{"id":970,"date":"2020-01-09T16:07:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/?p=970"},"modified":"2020-01-09T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:07:52","slug":"as-we-enter-2020-part-ii-new-york-manchester-geneva-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/as-we-enter-2020-part-ii-new-york-manchester-geneva-london\/","title":{"rendered":"As we enter 2020, part II: New York, Manchester, Geneva, London","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\/2020\/01\/as-we-enter-2020-part-ii-new-york-manchester-geneva-london\/\" 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>Greetings. Here it is, part 2. Part 1 had me tying up last year&#8217;s loose ends. Part 2 looks at the near future and which walls you&#8217;ll find my work on. As usual, everything happens at once. I&#8217;m in exhibitions at the Portico Library in Manchester (UK), the Centre d&#8217;Art Contemporain in Geneva (Switzerland), and with Jennifer Lauren Gallery at the Candid Arts Center in London (UK)\u00a0as well as at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (USA).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outsider Art Fair &#8211; Jennifer Lauren Gallery<i>\u00a0\/\/\/\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 16-19th. Metropolitan Pavilion. New York, USA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure exactly what happened during the fabrefaction of my <em>July 31st &#8211; November 28th, 2019<\/em> diary drawing, but the result is 12,627 words in my bubble text on A5 card. This is almost 2,000 more words than were recorded on the previous page and by now more than have been recorded on any of the ten A4 size diary drawings. If you want to go see the combobulation for yourself, find yourself at the <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/art-fairs-2019\/outsider-art-fair-ny-2020\">Jennifer Lauren Gallery<\/a><\/span> booth for their third year at the fair. Jennifer Lauren will also be showing work by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/shinichi-sawada\">Shinichi Sawada<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/art-fairs-2019\/outsider-art-fair-ny-2020\">Akio Kontani<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/art-fairs-2019\/outsider-art-fair-ny-2020\">Margaret Mousseau<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/leonhard-fink\">Leonhard Fink<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/chris-neate\">Chris Neate<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/norimitsu-kokubo\">Norimistsu Kokubo<\/a><\/span> and more.<\/p>\n<p>For further info on the fair, opening hours, special events etc.. see <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/new-york\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_976\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/oaf-2020.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-976\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-976\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/oaf-2020-1024x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/oaf-2020-1024x393.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/oaf-2020-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/oaf-2020-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/oaf-2020.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outsider Art Fair, NYC 2020<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_977\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/diary_Jul_Nov_2019_web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-977\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/diary_Jul_Nov_2019_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diary, July 31st &#8211; November 28th, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Talking Sense: The Changing Vocabulary of Mind and Brain. \/\/\/\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 17th-April 13th. The Portico Library. Manchester, UK<\/span><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesmossart.com\/cv-contact\">James Moss<\/a><\/span> curates the works and minds of 50 artists in this playfully conceptual <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theportico.org.uk\/event-calendar\/2020\/1\/17\/talking-sense-the-changing-vocabulary-of-mind-and-brain\">exhibition<\/a><\/span> fitting to the ethos of the <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theportico.org.uk\/about\">Portico Library<\/a><\/span>, a 200+ year old subscription library in Manchester&#8217;s city center. The exhibition &#8220;explores the idea of &#8220;mind\/brain-then\/now&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<i>combining 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century literature with new artworks to create a space for conversations around the vocabulary of neurodiversity, mental health and psychology&#8221;. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carlokeshishian.com\/examples\/example13.php\">Sugar Glider vs. Octopus<\/a><\/span><\/i>, a\u00a0painting I did in 2009 will be included along with works by the homies <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/metanast.wordpress.com\/darren-brian-adcock\/\">Darren Adcock<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/dollysen.com\/\">Dolly Sen<\/a><\/span>. Quite pleasantly, we are accompanied by 47 artists I can&#8217;t say I am aware of by name. I look forward to discovering their work and how all this might fit together in the context! The public preview is from 6-8pm on Thursday 16th January.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_972\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TalkingSenseposter1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-972\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-972\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TalkingSenseposter1-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TalkingSenseposter1-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TalkingSenseposter1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TalkingSenseposter1-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TalkingSenseposter1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talking Sense: The changing vocabulary of mind and brain<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_978\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sugar-glider-vs-octopus-2009-e1578566704205.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-978\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-978\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sugar-glider-vs-octopus-2009-1024x864.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Glider vs. Octopus, 2009<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scrivere Disegnando (&#8216;Writing By Drawing&#8217;): When Language Seeks Its Other<i>\u00a0\/\/\/\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 29th- May 3rd. Centre d&#8217;Art Contemporain. Geneva, Switzerland<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m\u00a0thrilled to have several diary drawings included in this near-exhaustive exploration of writing as drawing and how this leaves the communicative aspect in ambivalence and\/or ambiguity, focussing on work from the early 19th century to the present day. At least that&#8217;s my reading of it so far. I impatiently await experiencing <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/centre.ch\/en\/exhibitions\/scrivere-disegnando\/\">the exhibition<\/a><\/span> for myself at the opening on Tuesday, January 28th. I understand the exhibition will be accompanied by an elaborately produced book of 300+ pages. I will report back with details regarding that as I learn them. Co-curated by <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrea_Bellini_(curator)\">Andrea Bellini<\/a><\/span> (<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/centre.ch\/en\/about\/\">Centre d&#8217;Art Contemporain<\/a><\/span>, Director) and <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/fr_CH\/art-brut\/sarah-lombardi\">Sarah Lombardi<\/a><\/span> (<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/\">Collection de l&#8217;Art Brut<\/a><\/span> Lausanne, Director), it will be interesting to see works by artists associated with Art Brut side by side with contemporary artists, brought together\u00a0through the context of this theme. On those walls I&#8217;ll be in the very good company of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/nick-blinko\">Nick Blinko<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gaston-chaissac.org\/\">Gaston Chaissac<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartnow.com\/aloise-corbaz\/\">Aloise Corbaz<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/10-things-to-know-about-Jean-Dubuffet-8066-1.aspx\">Jean Dubbuffet<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2019\/jan\/30\/susan-hiller-artist-conundrums-vivid-and-intriguing\">Susan Hiller<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/henri-michaux\/\">Henri Michaux<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/laure\">Laure Pigeon<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2013\/10\/codex-seraphinianus-interview\/\">Luigi Serafini<\/a><\/span> (Codex Seraphinianus!), <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soulsgrowndeep.org\/artist\/john-b-murray\">J.B. Murray<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/walla-august\">August Walla<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/429473\/melvin-way-the-cocaine-files-dossier-1989-2017-andrew-edlin-gallery\/\">Melvin Way<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/arthistoryproject.com\/artists\/adolf-wolfli\/\">Adolf Wolfli<\/a><\/span> among others.. In my previous blog entry I spoke on the writer <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/art-brut\/michel-thevoz\">Michel Thevoz<\/a><\/span> and the artist <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gallevery.com\/artists\/carlo-zinelli\">Carlo Zinelli<\/a><\/span>. Thevoz is contributing text to the book published in conjunction with this exhibition, and there is a big <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/fr_CH\/exposition\/carlo-zinelli\">Zinelli exhibition at the Collection l&#8217;Art Brut<\/a><\/span> in Lausanne, so I&#8217;ll also be able to experience that, which should be wonderful. I&#8217;ll report back upon returning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monochromatic Minds: Lines Of Revelation &#8211; Jennifer Lauren Gallery<i>\u00a0\/\/\/\u00a0February<\/i><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a025th- March 4th. Candid Arts Centre. London, UK<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help but feel this will be a historic exhibition relentlessly championing works in black and white, through a roster of 62 artists, most of which I admire immensely, and some I&#8217;d not heard of or seen but am thus far impressed with based on images revealed<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/monochromatic-minds\">here<\/a><\/span>. Jennifer Lauren has taken on quite a task and brought together an extremely impressive group of artists, which I&#8217;m overwhelmingly excited to see curated together in one space. On these walls I am joined by my PPP crew (Posca Pen Pals) <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lazylizard.com.au\/liz\/main.htm\">Liz Parkinson<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.juliasisi.com\/\">Julia Sisi<\/a><\/span>, the highly potent <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/bethlemgallery.com\/artists\/albert-2\/\">Albert<\/a><\/span> who I&#8217;ve met through the <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/bethlemgallery.com\/who-we-are\/\">Bethlem<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/madgegill.com\/\">Madge Gill<\/a><\/span> who needs no introduction, the great <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/outsidein.org.uk\/galleries\/aradne\/\">Aradne<\/a><\/span>, it&#8217;s an endless list and I&#8217;d love to think of specific words to describe each artist but I must go and do my tax returns. It&#8217;s very tempting though.. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/ody-saban\">Ody Saban<\/a><\/span> who&#8217;s work I&#8217;ve admired over the last fifteen years, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catharyneward.com\/\">Cathy Ward<\/a><\/span> whom I&#8217;ve crossed paths with since encountering her work at <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehorsehospital.com\/about\">The Horse Hospital<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(which is in grave danger of being shut down after over 25 years, spread the word to your powerful and caring friends please!) around the time they offered to show my work for the first time in 2007\/8, Nick Blinko who I&#8217;ve written about quite a lot over the years (here are\u00a0a couple of bits: <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carlokeshishian\/photos\/a.10150155116985556\/10150678631610556\/?type=3&amp;theater\">2011<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/inside-out-at-castlefield-gallery-in-manchester-uk\/\">2016<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">)<span style=\"color: #333300;\">, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/mehrdad-rashidi\">Rashidi<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/margot\">Margot<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.widewalls.ch\/artist\/harald-stoffers\/\">Harald Stoffers<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/george-widener\">George Widener<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dxrq5p1UmJM\">Ben Wilson<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/malcolm-mckesson\">Malcolm McKesson<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativegrowth.org\/news\/dan-miller-gateway-2019\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Dan Miller<\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/deviationstreetmagazine.com\/2019\/06\/15\/an-interview-with-kate-bradbury\/\">Kate Bradbury<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/nigel-kingsbury\/\">Nigel Kingsbury<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/cakeordeathsite.wordpress.com\/2019\/05\/02\/the-cryptic-geometry-of-daniel-goncalves\/\">Daniel Goncalves<\/a><\/span>,<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianberst.com\/en\/artist\/nedjar.html\"> Michel Nedjar<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartnow.com\/evelyne-postic\/\">Evelyne Postic<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/abcd-artbrut.net\/collection\/wociechovsky-agatha\/\">Agatha Wojciechowsky<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordongallery.net\/gordon.html\">Ted Gordon<\/a><\/span>, and the list goes on! I just wish brother <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http:\/\/philbaird.co.uk\/drawings.html\">Phil<\/a><\/span> was here. Right,.. I feel like I&#8217;m about to malfunction. For full details <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/58d54ca33e00beebbdb24917\/t\/5e0b7e058818570cab6486b5\/1577811493499\/Monochromatic+Minds+FINAL.pdf\">check this\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003300;\">and I&#8217;ll reiterate all this in a more succinct and informative manner within the next blog entry in a few weeks, with updated specifics regarding the series of events surrounding the exhibition including presentations by some of the artists and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Roger Cardinal (1940-2019)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was saddening to hear that Roger Cardinal, the man who first used the controversial term &#8216;Outsider Art&#8217; with having his book titled as such (published in 1972), has transcended the Earth at the end of last year. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/rawvision.com\/articles\/roger-cardinal-record\">The forthcoming issue (104) of Raw Vision magazine will be a special tribute edition<\/a><\/span>. I was privileged to meet him several times. My first encounter with him was interesting, I had been writing in my diary drawing for a couple of hours, alone at a table and he walks into the room and asks if I mind him sitting beside me. He then asked if I minded him taking some notes as we conversed.\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">We went from there into another smaller room where a video interview with Jean Dubuffet was showing and we sat there for a short time before he nodded off for a while in an armchair. We crossed paths a handful of times or so after that and began a somewhat intense email exchange, which began with him actually saying he would be &#8220;honoured&#8221; to write about my drawings (too much!). He could also be quite playful in his approach. Referring back to that email, he wrote: <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><em>I would be honoured to write something about your work, which is definitely on my personal list of a site of &#8220;outstanding natural beauty&#8221; (that&#8217;s a quotation from the Kent County Council road sign that you&#8217;ll find at the entrance to our local villages!)<\/em><\/span>. I regret not having resolved the unusual and perplexing tone of our last emails. Irrespective of that, Roger Cardinal will forever be gargantuan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/roger-cardinal.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-986\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/roger-cardinal-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/roger-cardinal-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/roger-cardinal-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/roger-cardinal.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/2020\/01\/as-we-enter-2020-part-ii-new-york-manchester-geneva-london\/\" 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. Greetings. Here it is, part 2. Part 1 had me tying up last year&#8217;s loose ends. Part 2 looks at the near future and which walls you&#8217;ll find my work on. As usual, everything happens at once. I&#8217;m in exhibitions at the Portico Library in Manchester (UK), the Centre d&#8217;Art Contemporain in Geneva [&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":[43,42,1],"tags":[179,383,345,231,174,357,230,367,375,371,342,176,131,341,376,348,365,255,377,379,353,147,68,381,359,261,374,362,366,350,360,240,119,229,363,347,370,120,364,177,224,346,373,368,380,335,369,20,378,349,14,124,23,27,123,343,142,340,372,127,384,358,354,344,13,361,351,382,352,306,356,355],"aioseo_notices":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970"}],"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=970"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}