LOOK I'M SORRY ABOUT MY AWFUL TYPING OK ?
NO -- OF COURSE I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT BOTH TIMES ARTICLES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL THEM ON IT.
DID YOU NOTICE, BY THE WAY, THAT SMITH MORE RECENTLY DROPPED THE PARRINO NAME INTO A REVIEW OF DAVID SMITH SPRAY PAINT DRAWINGS ? --- I THINK THE OTHER NEAR REFERENCE WAS SERRA -MAYBE- I DONT REMEMBER EXACTLY , BUT THAT REVIEW CAME OUT AROUND THE TIME OF HER HUSBAND'S ARTICLE IN NEW YORK MAGAZINE --- SALTZ MENTIONS HIS OWN RE- ADJUSTMENT TOWARDS PARRINO
THE PREVALENT PRE-GAGO SALTZ OPINION WAS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT PARRINO HAD BEEN PAINTING THE SAME PAINTING FOR TEN {OR WAS IT 20} YEARS
SO --ON THE ONE HAND YOU HAVE TO SAY WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH THIS COUPLE - A TASK "TEAM " WAS UN-ABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO START TO GET A PICTURE OF WHY NEW YORK WAS SUCH A TOUGH SELL
WILL GAGO STEP IN TO CORRECT MIS-CONCEPTIONS-- I MUST FIRST SAY THAT I DON'T WORK FOR THEM OR SPEAK FOR THEM ; I WORK FOR THE ESTATE PRO BONO - BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT THEIR STYLE TO INTERFERE WITH THE PRESS , THEY DID PUT OUT A NICE CATALOG WITH AN ESSAY BY VINCENT PECOIL WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GREAT


- ALSO- IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THEY WILL DO THE CATALOG RAISONNEE --HOPEFULLY A LOT OF MISSING RESEARCH WILL OCCUR IN THAT PROCESS-- AND, OF COURSE , ONE GOAL IS A MORE COMPLETE BOOK

PREVIOUS TO SELECTING VINCENTFOR THE ESSAY I HAD APPROACHED THE USUAL SUSPECTS HERE IN NEW YORK AND ENCOUNTERED STRONG RELUCTANCE AND THIS RELUCTANCE IS A FACTOR NOT MUCH DISCUSSED AS IT RESIDES VERY MUCH AMONG THOSE AS YOU SAY, " WHO KNEW HIM BEST " AS WELL AS OF COURSE THE AFORE MENTIONED CRITICS
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE IS AMONG US A CERTAIN UN -WILLINGNESS ,EVEN A RESENTMENT TOWARDS THE ELEVATION OF PARRINO SORT OF' IF I CANT HAVE YOU, NO-ONE CAN! 'EFFECT WHICH I THINK HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VERY LARGE ROLE STEVE PLAYED IN COLLABORATION CURATION INFLUENCE OF YOUNGER ARTISTS , EXTENSIVE WORK IN THE SO- CALLED NON -PROFIT SECTOR ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE -AND THE MUSIC &FILM WORK INHERENTLY NON -COMMERCIAL IN A WAY IT'S AS IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CONVENIENT FOR HIM TO REMAIN UNSUCCESSFUL -- JUST OUR LITTLE SECRET.
TO SERVE HISTORY THE THREAD OF PARRIN0 'S WORK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE FABRIC OF ART MUST BECOME MORE GENERALLY VISIBLE --- SO WHAT IF GAGOSIAN HAPPENS TO BE
THE INSTRUMENT IN THIS CASE ,THEY ARE SIMPLY DOING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MUCH EARLIER.
NOW IT'S THE USUAL SUSPECTS WHO NEED TO RETURN TO THE SCENE.

BEST----B
- BLAIR 7-29-2008 2:24 pm





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