COLLECTING TEXTURES: A VISIT WITH TIM AND MARILYN MAST

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Though Tim pursued law, and Marilyn teaching,
Though volunteer Tim pursued administrating, law, and and Marilyn the Unitarian teaching,
volunteer administrating, and the Unitar-
Though Tim pursued law, and Marilyn teach-
Church, ing, volunteer their social administrating, engagements and and the relationships
Unitarian
Church,
have taken
their social
place
engagements
among artists,
and
students,
reian
Church, their social engagements and relationships
curators, arts
have
administrators,
taken place
and
among
fellow
artists,
lationships have taken place among artists,
collectors
and curators, appreciators. arts administrators, Their interest and forms, fel-
students, curators, arts administrators, and fellow
texture collectors and meaning and appreciators. has encouraged Their interest
low collectors and appreciators. Their and interest
sup-
students,
in ported forms, emerging texture and meaning developed has talent encouraged
in forms, texture and meaning has encouraged
to explore
and the supported outer reaches emerging of their and medium. developed talent
and supported emerging and developed talent
to explore the outer reaches of their medium.
to explore the outer reaches of their medium.
Throughout and Throughout
my
my
education, education,
and and
conversations
conversations
like the my thoughts have
like
this
this
one one
with with
the the
Masts, Masts,
my my
thoughts
thoughts
have been rearranged. I am now thinking of collec-
have
been
been
rearranged. rearranged.
I am I am
now now
thinking thinking
of
of
collectors as artists, their private collections as pub-
collectors
as
as
artists, artists,
their their
private private
collections
collections
as lic (seen or unseen), and of the collector as
cross-trainer as
public public
(seen
(seen
or or
unseen),
- they unseen),
and
usually and
of
do of
the
this the
collector
side.’
‘on collector
the A as
point as
cross-trainer
cross-trainer
- -
they
of distinction they
usually
that usually
do
needs do
this
to be this
‘on
made ‘on
the is
that the
side.’
side.’
A throughout
A
point point
of their
of
distinction travel
distinction
that abroad
that
needs and
needs
to
in the
to
be
US, be
made made
is
Tim and
is
that that
throughout Marilyn
throughout
their have
their
travel remained
travel
abroad
committed
and
abroad
and in
to in
the building the
US, US,
Tim a Tim
and significant and
Marilyn Marilyn
have portion have
remained
of remained
committed their collection
committed
to
with artwork to
building building
a created a
significant significant
portion in Michigan, portion
of
by of
their
Michiganders, their
collection
collection
with or with
artwork artists artwork
created from various created
in places in
Michi-
Michi-
who
gan,
have gan,
or
fallen or
by by
Michiganders, into Michiganders,
or or fallen in love or
artists artists
from with Detroit. from
vari-
vari-
Like
ous
many ous
places
places
who other collectors who
have have
fallen a fallen
into simple into
or curiosity or
fallen fallen
in
grew in
love
into love with
a with Detroit. guiding Detroit. Like principle Like many of many other life – other collectors
an aesthetic collectors
of
a
domesticity a simple simple curiosity curiosity grew – which grew into has into a shaped a guiding guiding prin-
their social principle
life, ciple travel
of of life life and
– – an friendships an aesthetic aesthetic for
of
almost of domesticity domesticity fifty years,
––
which
and which in
has has turn
shaped shaped they have
their their shaped
social social life, the life, travel community travel and
and
friendships that friendships people for likely for almost almost have fifty been fifty years, years, shaped and and by, in in knowingly
they have and have unknowingly. shaped shaped the the community Their community collection that that reflects people people
a
turn turn
they
likely critical likely have have slice been of been Detroit’s shaped shaped history by, by, knowingly and knowingly culture, and and now
unknowingly. safeguarded unknowingly. against Their Their collection dispersion. collection reflects reflects Entire histories a a criti-
critical
housed cal slice slice along-side of of Detroit’s Detroit’s burgeoning history history and and visions, culture, culture, textures now now
safeguarded of safeguarded the future. against A against true collection dispersion. dispersion. collage. Entire Entire histo-
historieries
housed housed along-side along-side burgeoning burgeoning visions,
visions,
textures textures of of the the future. future. A A true true collection collection collage.
collage.
Pi Benio, Fetal Female Wrapped Form, 34x25x10, 1991.
Graham
Graham Marks, Marks,
Untitled, Untitled,
33x33x34, 33x33x34,
1987.
1987.
Pi Benio, “Fetal Female Wrapped Form”, 34x25x10, 1991.
Pi Benio, “Fetal Female Wrapped Form”, 34x25x10, 1991.
John John Stephenson, Stephenson, “Earth Auger, “Earth Auger”, Auger”, 12x24x13, 12x24x13, 1985.
1985.