What with all of this talk about innovation and game-changing recently (over at
Buttermilk and Molasses, Style's upcoming 40 under 40, and the 12th year of the
Pollaks), we just had to give a shout-out to an individual we felt was a true arts innovator in RVA...
Martin Bromirski is the man behind
ANABA- Richmond, Virginia's very first art blog.
Not only were Bromirski's posts entertaining and incisive, but he had a really do-it-yourself attitude towards art exhibition. He organized the first (and only- SO FAR) "
Art Basel: Stuffy's." You read that correctly- "Stuffy's" as in the sandwich shop. Click the
link for his documentation of the show, including Jerry Saltz's visit.
Art Basel: Stuffy'sBromirski also had a solo show at the Richmond Guggenheim- click
here for links about the historic landmark and documentation of the show.
Richmond Guggenheim, aka the Markel BuildingObviously, with all of his ambition, Bromirski was bound to attract the attention of the art big wigs. When Bromirski related the
details of his studio visit with Jerry Saltz, he went down in artblog history as one of our favorite arts innovators.
Saltz visits with BromirskiWhen Bromirski left the area in 2007-ish (we think?) for other pastures, we were saddened by the hole he left in the Richmond art-blogging scene, though we continue to follow his adventures in NY.
Stay tuned for some more of our ideas about current Richmond arts innovators...
18 days until InLight 2009!
