Yo Yo - I used to tell my kids stories. Indeed I sometimes wonder if that isn't the same thing I do when I teach or speak in public.
my form of address is whomever deigns to listen, to hear me wander about in my files, my obsessions, my conceits. It was only in
this talking about art, about sex, incest , Hebrew Mysticism et al. I was painting in a garage at 4100 39th Av. watching/listening
to OJ Trial on my portable tv. 1995 Kathy Halbreich was the director of the Walker Art Center then and I was starting to make
inroads there mostly I think it was my writing . I wrote about Walker shows for Artpaper and I was very supportive of the turn of
mind between how Kathy saw things and how Martin Friedman had seen things. My correspondence with Kathy began in the
1990's and has continued since she's moved over to MoMA. The montage here is from 1995 with the pic the City Pages ran when
Halbreich took over at Walker. I loved the brocade plaid jacket very '80's. And yes I like smart people, no big secret there. As for
OJ and Nicole well that was on everyone's mind. The mash-up was a sort of version of collage that often involved celebrities or as
in this instance an innocent arts administrator a murderer and his victim. I was going to run it in the Man Bag the sex zine Stu
Mead & I put out at that time. The post card is a Xmas greeting from Mike Kelley I found cleaning out some studio files. I like that
he encourages me to make dirty pictures such a good influence I thought. I think about Kelley as the hope and change artist who
did come through for us his network is still very strong. And his courage is and always will be inspiring.
The other pic is the snapshot Remi Faure took in Marseille of a page in the sex issue of Beaux Arts Magazine which responds to
my panty painting - 8 Famous Artist Panties - The French is impossible for me to discern. Bad Boy I understand and bad girls I
know that too well. Feeling better but not perfect but I can ride my bicycle - watch for a new guest blog on Walkerart.org on
Marcel Duchamp / tomorrow is his 125 th anniversary of his birth! See you there.