Knevels Gallery 2014
Rob Knevels’ rotating gallery of images taken from various states of being, room position, scope.
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Day at the Museum – Week 5
This week (Tuesday, December 4th and Thursday, December 6th) Toros en Vallauris 1955 – 1955 – Pablo Picasso Ladies and gentlemen, bulls. Ladies and gentlemen, people. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Ladies and gentlemen, please have your seats. Now presenting, los bulls. I give you, a round space. Now, a place to sit. Please, have …
Day at the Museum – Week 4
I spent a few hours in the Dutch wing this week. As I was writing, I watched a DIA photographer take exit shots of all 70 paintings. I think they’re heading down south. Kentucky, maybe. Anyway, it was my last chance to see the few Rembrandts and other incredible still-lifes, for at least a few …
Day at the Musuem – Week Three
Today I spent a few hours in the museum while across the the street members of the FBI ransacked the first-floor offices of the Detroit Public Library. Hopefully someone is held accountable for those 20 luxury chairs that were bought for $1100 a piece while the entire public library system was in danger of collapse. Enough of …
Day at the Musuem – Week Two
I spend one day a week at the Detroit Institute of Arts. I carry a fold-out chair, and my baseball scoring palette for taking notes. Each week I share my notes. My aim is to provide a reaction from which you will receive a desire to come get your own reaction to the work in reference. In …
Day at the Museum – Part One
Living across the way from the Detroit Institute of Arts isn’t easy. There’s the constant sensation that I’m missing something, even though the art is immobile, hanging there, not in any danger of leaving before I see it. That said, I’ve decided to visit the museum once a week, walk around with a fold out …