Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for sale. But we had very few buyers. I think it was Michael Heizer who said that the point was to have a bigger canvas, and I've used that expression quite a bit. But I was thinking today that a canvas has boundaries; it has limit to it. And for earthwork, it was the very openness and feeling that there were no boundaries that made it so exciting.
Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for sale. But we … - Virginia Dwan
Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for sale. But we …
- Virginia Dwan
Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York dealers. So I already kne… - Virginia Dwan
Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York dealers. So I already kne…
I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It was a room-size wo… - Virginia Dwan
I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It was a room-size wo…
There's a definite connection in terms of objects at hand - dealing with objects or material at hand. Pop art was very much enamored with popular ima… - Virginia Dwan
There's a definite connection in terms of objects at hand - dealing with objects or material at hand. Pop art was very much enamored with popular ima…
The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all of them, and what was happe… - Virginia Dwan
The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all of them, and what was happe…
I enjoyed cross-country road trips. And I found the work challenging because it was art that existed on the land rather than mere concepts in a galle… - Virginia Dwan
I enjoyed cross-country road trips. And I found the work challenging because it was art that existed on the land rather than mere concepts in a galle…
Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me was the value of th… - Virginia Dwan
Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me was the value of th…
I remember very vividly. I was here in New York. Nancy Holt called me and - I feel unhappy thinking about it - she said that Bob Smithson had died. I… - Virginia Dwan
I remember very vividly. I was here in New York. Nancy Holt called me and - I feel unhappy thinking about it - she said that Bob Smithson had died. I…
I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to look at his work. Heizer had … - Virginia Dwan
I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to look at his work. Heizer had …
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