Baren Digest                Sunday, 13 July 2003        Volume 24 : Number 2302


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From: "Robert Canaga" <rcg#robertcanagagallery.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 09:22:23 -0700
Subject: [Baren 22204] Emailing: www.wlotus 


Here is the current show of Jacoulet at White Lotus in Eugene.
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From: Wanda <robertson#canby.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 09:36:45 -0700
Subject: [Baren 22205] Re: more on Paul Jacoulet.... 

What an enjoyable read on this nice morning!  The writer of this particular
essay did a lot of jumping subjects, but I particularly liked this quote:

"According to Karhu, Wright did much more than give advice on technique.
When Karhu confessed that he still felt guilty about being an artist when
others around him were suffering, Wright cut him off. Artists are like gods,
he had said. They create. There is no reason to feel guilt about that."

I presume the fellow writing this was either a magazine writer or a
photographer - but I don't see where he ever explained who the painter
"Wright" happened to be.  Did I skip a paragraph somewhere?

I have not been familiar with the works of Karhu - another one to add to the
list of artists that I admire.  I must admit that I really love the
explosions of color that Jacoulet created.  Perhaps a parody ofJapanese
prints, but there is something very sweet & touching in his portraits of the
women of Japan.  I especially loved the one in the room at the Spencer with
our own Baren prints.

Well, I must go & make up some lovely lies about my life in the back woods
of Oregon where I lived with refugees from World War II who didn't know the
war had ended.  And how my parents had accidently forgotten to file my birth
certificate until after they had passed away & got the date wrong. ;-)

Thanks, Julio!
Wanda



on 7/11/03 2:02 PM, Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com at
Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com wrote:


> Here is another/different view on Paul Jacoulet 's life....mixed in with a
> review of american artist in Japan..Clifton Karhu.
> 
> Karhu and Jacoulet -- Western Artists Working in an Eastern Medium
> 
> 
> http://www.cic.sfu.ca/horvat/Jacoulet.html
> 
> Julio Rodriguez (Skokie, Illinois)



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From: Barbara Mason <barbaramason45#yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 09:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 22206] White Lotus and Wright 

Wanda,

I assumed it was Frank Lloyd Wright who had an enormous
collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints. I think you could make
up some pretty good stories! This was a very interesting article.

If anyone wants to see the White Lotus show, go here 
http://www.wlotus.com/ I was not able to download the attachment
and assume others could not do it either. It is a nice site. Best
to all,
Barbara


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From: ArtfulCarol#aol.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:21:54 EDT
Subject: [Baren 22207] Re: more on Paul Jacoulet.... 

 
Wanda,the "Wright" referred to is Stanton Mcdonald  Wright, mentioned in some 
other reference about Jacoulet and Karhu.
I particularly like what Karhu said "If you dont like my art, hang it upside 
down"
Carol L.

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From: Wanda <robertson#canby.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 00:15:24 -0700
Subject: [Baren 22208] message from Julio..... 

Barbara....

"A chance meeting in an antique shop with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, an
iconoclastic American art theoretician would have profound consequences
for Karhu. Wright spent his summers painting at Kenninji, an 800-year old
temple in the heart of Kyoto.
Kenninji is one of many temples in Kyoto which until recently was not open
to the public. Gaining entrance one day by sheer bluster (and a gift of a
box of local sweets to a monk), I realized why. Were Kenninji's impeccably
clean gardens and ponds put on view, the grounds would be destroyed by a
tidal wave of tourists. Traditionally believed to be the temple where the
first tea bush, imported from China, was planted in Japan, Kenninji still
functions as a residence for Zen monks.
It was on the second floor of the abbot's residence, overlooking the spot
where tea first grew in Japan, that Wright resided for several months each
summer. And it was in that room too where Karhu turned into a professional
artist, not just in technique but in attitude as well."

Uhmmmm... is there some hidden meaning  here ?
Julio


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