Comments on: Thoughts on a gallery visit.

By: Sunil Gangadharan

Sunil Gangadharan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:12:18 +0000

William,
That is quite a brilliant concept. I did not know that William Powhida is some kind of a nom de guerre… I think you are right in your assertion - that painting seems to be more of a path where you can express words that you have in your head in a more succinct, direct way…
It is funny, I was planning on looking you up for an interview when I visit Brooklyn - but I guess I need to look for this Powhida artist person by another name… What’s wrong with the thirties – it is the new teens…
Thank you for responding.

By: Jay Hoffman

Jay Hoffman — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:31:09 +0000

June:

Perhaps that underwear matter is the source of Jer’s miseries.

By: June

June — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:07:04 +0000

“William” or William, — and Sunil –

I’m not sure to whom I should address my comments. I surely liked “Will I am. Pow! Da!”

Before I read “William’s” comment, I was thinking — ok, fun idea. Very much an in-group thing. My welder father would have had to spend hours trying to understand and then would have been dismissive — “whatever.” As someone a bit closer to the action, I would have had to say “Dad, you had to have been there.”

But once we get the joke I wasn’t sure what else there was to get.

However, the magazine covers gave me a bit more — but then, as Martha remarked, “oh yeah, I get it.”

Looks to me like there’s a graphic novel in the making. But like all pastiche work, the beginnings tend to be a bit clumsy; working toward a new synthesis can be tricky because the old underwear keeps sticking itself into the nose of the reader.

Good luck.

By: June

June — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:57:54 +0000

“William,”

By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:35:32 +0000

I apologize for saying “yet one more” regarding artists in Duchamp’s spirit. I do think he was such fertile ground we will be responding to him for many more years. Especially because he said the first rule is that there are no rules, which is also ironic in looking at the “rules” of the artwork of this show.

I also couldn’t help but think of the artist with naked bitches at parties parodying Duchamp’s photos of himself playing chess with naked women. Parodies within parodies within parodies.

By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:00:51 +0000

Scathing on thin ice. Got to remember that one.
Sir William Powhatan. Are you yet one more artist trying to outDuChamp Duchamp?
So now we’ve got Duchamp’s “Rose Selavy” (Eros c’est la vie).
Will I am. Pow! Hi da (da)?

By: Jay Hoffman

Jay Hoffman — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:05:04 +0000

To Whom:

You’re not William Powhida but “William Powhida” if I get this right. So a fictional character pulled my chain. Love it!

Kinda like one of those robots that venture into a minefield in order to get things to explode.

If the art thing doesn’t work out, you might be able to get a job at Williamsburg, Va. as an “in character” chararcter - “you” being so earnest and all.

Thanks for the opportunity to scathe on thin ice.