the art and news of international artist mark andrew allen
SAATCHI ONLINE
Saatchi Online chose my work to be included in their Pop Art Collection. Check it out here: Pop Art Collection
SAATCHI ONLINE SELECTED MY WORK
Pleased that Saatchi Online's curators selected one of my pieces for their Paper Goods: Contemporary Collage Collection. It is posted on their homepage or you can view the collection here: http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Collage/Paper-Goods-Contemporary-Collage/153961/58740/view
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROY LICHTENSTEIN!
(Yesterday, October 27, 1923)
I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1995 at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. He was a very sweet and frail man. I almost didn't notice him because he didn't command a lot of attention. (It was a small opening for Robert Rauschenberg - Dennis Hopper, David Byrne and a few other celebs were there as well.)
I asked him if he would sign a card for me. He happily obliged and carefully wrote out his long name. Then he looked at it for a moment and said oh, let me do that over and got another card and wrote out his name again. He liked this version better. He gave me both. (They looked identical.)
(Yesterday, October 27, 1923)
I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1995 at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. He was a very sweet and frail man. I almost didn't notice him because he didn't command a lot of attention. (It was a small opening for Robert Rauschenberg - Dennis Hopper, David Byrne and a few other celebs were there as well.)
I asked him if he would sign a card for me. He happily obliged and carefully wrote out his long name. Then he looked at it for a moment and said oh, let me do that over and got another card and wrote out his name again. He liked this version better. He gave me both. (They looked identical.)
PICTURES OF ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG & MARK ANDREW ALLEN
OCTOBER 22, 1925
He had a great smile and was a lovely person. Rare with great artists. These are a few of the photos I have of the several times I met him. His great art had a profound impact on me pursuing my own career in fine art.
One time a group of us were standing with Mr Rauschenberg outside the Bobbie Greenfield Gallery (when it was in Venice) when someone asked him what was the one thing that might sum up what he thought was necessary to be a great artist and he said after thinking for just a moment... "everything you see is important." I thought to myself what a great answer.
Also a few pics I took of Bob Rauschenberg and David Hockney clowning around....
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