http://thegazz.com/gblogs/artattack/2008/01/17/sweet-sour-a-diy-medal-of-honor-to-the-buswater-gang/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/artattack/2008/01/17/sweet-sour-a-diy-medal-of-honor-to-the-buswater-gang/#comment-1563 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:26:20 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/artattack/2008/01/17/sweet-sour-a-diy-medal-of-honor-to-the-buswater-gang/#comment-1563 [...] Sour: “Given Sweet’s post below, let’s focus on some more positive things going on in the arts world, before you slit your wrists. I’m calling it — with a nod to Charles Dickens — “A Tale of Two Openings.” There were two big openings of note this past weekend, both of them a sign of the times. The Art Store Opening (under new management) and the “Beating Art” group show at a longime arts/party center at Joe Mullins’s arts colony complex on Hansford Street. This was quite the “other side of the tracks” from the tony Art Store opening in exclusive South Hills. The “Beating Art” show is the opposite of exclusive and that’s a great thing. Sweet: “This weekend marked a changing of the guard. Lisa Fischer Casto is taking over from legendary local art divas Sherry Lovett and Ellie Schaul at the Arts Store as the most powerful gallery director in town (since Callen McJunkin hasn’t gotten her new space together yet).” ——————————— Sour: “The ‘Beating Art’ show is unabashedly proud of being the newest breaking art scene in town. Sweet: “You couldn’t have had two more different openings this weekend. The old guard changing hands at the Art Store and the chaotic, nascent sign of what will be the new guard on Hansford Street. Two very different sides of the coin in terms of the area arts world.” ——————————— Sour: And we thought the Buswater Gang on the Boulevard was a breath of fresh air — which it still is. But this “Beating Art” show is wildly exciting as a new arts space. (Although I’m not sure the new air here is fresh! More like semi-toxic– but that’s a good thing and representative of the actual air in Charleston). You think we should give Dane Klingaman and “Beating Arts” gang another DIY (Do It Yourself) award?” Sweet: “Absolutely, give them a DIY! And give Joe Mullins a lifetime achievement for enabling great arts things to happen at his Hansford Street arts complex over the years. Joe, thanks for all you have done to help practicing artists have a space and place to live, whether they can pay or not! This “Beating Art” show makes the Buswater gang seem staid. (Not dissing the Buswater gang in any way, we love their shows). Just saying, this “Beating Art” show is wonderfully wild. The freshness and borderline chaotic vitality of the show reminds me of the vibe of the old punk rock shows at Boll Furniture and various Industrial spaces back in the ’80s.” [...] […] Sour: “Given Sweet’s post below, let’s focus on some more positive things going on in the arts world, before you slit your wrists. I’m calling it — with a nod to Charles Dickens — “A Tale of Two Openings.” There were two big openings of note this past weekend, both of them a sign of the times. The Art Store Opening (under new management) and the “Beating Art” group show at a longime arts/party center at Joe Mullins’s arts colony complex on Hansford Street. This was quite the “other side of the tracks” from the tony Art Store opening in exclusive South Hills. The “Beating Art” show is the opposite of exclusive and that’s a great thing. Sweet: “This weekend marked a changing of the guard. Lisa Fischer Casto is taking over from legendary local art divas Sherry Lovett and Ellie Schaul at the Arts Store as the most powerful gallery director in town (since Callen McJunkin hasn’t gotten her new space together yet).” ——————————— Sour: “The ‘Beating Art’ show is unabashedly proud of being the newest breaking art scene in town. Sweet: “You couldn’t have had two more different openings this weekend. The old guard changing hands at the Art Store and the chaotic, nascent sign of what will be the new guard on Hansford Street. Two very different sides of the coin in terms of the area arts world.” ——————————— Sour: And we thought the Buswater Gang on the Boulevard was a breath of fresh air — which it still is. But this “Beating Art” show is wildly exciting as a new arts space. (Although I’m not sure the new air here is fresh! More like semi-toxic– but that’s a good thing and representative of the actual air in Charleston). You think we should give Dane Klingaman and “Beating Arts” gang another DIY (Do It Yourself) award?” Sweet: “Absolutely, give them a DIY! And give Joe Mullins a lifetime achievement for enabling great arts things to happen at his Hansford Street arts complex over the years. Joe, thanks for all you have done to help practicing artists have a space and place to live, whether they can pay or not! This “Beating Art” show makes the Buswater gang seem staid. (Not dissing the Buswater gang in any way, we love their shows). Just saying, this “Beating Art” show is wonderfully wild. The freshness and borderline chaotic vitality of the show reminds me of the vibe of the old punk rock shows at Boll Furniture and various Industrial spaces back in the ’80s.” […]

]]> http://thegazz.com/gblogs/artattack/2008/01/17/sweet-sour-a-diy-medal-of-honor-to-the-buswater-gang/#comment-1449 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:08:55 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/artattack/2008/01/17/sweet-sour-a-diy-medal-of-honor-to-the-buswater-gang/#comment-1449 Kewl, medals of honor. Kewl, medals of honor.

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