Richard Kehl's 70th Birthday Celebration

one of my most influential teachers in keeping an open mind, an open heart, and having courage to explore visual poetry is having a rare exhibition of his work this weekend. i encourage you to go if at all possible. here are some details from seattle art blog:

"Celebrate the 70th birthday honoring the life and art of longtime University of Washington art professor Richard Kehl at the Seattle Asian Art Museum on November 10 from 7-10pm and November 11 from 12-8pm with a special show, "The Innocent Eye." Kehl urges everyone “to view the fabric of life with an “innocent eye,” free of the labels and value judgments imposed from the outside. Martha Kingsbury, Professor of Art History at the University of Washington says of Kehl's work, "As a historian of 19th and 20th century art, I have always had a strong liking for Kehl’s work in itself, and also a great delight in how it carries forward the radical innovations of early 20th century modernism.”

i also love richey's books, some of which are words without images (books of quotations) and some of which are images without words ("the feminine", the masculine", "put on a happy face"). i've given them as gifts to friends and family with wonderful responses.