tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post148281963647842889..comments2024-03-26T10:07:14.049-04:00Comments on Painting: Jim Falck and Addison Parks,artistsMartin Mugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-330616960235673302024-01-07T17:27:51.592-05:002024-01-07T17:27:51.592-05:00most often it is first the silence and then my cur...most often it is first the silence and then my curiosity as to why and then the sadness that I will not hear from them againMartin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-21019968524566378922018-01-08T13:06:54.535-05:002018-01-08T13:06:54.535-05:00Addison passed away on Jan 3, 2018 Addison passed away on Jan 3, 2018 Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-4577643956598265022014-05-05T10:04:12.381-04:002014-05-05T10:04:12.381-04:00These words he wrote could have been spoken about ...These words he wrote could have been spoken about Jim.He was not only outrageous but courageous.And I think he hid his frustration with lack of recognition as well.Underneath it all he was the sensitive poet.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-34474685188641202712014-05-05T08:51:49.120-04:002014-05-05T08:51:49.120-04:00So great to hear Jim's words. A wonderful trib...So great to hear Jim's words. A wonderful tribute was paid to him on Saturday at Lynch Park in Beverly. His spirit surrounded the room. I knew Jim from the art world in Beverly and will miss him greatly. However I am so thankful to have been able to know him and feel about him as he felt about Big Boy, blessed to have had him touch my life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439603942801604191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-62140981948358564222014-04-27T08:36:42.814-04:002014-04-27T08:36:42.814-04:00Here is a great comment from one of his students:J...Here is a great comment from one of his students:JIm Falck:<br /><br />"was nichols an insider..........never ........... he was a disruptive man not pandering to anyone who<br />he felt could not take his being.....the pathetic person who thought he was an insider did not have<br />a clue what is inside and out...........nichols ,in his spirit, must have felt so ignored even in his very<br />proud state of being not to have been exhibited at the nielson gallery or others on newbury street<br />when far less complex and courageous artists as tim were having the song of the day.....tim was never<br />bought;.........always thought his art was before him......stood by it.......was not wanting to be praised.....<br />and i hope in this world of artful shame he will see the day when some one finds his being an art<br />as a representation of his frustration and beauty so splendidly presented in his painting........."Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-15325374961298293462014-04-24T06:19:31.585-04:002014-04-24T06:19:31.585-04:00Glad to hear that people are reading this.He was a...Glad to hear that people are reading this.He was a sensitive and deep person.Here is what he wrote about his teacher Tim Nichols at SFMA.http://martinmugar.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-is-fair-and-foul-in-art-worldtim.htmlMartin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-35438851031786747822014-04-24T01:17:32.295-04:002014-04-24T01:17:32.295-04:00Dear Martin,
Thanks so much for posting the articl...Dear Martin,<br />Thanks so much for posting the article about (& email from Jim Falck). I went to Montserrat with Jim & was heartbroken to hear that he passed away. What a wonderful soul.<br /><br />Jim was one of a kind! So like his paintings: booming, colorful, (naughty) & full of life!<br /><br />In case you didn't get this already, here's the invite for "Gathering of Jim Falck's Friends" at Montserrat this weekend. <br /><br />All the best to you,<br />Sue Doyle<br /><br />"Art is the fire of life," - Jim Falck<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Please join us for a Gathering of Jim Falck's Friends <br />Saturday, April 26, 2014<br /><br />Drawing on the Wildside: 1 - 3 pm<br />Reception in the Gallery: 3 - 5 pm<br /><br />Montserrat College of Art<br />23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA<br /><br />We are planning a gathering of Jim's friends to remember him and what he loved the most...the company of good friends enjoying art, food, wine and lively conversation.<br /><br />If you like to paint, the studios will be available to try your hand at "Drawing on the Wildside" from 1 to 3 pm. Jim taught this class for six years at Montserrat and enjoyed sharing his enthusiasm for art with more than 100 students. We will have some acrylic paints and brushes available but feel free to bring your own supplies.<br /><br />Refreshments and libations will be in the gallery from 3 to - 5 pm. If you would like to bring some light finger food or flowers for the reception, that would be fine.<br /><br />Bring any postcards, paintings, ceramics, photos or your favorite story that you would like to share with the group. We will have an exhibition wall and a table set up in our Paul Scott Library for an impromptu exhibition.<br /><br />Please R.S.V.P. <br /><br />Kathleen Burke at kathleen.burke@montserrat.edu<br /> <br />(ps. I'm sending this from a friend's google account- but my email is:<br />sioux_30@yahoo.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-80410435779821419772014-03-27T20:15:34.254-04:002014-03-27T20:15:34.254-04:00I just came across this email from JIm Falck that ...I just came across this email from JIm Falck that I had printed out last year and saved in my files:It is so full of love and wisdom.I had to type it out to get it to print here so I was able to savor each word::<br /><br /><br />Good Morning Martin and Alix<br /><br />I am looking out the window straight ahead and am feeling and seeing the colors of your beautiful painting, Martin, which you so generously took me to Boston to see…<br /><br />Across the street those swelling dots of paint and ribbons of color are now in my very eyesight not noticed so clearly before…the snow with white and the varied blue patterns caused by shadow….pinks and light lavender on the house across the street….a light limy green as trim and left over dangling holiday lights of ribbons tracing down…the lovely calm at last in the sky relieving the last few days of wind as this very color is reflected in those painting which in themselves are lovely and calming in these days of harsh, destructive, complicated art trying to shock the roots of our nature….reflecting the very devastation of wanting too much….listening to the noises beyond satisfaction hammering our souls with constant doubt and where murder and tearing at the very human body in art: soul less extreme for shock and no value…<br /><br />You have not accepted the dubious waste of society, but reflect the extraordinary beauty if we only pause and look….work the garden….sail on the water…love with obvious pleasure… drop the guns…. Walk in the forest or even walk down the street to know we live in a neighborhood of others…timeless time…I am so great full for that ride into Boston and to see your sublime painting…and marvel at the time so much and thoughtfully required to make such a beautiful statement about your reflected value of being human…observation and spirit of an unselfish and beautiful giving: for us to have pleasure of a worth and experience…<br /><br />Today is the third week of big boy taking off and Tuesday will always cast a shadow over my life as tears so sadly in lonesomeness come down the cheeks and all the drops are lovely because I found so much in a beautiful small creature who stole my soul and made me pause to realize that eleven years of his life connected with mine was a sacred and a fortunate gift…<br /><br />I read your art statement this morning and I so admire your rationalization and vocabulary in making a worthy artist statement where well used words can mean so much in writing about inspiration and association…the reviewer might have taken more time in sitting in that room and absorbing those works of art rather than rushing off to fill her duty to write something for a buck for a Boston newspaper…<br /><br />So thank you so much for yesterday…the tranquility of the moment settled in my soul and gave me some peace about being alone without big boy who was so much in being part of my life…<br /><br /><br />Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-14430082473580107632013-10-12T02:16:07.981-04:002013-10-12T02:16:07.981-04:00Jim Falck passed away on October 5, 2013. I can st...Jim Falck passed away on October 5, 2013. I can still hear his voice on his answering machine forcefully declaring: "Falck Here! I'm in the studio!"Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-49316499843575776282012-08-14T03:04:29.109-04:002012-08-14T03:04:29.109-04:00My Reply to Carl
Thanks for responding.At least I...My Reply to Carl<br /><br />Thanks for responding.At least I now feel less solipsistic!!<br />Visual art is at its best when it considers itself a deep language of the eye/mind.In that sense it is shared with other human beings so it can be socialized.It is rooted in biology and our understanding of that biology deepens from generation to generation although certain notions of visual language can linger around for a long time as did chiaroscuro.When it is taken literally for reality(to use your word) it begs to be changed or challenged.Same for political systems.Where we are now in this evolution is hard to say.Looking at some of the local art I would say there is no interest in tradition and a lot of the art seems to be just describing their personal experience.Artists like Gorky,Rothko,deKooning studied the language of painting and used it as a vehicle for more global statements about life ,,energy,time and space.Take Gorky who according to Joseph Solman in a letter to ArtNews after Gorky's death was just an imitator of other artists,no more.It was out of this dialogue with the visual language of his time that he created abstract expressionism,a language that opened up new ways of thinking and seeing.<br />Bloom has a lot to say on this subject in literature in the "Anxiety of Influence"where the strong artists let themselves be influenced but then must struggle to create their own identity.Only weak artists ignore influence.Hence the narcissistic tendency to close yourself off and see yourself as unique.<br /><br />I will stop here but could go on.<br /><br />Thanks again for keeping the dialogue going.<br /><br />MartinMartin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-86175087475054130262012-08-14T02:47:15.421-04:002012-08-14T02:47:15.421-04:00A reply from Carl Belz on Facebook:
Carl Belz 2...A reply from Carl Belz on Facebook:<br /> <br />Carl Belz 2:28pm Aug 13<br /><br />"They can't absorb any influences...terminal narcissism...reification..." Intriguing and important stuff, this. The self is, of course, central to modern experience, as opposed, say, to any external social or political or religious construct. Its, the self's, reification, as you're calling it--it could also, I suggest, be called its literalization--would suggest that it has jettisoned or lost or sacrificed its tie with the lived world, including the problematic relationship between self and world that provides the tension--per your earlier Cezanne essay (as if "dropped onto the road")--within modernist expression generally. Is solipsism--the self as the only reality--another word for this? I wrestle constantly with these questions, and I'm trying to see if we're on the same page here.<br />Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.com