tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post2060657850058037398..comments2024-03-13T00:11:38.615-04:00Comments on Art in the Studio: Anna HeplerNancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-34724098244041837722010-10-18T21:48:29.130-04:002010-10-18T21:48:29.130-04:00While you were in PMA and absorbing this lovely sh...While you were in PMA and absorbing this lovely show, I was driving back to Mass.! Thanks for this thorough and thoughtful presentation of the show. I'll have to check out the video. I love all of this work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-27937798777304894912010-10-15T19:41:52.121-04:002010-10-15T19:41:52.121-04:00Wendy, it's true that the special meaning of t...Wendy, it's true that the special meaning of the blue tarp to people who lived through the debacle of Katrina and its aftermath was lost on those in the Northeast. That is a very poignant connection to a horrible time and I do wonder what the reaction of viewers would be to this work in New Orleans. Thanks so much for reminding me and my readers of the weighted meaning that the blue tarp has for New Orleans.Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-63894135127834343572010-10-15T06:58:08.228-04:002010-10-15T06:58:08.228-04:00Blue tarp: the material of Katrina. It's ama...Blue tarp: the material of Katrina. It's amazing to me that nowhere in her video does she mention its poignancy, its layered meaning. And how ironic to use a lightweight material so heavily weighted with a meaning lost on both Hepler and probably most, if not all, of her Portland audience. 'The Great Haul' would still be beautiful in the New Orleans Museum of Art, and yet it would reduce our audience to tears or at the very least, leaves knots in our stomachs. Thank you for another great post, Nancy. I've forwarded it to the arts writer for the Times-Picayune, as well as the contemporary curator at NOMA.Wendy Rodrigue Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289447655110009690noreply@blogger.com