Slog - Comments on Sam's Complaint About SAM http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/sams_complaint_about_sam Recumbent Bear Drinking by Marcus De Bije (Dutch, 1612-1670), from 1664, is one of many prints in Davidson Gallery's Antique Print Department, which is catalogued online. Lately, it may seem like I've been hammering on Seattle Art Museum, but this time, it's not me who's complaining. I sat down with Sam Davidson, the longtime Seattle dealer, for a podcast a few weeks ago, and he revealed (in his incredibly soft-spoken way) that he has a major bone to pick with the museum. He says SAM pretty much ignores prints, and is losing out on, or will lose out on,... Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:04:34 -0800 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:44:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ries Its okay- because after the collections are sold, certain SAM boardmembers, in about ten years, will just buy them at triple the price from a New York Dealer, and donate them to SAM for a hefty tax deduction.

Keep hammering- after all, its the anniversary of FA and the Jason Sprinkle ball and chain.

]]> Ries http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/sams_complaint_about_sam#c1115192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/sams_complaint_about_sam#c1115192 Visual Art Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:04:32 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves Ries: Hello! What's FA?

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/sams_complaint_about_sam#c1115208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/sams_complaint_about_sam#c1115208 Visual Art Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:19:20 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Fabricators of the Attachment

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FA was the self adopted smear that SAM gave to Jason Sprinkle- the claimed he wasnt an artist, just a "fabricator", so he and his friends took it an ran with it, dubbing themselves FA.


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