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Sixties Roberta Griffith ’60 checks in, “In August 2018, I was awarded the prestigious NSDAR American Heritage Award, Women in the Arts. I had two new ceramic installations in Taiwan, StreetStuff, King’s Road, Hong Kong, which were acquired by the museum for its permanent collection; they exhibited New Orientalia last fall. In addition, Unpleasant Conversations at 3-NO, NOT, NOPE was included in the Member’s Exhibition in the Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taipei. I also just received notice that my porcelain installation, Debris Contained, will be included in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The exhibition will include 35 works by 28 artists—9 artists with Hawaiian connections—and will be on view until the end of September 2019.”
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Ken Graning ’66 writes, “Attached is a new painting that represents a radical departure from my usual post impressionistic realistic painting style. This painting is called Thanksy Banksy. The title is imprinted on the face of the painting using pieces of wooden type (which I had collected as historical artifacts) that were used in poster reproduction dating back to the 1940s through 1960s. I painted each piece of type one at a time and impressed them onto the surface of the board. This painting is an ‘homage’ to the famous New York graffiti artist Banksy. Coincidently I just completed a new abstract painting that I painted with gouache on Yupo paper, which is a bit of a misnomer since it’s not really ‘paper,’ but a derivative of polyurethane plastic that is pressed into sheets and is about the thickness of 150 lb Arches watercolor paper. After finishing the painting, I cut it into sections with the idea of reassembling the pieces on a backing board mounted in such a way that they had a dimensional appearance. After watching the Banksy shredding video on national news, it gave me the idea to pay homage to Banksy by attaching the pieces of the painting inside the frame, as strips that ‘floated’ freely inside the frame, thus placing it into the category of ‘interactive’ painting. If you blow on the painting, the strips dangle inside the frame.” B Patrick Murphy ’67 says, “Rather than write a long letter I invite you to take a look at what I have been up to, namely my TEDx Talk, How I Turned My Parkinson’s Diagnosis into Fine Art.” Jack Enyart ’69 writes, “It may not be a pipe, but that is Jack Enyart having a last look at Magritte’s masterpiece before LACMA shuts down its galleries for reconstruction. I just concluded a successful four-month run at the La Peer Hotel in West Hollywood doing quick, elegant sketches of the hotel patrons, and I’m looking forward to more such appearances in the LA area. Until next time, keep it surreal!” A
