Detroit Day 5: GO BIG!

 

Aaron  Rosa and his most recent sale

San Jose Iglesia Plaza

is going to its new home in the courtyard of 206 Monterey Dunes Way, all 900 lbs of him

Another cold day with rain, heavy at times, starting in the early evening. Breakfast of porridge and fruit, dinner with the Cal LA Arts team (DB and THB paid for 4 students' air fares) at the Royal Kabob restaurant in Hamtramck plus some friends of the professor of the ceramics department and BG (ED of AMOCA, she will be joining us to Akron).

Stop 1: Cranbrook

student show

student studios

Anna Gukov: she had 1/2 of a terrific piece in Fiber&Clay show

Suzanne Stephenon "cups" in Cranbrook Archives

there is a large contingent of 2nd graders being hosted this morning, here's a pic of what they are wearing this season in Detroit

more work from the archives

Ebi

Jun Kaneko taught at Cranbrook

Stop 2

show curated by Ian McDonald, the ceramics prof at Cranbrook

Ian's work: pieces with steel attached

Stop 3

a mix of new work and secondary art for sale

unusual Viola Frey work

current work  by a long-term artist represented by this gallery; his talk was very unusual in that his pieces have to be hung with deep intent (and here THB thought a white wall was just a white wall)

faint pencil marks on the wall above and below

another local artist, you can't tell because of the delicateness of the work that there are twigs and other foliage detritus glazed into the work

Jim Melchert, bay area artist recently deceased 

DB recognized the artist that made the green platter

Stop 4

more work by Ebi ; THB and DB liked Marie's subtle pieces

Ebi

Marie

Ebi and Marie

Stop 5

there are more figures lost in the greenery

Stop 6 (next door to 5)

Kaneko on secondary market

Stop7: Back to the Convention  Center, with shipping and crating, around $4-5k...great price by the pound (lots of paintings are sold by the sq inch)

Stop 8 Dinner