This morning I received a request for a phone interview from Flora Forquart who writes an "About Art" column for the Times. I did not record the interview but would like to share with my readers the general gist of the exchange.
FFART:
"Mr. Rezooli, I heard from a friend of a friend of my cousin that you are giving your art away. Is that...
ME:
"It's Renzulli, not Rezooli, and I'm not giving anything away; I'm selling my art to interested parties.
FFART:
"Well, I checked your blog and saw your reference to a wall of weird work...Why weird, and why a wall."
ME:
"Well why not? I like a little alliteration. Look, let me level with you...I plan to show a bunch of funky stuff that I created 8-9 years ago, and OK, maybe it's not weird, but in retrospect it is a little strange. And to tell you the truth, I think the work has some merit. I simply need to move it out because of space limitations.
FFART:
"Whatever...but to just give it away? That is a no no! Fine artists don't do that...it undervalues your work.
ME:
"First of all Flora, I'm not giving it away. I am accepting whatever is offered to me. Secondly, I don't measure the value of my art in dollars and cents." I....
FFART:
Well whatever Mr Rezooli. I think you're a little weird, and this interview is useless. I write for some very sophisticated readers who enjoy installations and performance art among....
ME:
Hey, that is what I'm doing...this is an installation and I will be performing at the gallery.
FFART:
Oh...that is so different! Yes, an installation of weird work on a wall...I love it! So tell me...
Anyway, that's how it went. Whether she will ever publish this remains to be seen. To see what this was all about visit GALLERY 5 ON MARCH 10, FROM NOON TO 6 PM for a very unusual gallery experience.
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