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Mari Shaw, part 2

This is part 2 of an article about art collector, Mari Shaw. Read Part 1. I asked Mari Shaw if she made art herself. “I never took art classes. I started drawing as an adult, when I was a lawyer before I was married to Peter. Then I took sculpture at Fleisher Art Memorial. In Berlin, the museums are free from 6-10 pm Thursday nights. I go and draw, with my sketch book and a pencil. My favorite spot is the Pergamon Museum. I have lots of favorite spots inside. I use a pencil but I started experimenting with a ... More » »

Mari Shaw makes it happen

“I have some stories for you,” said Mari Shaw as she looked down on me from her spot on the ramp at the Institute of Contemporary Art. It was Sept. 6, the opening of the museum’s fall shows, and the curators were doing their walk-through of the various exhibits before the reception. The talk started downstairs and everyone had just moved up the ramp and into the second floor Project Space. I was a lone straggler when Shaw greeted me with her conspiratorial conversation opener. Mari and Peter Shaw in their kitchen in Center City, looking at photos of an ... More » »

Three in one

Sometimes Roberta and I joke about who we’d put together in a show. Between my last post and first Friday, I’ve been thinking about this little group: Multiple contributors to Staring Therapy, an installation at Space 1026. At the Staring Therapy exhibition we saw at Space 1026 Friday, Toronto artists Victoria Kent, Seth Scriver, and Sandy Plotnikoff displayed works they gathered by sending out a pre-recorded phone message to friends and contacts around the globe. People responded with small artworks and found objects, which formed an installation to be viewed through specially decorated Staring Tubes. The pedestal-top arrangements of kitsch, ... More » »