{"id":40530,"date":"2019-08-09T13:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=40530"},"modified":"2019-08-09T16:44:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T21:44:27","slug":"r-blair-sullivan-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2019\/08\/09\/r-blair-sullivan-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"~R. BLAIR SULLIVAN . . VERMONT"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE<\/p>\n

BENEVOLENCE – OVER VIOLENCE !! !! !! !!<\/p>\n

R. BLAIR SULLIVAN – IN VERMONT, THE BEAUTIFUL GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE.<\/p>\n

& if bye any chance . . you knew, or heard of Goddard College \/ located in Plainfield, Vermont. .
\nback in the 70s, then you know I went there, and never really – came back.
\nit was the first open curriculum classroom college, ever . . .
\nI was in the pottery studio hand-building 24\/7.
\nThe Who – ‘Magic Bus’ was the song we lived by.
\nthere was a lot of folk art study, primal woodblock printing, new age weaving and radical architecture DIY & salvage among others \/ lots of wood, windows, and not too many square corners.
\nBaba Ram Dass caravans to San Francisco – left from the school’s sunny meadows, which were wild-flowered and wild, as we all were – on their journey west \/ and it was of course, the original home to the now famous, Bread & Puppet Theater.
\nI was the one & only exchange student from Montreal (!!) (global), & therefore attended tuition-free (!!) (benevolent). the irony, maybe not \/ being it was the most expensive school in the U.S. at the time.
\nit was so, so . . the best & strangest year of my life. it was hard to leave.
\nQuebec was very conflicted, and language rights fascist at the time.<\/p>\n

‘STREAM 5: GIVE and TAKE’ . . . with:
\nXinhao Cheng, Wallis Couverte, Juneau Projects, Gwen Smith, Haim Steinbach, R. Blair Sullivan, Tomoe Tsutsmi, & Mans Wrange.
\nTwo Chairs, AUG 10-11, 2019 \/ 12-5 PM
\nSouth Windham, Vermont 05359<\/strong>
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\nTWO CHAIRS . .<\/strong> is a “curatorial enterprise made up of artists, curators, and thinkers. This year Two Chairs is expanding its program during August by combining its annual group exhibition in and around a stream in South Windham, Vermont entitled ‘Stream Chapter 5: Give & Take’ . . with an artist residency in collaboration with Meadows Bee Farm<\/strong> that will take place concurrently. We propose<\/strong> . . to create an event that reaches out to an even larger audience – local, national and international. For several years, we have curated group exhibitions that have primarily investigated the effects of human activity on the natural environment. This year our project will include a range of artists who work in a more participatory manner by exploring ideas of benevolence<\/strong>, sharing<\/strong> and care<\/strong> both locally, and globally.”
\nsee: STREAM CHAPTER 5 – TWO CHAIRS \/ KICKSTARTER <\/a><\/p>\n

TWO CHAIRS . .<\/strong> “since 2014, Two Chairs has produced multiple projects that stage dynamic associations between artists and unexpected sites – including a stream in Vermont, St.Mark’s Bookstore in NYC, and a Manhattan living room in an old-school Yorkville apartment.”
\nsee: About \/ 2 Chairs<\/a><\/p>\n

see:<\/strong> 2 Chairs \/ 2chairs.org<\/a>
\nnote: Two Chairs is NYC-based.<\/p>\n


\nsee:<\/strong> R. BLAIR SULLIVAN – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nimage via Instagram @3ifocal \/ R. Blair Sullivan<\/p>\n

Ryan will be showing this piece, quelle beaut !!<\/p>\n

R. Blair Sullivan . . ‘Holding (First Position)’, 2018
\ncold porcelain with spirulina \/ 13 x 7 x 2 in.
\nit’s hand-sculpted & the spirulina <\/strong>– is mixed into the clay. think – on that.<\/p>\n

spirulina:<\/strong> filamentous cyanobacteria which form tangled masses in warm alkaline lakes in Africa and Central and South America \/ prepared as a food or food additive \/ powder \/ is a rich<\/strong> source of many vitamins and minerals. . . . “It is incredibly healthy.” “It increases energy levels.”
\nbut . . watch out for contaminated strands, “if grown in unsafe conditions”, i.e. alongside some bad character toxic algae.
\nbio fact: applies to all life forms, apparently.
\nsource: the web at a quick glance. <\/p>\n

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\nthe Two Chairs logo – very cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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