Thanks for the great revisit of the art scene in 1980s. At first I thought it was just another nostalgic article, but it got better as I read through it. Then I remembered that someone (Churchill?) once said something about studying history. If we don’t know our history, we are destined to repeat it. (That’s what I remember of the quote.) So that got me to thinking a bit more.
A couple of things popped into my head. First, what happened to the women artists from WARM gallery? Several male artists were mentioned by name in that article. So, did the women die? Are they still around here? Who are they? Second, are we learning from history? Does anyone realize why it is important to have artists? What specific things about an artist’s lifetime of work makes her art important? Does anyone have a larger answer beyond obtaining grants and selling to General Mills? I do appreciate that you once again covered the 1980s. There are so many twentysomethings who don’t know how hard the artists from that era worked to get attention for the arts.
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