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Bourgeon Book Launch

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The arts magazine Bourgeon has published hundreds of articles by artists about their work since 2005. All of the articles document the artwork and personal and artistic journeys of the authors as professional artists. is an anthology of contemporary art written by the artists themselves.
Bourgeon: Fifty Artists Write About Their Work  is an anthology of contemporary art written by the artists themselves – published by the non-profit Day Eight.

The book signing was last night at the Art Club of DC – here are some snaps at the opening:

 
Editor Robert Bettmann talks to the audience at the book signing.
Artist Jessica Beels (center) at the reception.
Artist Tim Tate and Donovan Lessard at the DC Arts Club.

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Bourgeon On Tim Tate

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>The online arts magazine Bourgeon has a great article about Tim Tate and the Washington Glass School. The magazine article’s highlights include Tim’s achievements and plans for the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Washington Glass School and his thoughts about the tremendous changes that are remaking the art world landscape. Tim talks of how the artist’s career path has changed, and how he has succeeded – indeed thrives, within the current technological and social interactive changes going on.

“in the late 1980’s, the art world presented a hugely different terrain than it does today. In those days, there was one primary path. An emerging artist would try to be noticed by a local gallery, which, if the artist were lucky, would represent him/her in that geographic region. Ideally, one would find several different galleries in different regions, striving for a New York gallery one day. If a gallery had contacts with a museum curator, perhaps it could get them to notice your work. The art world was full of gate-keepers – gallerists, curators, writers –all dominated by a small number of very knowledgeable people who had their own stable of familiar and talented artists. It was very tough to be noticed from the outside.”
“Utilizing Facebook has been a big change, and a big ally, in my work. It started, as all good Facebook stories begin, with [a posting of] a video of a cat playing the piano. … 24 hours later, I was in a show at the Museum Of Art and Design in NYC called “Dead or Alive” with Damien Hirst and Nick Cave.”

For the full article click HERE.

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Rosetta DeBerardinis Interviews Tim Tate

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Welcome to the new media world: artist/arts writer Rosetta DeBerardinis interviewed Tim Tate via a live feed to Facebook. The online arts magazine Bourgeon picked up the article and published it:


Tim Tate/ Marc Petrovic
Apothecarium Moderne

Rosetta DeBerardinis: Tim, you have work currently in a major museum show along with Damien Hirst, I read the review. What is your impression of the show?

Tim Tate: The show is a very non-Washington show. It tests the limits of media specific work, and allows artist who normally would be outside the museum system to show work. I would say its one of the most exciting shows in NYC right now.

Rosetta DeBerardinis: You mentioned during our last chat that you were discovered by the curator at the Museum of Art and Design on Facebook. What did his initial correspondence say?

Tim Tate: The way I got the show at the Museum Of Arts and Design in NYC is through Facebook. I posted a video of a cat playing the piano, and a person popped up and said, “Hey! That’s really cute…. I should have that at my museum.” I said “museum???? You should have my work….. what museum??” That man was David McFadden, Chief Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design. I pitched a concept and 24 hours later, I was in a show there.

Rosetta DeBerardinis: What was your pitch?

Tim Tate: It was called “The Apothecarium Moderne.” It consists of 9 large apothecary jars, each offering a cure for an ill of modern mankind. I sent him a sketch of the piece.

For the rest of the Bourgeon article – click HERE

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