tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650721533639467992.post124049013643198383..comments2024-02-15T02:36:52.776-05:00Comments on MONDOBLOGO: the collector joseph holtzmanmondoblogohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436239771583840146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650721533639467992.post-11635741678185636822011-05-23T09:36:03.584-04:002011-05-23T09:36:03.584-04:00And I just ran into this in a recent story on 2the...And I just ran into this in a recent story on 2thewalls -- seems apropos:<br /><br />"Though his passions are legion, there are some things Mr. Holtzman does not like. 'I'm tired of found objects, people just assembling things,'' he said, adding snobbishly that the stylish eclecticism practiced by flea-market shoppers is nothing more interesting than 'just good taste.'" - Joe Holtzman in conversation with David Coleman [The New York Times, 9.10.98]Nick Heywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205328234745575843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650721533639467992.post-37044801555901923042011-05-23T04:24:52.490-04:002011-05-23T04:24:52.490-04:00I remember reading this issue as a sophomore in HS...I remember reading this issue as a sophomore in HS and going absolutely nuts, salivating over everything and finding justification for my overarching desire for design objects, across all eras. I drove my mother nuts, whose own area of collecting is tightly edited and seldom deviates from late 19th/early 20th century.<br /><br />It used to be (and sadly is no longer the case) that you could see this apartment in motion on a weird youtube video produced by Troma -- it was used as a set for some production, and the Klieg lights lit all of Holtzman's glorious oddities, narrated by a woman in garish makeup. I remember her pointing out the Dubuffet (though a different one, perhaps?), as well as a funny looking Courbet portrait of a man in fancy military dress. Somehow, this weird collabo between Holtzman and Troma seems to have faded into the ether.<br /><br />People always talk about eclecticism in interiors, but generally what they are referring to is nothing of the sort -- the same sorts of related objects from a few periods grouped together. What I find most electric about Holtzman's pairings is how little they have to do with status or good taste in the conventional sense. All that aesthetic and English arts and crafts stuff he has tucked in there, brilliantly -- usually relegated to period rooms and declared quaint or ugly.<br /><br />Time for Nest, redux!!!Nick Heywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205328234745575843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650721533639467992.post-8328583680489718232011-05-22T19:24:24.077-04:002011-05-22T19:24:24.077-04:00Anyone know how much a complete set goes for these...Anyone know how much a complete set goes for these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com