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Post by sleepboy on Mar 24, 2009 9:18:48 GMT -8
 Posted up an interview with Schorr. Here is part of it. Arrested Motion (AM): Your fans in Los Angeles have waited over five years for you to return with another solo show. Can you tell us a little about this show and why you entitled it “The World We Live In?” Todd Schorr: The work in this show began as an outgrowth from the large “Ape Worship” painting I worked on from 2007-2008. After completing that painting, I found I had some related ideas, also concerning apes, that I wanted to get down on canvas. Those ideas formed the basis of what would become “An Ovoid Ape,” “The Anguish Of Carl Akeley,” and “An Ape Allegory.” “When Fairy Tales Collide” and “The World We Live In” round out the show along with preliminary work for “Ape Worship.” I wanted to include the preliminary “Ape Worship” pieces as a sort of preview for the massive installation that will be part of my 25 year retrospective to take place at The San Jose Museum Of Art beginning in June. The meaning of the show’s title, “The World We Live In,” is obvious in the painting of the same name, but it also serves as a convenient blanket statement with regards to my work in general. All of my work, regardless of subject matter, touches on some aspect of shared universal truth common to our time and place. AM: The “Ape Worship” painting that was part of the “In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor” exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum, we remember, was impressive in scale and composition. How did you feel being included in such a landmark exhibition? How important did you think an exhibition like this was for the scene and where do we go from here? Schorr: The Juxtapoz show certainly was an important milestone exhibition, and through Meg Linton’s insightful curatorial guidance, the wonderful range, depth, and importance of this art could be viewed as a collective whole. It’s one of the few small steps certain progressive museums have taken to bring this art to a wider public. The next step is to see major exhibitions of these artists in the truly hallowed halls of art like the Museum Of Modern Art in New York for instance. There is still a persistent reluctance on the part of many of these larger institutions in acknowledging this art, but I really feel they’re shooting themselves in the foot on this point, and fail to realize the broader audience this art has the potential to bring in. I recently witnessed a rather humorous situation at the Museum Of Art in New York where the gallery displaying surrealist art was jam-packed with onlookers, while the gallery containing work of recent conceptual work was occupied solely by a young mother changing the diaper of her baby infant. Does that not tell you something? |
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Post by virtu on Mar 24, 2009 16:18:13 GMT -8
Thanks for posting the World We Live In preview and interview Sleepboy.
You did a great job!
What's the name of the piece Schorr is holding in the pic above?
Love it!
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Post by sleepboy on Mar 24, 2009 16:38:44 GMT -8
Thanks Tom.
I believe it might be called "An Ovoid Ape" but I'm not sure.
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Post by jimandtara on Mar 24, 2009 16:53:42 GMT -8
Thanks Tom. I believe it might be called "An Ovoid Ape" but I'm not sure. You are correct my friend!  - "an Ovoid Ape" out of curiosity, my very first post on this forum was to start a thread to discuss Todd Schorr - where'd that one go? (thats alright though, nobody ever engaged me anyway ) jIm |
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Post by sleepboy on May 11, 2009 7:34:23 GMT -8
Who's going to this museum show?
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Post by oldfartatplay on May 11, 2009 14:17:45 GMT -8
Who's going to this museum show? I wish! Just last week I found out my piece from the show at Merry Karnowsky Gallery was going without me. I wont see it till October!  |
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Post by travislouie on May 19, 2009 14:45:16 GMT -8
This man's work is truly inspirational.
I was disappointed that couldn't make it to his show at Merry's
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Post by sleepboy on Aug 11, 2009 8:53:03 GMT -8
Todd has a book signing this Saturday, August 15, from 2:00 – 5:00 pm at The Merry Karnowsky Gallery if you want to meet him...
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Post by sleepboy on Aug 21, 2009 18:26:10 GMT -8
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Post by sketchv on Mar 25, 2010 15:52:59 GMT -8
A great Artist and a really nice guy to boot!
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Post by sketchv on Apr 7, 2010 15:50:21 GMT -8
Anyone heard anything on his up coming Otis show?
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Post by sketchv on Apr 7, 2010 15:52:06 GMT -8
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Post by oldfartatplay on Apr 7, 2010 16:57:53 GMT -8
Thanks for posting that. I didn't know. |
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Post by sketchv on Apr 7, 2010 23:08:03 GMT -8
Thanks for posting that. I didn't know. No prob. The San Jose show was F'@#%'n awesome and I was told this show should be his stuff that is a little more edgy than the San Jose retrospective. I hope the Ape sculpture is at Otis, it was something to behold. Heres a pic I snuck from the show:  |
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 10, 2010 12:57:02 GMT -8
Yes, interested to see the new body of work...
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Post by oldfartatplay on Apr 10, 2010 14:50:06 GMT -8
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Post by sketchv on Apr 12, 2010 15:07:37 GMT -8
Wow, nice job! I got yelled at as soon as I took 1, lol.
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Post by sleepboy on Jun 8, 2010 7:48:35 GMT -8
For fans of this work, you should definitely head over to Otis to check out a 10-year retrospective show along with several new paintings. Stopped by his studio last week and was blown away by this painting you see peeking out behind him. His four horsemen are pretty awesome.  |
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Post by planetzog on Jun 8, 2010 9:27:38 GMT -8
I just can't get enough of Todd Schorrs artwork. I've lost count on how much time I spent looking at his piece in Bristol museum.
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Post by sketchv on Jun 8, 2010 11:35:00 GMT -8
Kick ass! San Jose was bitchin! Can't wait for Otis. Will the horseman paintings be there?
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Post by svenman on Jun 8, 2010 12:44:02 GMT -8
that looks insanely good, and very 3-d.
look forward to the rest of the studio visit.
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Post by oldfartatplay on Jun 8, 2010 16:03:42 GMT -8
I wonder what the size of that painting is.Todd Schorr has an incredible sense of depth that can even be seen in the photo you posted, thanks sleep!
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Post by sleepboy on Jun 8, 2010 22:05:52 GMT -8
I wonder what the size of that painting is.Todd Schorr has an incredible sense of depth that can even be seen in the photo you posted, thanks sleep! Your welcome. Not sure the exact size but pretty large as the bottom of that painting is resting on the ground. Kick ass! San Jose was pregnant dogin! Can't wait for Otis. Will the horseman paintings be there? Yes, that is one of the new paintings. Actually, all four horsemen of the apocalypse are in one painting together among other things. |
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Post by Corey Helford on Jun 9, 2010 0:27:24 GMT -8
I can't wait to see Todd's new work! The 4 horseman looks incredible!!! Thanks for posting all the photos. Where was the Ape room? Was that San Jose? I missed that show, because I was in Europe. I know, I know "poor girl"  |
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Post by sketchv on Jun 9, 2010 8:36:51 GMT -8
Yup, Apes in San Jose.
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- "an Ovoid Ape"
