Gallery 601

About Gallery 601

Gallery 601 was established in 1981, by Terry Begg and is currently owned and operated by Terry Begg and Christine Otradovec.

Gallery 601 specializes in the retail sale of originals, graphics, fine art limited edition prints, collectable figurines and art related products. We also take great pride in providing the finest in creative custom framing to museum standards.

Over the years we have had the pleasure of having artists appear in the gallery with several artists making return visits. As a result, we are pleased to count many artists and customers as personal friends. It is the aim of Gallery 601 to continue to bring to our customers a high standard of art, through artist receptions, artists displays and community fund raising events.

A featured artist at this museum is Linda Hartough. She is amazing!! I really enjoyed her work because it is the kind of work that I myself enjoy making and also because it is so visually appealing to me. After looking at so much contemporary style of things this art brought me back home to what I love. Linda Hartough is commissioned by the United States Golf Association and the Championship Committee of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. Her work is primarily that of golf courses and she has had work from all over the world. Her work has been at the US open and British open as well. Me, being from Coeur d'Alene, ID were golf is very very popular at least as far as tourism is concerned, this really made me think of home.

11th hole "white dogwood"

Linda Hartough is an oil painter. It is hard to tell because from a distance her paintings look like photographs. She is so very talented!! She specializes in landscapes and she is world known. I think that Boise is very lucky to have her here. She has been an artist since she was 6 years old and has been very famous since then. Her work has not only been at different golf events but also on television like ABC golf specials. Linda claims that she enjoys the painting of golf courses because of its historical value and beauty.

Pebble Beach. My first impression of the art in this museum caused be to be inspired!! I want to paint like this!! This is what I would like to do. Linda is very fortunate to have been able to make such a great career out of her gifts. I also thought to myself a lot while looking at these pieces.. "I WANT THAT!" It is kind of funny because I don't know a thing about golf. However, I think I would learn just to have these in my home.

If you have not checked out this museum yet I would recommend to anyone that you do. First thursdays are always a fun time to go check out art galleries.
I think that the currater that puts these pieces together does it in a way to sell the work at this particular museum. It is not creative or in a sense to create thought. It is more or less to show each individual art like it is its own. I am not against that for these particular works simply because I do believe that they speak for themselves. The indended audience is clearly the buyers.

Boise Art Museum

This image is called "50 items for 50 states." The artist Herbert Vogel made an agreement with the National Gallery that he would make art to benefit people from all around the United States. Currently there are over 4,000 different pieces in this collection alone. He had originally promised at least 2,500. There are different artists involved in this project such as; Roy Lichtenstein, Will Barnet, and Pat Steir. All very famous artists. Boise, Idaho was very fortunate to have these pieces given to them. (DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. ) Ronnie Landfield (American, born 1947), Untitled, 1998, acrylic on paper, 29-15/16" x 22-1/16".

Grace Knowlton, Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Francis, Ron Davis and Jeffrey Simmons all colaborated pieces for this collection called Full Circle. It is about the use of circles or spheres in 2-d art. This particular piece was painted using oil paints on canvas, 61" x 60. The collection was given to the museum by Ben and Aileen Krohn.

I have to start off saying that I love this piece here on the left! It reminds me of the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots that everyone used to

have back in the day! It was very interesting to see the reaction
of all the children in the museum with this line of work. They loved
it! They were very excited to see robots. How cool is that? It
was great to see children and their parents enjoying art together.
This, I found, was great especially because I am pursuing to become
an art teacher myself. The art work is sponsored by OfficeMax Boise
fund. The art work was developed by the San Jose Museum of art.
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon examines the development of robot iconography in fine art over the past fifty years. In 1920, the term robot was coined from a Czech word robota, which means tedious labor. Since then, the image and the idea of a robot have evolved remarkably from an awkward, mechanical creature to a sophisticated android with artificial intelligence and the potential for human-like consciousness. As robotic technology catches up with the wild imagination of science fiction novels, movies, and animation, dreams and fears anticipated in these stories may also become reality. Artists included in the exhibition have responded to the technological innovation with optimism, pessimism, and humor, presenting work that ultimately explores our ambivalent attitudes towards robots. -BAM Website. This piece of art is from 2006 and it is oil put onto a wood panel. I found this to be very cool because it is not your average canvas painting. I would describe this art as modern that inspires all.

Renowned New York collector Werner Kramarsky has assembled one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary works on paper, totaling more than 2,000 abstract drawings. From his celebrated collection,
Mr. Kramarsky has selected 23 works by such important artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner to donate to the Boise Art Museum. As a generous supporter of art and artists,
Mr. Kramarsky states, “You have a responsibility to challenge, to move the world along, to add insight to what beauty can be.” Collector, curator and educator, Werner Kramarsky served for eight years as chairman of the board of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, is a life trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and has been a trustee of the Hammer Museum at UCLA. This special exhibition showcases Mr. Kramarsky’s recent gift.-BAM Once again I have to say that I was not the biggest fan of this work just due to the fact that I do not enjoy contemporary art very much. However, the craftmanship was wonderful I did enjoy looking at it. Tara from the Boise Art Museum showed me somethings about it and explained that it is just one of those things that you love or hate but can definitely respect.

Anne Frank Memorial

Human Rights Memorial
"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!"
- Anne Frank, March 26, 1944

The Anne Frank Human's Rights Memorial is in Boise, ID downtown. It was created after a traveling Anne Frank exhibit came to Boise. This exhibit alone brought tens of thousands of people from all over Idaho and local areas to see it. The overwhelming attraction to this exhibit sparked the idea of creating the Human Rights Memorial. Community leaders, human rights activists and citizens from all over Idaho came together to make this happen.
The memorial has a life size bronze statue of Anne Frank, and over 60 quotes from world humanitarian leaders. This is the only museum that includes a declaration of human rights from all around the world.
The memorial was not created to dwell on the holocaust. In fact, if you go into the museum you will see that there is minimal quotes and ideas from this tragic time. Instead, the exhibit is created to cause discussion, and actively think about different issues. The quotes are to spark the idea of a single person and their ability to triumph over a difficult situation.
Kurt Karst, an Idaho Falls architect, designed the Memorial to integrate the beauty of natural elements-like water, stone, and native plants-with the message of hope in humanity.
Greg Stone, an artist from Northampton, Massachusetts, won a national competition to create the life-sized statue of Anne Frank. Idaho school children raised the funds to build the bronze-cast sculpture.

Personal experience:
When I walked into the museum I had expected to see a lot to do with the holocaust. I am not sure if there is a particular beginning of the path to be taken but I began in a random fashion at a spot in the corner. I read one of the quotes and was a bit confused at first. What does this have to do with the holocaust? Well after reading a few different quotes I realized that the quotes were from different people and they were from all around the world.
I found the quotes to be very inspiring. I saw a bench behind me and actually sat down and read some of the quotes several times to understand the meaning behind them. No one told me that I had to do this, the meaning behind the quotes were so powerful and intriguing that I could not help myself. It is interesting to know that the things that these people said were during things that they went through. All of these things were difficult and not their fault. It was amazing to see the overall positivity that all of these "quotes" possessed. I discussed these different quotes with another girl and then later another group of students near by. I believe that most people had the same reaction that I did.
It is interesting how the memorial is shaped. It causes you to follow a path of reading. However it does not push you to do it fast. The ability to sit down and reflect is apparent. Also, if you like there are little hand crank operated things that narrate the story for you as well. The entire memorial is very interactive.
If I were to describe this memorial to someone that has never seen it I would tell them it is essentially a path you take with different quotes to read along the way that are of inspiration. They are quotes from people around the world with crazy struggles that they are over coming. The memorial is crafted out of rocks and cement and is very beautiful. It is like a "maze of wisdom."

Norman Carlberg

Sculpturally, Carlberg worked in brass, plaster, and steel. Carlberg works by making objects, with some preliminary sketching, if any. He also produced prints as well as photographs of city details he found sculpturally interesting, such as concrete columns. His stuff is very visually appealing. The textures and size gets your attention. It is a little hard for me to tell what he is trying to say with his art and I find that frustrating but overall I think it is good. He has a lot of art that looks like the one above and then some that is more colorful and publicly placed. One of his works that is in Sydney, Australia looks like a bunch of tie dye. Its pretty cool but I could not get the picture on my blog.

Lynda Benglis

I know that this picture is totally graphic and disturbing but I think it shows so much of what Lynda is as an artist. She is a total feminist. She is playing off of the idea that Sigmond Freud created. Lynda believes so much of art is ran by "male ethos." This picture is just poking fun at that. She is against pin up models and hollywood. This picture was taken of her in 1974.
The picture up top however is a sculpture she did that is made from gold leaf and essentially plaster. This sculpture is supposed to express sensuality. I don't know how I feel about this woman as an artist. I think she is a little obnoxious.

Vikky Alexander

Alexander is considered an installation artist. She does many things including 3-D art but this particular piece on the left I really felt was beautiful. Alexander likes to put both literal and figurative senses from around the world into a piece. She, like a lot of female artists, like to focus on women and other things that are both seductive and disruptive. She became famous back in 1981 and her art has changed a lot over the years.

Edward Allington

This piece on the left is called "Japanese Journey." I find that interesting because it seems to have noodles. I am not completely sure what else is in that case.
Allington is currently the Head of sculputre at a university in London, England. I thought that was pretty neat that he has taken up teaching after becoming world famous. I mainly find this to be great because I too would like to teach art and I feel that sometimes colleges in this area do not take arts as seriously as they should.