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Annette Monnier talks about guilt, community, humor and values

Perhaps you remember the Tiki Bar at Copy Gallery. Annette Monnier, one of the group that ran Copy Gallery, calls it one of her favorite shows there–a kind of social experiment in which people expect to find a gallery with one set of rules, but instead enter a bar with a whole other set of values. She talks about her confused relationship to the American Flag and about how guilty she feels in spending time making art when there are so many problems in the world. Her antidote to that guilt is her job running the ClayMobile program. She talks ... More » »

Annette Monnier on liking–and not liking–art, next on artblog radio

Before the Vox building became a stacked art building, it was home to Black Floor Gallery. The groundbreaking Black Floor and its successor, Copy Gallery, are both gone, but they will remain remembered as among the best collective galleries in town in the first decade of the Twenty-First Century. One of the founders of both spaces is artist Annette Monnier, who came to town after art school in Cincinnati.  Monnier is still making art. But most of her time is spent running the ClayMobile program out of the Clay Studio. And she writes a blog about art, One Review a ... More » »

Monnier on Trecartin

Annette Monnier aces the serve in her essay on the Ryan Trecartin show at PS1 in her blog One Review A Month. She also back-hands volleys at Jackson Pollock, not to mention at Lyonel Feininger and at Cory Arcangel both at the Whitney. See who emerges the winner. Game, set, match.

Part 2, Annette Monnier’s No Soul For Sale article, online at Machete

Many of you appreciated Annette’s article on artblog about the financial relationship (or lack thereof) between non-profit collective spaces and large institutions involved in No Soul for Sale.  Read Part 2 of this two-part article at Machete, available  online here or as a free tabloid handout at the Marginal Utility project space at 319 N. 11th St. and elsewhere.

Monday morning tidbits

Hey, it’s Monday!  Wake up and try these links for a mix of fun and thoughtful stuff.

Words of wisdom from Annette Monnier

At One Review A Month, blogger Annette Monnier usually has something pretty smart and interesting to say. Here’s an excerpt from her latest post: I am reminded of being a young artist and saying something to a friend about this or that person “selling out” to which my wiser friend replied “you can’t tell me that you wouldn’t have done that had it been offered to you.” I never said it out loud but my friend was right. The truth is that some people make it big and others do not, just like some people are born ugly and some ... More » »

Monnier on Rachel Harrison at One Review a Month

If you are in the throes of questioning why you are making art and are looking for support for this decision,  this month’s post by Annette Monnier on her blog One Review a Month is not to be missed. Monnier’s doubts about the value of all art production were inspired by Rachel Harrison’s exhibit Consider the Lobster, at Bard College.

A Love Letter for You

Last time I saw Annette Monnier (at Little Berlin’s BYOTY last weekend), she said she was going to take the West Philly el tour of ex-graffiti artist Steve Powers’ A Love Letter for You series of murals for the Mural Arts Program. I said I was going to do that too, but she got it done, and what a job she did! Here’s what she had to say.

More time to think–Annette Monnier’s One Review a Month

One Review a Month, Annette Monnier’s blog about art, is sort of an anti-blog, stepping back from the frenetic pace of daily and inclusive and choosing a single theme for a single essay. In her first post, she ponders Jade Townsend, Duke Riley, and their submarine approach to art making. She also fits in Huck Finn, Swoon, Robert Smithson and river art. Check it out!

Weekly Update — Mighty drawings at Copy and Tiger Strikes Asteroid

This week’s Weekly has my review of the great big drawings by Annette Monnier and Phillip Adams at Copy and Tiger.  Below is my copy with some pictures.     The town is full of great exhibits this month but don’t miss two ambitious narrative drawings with tales for the times.  They  will make you ponder, chuckle and shudder.  Annette Monnier’s wall-spanning ink drawing of City Hall at Copy Gallery and Phillip Adams’ charcoal mural of President Obama caught in a tidal wave at Tiger Strikes Asteroid are marvels that reward your trip up the dark creaky stairs at 319 ... More » »