Jim has a live one on the line with 2-3 million to invest in contemporary art. But is it art – or just a pile of candy in the corner?
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- Art Fag City, May 2010: Best Link Ever! “In this latest glimpse into the White Cube, show producer and gallerist Jim Kempner spoofs the ridiculous realities of the world many of us live and work in” – by David Harper of Art Fag City.
- Artnet News letter September 2010 “We know the art world is smart but is it funny? Chelsea dealer Jim Kempner thinks so, and next month launches a second season of The Madness of Art, his funny web-video series starring himself, his gallery director Dru Arstark, fellow dealer Glenn Dranof
ARTnews, November 2010: Funny Business
The setting is Jim Kempner Fine Art, at Tenth Avenue and 23rd Street. Kempner, who did stand-up comedy in San Francisco before becoming a dealer in New York, plays himself…- Huffington Post: The Madness of Art: Jim Kempner's Mockumentary-style Film Series About the Contemporary Art World Jim Kempner, founder/director of the eponymous gallery in the hub of New York’s gallery district in Chelsea, sees the contemporary art world as a hilarious place. And it is a world he plumbs every day for new material for his mockumentary style film serie
- Joanne Mattera Art Blog “Would you like to be in this one?” he asked. I’ll bet it would have been fun, but on this last day of the fairs, I had an itinerary that would take me over to Aqua for a third visit, to ABMB for a third visit, and then up Collins Avenue to NADA. Regretfu
loved Jim as “Girl with the Pearl Earring” – priceless!
Going to Costco to buy some candy.
loved Jim as “Girl with the Pearl Earring” – priceless!
Going to Costco to buy some candy.
hillarious…
2-3 mill !!
Maybe for a Whitman Sampler.
a pile of candy is a pile of candy is a pile of candy…all choked up here.
Good! good stuff! Very creative, you got a lot of time on your hand.
Really funny. Jim actually does “sell” the heap-of-candy piece quite effectively as the video unfolds, but what really makes it work is the blank incredulity of the other guy. We’re left with a nice unresolved tension between a sense of value and a sense of preposterousness. And the gallery-owner who’s too busy negotiating about a BMW to come out and talk to anyone, and the gum-chewing girl behind the reception desk, are priceless.
always appreciate your dentist lines………mmmmmwhhhhhhaaaaa….
1995 or so at gugg:
http://tinyURL.com/lay-in-candypile-at-gugg