Earlier this week a commenter asked how the works in the Capitol Fishing Tackle Show address the economy. Here's the only answer we've found so far. One of the proposed exhibits at the "Empty by Choice" show is titled “Tips for Future Occupants.” Of the storefront, that is. Well, we can give you two tips for the book. Ask the Bards and get a 50-year lease like El Quijote or they’ll boot you as soon as the economy recovers. Afterall, Capitol Fishing Tackle was in that space for over 50 years and survived many recessions. They didn't survive the legal manuevers of Marlene Krauss and David Elder. If you have any "Tips for Future Occupants" leave them in the comment box.
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5 responses to “Tips For Artists in The Capitol Fishing Tackle “Empty by Choice” Show”
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This group says its based upon empathetic feeling for the community, yet its remarkable that they’re oblivious to the conditions that exist at the Hotel Chelsea– which have threatened all occupants both commercial AND residential
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Its probably just another ruse anyway. Their first-ever showing is at the embattled Chelsea? I wonder if they even plan a “second” show. They provide valid reasons to be skeptical.
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Surely some artist will have the wisdom to exhibit a picture of Krauss and Elder over the caption “Empty by Choice”
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art sales is a copout & a sellout.
art purchasing is a bourgeois affectation.
as a dissident, I have never understood the art economy.
post your art on the web for the poor to see,
take a hot air out of the commerce,
and get a real dayjob working among the people,
rather than sitting in an ivory tower peeing out the windows
onto people whom you will never convert.LikeLike
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I own Capitol Fishing Tackle Co. I went to work at the store in 1973 and bought it in 1974.The Bards treated me fairly. The space wasn’t cheap, but I made a living and it was fun.Stanley and his family are wonderful people. We were all in tears when we found out that Capitol Fishing could no longer remain at the Hotel Chelsea. I moved the store for two reasons. I couldn’t think about closing a business that was 109 years old at that time, and, more importantly, our son wouldn’t let me. Fishing is his passion and he loves working in the store that will some day be his. Our famous sign is at 132 W 36th St. We have a great landlord and a very long lease. I didn’t let Marlene Krauss and David Elders win. Believe it or not, Marlene Krauss’s father was a gentleman. If he was alive today,he wouldn’t be proud of his daughter.
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