Comments on: “Everything is going to be alright”: Art or a Bob Rennie motto?

By: wcb

wcb — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:29:35 +0000

You can make viewing requests at http://www.renniecollection.org. I don’t think anyone is being vetted. I know of several people who just emailed and got responses and confirmed appointments right away.

By: Miguelito

Miguelito — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:29:31 +0000

This sign is so wonderful and lovely. The first time I saw it was in late summer, one evening at dusk, driving eats on the Georgia Viaduct.
It made be grin and believe what I was being told.

A welcome change from eagles with tacky wallpaper and bears holding toothbrushes.

By: Bill Lee

Bill Lee — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:26:51 +0000

In Miss Bula’s frequently contributed-to newspaper (nowadays) there was a squib on Friday, Sep. 18, 2009 in the what-can-a-dilettante-do column as follows:
“Housed in the oldest building in Chinatown, in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side, this new private museum will house the collection of Vancouver real-estate developer Bob Rennie. With more than 1,000 ontemporary artworks in his collection, it was time to go public – or semi-public – in this 20,000-square-foot space. Access is by appointment only. The opening show draws from Rennie’s collection of 10 works by the London- and Berlin-based Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum. Catherine Grenier of the Pompidou Centre in Paris provides the catalogue essay.
Wing Sang Building, 63 East Pender St., Vancouver, opens Oct. 24.”

So he’s not going to openly display his erotica to the public? Are the ‘by appointment’ people going to be vetted for taste, paint spray cans, or the correct addresses?

All sounds so Longstaffean, of the feeble modern collection that the VAG was suckered into storing for free.

At least Rennie realizes that like the Biennale, commercial “Aht” is seen through and relegated to the trashheap of history.

By: eirehead

eirehead — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:06:51 +0000

Alright: usage The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some critics have insisted alright is wrong, but it has its defenders and its users. It is less frequent than all right but remains in common use especially in journalistic and business publications. It is quite common in fictional dialogue, and is used occasionally in other writing .

By: Frothingham

Frothingham — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:33:35 +0000

Hey you nattering nabobs. Have you not seen the new bidding war on houses for sale. Bob is singing real loud right about now … ‘everything is going to be alright!’ Condo prices are next. ‘I said, everythings gonna be all right-a!’ Woman No Cry …. Bob’s getting a new dreadlocks look….

By: Des

Des — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:24:49 +0000

Our fair city’s top real-estate mogul brought in a sign saying ‘everything is going to be alright’ from… Detroit?

Some folks could interpret that as mighty worrying, given how ‘alright’ things have turned out for Motown. Personally I’d be ecstatic to see us shift towards a more Detroit-level housing market…

By: gmgw

gmgw — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:06:36 +0000

I’m sure that for Bob Rennie or anyone else in his income bracket, everything will indeed be alright; barring nuclear war or global environmental disaster, how likely is it to be otherwise?

For the rest of us, who face a daily struggle just to keep from flying off the end of the treadmill, this slogan is exactly what it appears to be: Meaningless, smug, self-indulgent pap with a distinct pong of of new-age airheadism clinging to it.

Sorry; I’m in a cranky mood tonight.
gmgw

By: Frothingham

Frothingham — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:43:40 +0000

Bob Rennie wants to be Bob Marley, cool. i like it…. no cry

By: Chad Skelton

Chad Skelton — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:49:38 +0000

With your earlier post on the Stop Sign art installation along False Creek, maybe you should have a whole special category on your blog for “What the f&$@ is that?” sightings and accompanying explanations.

Chad

By: Muskie

Muskie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:08:37 +0000

I did some research and found out about the installation. It was on Vancouver Is Awesome today too:

http://vancouverisawesome.com/2009/09/16/everythings-going-to-be-allright/