{"id":504,"date":"2013-11-03T19:35:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/?p=504"},"modified":"2013-11-03T19:35:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T19:35:19","slug":"whirlwinds-and-portals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/whirlwinds-and-portals\/","title":{"rendered":"Whirlwinds and Portals","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/whirlwinds-and-portals\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><h2>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Line Let Loose&#8217;\u00a0by David Maclagan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has happened again. Things Have accumulated and I have not blogged them. I will try to keep it concise! \u00a0Firstly, as I mentioned earlier in the year, a book called &#8216;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"one place to buy or pre-order the book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Line-Let-Loose-Scribbling-Automatic\/dp\/1780230826\/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1383134102&amp;sr=1-8\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Line Let Loose<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8216; featuring some of my creations on the cover and pages within, exists and is pretty exciting for me. It was meant to come out quite a few months back but there were some delays. As you can see in the photo below though, it actually exists now. I have this advance copy, and the rest should be out in November. I have finished reading it and while it is relentlessly on topic, exploring all sorts of angles, I like that and it certainly makes for an interesting account in regards to the history of scribbling, doodling, mediumistic\/automatic-drawing, and examines crossovers and various aspects of these forms of expression. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"Discussion on Outsider Art filmed at the ICA with David Maclagan, James Brett (Museum of Everything) and Jarvis Cocker (Pulp)\" href=\"<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jk0PndXxSoQ?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span> target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;><span style=\"color: #333399;\">David Maclagan<\/span><\/a><\/span> has written a fair bit over the decades, as well as being an artist in his own right, having given lectures and is also a retired art therapist. It&#8217;s an honour to have my drawing on the wraparound cover of this book!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/carlo-with-line-let-loose.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-509\" alt=\"Carlo with Line Let Loose\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/carlo-with-line-let-loose.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/carlo-with-line-let-loose.jpg 978w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/carlo-with-line-let-loose-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Parisian Whirlwind<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in Beirut right now, counting the hours until the opening of my solo exhibition &#8216;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"blurb about the show\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/29333\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Portals<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8216;. More about that later. On my way to Beirut, I came through Paris and stayed there for four nights so that I could check out the first ever edition of the <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Outsider Art Fair <\/span><\/a><\/span>to be hosted in Paris (after something like 20 years of it taking place in New York). I had a great time and while I don&#8217;t really ever speak to anyone during these things, or if I do it tends to be in somewhat of a subdued manner, but this time even just being myself and acting natural, there was a fluidity at times which was really pleasant. I met some interesting people and had an altogether different experience. There was still strange stuff in the air, sure, but that&#8217;s to be expected. But anyhow, I arrived on the Eurostar (\u00a334 ticket!) at 6pm and then had just an hour to go drop off my luggage and find my way to a 2 hour conference on Art Brut from America.. It was a great way to start the trip, going head on into re-configuring my mindset to listening and trying to understand French. I got at least half of it. Having a French eduction until the age of 9 or so, my vocabulary is limited but I do ok. \u00a0 \u00a0 I spotted two people in the audience that my eye returned to a few times. One I was quite sure is<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> <a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/odysaban.free.fr\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Ody Saban<\/span><\/a><\/span>, an artist I have admired for many years and have had a little correspondence with over the years. The other, I felt was <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sefolosha.com\/wildlife.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Christine Sefolosha<\/span><\/a><\/span>, though I&#8217;d only seen a couple of photos of her before and so couldn&#8217;t be sure, but she did glance over at me a couple of times, and we had also corresponded a little bit. I love Christine&#8217;s work also. Magical stuff. It felt funny to start the trip in the presence of two such &#8216;heroines&#8217;, neither of which I&#8217;d never met before. I chatted with Christine a bit and we took the train.. The following day was the opening of the fair, which interestingly took place at a hotel that had been hired in its entirety. Each guest room was used by a different gallery, with art works propped up in bathtubs and folders of drawings spread out on beds, stuff hung on the walls, etc.. Some of the gallerists even slept in the beds (at night)! I liked it in theory, but it wasn&#8217;t very practical at the opening with the narrow corridors etc.. Naturally some great works were on show. I was particularly pleased to see this small <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"biography and images\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en\/21004\/1050\/lonne--raphael\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Raphael Lonne<\/span><\/a><\/span> drawing kind of hidden at the bottom of a wall.. I showed <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Maizels\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">John Maizels<\/span><\/a><\/span> from <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rawvision.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Raw Vision<\/span><\/a><\/span> magazine the advance copy of David Maclagan&#8217;s Line Let Loose that I had with me, and he agreed that it was beautifully printed and proceeded to show it to a few people in the surrounding area. I also showed it to Ody as she had an image in the book also, and of course hadn&#8217;t seen it yet. I went from there with my friend <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/becreativedaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Julia Elmore<\/span><\/a><\/span> to another gallery where a group exhibition was taking place, featuring works by Christine Sefolosha and it was an absolute joy to have Christine give us a tour of the show and to talk about her work. It meant a lot to me that Christine liked my work when I showed some of it to her. To get a genuine positive reaction from someone you look up to, there&#8217;s nothing quite like it. Both Christine and Ody were very friendly and supportive. I had a nice time chatting with Ody over a coffee the following day and then we went for some lunch with<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> <a title=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laurent_Danchin\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Laurent Danchin<\/span><\/a><\/span>, which was very pleasant indeed. We spoke on various topics and it was a rather insightful experience. The following night my friend Anne-Cecile and I checked out the \u00a0party at the <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museehallesaintpierre\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Halle st.Pierre<\/span><\/a><\/span> celebrating the Raw Vision exhibition which was spectacular (and will be on until next August I believe!), and then on my last night I went to the party at the <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christianberst.com\/en\/gallery-presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Christian Berst<\/span><\/a> <\/span>gallery and caught up with artist <a title=\"interview article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturalpick.com\/webzine\/teenagecathyward\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cathy Ward<\/a> and Jennie from <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/outsidein.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Outside In<\/span><\/a> <\/span>while the <a title=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Von_Bruenchenhein\" target=\"_blank\">Eugene von Burenchenhein<\/a>\u00a0photography show was in effect. I&#8217;ve got to send a special shout out to Rebecca Hoffman for making this great trip possible! Here&#8217;s a photo of Ody Saban and I.. and one I took of her with Laurent Danchin..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4068-v2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-514\" title=\"Carlo and Ody\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4068-v2-300x239.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4068-v2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4068-v2-1024x818.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Laurent and Ody\" href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4071.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"DSCN4071\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4071-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4071-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN4071-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Portals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>My solo exhibition at <a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/therunninghorseart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Running Horse<\/a> in Beirut. I&#8217;ve been working on spiral-based paintings for this show since last year, and I&#8217;ve been painting spirals for long enough to forget when that all began. I&#8217;ve been jotting down a lot of reflections on how this show came to be, what making spirals means to me, various observations about the spiral in nature, life, &#8216;art&#8217;, and in history in general. So, I really don&#8217;t feel like writing more about it right now! I could copy my notes into here.. it might make for excruciating reading. I will spare you for now I think. So the show opens very soon, what I&#8217;ll do is, I&#8217;ll write a next post all about it then..<\/p>\n<p>Cashew soon..<\/p>\n<p>Carlo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=294713265719\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/whirlwinds-and-portals\/\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. . &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8216;Line Let Loose&#8217;\u00a0by David Maclagan It has happened again. Things Have accumulated and I have not blogged them. I will try to keep it concise! \u00a0Firstly, as I mentioned earlier in the year, a book called &#8216;Line Let Loose&#8216; featuring some of my creations on the cover and pages within, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[131,103,125,109,132,105,128,130,126,110,124,23,123,129,127,133],"aioseo_notices":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}