bum tickler, on Jul 6, 2009 wrote: i get the feeling he never tried to be out there or whatever, he just is. too many "artists" are crazy on purpose. it shouldn’t be like that.
Anonymous, on Jul 1, 2009 wrote: “The Torturer’s Apprentice" was unbelievable! i saw it at half gallery a few weeks ago and am still glowing about it
Anonymous, on Jul 1, 2009 wrote: Rene Richard was in a movie?!! thats hilarious. i wanna seee
komodo, on Jun 30, 2009 wrote: maybe he got in on the ground floor. not the literal ground floor but some kind of permanent rate. plus i think the chelsea likes having strange pseudo-celebs living there. they could have something worked out.
badmandan, on Jun 18, 2009 wrote: holy crap 1400 clams for 9 days!! he must be getting a lowered rate, that is insane amounts of money.
Anonymous, on Jun 18, 2009 wrote: for one standard room with a kitchen it costs, $1400....for 9 days!
Anonymous, on Jun 18, 2009 wrote: hells if i couold live at the chelsea i would within the blink of an eye. plus it sounds like they are pretty chill with the rent.....crap i wonder how much that place is a month.
Anonymous, on Jun 18, 2009 wrote: Rene is one of the few critics in this world who should have a plaque somewhere in Manhattan.
Anonymous, on Jun 15, 2009 wrote: Im really feeling that guys green scarf. he tied it like a pretzel too, very bad ass
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: i read this all before i realized it is the fashion thing for the new issue. i like this format. you should use it more often.
hi fructose, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: i wouldn’t sweat the shpiel. he’s obviously stuck in some shithole like kansas city and has city envy. notice how he feels the need to add "but i do like his poetry and art." then what is his problem with him? nothing, other than the fact that rene is in nyc and he isn’t.
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: please stop reading this website and magazine. it is based in new york you fucking knobend.
"his attitude is the sum total of everything that sucks about new york. name dropping, self-aggrandizing, clinging to the faded belief that new york is still the center of...well, anything. new york is a fucking huge huge huge waste of energy full of dipshit pussies with ridiculously big egos and an outdated sense of self-importance. new york should be dismantled brick by brick and turned into a garden. but, i do like his poetry and art."
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: i don’t think it’s name-dropping when he is friends with them and has been around this long. would it be name-dropping if he mentioned jmb? he is the one that broke the guy.
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: since when did Guess start making rosaries fashionable?
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: his attitude is the sum total of everything that sucks about new york. name dropping, self-aggrandizing, clinging to the faded belief that new york is still the center of...well, anything. new york is a fucking huge huge huge waste of energy full of dipshit pussies with ridiculously big egos and an outdated sense of self-importance. new york should be dismantled brick by brick and turned into a garden. but, i do like his poetry and art.
ghostfingers, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: what’s wrong with living at the chelsea hotel? because famous people have lived there he’s not allowed to? fuck off.
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: still lives at the chelsea hotel?
sounds like hes trying real hard to maintain a faded reality...
get over it rene.
ghostfingers, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: are there any surviving samo spots or have they all been removed? the same thing is happening with revs metal sculptures now.
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: A man who can pull off a floral head dress is a man of my heart
The Host, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: Funny. I don’t find his handwriting that unique. However, it is easy to spot a painting and have a good idea that it’s one of his. So maybe it is. His Es stick out like a sore thumb.
His entire persona is his real accomplishment.
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: i bet his farts are poetic
Anonymous, on Jun 12, 2009 wrote: considering the company he kept in the 80s, rene looks fantastic.
why didn’t he play himself in the basquiat biopic?
lazy eyez killa, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote: i’d kiss rosie o’donnell to see his original samo pieces.
Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote: the only good poetry is the stuff that he writes-- spoken by a true artsit
Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote: you KNOW you’ve made it in life if your living in a hotel. thats downright classy
Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote: ooh Im definitely excited to see some Rene Richard collages... i bet they are sick
Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote: at first reading this i thought that rene was coming across conceited and a bit up himself, but thinking on it I dont think he is. Its strange to find an artist who really honestly loves their work and is so proud . a nice refreshing change.
i get the feeling he never tried to be out there or whatever, he just is. too many "artists" are crazy on purpose. it shouldn’t be like that.
“The Torturer’s Apprentice" was unbelievable! i saw it at half gallery a few weeks ago and am still glowing about it
Rene Richard was in a movie?!! thats hilarious. i wanna seee
maybe he got in on the ground floor. not the literal ground floor but some kind of permanent rate. plus i think the chelsea likes having strange pseudo-celebs living there. they could have something worked out.
holy crap 1400 clams for 9 days!! he must be getting a lowered rate, that is insane amounts of money.
for one standard room with a kitchen it costs, $1400....for 9 days!
hells if i couold live at the chelsea i would within the blink of an eye. plus it sounds like they are pretty chill with the rent.....crap i wonder how much that place is a month.
Rene is one of the few critics in this world who should have a plaque somewhere in Manhattan.
Im really feeling that guys green scarf. he tied it like a pretzel too, very bad ass
i read this all before i realized it is the fashion thing for the new issue. i like this format. you should use it more often.
i wouldn’t sweat the shpiel. he’s obviously stuck in some shithole like kansas city and has city envy. notice how he feels the need to add "but i do like his poetry and art." then what is his problem with him? nothing, other than the fact that rene is in nyc and he isn’t.
please stop reading this website and magazine. it is based in new york you fucking knobend.
"his attitude is the sum total of everything that sucks about new york. name dropping, self-aggrandizing, clinging to the faded belief that new york is still the center of...well, anything. new york is a fucking huge huge huge waste of energy full of dipshit pussies with ridiculously big egos and an outdated sense of self-importance. new york should be dismantled brick by brick and turned into a garden. but, i do like his poetry and art."
i don’t think it’s name-dropping when he is friends with them and has been around this long. would it be name-dropping if he mentioned jmb? he is the one that broke the guy.
since when did Guess start making rosaries fashionable?
his attitude is the sum total of everything that sucks about new york. name dropping, self-aggrandizing, clinging to the faded belief that new york is still the center of...well, anything. new york is a fucking huge huge huge waste of energy full of dipshit pussies with ridiculously big egos and an outdated sense of self-importance. new york should be dismantled brick by brick and turned into a garden. but, i do like his poetry and art.
what’s wrong with living at the chelsea hotel? because famous people have lived there he’s not allowed to? fuck off.
still lives at the chelsea hotel?
sounds like hes trying real hard to maintain a faded reality...
get over it rene.
are there any surviving samo spots or have they all been removed? the same thing is happening with revs metal sculptures now.
A man who can pull off a floral head dress is a man of my heart
Funny. I don’t find his handwriting that unique. However, it is easy to spot a painting and have a good idea that it’s one of his. So maybe it is. His Es stick out like a sore thumb.
His entire persona is his real accomplishment.
i bet his farts are poetic
considering the company he kept in the 80s, rene looks fantastic.
why didn’t he play himself in the basquiat biopic?
i’d kiss rosie o’donnell to see his original samo pieces.
the only good poetry is the stuff that he writes-- spoken by a true artsit
you KNOW you’ve made it in life if your living in a hotel. thats downright classy
ooh Im definitely excited to see some Rene Richard collages... i bet they are sick
at first reading this i thought that rene was coming across conceited and a bit up himself, but thinking on it I dont think he is. Its strange to find an artist who really honestly loves their work and is so proud . a nice refreshing change.