8/8: Farrell Ruppert Show
Last Thursday I closed at four and started getting the gallery ready. I took down art, patched holes, painted and started moving the walls to where I thought they might work. Farrell arrived a bit later. Fortunately, he had Aaron to help. I say "fortunately" because many of his pieces are quite heavy and take at least two people to move them. My back had been hurting all week, so the help was a great relief.
Farrell and Aaron made a second trip back to the forge to get the fountain, which is four by four feet and fifteen inches high. While they were away, we moved the walls again. It took about two hours to assemble the fountain components, arrange the sand and stone in it and add the water. Aaron's friends, who'd been watching with interest from the sidewalk, were recruited for part of this endeavor. It was messy, so I was glad I'd stored the other art far from these efforts. Then it was time for beer and pizza.
Ron Watson stopped by, and I asked why he wasn't hanging his Michael Mazur and Karl Schrag show. He shrugged. "I'll do it in the morning." I felt a bit envious.
At some point, Farrell decided to take his "Reference" sculpture back to the forge and replace it with "Drop". Here they are, wheeling the granite base through the front door. This was at 11:30.
Farrell's show was hung by one. I still had to rehang much of the other side of the gallery. We got a few hours sleep and got up early to finish. By 1:30, I opened the doors. The labels were up by 3:30. The food and wine was laid-out by four, when everyone started arriving.
Of course, as in most photographs of openings, the people are mostly looking at each other, rather than the art, but that's the way it goes, especially when the crowd spills out onto the sidewalk.
By nine, the traffic had slowed enough so we could close.
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