All the talk about Jamie and J.P. Morgan’s strength. One wonders about the relative strength of JP CHASE in the last crises and since. Has Jamie used the flexible accounting regulations to avoid mark-to-market and, perhaps, look better than the other banks? One wonders, what does tomorrow bring for Jamie’s bank? Will the losses become so large that [...]
Despite our suffering during the last four years with your most supreme arrogance and hubris we applaud you as the king of a corrupt system, a system where: 1) Derivatives outstanding in “bank” proprietary hands are at the highest level in history. Why not? Financed by taxpayers and depositors at 0% interest, a great opportunity to [...]
Unwrapping the paintings for our “Abstraction” exhibition, I had a shock or at least a wonderful surprise. I called to my associates and said, “Wow, who of you managed to get this de Kooning ‘Landscape’ painting?” The answer: “We have no de Kooning ‘Landscape’ painting for the show. That is a Mary Abbott.” Circa 1950-1951, [...]
Edelman Arts has taken a step forward in catalogue presentation. We have created a catalogue to be internet friendly and computer readable. This enables us to distribute our catalogues in an efficient and green manner. The first of these catalogues is Spook-a-rama, Christopher Winter’s upcoming exhibition opening on October 30th at Edelman Arts, have a look [...]
presented by Asher Edelman Mad Man? Spook-a-rama, a series of eerie, darkly comic works by the Berlin-based artist, Christopher Winter, opens at Edelman Arts on October 30 with a séance. Intended to summon the spirit of Hans Holbein the Younger, the concept is unorthodox but hardly unheard of. As Winter explains: “Victor Hugo used a [...]
by Regan Golden-McNerney (excerpt, first published August 3, 2008) Under Surveillance at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, phone 920-458-6144, www.jmkac.org) places us both behind the camera and before it. What is most compelling about this exhibition is the instability of your position as a viewer: [...]
Edelman Arts, a four-story gallery brownstone on East 63rd Street in Manhattan, first opened its doors in May 2008. Envisioned and created by Asher Edelman, renovated from top to bottom and home to an exciting new group of emerging, mid-career and established artists, the gallery is designed to accomodate a fresh, innovative approach to the experience [...]
