I recently got four more Map panels printed in the big 4' by 5' billboard format. Chris, our new Fake Rock Farm caretaker, helped me mount them on the East end of the barn the other night. So, if you are driving down Maple City Road, take a look!
Hey, I'm looking at the 2010 ArtPrize artist list and horrors! You're not listed. I was really looking forward to seeing you and your map once again. --fan in GR
Gee, thanks. I did not get any of the venues I requested. So, I will sit this one out and try again next year. Please watch this blog for future shows, however. Care to be put on our mailing list? Just email me at jerry.gretzinger@gmail. com.
Jerry's Map
In the summer of 1963 I began drawing a map of an imaginary city. The work started as a doodle done in the spare time I had while working at a tedious job. I continued to add to that map through the years until, in 1983, I set it aside to put my free time to other use.
The Map was stored in the attic of our home in Cold Spring, New York. It gathered dust. My son, Henry, found it one day while rummaging around. He brought it down to me and asked what it was. Seeing it then triggered me to dust it off and continue the project.
It now comprises almost 3100 individual eight by ten inch panels. Its execution, in acrylic, marker, colored pencil, ink, collage, and inkjet print on heavy paper, is dictated by the interplay between an elaborate set of rules and randomly generated instructions.
Hey, I'm looking at the 2010 ArtPrize artist list and horrors! You're not listed. I was really looking forward to seeing you and your map once again.
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Gee, thanks. I did not get any of the venues I requested. So, I will sit this one out and try again next year. Please watch this blog for future shows, however. Care to be put on our mailing list? Just email me at jerry.gretzinger@gmail. com.
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