Talk:Nicholas Treadwell

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Did you know... that Nicholas Treadwell started his art gallery in 1963 in a double-decker bus and two furniture vans?

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And now for another London art entrepreneur?

I see that after a rocky start, work on this article is now bubbling away healthily, pardon the mixed metaphors. Good! I wonder if any of you, who clearly know much more about London art dealers than I do, would care to make this link to "Nicholas Treadwell" turn blue. When I'd never heard of him or "Superhumanism" or any of the artists he represented, I heard that Denne Hill (whither he'd departed from London) was a place to see art that was thought provoking, amusing, silly, tacky, or some combination of two or more of these. So I went along there. I was not disappointed. Yes, some of the stuff was crap, but enough was good (in one way or another) to make the trip worthwhile. I'm surprised and sorry to read nothing about him in WP. Any takers? -- Hoary (talk) 10:58, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Blue. Ty 17:48, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Even by Ty's high standards that is impressive. Phew ... no sooner said than done. My hat goes off to you. --Artiquities (talk) 18:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fortunately, you don't have to eat it... Ty. Ty 18:30, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above is copied from Talk:Maureen Paley. Ty 23:44, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well done Tyrenius! -- Hoary (talk) 13:19, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Magazine title

Art and Artist? I dimly remember a mag titled Art and Artists, plural. -- Hoary (talk) 13:19, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wondered that. I just followed the source, which may be wrong. Ty 05:31, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The source does have a fair number of other typos. When "my" library reopens after its summer break, I'll consult Ulrich's. -- Hoary (talk) 23:53, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Das Un-Art der Nicholas Treadwell

I went to the 'Art' (Basel's Art Fair) in 1991 from New Zealand. At the time I was a hopeful young artist, and was looking forward to seeing the works. It was a bunch of old crap: the usual bloated dealers selling the usual bloated old works. Disappointed, I cycled off, and something caught my eye; in what looked like a car dealership's showroom I saw a lot of really interesting, gutsy work. It was Nick Treadwell's show of 'Superhumanism'. What he had to say was fresh and right. Moreover, he offered to represent me when I showed him the two small works works I had done while in Basel. I regret I never took him up on that. Anyway, the point of the story is that the Basel papers did a little piece on him called 'Das Un-Art der Nicholas Treadwell' - meaning Treadwell's un-Art, a play on the fact that he was exhibiting unusual stuff and also refusing to take part in the main event. Glad to see there's now an article on him - long overdue. I'm now a hopeful older artist, by the way. Lgh (talk) 05:24, 17 August 2010 (UTC) (talk) 05:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

With my father, I met him once too: we were unannounced visitors to Denne Hill. At that time Denne Hill did invite visitors, so we vaguely expected to be let in and then perhaps glared at by a security guard. But on the contrary we were warmly welcomed and shown around by Treadwell himself. (Nobody else seemed to be there.) Since neither of us had any idea of what we would see (other than some vague description somewhere that it was "odd" or "not for all tastes" or similar), the whole experience was highly enjoyable. The contrast with The Tate Modern Experience (etc) could hardly be stronger. -- Hoary (talk) 02:20, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]