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<br />-Carla Busuttil (ZA)
<br />-Steffen Geisler (D)
<br />-Sibylle Jazra (D)
<br />-Alexander J. Kraut (D)
<br />-Eleni M (CY)
<br />-Wil Murray (CA)
<br />-Andrea Romero (MX)
<br />-Martin Werthmann (D)
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<br />The exhibition is part of a larger opening event that includes:
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<br />The Funkhaus Art Prize 2011 exhibition
<br />The Funkhaus Atelier Program exhibition
<br />The open Studios of the Funkhaus Ateliers
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<br />Opening: 30 of June 18h-23h
<br />Duration: 1-2 July 12h-17h
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<br />The opening will follow by an outdoor party on the bank of the spree and a BBQ!</div></td></tr></tbody></table></span>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-44749384007621543832011-06-19T06:12:00.004-04:002011-06-19T06:22:15.061-04:00Callin' From The Funkhaus<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4HyjtqUAYrs/Tf3McSDHryI/AAAAAAAAAd8/pFJ6zJQg6Kw/s1600/fh_nalepa.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4HyjtqUAYrs/Tf3McSDHryI/AAAAAAAAAd8/pFJ6zJQg6Kw/s320/fh_nalepa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619872696281575202" /></a>June 30th to July 3rd....Big event at the <a href="http://www.nalepastrasse.de/">Funkhaus Nalepastrasse</a>, where I have my studio in Berlin. They will be announcing the winner of the <a href="http://www.nalepastrasse.de/en/about-the-prize">Funkhaus sculpture prize</a>, having open studios, a curated exhibition of guest artists and an exhibition of the artists(including me) in the Atelier Project. Food, booze, DJs....beautiful river and Stalinist architecture.<div>I'll be showing some new paintings.</div><div>The party is on Thursday, June 3oth, at 6pm to 10pm.<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span><br /></div></div></div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-57865329156738501952011-06-18T10:28:00.004-04:002011-06-18T10:40:46.434-04:00St. Laurent vs. Berlin Wall<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0fhkrmKOg10/Tfy3lOAUnvI/AAAAAAAAAd0/6o6vVkIrak4/s1600/P1020003.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0fhkrmKOg10/Tfy3lOAUnvI/AAAAAAAAAd0/6o6vVkIrak4/s320/P1020003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619568285094026994" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>Marianne Ackerman was in town a few weeks ago and we did a little interview at Neu! Bar.<div>Read the resulting article <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/Cool+city+never+beaten+track/4922741/story.html">here</a>.</div><div>This article reflects back to me that I am not coming back to Montreal any time soon. I live here now, making psychedelic vaginas.</div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34419451.post-23891386434176854492011-06-07T03:19:00.003-04:002011-06-07T03:31:16.475-04:00Goodbye Galerie PUSH<a href="http://www.galeriepush.com/images/basic/galerie-4VM.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 330px;" src="http://www.galeriepush.com/images/basic/galerie-4VM.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>I am sad to see <a href="http://www.galeriepush.com/">Galerie PUSH</a> disappear. Working with Megan Bradley always made things seem so much more possible. Getting into trouble, trying to eek out how to keep going, feeling like family..... working with Galerie PUSH made "business as usual" take its proper place as the way to do things if everything else fails. I loved you best with a tiny Boris beer in my hand up in that weird space on St. Laurent.<div>Entropy always, but I feel a little chicken little as I watch good things end and power consolidate in the hands of fewer...but this too will change. Always more plurality in the art world, please.</div><div>Good work, Galerie PUSH. Things will never be as exciting as my solo show there in 2009. That is the high point so far. Good luck to Megan as she moves over to <a href="http://www.parisianlaundry.com/">Parisian Laundry</a>, they are lucky to have her.</div>Wil Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com0