Ed Emshwiller from I•HATE•THIS•FILM on Vimeo.
I forgot this existed. The Patron Saint of Three Minute Modernist, Ed Emshwiller, being interviewed by one of the finest TV interviewers in history. I'm happy to report that I re-found it and am sharing it with you. Ed's got some fascinating things to say, but the most impressive thing is that it pretty much confirms all the stories my Pops told me about him. It's a shame nothing he's made is on the National Film Registry yet, though every day, when I arrive at my desk, there's the Astounding cover he did, hovering behind my chair.
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One of my favorite things about MoMA in New York is the fact that they get it; sometimes artists get lost. Marisol, the nom du arte of Marisol Escobar, was a sculptor who passed away in 2016. Her works are often called 'folky' and it certainly fits with many of her pieces, but the Pop Art sculptures she delivers are pretty damned impressive, especially when she played hard with titling. My Favorite piece of hers, and one of my favorite under-appreciated MoMA works, is Portrain of Sidney Janis Selling Portrait of Sidney Janis by Marisol, by Marisol. That titles, practically a Christopher Williams' title, is especially damning. Sidney Janis, famed art dealer. What we're not told in the title, or even by the positioning, is which is which. Is the cross-armed gentleman in the tux the life dealer selling the sporty portrait in wood as the image of himself to the world. Is the Captain Morgan-leaning version reality and the staid, confident one the portrait for sale? It's not answered, but the idea that this is a piece about representation, about how art figures present themselves to the world and the reality, about the intersection of an artist's work and the dealer and the subject of that work, all of that comes together in this marvelous piece.
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