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Larry Bell with Pacific Red II. Photography by Matthew Millman, San Francisco introduction by Isabella Bernabeo interview by Bill Powers For over six decades, Larry Bell has skillfully molded contemporary art in America. Born in Chicago in 1939, Bell moved to the West Coast to study at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, the historic precursor to CalArts.
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interview by Bill Powers photography by Magnus Unnar Full of humor, wit, and sexual innuendo, Glady Nillson’s paintings are a bacchanal of delirious, kinetic figures in prismatic color fields. A founding member of the Hairy Who, a loose collective of six artists that graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, the group organized a series of exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center starting in 1966.
The Threads That Connect Us: Coventry’s Jesse Root - “Liberty approved his patriotism”
The more that I discover about Jesse Root, the more fascinating the extraordinary saga of his life becomes, and it begs the question – Why does he appear to be assigned a relatively minor role in state and local history?
The Threads That Connect Us: Celebrating accomplishments of hard-working laborers
Today’s photo accompanying this story is from a New England Textile mill in 1916 and depicts a 14-year-old girl at work (“14- year-old spinner in Berkshire Cottin Mills, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress). Child labor was not uncommon. Children breathed in cotton dust causing lung problems. They were also exposed to other dangerous working conditions.
The Threads That Connect Us: Last chance to view two accompanying special exhibits at the Mill Museum
This coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (August 11-13, 2023) will be the last opportunity to view the two accompanying special exhibits at the Windham Textile & History Museum in Willimantic. The history exhibit, “Here All Along: African Americans in Northeastern Connecticut Before the Great Migration,” and the companion art exhibit “Here It Is” will be featured through Sunday. The art exhibit features the work of noted African American artist Justice-Michelle Thomas.
The Threads That Connect Us: Shackles, enslavement and fighting for freedom
A visit to the Windham Textile & History Museum by August 13 of this year promises to enlighten visitors about the newest discoveries from historical research into many aspects of the lives of African Americans in our area. Actually, two exhibits are paired together and explore the Black experience.
The Threads That Connect Us: “Here All Along” and part of our history
The latest history exhibit at the Windham Textile & History Museum in Willimantic traces the history and many experiences of African Americans in the Windham-Willimantic area. Here the story began with an enslaved man in 1688, who was in actuality one of the pair of settlers in the region, prior to the town being named Windham in 1692 and being incorporated in 1693. “Here All Along: African Americans in Northeastern Connecticut Before the Great Migration, 1688-1910” is the title of the exhibit.
The Threads That Connect Us: The Willimantic example of the “rise of big business”
A basic theme of an interesting talk, given this past May 21st at the Windham Textile & History Museum, was that the takeover of Willimantic Linen Company by American Thread Company (ATCO) did not occur in a vacuum, but was part of a much larger state, national, and international movement that took place. Central Connecticut State University’s Dr. Donald W.
The Threads That Connect Us: French forces came to eastern CT for America’s independence
This Independence Day let us we recall the decisive role that France and its armed forces played to enable the American Revolution to succeed. The differences between the thirteen colonies and the absolutist monarchy of King Louis XVI were remarkable. And yet, the French came to the rescue of the American colonies, who badly needed arms and a powerful ally. Connecticut’s Silas Deane and later Benjamin Franklin were able to convince the French to support the fledgling state.
The Threads That Connect Us: Willimantic’s thread making became a microcosm of a greater movement
The last “Threads That Connect Us” column described the takeover of Willimantic’s largest employer, the Willimantic Linen Company, by The American Thread Company (ATCO) in 1898. Historian Dr. Donald W. Rogers has described the merger as an “under-appreciated development that was momentous, even shocking, one with large implications for both the history of Willimantic and the history of Connecticut during the Progressive Era” (1890s to 1910s).
Zone Defense: The Efficient Solution or a Coaching Cop-Out?
We are going to change your narrative and this age old question will come to die in your program or on your team. What I want to encourage for your team is the following focus within your defensive teaching: communication, vision, guarding the ball, what to do when the ball is passed, what to do when the ball is shot, and effort.
The Threads That Connect Us: A large syndicate came to Willimantic
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, there was a great deal of concern in Willimantic about the future of the Willimantic Linen Company, the largest employer in Windham. Would the company’s destiny and the welfare of thousands of people in Windham suffer as a result of the company being gobbled up by a large syndicate? The company founded in 1854 had at first made coarse linen cloth, and shortly after switched to the production of cotton thread.
The Threads That Connect Us: The Teales found their longed-for home in Hampton
Rural northeastern Connecticut with its farms, quaint villages, and picturesque countryside has long provided sanctuary for urban dwellers, who were not only fortunate enough to be able to get away from the summer heat, the noise and the air pollution of the city, but were also able to enjoy healthful relaxation and exercise in the country. Most came for a brief respite from nearby cities including New York, Providence, Hartford, and Boston.
The Threads That Connect Us: The age of the rail
This April 15th, the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic celebrated the occasion of a very special birthday. A gathering of museum volunteers and their families and friends assembled to pay tribute to a group of dedicated and skilled volunteer workers, who completed the restoration of a long-term project that involved the complete renovation of a 1923 caboose. Read the full story in the print or e-edition of the Chronicle.
Thoughts on the COVID numbers
On Jan. 14, the Register reported on the rising number of COVID hospitalizations at Brookings hospital, with the headline “Bursting at the seams.” The increasing number of “COVID occupied beds” in Brookings hospital is alarming. The state’s COVID website on Jan. 17, reported it at five, about as high as it has ever been through the entire pandemic.
Copper Explorer Defines 104 MT Open Pit at 0.85% Copper Equivalent
Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education profiles QC Copper and Gold's newly defined Opemiska copper-gold deposit in Chibougamau, Quebec. QC Copper and Gold Inc.'s (QCCU:TSX.V; QCCUF:OTCQB) Opemiska Deposit in Quebec consists of 81.7 million tonnes @ 0.88% copper equivalent (CuEq) of pit-constrained Measured and Indicated mineral resources and 21.3 million tonnes @ 0.73% CuEq of Inferred mineral resources.
Proven Producer Poised for the Expected Uranium Boom
Lotus Resources Ltd.'s (LOT:ASX; LTSRF:OTCQB ) flagship Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi is a proven past producer. Lotus owns 85% of the Kayelekera mine, which was acquired from Paladin Energy in the beginning of 2020. Kayelekera produced about 11 million pounds (Mlb) from 2009 to 2014 before being put on care and maintenance due to low uranium prices. The mine has an existing resource of 37.5 Mlbs at 630 parts per million (ppm) U3O8 as well as multiple near-mine exploration targets.
Proven Producer Poised for the Expected Uranium Boom
Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education talks with Lotus Resources Managing Director Keith Bowes about the company's plans to advance its past-producing uranium project in Malawi. Lotus Resources Ltd.'s (LOT:ASX; LTSRF:OTCQB ) flagship Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi is a proven past producer. Lotus owns 85% of the Kayelekera mine, which was acquired from Paladin Energy in the beginning of 2020.
More thoughts on masks
On the March 22 the Register printed a piece by Bonny Specker relative to the efficacy of face mask mandates. Her offering was based upon a recent CDC statistical study of 2,313 counties. My intention here is not to comment so much on her findings, as on the CDC report itself. The CDC study compared the growth rate of these counties both before and after a mask mandate.
This Energy Stock is Deeply Undervalued and Poised for Rerating
Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education speaks with Trillion Energy CEO Art Halleran about the company's current production and potential. Trillion Energy International Inc. (TCF:CSE; TCFF:OTC; 3P2N:FSE) is deeply undervalued and poised for a significant rerating, explains CEO Art Halleran in this interview. The current cash flow of about US$2 million from its oil production easily justifies the company's US$10 million market cap.
This Explorer Offers a Genuine Opportunity for a World-Class Nickel Discovery
Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education profiles FPX Nickel, which is exploring the Baptiste nickel deposit in the Decar nickel district in British Columbia. Significant nickel discoveries are rare, but when they do occur the market greatly rewards them. In March of last year, Chalice Mining (OTC:CGMLF) was trading around US$.08.
Richard Phillips Unveiled on 'Gossip Girl'
“Spectrum” (1998) by Richard Phillips. Not since Andy Warhol had a cameo on “The Love Boat” in 1985 have contemporary art fans had this great an excuse to watch prime time television.
This High-Grade Copper-Gold Developer Is on Pathway to Production
In this interview with Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education, Doré Copper Mining's President and CEO Ernest Mast presents the company's investment value proposition and plans for advancement in 2021. Doré Copper Mining Corp.'s (DCMC:TSX.V; DRCMF:OTCQB) assets contain some of the highest-grade undeveloped copper-gold deposits in North America.
Brookings Register
What I ask you all to imagine is the following scenario. You are sitting in a room waiting to see a doctor. With you also sitting in the room is someone who has COVID. This person is not wearing a mask, but looks perfectly healthy: not sneezing or coughing at all. There is enough space in the room for you to get 10 feet from this person. Available in the room are face masks and hand sanitizer. What do you do?
Eric Sprott-Funded Gold Explorer Pursues Billion-Dollar Drill Hole
Orefinders CEO Stephen Stewart tells Bill Powers of MiningStockEducation.com about his company's plans for three discovery campaigns in historical and prolific mining districts in Ontario and Nevada. Eric Sprott invested in Orefinders Resources Inc. (ORX:TSX.V) in February 2020 due to the discovery potential at its numerous projects in close proximity to Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.'s (KL:TSX; KL:NYSE) world-class Macassa Mine.
Let’s look at the bigger picture in policing
In the wake of George Floyd’s unnecessary death and the protests that followed, it is important to keep in mind a larger picture. My purpose here is not to diminish the tragic death of George Floyd. It is, instead, to place it in a larger context that informs resultant protest and reform. According to datausa.io, the number of white and black police officers is approximately proportional to the population.
San Diego Community Power Must Defend Its Right to Focus on Local Solar
San Diego is a founding city of newly formed San Diego Community Power, a community choice energy supplier that will begin purchasing electricity for five cities in our area in 2021. This should be a huge step forward toward reaching the city of San Diego’s goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2035. But reaching that goal the right way – locally and on rooftops – will require San Diego Community Power to overcome a regulatory obstacle.
Bill Powers Shares the Personal Story Behind His Richard Prince Portrait
The gallerist known for giving emerging talents their first New York shows talks about a beloved piece he owns from a blue-chip artist An Instagram portrait of Bill Powers by Richard Prince. Photo: Charlie Rubin Right after Richard Prince debuted his series of Instagram portraits at Gagosian in 2014, he came by my gallery. At the time, everyone knew Richard was using people’s Instagram posts to make artworks. He would write a caption under it, which would end up being his contribution to the piece.
A Rare Conversation with Billion-Dollar Art Dealer Larry Gagosian
A legendary New York gallerist once complimented a friend of mine by noting that she'd make an amazing art dealer. Flattered, my friend wondered if it was because people admired her taste. “No,” said the gallerist, “it's because people want to be you.” It's a curious predictor of success, but not without precedent. Case in point: Larry Gagosian. At 74, with 17 outposts in seven countries, Gagosian might be the closest thing the art world has to a Caesar. “More like Caesar salad,” he jokes.
San Diego Should Make the Most of Once-in-a-Generation Shot to Re-Examine SDG&E Deal
Power lines rise above homes in the Talmadge neighborhood. / Photo by Sam Hodgson The 50-year monopoly franchise agreement between the city of San Diego and San Diego Gas & Electric is scheduled to expire in January 2021, less than two years away. The expiration of this agreement — which allows SDG&E to put its wires and other infrastructure on public property — arrives as San Diego crafts a strategy to satisfy its Climate Action Plan targets.
Healthy Teens Rally to Escape the Vape
Teens from across Westchester County gathered on the campus of Westchester Medical Center in front of the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital to share their experiences about leading a vape-free lifestyle. The event was sponsored by the Westchester Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Free Youth with support from coalitions around the county and is designed to counter the pro-marijuana messaging that surrounds April 20 every year.
LETTER: How to end disputes, make Clarksville state's 3rd largest city
I am a proponent of metropolitan government for Clarksville/Montgomery County, but largely for different reasons. The elimination of duplicate services is certainly a compelling argument for consolidation. But I have a different perspective that I feel should also be entered into the equation. 1. Elimination of city versus county disputes. Like it or not, the city and county have a hard time agreeing on certain issues.
A Hike in Bhutan, Kingdom of the Hills
THIN AIR, an upset stomach, aching feet—these are a few of my least favorite things. My wife had pitched my two daughters and me on an “afternoon hike” in the Himalayas. By her telling, it was something any Girl Scout worth her weight in Thin Mints could handle. Little did we know that we’d be trekking to an altitude of 13,000 feet and camping out in a snowstorm. My wife, designer Cynthia Rowley, likes to book a family...
John Currin Talks X-Ray Vision and X-Rated Art (and Sits for a Photo B
This past November, Currin’s double nude Nice ’n Easy sold at Christie’s auction house in New York for over $12 million. The accompanying auction catalog compared his paintings to those of Goya, Manet, and Otto Dix, but there remain trace elements of Norman Rockwell’s America embedded in them as well. (Currin’s paintings have an explicit humor more aligned with illustration, but it’s often dwarfed by his Old Master virtuosity.) Sometimes the title is the giveaway.
‘One Year I Bought All the Purple in New York City’: A Talk With Julian Schnabel
“Julian Schnabel: Plate Paintings 1978–86” is on view at Aspen Art Museum until February 19, 2017. Schnabel’s upcoming solo exhibition at the Pace Gallery in New York will run from February 24 through March 25. Bill Powers: We’re looking at new plate paintings in your outdoor studio. One narrative appears to be a woman on the beach wrestling a giant lobster. Julian Schnabel: It’s from an image I found at the Fish Farm in Napeague taped up on their refrigerator.
Finding silver linings in Trump environmental agenda
Hurricane Trump will soon slam into the U.S. environmental movement and it’s certain to wreak havoc. Signals from Trump Tower indicate that much important work done by Environmental Protection Agency will disappear as quickly as Chris Christie, to note just one expected outcome. While the incoming president may be reconsidering whether climate change is a “hoax,” other important environmental programs and protections will likely be damaged or eliminated.
‘It Has to Be Tragic or Somewhat Manic-Depressive’: A Talk With Sam McKinniss
Bill Powers: Artist Alex Da Corte said I should ask you, what is your favorite Angela Lansbury film? Sam McKinniss: That’s a toss up between Beauty and the Beast and Death on the Nile, the Agatha Christie movie. BP: Didn’t Alex and the artist Borna Sammak chip in on a joint birthday present for you this year? SM: Yeah, they got me tap shoes. I wore them at the bar all night at my birthday party and then walked home in them, which was fun—tapping down Bedford Avenue.
‘Things Get Exciting When You Smoosh Opposites Together’: A Talk With Brian Belott
Brian Belott has had solo exhibitions in New York at the Journal Gallery and 247365, and at Moran Bondaroff in Los Angeles. He recently joined the roster at the New York-based Gavin Brown’s Enterprise. Bill Powers: Look at how decadent you are, with the window open in your studio and the AC blasting. Brian Belott: I’m wasteful, but I recycle, so it balances out. I’ve never seen a box fan incorporated into one of your paintings before. Is that a new development? Yeah, pretty much.
‘I Think Being at the Top of the Pyramid is Overrated’: A Talk With Sean Landers
Bill Powers: You’re working on a new portrait of Marcel Duchamp? Sean Landers: Duchamp has been an important figure for me, particularly in 2000 when I did my entire solo show using Picasso’s readymade imagery. Picasso symbolizes virtuosic painting skill and Duchamp symbolizes art of the mind, conceptual art. I framed them as polar opposites within which artists operate today—this dichotomy is the background of our lives as creative people.
‘I’m Interested in the Cosmetics of the Body’: A Talk With Justin Adian
Justin Adian is a New York-based artist who was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He has had solo exhibitions at Skarstedt Gallery and Almine Rech Gallery, among other places. His work can currently be seen in the “Puff Pieces” group show at Rachel Uffner Gallery in New York through August 12. Bill Powers: Is it true that you work with boat paint? Justin Adian: I like it because the gloss tends to be brighter, especially this Dutch paint I use. It’s very shiny.
‘Art Derives From Everything In Life’: A Talk With Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Bill Powers: Do you consider your paintings to be portraits? Nathaniel Mary Quinn: In many respects a portrait is an attempt to duplicate a visual physicality. I’m trying to bring to the surface what I feel; it’s more of a psychological excavation of the internalized world of a human being. NMQ: Chicago is known for being a cold city. It’s called the Windy City not only because of the harsh weather but in part because of the city’s politics. I grew up there, in a very impoverished community.
‘My Work Can Make People Say Stupid Things’: A Talk With Richard Tuttle
Bill Powers: You were telling me about your town house on Vandam Street. Richard Tuttle: Aaron Burr used to live on the corner. He actually left his house here and rowed across the Hudson River for his famous duel with Alexander Hamilton. The truth of it is that both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are relatives of mine. RT: My brother found out. There’s a book about the family.RT: I find a polarity when dealing with old houses between restoration and renovation.
‘Irony Is Practically Unavoidable’: A Talk With Dike Blair
Bill Powers: Tell me about your new exhibition at Secession in Vienna. Dike Blair: The show is called “Floors/Doors/Windows/Walls.” It’s basically fifty paintings of those things segregated into separate rooms accompanied by three thematic sculptures. I’m in the basement and first floor galleries, and Lutz Bacher’s show, More Than This, runs concurrently in the large ground floor space.DB: I designed them in New York last year and am assembling them on site.
1 Million for Work Flexibility
Literature abounds with studies and insights on how to build more resilient and efficient organizations. Yet, the corollary studies continue to showcase that turnover and retention still plague even the best organizations—lending credence to “what can be re-engineered” within organizations to reduce turnover and increase retention, in an effort to build and sustain more resilient organizations.
‘I Needed to Figure Out Something I Could Make Myself’: A Talk With Eddie Martinez
Bill Powers: Your drawings were featured in “The Avant Garde Won’t Give Up: Cobra and its Legacy” at Blum & Poe Los Angeles. How were you first introduced to the movement? Eddie Martinez: In 2009, I was going to Europe a lot–particularly Denmark–which is where I saw Asger Jorn’s work at the Louisiana Museum. I really fell in love with it.EM: Or it might have been Karel Appel just before that.EM: The speed and abandon of control. The allowance for spontaneity.
Time for PUC to side with utility customers and back net metering
It is high noon in the solar corral. The California Public Utilities Commission must decide when it votes on Jan. 28 whether to retain and expand a simple and highly successful rooftop solar rate structure called “net metering” or buckle under utility pressure and hobble it.Last year was the hottest year on record. This is the time for the commission to side with utility customers and the planet.
‘It’s a Toxic Soup of Ego and Higher Callings’: A Talk With Carroll Dunham
Carroll Dunham’s latest exhibition at Gladstone Gallery in New York closed December 4. Carroll Dunham: It’s almost like animals allow me to represent personality. The horse, some birds, a dog—it’s not that I have a zoological obsession with the animal kingdom, but after I finished these paintings, I realized that the animals appear to have more of an inner life than the people do. It’s given me a lot to think about.CD: Also, their absence of language allows you to project onto them.
‘I Don’t Know Half as Much as There Is to Know, But at Least I Know Half’: A Talk with Richard Prince
Bill Powers: Why is Kelly Madison your favorite movie star? Richard Prince: Because I know her. I don’t know any other movie stars. I’ve photographed her a couple of times in L.A. She makes her own movies. Runs her own production and distribution company. Most of the movies she makes, she’s in. And she’s never messed with her God-given body. RP: David Berkowitz. Son of Sam. Right across the street from my studio. In the post office. What’d he shoot? Like, seven people?
Why EBITDA Is So Misleading For Explorers And Producers These Days
EBITDA/EV is a widely used metric in the energy sector to value public companies. But debt is now SO HIGH in much of this sector, Interest Expense skews this data. The sell side now can use EBITDA to hide how debt-laden their corporate clients really are. Analysts use many metrics, and when delivering a final price target on a stock, use the average of several methods-cash flow multiple, Net Asset Value and the esoteric "management premium".
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