Paul R. Seftel Paul R. Seftel - Thoughts,Opinions, Ideas

Artists for Dalai Lama

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:52:42 EST

Currently on tour through Germany (29.07 – 02.09), Artists For Dalai Lama project will kick off His Holiness initiative with an official exhibition at the Union Halle in Frankfurt Germany.

Having the opportunity to exhibit, live and work in spain this summer has been a godsend. My inner palette has been replenished with colours. Beyond, the turquoise blues of clear skies and deep oceans, the sumptuous burnt oxide oranges and soft golden yellows of the Mediterranean buildings, the age and texture of Roman architecture in the stone edifices in

art on the radio

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:14:53 EST

For many years, i've been interested in the medium of radio. It always seemed to me there was much more potential for a 'theatre of the mind' type listener experience. i was fortunate enough to have such an experience recently, in a interview with a NYC stand up comedienne, poet and auteur, Laura Dinnebeil.

Laura has been hosting a series of interviews of artists, aptly named 'The Unseen Hand', and i had the good fortune of being invited on the show, broadcast by NY talk radio.

Return to sender

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:33:01 EST

Re: Posted - The stamp project

Paul Seftel

When our lost history is resurrected, the messages of our predecessors are revealed in unexpected ways. Ideas, hopes and lost dreams remain, un

the found art

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:50:16 EST

There was a night, many years go now, when I was sleeping beneath a tarp and blankets woven beneath branch poles in a lean to against a big rock. High up in a wilderness preserve in the Colorado Rockies, I was at a small gathering- a drum festival in the mountains. There were many things I learnt during that two week period which still haunt me. With over ten years between me and that occurrence… it was a time, that I stepped far into another world, walkin

There... and Back Again

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:52 EST

During my week of Yoga at an ashram in the Bahamas, i saw a boat named 'Back Again', and thought that the owner must have another one called 'There'.

This week The Lana Santorelli Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, opened their group show Abstraction, in which my work is prominently featured. One large piece has a very coral like texture, and the transcendent nature and color have been achieved through an oxidation of the gold pigments within. It reminds me of the sup

Work in Progress

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:20:16 EST

In the life of a fulltime time artist, everything becomes work, and alas, it is always a work in progress.

I'm working on a few strands of things at the moment, Including a couple of exciting new projects. The Americana and Postage Stamp series continue, always going deeper- and i will be sharing a new line of large format limited editions- stunning 40 x60 inch 'postage stamps' with irony and a conceptually realised twist at no extra cost, printed on metal. If all goes to pl

Group Show Opening Reception, March I3th

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:02:04 EST

I am pleased to invite you to an Opening Reception

of a Group Show on March 13th, 6 til 9pm

Abstraction

March 13- April 26, 2008

Silence of the Lambs- Damien Hirst at Lever house, NYC

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:57:33 EST

Thoughts on the 2008 Lever House Commission School : by Damien Hirst- AKA The Silence of the Lambs. Simply one opinion….. by Paul Seftel

This current outing for Hirst, not only is superficially deep, but is deeply superficial. At this point we are aware, that he has the ability to work with carcasses and formaldehyde, and pills in cabinets with far greater virtuosity than his handling of paint. Or at least he is able to instruct minions to organize materials in some predetermi