{"id":223,"date":"2005-09-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/art2part.biz\/?p=223"},"modified":"2025-05-29T03:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:32:03","slug":"blue-movie-turning-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/art2part.biz\/Gallery\/index.php\/2005\/09\/15\/blue-movie-turning-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Movie: Turning Red"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Installation: Blue Movie:  Turning Red
Artist: Anne D. War’s-Hell
Dates: 2 March 2005 to 15 September 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This pastiche integrates a theater of works.  Featured sculpture includes Gimmie a Lift, The Factory:  An Allegory (aka The Secret of
Mondrian), Paint the Town Red, A Sign of the Times, Cut it Out, In Front of the Green Doors, the reprise Behind the Green Doors (a
Double Feature), Cargo Cult, Scaffolding (a Temporary Installation), Chopper, and Flower Child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 19AUG2000-In the beginning, there was naught. \u00a0No Majestic Stove Lofts to the left (it’s building). \u00a0The Robbins Law firm just moved in (center building). The Edge Lofts building was still a mail sorting facility (right building). \u00a0But there was Art2Part\u00ae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Beginning There Was…<\/strong>: Majestic Stove Lofts, Robbins_Law Firm, and Edge Lofts with Art2Part Gallery Front and Center 19AUG00<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 19AUG2000-Every good movie starts with a script.  The working title of this script was “Turning Red.”  Sherwin-Williams’ Cranberry Bog to be precise, but red was a more accessible name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gimmie a Lift<\/strong>: Mark Bammann on Manlift as Ray Jackson Paints 19AUG00<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 29DEC2019-Warhol called his art studio The Factory. \u00a0This studio is The Manufactory. \u00a0In the current installation, artist Randolph Bradley puts the finishing touches on the Mondrian-esque windows. They look out to the concrete blocks, Turning Red, of the 3,500 s.f. addition built in 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Factory: An Allegory (aka The Secret of Mondrian<\/strong>): Randolph Bradley Putting Finishing Touches on Factory Window 1MAR01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 22SEP2001-Artisan Ted Swink continues with the theme of “Turning Red.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paint the Town Red<\/strong>: Ted Swink Paints the Town Red 22SEP01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 31MAY05-Construction on the Majestic Stove Lofts is going full force.  Note the white sign to the lower left of the building.  A sing of the times, in fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facelift<\/strong>: Majestic Stove Lofts Masonry Repairs (31MAY05).JPG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 9OCT2005- Before there was Majestic Stove Lofts, there was J.L. Marsh of St. Louis.  Courtesy of Robert Wood, we present this restored sign of the times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Sign of the Time<\/strong>: A Sign of the Times 9OCT05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 9APR2005-Before the block buster installation “Behind the Green Doors,” there was nothing.  The groundwork was cobbled together, and the effort ramped up.  The project seemed destined to climb the ladder of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cut it Out<\/strong>: Cut It Out Door Demolition Preparations with Randolph Bradley 9APR05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 15SEP2005-Behind schedule, over budget, but with grit and determination, the project wraps. \u00a0Note the missing fencing sections to the right. \u00a0The project is 99-44\/100% complete at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Front of the Green Doors<\/strong>: In Front of the Green Doors (15EP05).JPG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 13NOV2006-In a sneak preview, the answer to what’s “Behind the Green Doors” is revealed.  Nothing.  The ladder of success still remained to be climbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The reprise Behind the Green Doors (a Double Feature)<\/strong>: Behind the Green Doors 13NOV06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 4NOV2006-The crew parts in this case.  This shipping box proves the maximum that no good void shall remain unfilled!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scaffolding (a Temporary Installation)<\/strong>: Myron Swink, Randolph Bradley, Al Collins, and Dwayne Taylor 17DEC06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 14OCT2005-It’s a grind, but Al Collins steps up to “de-plaster” the concrete block wall where once was a front office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bump and Grind<\/strong>: Alphonso Collins Grinds Plaster from Office Walls 14OCT05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 17DEC2006-The crew hams it up before “Scaffolding,” a temporary installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cargo Cult<\/strong>: Myron Swink, Randolph Bradley, Al_Collins, Dwayne Taylor, and_Jimmie Parker (Sitting)
4NOV06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 5AUG2006-Ted Swink paints bar joists.  The joist were first vacuumed, then power washed, then hand washed, then primed, then painted with two coats of Sherwin-Williams Black Industrial Enamel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paint it Black<\/strong>: Ted Swink Painting Bar Joists 5AUG06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 11AUG2007-Myron Swink introspection.  Someone is plumb tuckered out!  Unfortunately, the press panned Blue Vacuum<\/strong>, contending “It sucks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue Vacuum<\/strong>: Hardworking (Hardly Working) Employee Myron Swink 11AUG07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Randolph Bradley takes to the skies in a kit helicopter, literally flying by the seat of his pants.  A friend undertook initial construction of this helicopter in The Manufactory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chopper<\/strong>: Randolph Bradley Practices Low Altitude Helicopter Maneuvers 25MAR02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dateline 5AUG2007-The beautification efforts continue both inside and outside The work tilling soil, cleaning off the masonry edging strip (actually an old building foundation), and planting chicory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flower Child<\/strong>: Randolph Bradley, Jimmie_Parker, and Myron Swink Preparing Flower Bed 5AUG07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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