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Citizen12
Every woman needs an alter ego. Beyonce has Sasha Fierce, and I have Citizen12. My alter ego can say what she wants, can be who she wants and take control when I cant. She's edgy in ways that I cant be. She'd look something like this I'm sure.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Which way's North...?
He's my best friend, the love fo my life, if I believed in soulmates, he'd probably be it. It's ugly, it's toxic and it's brutal. I never come out unscathed, never enough to let go entirely, but how much abuse can two people take from eachother? I want to break him into a thousand pieces, but be the only one to put him back together. I want him to chase me so that I can push him away, but I crumble when he touches me; when he so much as looks at me. I feel like Eminem and Rihanna in those songs, love the way you lie. That's just it...that's exactly it. We've scarred eachother deeply, but no one else can mend the cracks, repair the seams.
He gave me an ultimatum..all or nothing. I'm dying inside because the celebrity in me wants to say to him 'run along little boy, you're not needed here', but the me that he knows, the me that he wants...she wants to scream 'don't go!'...but she's lost her voice. I want to be able to give him a straight answer, I want to be able to say yes and jump head first into what could be the best thing to ever happen to me...but then again, the potential for heartbreak seems too great, and when it rains...dear God does it pour.
He gave me an ultimatum..all or nothing. I'm dying inside because the celebrity in me wants to say to him 'run along little boy, you're not needed here', but the me that he knows, the me that he wants...she wants to scream 'don't go!'...but she's lost her voice. I want to be able to give him a straight answer, I want to be able to say yes and jump head first into what could be the best thing to ever happen to me...but then again, the potential for heartbreak seems too great, and when it rains...dear God does it pour.
Tretchikoff
In his own lifetime, Tretchikoff was the only artist who managed to achieve ubiquity amongst the popular masses. Quite simply, one could say he brought art to the people. Unbeknown to many, Tretchikoff was the first artist to make and sell reproductions of his work, making it affordable and accessible to all. At the time, art critics objected, saying he was devaluing and commercialising art. To which he responded, "Why should my art only be available to the rich and famous? I want everyone to enjoy my art."
This said, not only was he a great artist ahead of his time, he was an innovative marketer and successful business man too. Wayne Hemmingway once commented, "Tretchikoff achieved what Andy Warhol stated he wanted to but never could because of his coolness." So in an era when Warhol was just beginning to realise the commercial potential of a reproduced image, Tretchikoff successfully marketed his art prints around the world with 52 exhibitions attended by over 2 million people. Call it what you wish - urban sophisticate, retro kitsch, nostalgic resurrection - Tretchy is just at the beginning of coming into his own centre of gravity. Commercial and connoisseur, the most recent record sale of the 'Fruits of Bali' for R2.74 million would indicate that the art world has finally succumbed to Tretchy's talent as well. These then are just a few of the reasons why we at the Tretchikoff Foundation, feel it appropriate to introduce Tretchikoff to the next generation of art lovers.
I happened to see an exhibition of his work at the Cape Town national Gallery...and I was blown away.
This said, not only was he a great artist ahead of his time, he was an innovative marketer and successful business man too. Wayne Hemmingway once commented, "Tretchikoff achieved what Andy Warhol stated he wanted to but never could because of his coolness." So in an era when Warhol was just beginning to realise the commercial potential of a reproduced image, Tretchikoff successfully marketed his art prints around the world with 52 exhibitions attended by over 2 million people. Call it what you wish - urban sophisticate, retro kitsch, nostalgic resurrection - Tretchy is just at the beginning of coming into his own centre of gravity. Commercial and connoisseur, the most recent record sale of the 'Fruits of Bali' for R2.74 million would indicate that the art world has finally succumbed to Tretchy's talent as well. These then are just a few of the reasons why we at the Tretchikoff Foundation, feel it appropriate to introduce Tretchikoff to the next generation of art lovers.
I happened to see an exhibition of his work at the Cape Town national Gallery...and I was blown away.
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