Rebels in Paradise
“segment of the eighth São Paulo Art Biennal in 1965. The United States Information Agency had invited Hopps to be curator and he selected Irwin, Bell, and Bengston to share the glory with Judd, Stella, and Larry Poons. The principal artist, however, was the venerable abstract painter Barnett Newman, known for his wall-sized canvases bearing vertical columns of subdued colors. One wag called it six tugs moving a large liner into port.
Newman went to São Paulo six times to oversee his installatio...n. None of the Los Angeles artists made the trip though art collector Ed Janss’s daughter, Dagny, then eighteen, accompanied Hopps as, she said, “a sort of dogs body,” to São Paulo. “I think my father negotiated with Walter to get me the job, but what was he thinking?” she added. “I think I was to act as interpreter because I could speak a little Portuguese because I’d taken courses in school. Barnett Newman came to install his paintings and his Broken Obelisk sculpture—my job was to pour lemon juice and Coca-Cola on it so it could rust.MoreLess
Newman went to São Paulo six times to oversee his installatio...n. None of the Los Angeles artists made the trip though art collector Ed Janss’s daughter, Dagny, then eighteen, accompanied Hopps as, she said, “a sort of dogs body,” to São Paulo. “I think my father negotiated with Walter to get me the job, but what was he thinking?” she added. “I think I was to act as interpreter because I could speak a little Portuguese because I’d taken courses in school. Barnett Newman came to install his paintings and his Broken Obelisk sculpture—my job was to pour lemon juice and Coca-Cola on it so it could rust.MoreLess
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