Artist I met from New York
Earlier this year I received a portfolio from an artist in New York, Tattfoo Tan. He was referred to us by another artist visiting Chinatown from Tennessee. ( I love how artists are everywhere)
He was originally drawn to the gallery because of the text we had on the site for Bamboo Lane/Revisited that explained that we wanted to help provide a venue for Asian artists in a historically Asian neighborhood, such as Chinatown. He was also impressed by the caliber of art we were showing.
In July he had a chance to visit our gallery when he came to LA because he was involved in a show at Track 16 featuring propaganda art posters.
It was a really nice, short visit & I was very impressed with Tattfoo & Ensze (his wife & business partner). We seemed to be on the same page about a lot of things & we were hoping that we could develop a bi-coastal realtionship by trading shows. Due to the unstable circumstances of the gallery in conjunction with Bamboo Lane, I was unable to move forward with building a plan for working with Tattfoo...In the mean time we keep in touch via email.
He has an Amazing space in Staten Island.
Staten Island! For New Yorkers that is as far away as going to the far East reaches of the Inland Empire in relation to LA - and just the thought of taking a Boat has made it difficult for people to venture there. In addition, many artists really wanted to have shows in Manhattan, so for a new gallery it was difficult for him to keep artists interested. Although, since meeting him there have been other artists he knows who have visited me & they all speak very highly of his aesthetic & his vision.
He recently had a New York Times article about his space - which is so huge it is a gallery, studio & a living space for him & Ensze & their cute dog.
You can read the article here - & don't forget to view the Slideshow to the Left of the article - that's where you can see the Images of the space.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/realestate/27habi.html
In addition, here is Tattfoo's personal website for the gallery & his portfolio.
www.tattfoo.com
He was originally drawn to the gallery because of the text we had on the site for Bamboo Lane/Revisited that explained that we wanted to help provide a venue for Asian artists in a historically Asian neighborhood, such as Chinatown. He was also impressed by the caliber of art we were showing.
In July he had a chance to visit our gallery when he came to LA because he was involved in a show at Track 16 featuring propaganda art posters.
It was a really nice, short visit & I was very impressed with Tattfoo & Ensze (his wife & business partner). We seemed to be on the same page about a lot of things & we were hoping that we could develop a bi-coastal realtionship by trading shows. Due to the unstable circumstances of the gallery in conjunction with Bamboo Lane, I was unable to move forward with building a plan for working with Tattfoo...In the mean time we keep in touch via email.
He has an Amazing space in Staten Island.
Staten Island! For New Yorkers that is as far away as going to the far East reaches of the Inland Empire in relation to LA - and just the thought of taking a Boat has made it difficult for people to venture there. In addition, many artists really wanted to have shows in Manhattan, so for a new gallery it was difficult for him to keep artists interested. Although, since meeting him there have been other artists he knows who have visited me & they all speak very highly of his aesthetic & his vision.
He recently had a New York Times article about his space - which is so huge it is a gallery, studio & a living space for him & Ensze & their cute dog.
You can read the article here - & don't forget to view the Slideshow to the Left of the article - that's where you can see the Images of the space.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/realestate/27habi.html
In addition, here is Tattfoo's personal website for the gallery & his portfolio.
www.tattfoo.com
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2 Comments:
some of his work is really beautiful. i love how organic and dreamy it is.
yeah, dreaminess is good.
what about that space, that was sure dreamy too.
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