StudioWolf - Florence Events Center

StudioWolf

"The Martians," a Horst Wolf exhibit at the Florence Events Center (FEC)
July/August 2009

The Hanging Team at the Florence Event Center. On the left Liz Johnson, my artist coordinator.	"Look at that Wine Taster Limerick!"
The hanging was easy with this hanging system.	Chairs were distributed throughout Gallery 5, so people could regurgitate what they just had seen.
The Martian Robots side-by-side.	"These Martian booklets are a funny read." To Top
They all enjoyed the poetry even more than the pictures.	Too bad: Booklet #1 is sold out already.
Martian music on the keyboard!	"How long did it take him to paint all this stuff?"
"There is all sorts of detail in 'em, if you look closely."	Extra-terrestrials from beyond Mars.

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This is the largest exhibit of "Martians" I ever had: 70 feet of wall space of nothing but Martians, in many cases stacked on top of each other.

I transported the paintings in my pick-up from Brookings to Florence on June 25. At GALLERY FIVE, Liz Johnson, my artist coordinator, and her hanging team were already waiting. The high-class hanging system made the job easy. The show was up in less than an hour and a half, including the limericks that went with each painting.

The artist reception was planned for Sunday, July 12. Liz asked me to come a day early, for the 2nd Saturday Florence Art Walk (Yes, same day as ours in Brookings). Except theirs isn't really a Walk. A tour bus takes off from FEC at 3 PM, loaded with "Art Walkers," hits a half dozen or so galleries in town, and returns at 5 PM. This means I had a good number of visitors just before 3 and again after 5, with hardly anybody showing up in between.

The artist reception on the following day, Sunday, from 4 PM to 7 PM, was a different story. There were lots of visitors most of the time. Local photographer Curt Peters, who showed his work in GALLERY ONE, had his reception at the same time. We had coordinated the two events such that the visitors started in GALLERY ONE, took advantage of the delicious "main course hors d'oeuvres" prepared by Toni, the FEC chef, and then Curt sent 'em over to me for dessert, coffee, and live music. By the way: Galleries #2, 3 and 4 don't exist!?

There was a lot of giggling and outright laughter as the art lover went down my row of Martians and read the limericks. "That's really different from everything I've seen here," said one lady who bought four of my booklets. I had a great time too: talking to people, telling them that most of the ideas for my Martians come from viewers like them. As a result I received three new suggestions. "Why don't you paint a Martian computer scientist next? A Martian lawyer? A Martian proctologist?" Why not, indeed.

The exhibit will remain until September 3. FEC is located at 715 Quincy Street in Florence, OR. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM and during Center events. Call 1-888-968-4086 for more details.