Blinky Palermo at his exhibition
"Palermo. Bilder und Zeichungen"
Galerie Priedrich + Dahlem
Munich
1966
I had never heard of
Blinky Palermo
until I stumbled into a room of his paintings at
years ago.
It was love at first sight.
I wanted to start painting right then and there.
I didn't start for probably
for 4 of 5 years
after that,
but Blinky was always with me....
"Portrait of Palermo"
1973
(With "Untitled (9Wvz 110)" in the background)
Photo: Tim Rautert
Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke and Palermo
at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1965
Photo: Ute Klophause
Joseph Beuys
"Für Blinky"
1980
(detail)
"Untitled (Wvz 133)"
1970
One of my paintings from 2009.
My goal was to paint 100 small paintings using the scraps
of plywood that the Lumber Store next door would
put out with the trash every Wednesday.
I'm not sure what number I am currently on,
but it is nearing
my goal
of
100.
They are very time consuming,
so it has taken quite some time.
Detail
"Untitled (Rot-Rosa) (Wvz 49)"
(detail)
1966
Another one from last year.
They are all untitled.
The titles will either be their number,
the date,
or the name of the "celebrity who was getting the most coverage on
the week the painting was finished.
I haven't decided....
All I know is there will be a lot of Lindsay's....
(detail)
"Rot/Gelb (Wvz 82)"
"Blau/Grün (Wvz 83)
1968
"Untitled (Wvz 54)"
1967
In front of
"Neue Abstraktion"
1965
Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Blinky and Gerhard Richter
in front of Galerie Heiner Friedrich
Cologne
1967
Blinky is second from left.
Galerie Heiner Friedrich
Cologne
1972
Photo: Tim Rautert
Palermo standing next to one of his
"Wandmalerei"
(Wall paintings)
1971
Photo: Jürgen Wesseler
Blinky working on one of his wandmalerei.
Galerie Heiner Friedrich
Cologne
1971
Blinky painting
"Blau/Gelb/Weiss/Rot"
at the "STRATEGY: GET ARTS" exhibition
Edinburgh College of Art
1970
Photo: Monika Baumgarti
"Coney Island II (Wvz 179)"
1975
"to the people of NYC"
in Palermos's studio
Düsseldorf
1977
"to the people of NYC"
1976
View of the installation at Dia Center for the Arts
New York
1987
Blinky Palermo
"Untitled"
1970
(detail)
Photographed by Gerhard Richter in front of
Richter's "Wolke".
Gerhard Richter
Bust of Palermo from
"Zwei Skulpturen für einen Raum von Palermo"
1971
1943-1977
RIP
fantastic post! and patrick, your works are beautiful.....
ReplyDeleteThanks David, sometimes I feel crazy doing them, line after line after line...cool that you like them!
ReplyDeleteI like that photo where it looks like Beuys and Palermo are having a staring contest. Polke (RIP) is amused.
ReplyDeleteBTW, is there any medium that Gerhard Richter doesn't dominate? Those photos are insanely good.
Keep up the painting Mondo. Only criticism is maybe the ground should have a bit more depth/variation. Several light, even semi-transparent, coats of the black rather than one would do that. Maybe unjustified since the photos aren't the highest resolution, and I did just eat an asshole sandwich.
Your paintings are great! I like them!
ReplyDeleteI wanna paint, too... Badly. (I will, too, I hope.)
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