Richmond artist Gerald Donato passed away over the weekend. There is a wonderful post about him and his wife, artist Joan Gaustad by The Hat at Richmond magazine, and F. T. Rea of Slantblog just (re?)posted his favorite memory of Donato, too.
In addition, VCU's Blackbird archive has information about Donato that was compiled in conjunction with "Reinventing the Game," his 40-some-year retrospective show at Anderson Gallery in 2007 (be sure to click on "Contributor's Notes: Gerald Donato" to read more biographical information).
Donato will be missed by many- he was a prolific artist, a darn good painter, and an opinionated professor. I had a painting class with him cerca 2000, and he let me know gently and with a considerable amount of humor time and again that my work was bad. To my chagrin, it took years for me to realize just how right he was- he was REALLY right.
One of my favorite things about Donato is that he picked Richmond over New York. Maybe he could see some of the things that many of us see about this city: there is a lot of good stuff already here, and there is a lot of good stuff we can be part of making happen.
The Hat notes that "A public 'Celebration of Donato' is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 21st at 3pm, at the Plant Zero Arts Center."
Donato will be missed by many- he was a prolific artist, a darn good painter, and an opinionated professor. I had a painting class with him cerca 2000, and he let me know gently and with a considerable amount of humor time and again that my work was bad. To my chagrin, it took years for me to realize just how right he was- he was REALLY right.
One of my favorite things about Donato is that he picked Richmond over New York. Maybe he could see some of the things that many of us see about this city: there is a lot of good stuff already here, and there is a lot of good stuff we can be part of making happen.
The Hat notes that "A public 'Celebration of Donato' is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 21st at 3pm, at the Plant Zero Arts Center."
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