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The Barnes Foundation has now posted a Web cam that will catalog the progress of the construction. From what I've seen it looks to be a photo cam that takes photos every once in a while rather than a video cam.

Labels: barnes foundation, merion, parkway, philadelphia

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I just got off the phone with Director Don Argott. He directed the popular documentary film “Rock School, ” based on the Paul Green School of Rock. Argott’s latest film “The Art of the Steal” is based on the controversial Barnes Foundation’s plan to move to Philadelphia, a mere five miles from its home in Merion.

Argott and I spoke about Lower Merion Township’s “too little, too late” approach to the situation has done very little to keep the Barnes where it is.

The film maker summed up the move with one principal problem, the Barnes Foundation’s Board of Trustee’s is set on moving to Philadelphia and have no interest in maintaining the late Albert Barnes’ will that the school never be moved from its place in Montgomery County.

Look for more on this story in this week’s column.

Labels: barnes foundation, lower merion township, merion, montgomery county, paul green school of rock

I recently received this video from Fred Danziger via email. Here the painter exercises his love for nature, once again, as he nurses a baby bird which he found had fallen out of a tree in his backyard.

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Labels: bird, fred danziger, lapelle

Okay, so maybe my house of cards isn't the greatest form of architecture per say but I wasn't exactly going for the strongest building. Instead, I hoped to build a house based on balance (whether it be a strongly balanced building or in my case a swaying, weak one).

Labels: architecture, charles, eames, house of cards, lucia, ray

My girlfriend's mother recently purchased a piece by Artist Fred Danziger. The piece is a wooden cutout of a man in a trench coat, drawn with black paint, from the 20s or 30s smoking a cigarette. I love how it interacts with the home but I have to say, the reason or meaning of the piece has left me (no pun intended) stumped because I can't find information anywhere about this wooden man. It's rumored that Mr. Danziger may have created this series at a young age before he had found his hand and now, as a highly skilled painter, the artist would rather not look back at the "Wooden 100."

Labels: first friday, fred danziger, rodger lapelle galleries

Above is the video which will accompany this weeks column. Enjoy.

Labels: andy stettler, art, art thou, art thou blog, barbara rosin, paint, painter, painting, video art