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July 3, 2006
I've been reading too many obituaries
lately.
Luis Jimenez died June 13 from injuries
he sustained after a large sculpture he was working on fell in the
studio and crushed him. He was 65. Jim Moore, former director of the
Albuquerque Museum, said of Jimenez, ''His work contributed to the rise
of Pop Art, but it was more a willingness to do something so overtly
meaningful at first glance.'' I like that: "overtly meaningful at
first glance."
Jimenez's death was a huge loss. It was on the front page of The Denver
Post, which might not have happened if the piece he was working on
hadn't been for the Denver International Airport and had he not been
killed in such a tragic accident. Still, the governor of New Mexico even
ordered all flags flown at half-staff for two days. That doesn't happen
very often for an artist.
What will people say about you and your art?
The June 28 issue of The Denver Post had a tribute to artist Richard
DeVore, who died three days earlier. Fine arts critic Kyle MacMillan
said DeVore "could be reclusive, complicated and a bit cantankerous, but
the Fort Collins clay sculptor had a flair for the sublime that made him
one of the most important artists ever associated with Colorado." Denver
Art Museum curator of modern and contemporary art, Diane Vanderlip said
of DeVore, "He is certainly in the pantheon of the greatest contributors
that this state ever produced. . . . He's a hall-of-famer."
Wow! "Flair for the sublime," "one of the most important," and "pantheon
of the greatest contributors."
Last year I lost two of my most influential art teachers: professors
George Bogart and Brunel Faris. Both died of lung cancer (as did DeVore).
(A cautionary tale to be very careful with your materials and
ventilation.) They didn't get the flags flown at half-staff or even the
obituaries they deserved. I wish someone had let me write them. Then
again, we can't all make the front-page news after we're gone. But we
can do something about it while we're still here.
What will your farewell say?
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