Hello frens,
It’s been awhile since I’ve written given work and travel. In January it was time with family in Jacksonville, Florida, followed by New York, Denver, New York and now London, soon to be followed by New York and Miami. *ah, the warmth*
Before we return to the regular programming, here are two brief and exciting updates.
Could JPG Become the Tumblr of the NFT Space?
I was pleased to be included in an Artnews article about startup JPG (Juried Protocol Galleries). Thank you co-founder María Paula Fernandez for tapping me on this…
JPG is a tool for the curator in everyone. Users can take NFTs from OpenSea and Zora, among other platforms, and show them in a number of formats accompanied by writing. It’s got very basic functionality but the message is clear: curation is a novel paradigm and NFTs can tokenize this labor.
“Right now, there’s no grand institutional legitimization in the NFT space through which the traditional fine art world can understand and evaluate the relevance of NFT works,” Wise said. “I think that we can actually view JPG as a force that facilitates discourse and bottom-up curation that takes the place outside an institution.”
What would you curate? Checkout the platform here!
exciting news!
Friends and Lovers at Daniel Cooney Fine Art, March 10 - April 30
508 W 26th St, New York NY, 10001
An exhibition of the work of Bernard Perlin will be opening later this week in New York. Perlin is a favorite artist of mine. When my grandfather left Germany in 1938, he was painting pictures in Poland. His grandfather was a tailor while mine had a menswear store. Openly distasteful towards the art world, he moved from New York City to Connecticut in 1959.
His work is well-represented across the most influential museums in the world; MoMA (New York), Hirshorn (Washington D.C.), Tate Modern (London, UK), etc. In fact, he was the first American artist acquired by the Tate after WWII.
Bernard is recognized in the canon of social realism, his work widely depicting wartime events and brutality as he accompanied American soldiers into Europe. By his return to New York in 1954 (from Italy where he was on a Guggenheim Fellowship) the tastes of the art world had shifted towards abstract expressionism. Unlike many, Perlin stuck to figurative painting depicting friends, lovers, and still life into the 1970s. He would pickup painting again in the 2000s, painting his husband among others.
A bit over a year ago I acquired a modest oil on canvas by the artist and am grateful to loan the work to the exhibition.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
Gabe