But, this dog and the owner made me smile. She has two spoons, one for the dog and one for her. However, she has no time to eat ice cream. The dog needs one after another.
パークアベニューのアーモリーに、ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America) のショーを見に行った。
Because my friend Kate said a show at Jill Newhouse Gallery was curated by her friend. And she gave me a free pass. The show was great. I’m glad I went there.
There is a Bonnard. Also some Corot drawings and some watercolors of Cézanne. Then mixed with few contemporary artworks. The mixture had a good balance.
Oh well. Last night was great. However, I feel amazing exhaustion Because we went out to have some drinks and dinner after the opening. I don’t go out after opening usually. But, I did it. I braked my habit. Anne, Neil, Jeff and me. Jeff had a plan to travel early this morning. I was amazed by him that he needed to get up early this morning. But, he wanted to go out for dinner with us.
When I wake up this morning, I found an image Jeff is on the flight on his Instagram. It’s made me laugh. He was already on the way. He is amazing. And crazy. how come he can wake up so early after that? He is a successful person. the reason for his success is he works hard plays hard.
Tomorrow is the opening of a show in my tiny gallery. We are doing the installation right now. Every time, at each installation, I know the nature of the artists. Sometimes it kills me. It’s a joke.
Last night, I talked with Kuroneko Pooh on a phone. She said it annoying to read your Blog because it is English. So, I decided to put the Japanese translations in it.
Kate gave me this beautiful flower. I was not expecting it at all. Thank you so much for remembering my birthday. She is very sweet and kind. I’m lucky to know her.
My birthday was three days ago. Yes! it is the Emperor’s birthday in Japan, now. I wonder Japan still has a habit of having a day off for the Emperor’s birthday. I haven’t go back to Japan for a while, and I have no idea for a modern Japanese system. I hope everyone celebrates the new Emperor’s birthday.
By the way, I mentioned Bonnard yesterday. When I think about Bonnard, I can not stop thinking about Édouard Vuillard. I love one of his paintings “In Bed” in 1891.
Yes, I love Vuillard. However, when I wanted to talk about his paintings, no one understands my pronunciation of his name “Vuillard”. In Japan, his name is ヴュイヤール in Katakana notation. However, I said ヴュイヤール, no one understands.
This French name is difficult to pronounce. It’s not only for Japanese but it is also difficult for English speakers too.
フランス語の名前は発音が難しい。それは日本人だけじゃなくて、英語を話す人にとっても同様。
Today ダン蔵 and I had lunch with his old friend from Belgium. ダン蔵 talked to her that miniko likes Vuillard but, she couldn’t understand his name. She couldn’t understand ダン蔵’s pronunciation of Vuillard. I added his first name Édouard for help she to understand. And in addition, I mentioned he was a Les Nabis artist. But, she couldn’t understand who he was at all.
Trevor Shimizu’s press release mentioned Bonnard. I never think a connection Bonnard to Trevor. However, I see the brush touch and stroke are similar. But, I never think Trevor got influence from Bonnard. I think Trevor’s mind is free from art history.
Bonnard made many of his wife’s paintings. Her name is Marthe de Meligny. And in the paintings, she is always a young woman. I don’t know why. I love this painting “The Bath”.
I like these paintings. When I saw these paintings, I decided that I forgive George W Bush as a politician. And at the same time, I stopped to think he was a politician. He is an artist. His art talent doesn’t hurt anyone but makes us a smile.