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[edit] Re:Pete Wheeler

Hi you wrote: Sorry but please stop adding in the text about the red rose it has not been in Petes work since 2004 if you want to see pics of his last show from the end of 2007 I am happy to send them to you. The text you are using is not yours its off the milford gallery website.

Okay, the information about the red rose motif has been removed - but so has copyrighted material from the Milford website which is not allowed on Wikipedia, under the limitations of the GFDL licence. Grutness...wha? 00:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

PS - no, I am not Stephen H., though I know him well - well enough to know that he would not be impressed by words being taken from his website and being used without acknowledgement. Grutness...wha? 00:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi again - you wrote: original version "The artist vents his frustration at the unsuspecting viewing public and their acceptance of image at face value" Your re-write "frequently using images taken from political propaganda as a basis for the venting of his frustration at the acceptance of this manipulative political tool" Can you see how you have changed the original meaning, from looking at peoples acceptance of all imagery at face value, to now only refering to political imagery.

I will accept that, but the fact remains that the majority of Pete's work (which I have been following from a distance for some time - I am aware of much of the work he has done in New Zealand and Germany since he left Dunedin) deals primarily with political propaganda. As such, the suggestion that he frequently uses these images (i.e., not all the time, but certainly a lot of the time) is perfectly accurate. However, I have amended the article to lessen the suggestion of this major influence on his work.

If you would like to write about Pete that is fantastic but I suggest you look at a the full body of his work and not just those shows that have been in Dunedin

I have.

A four page article about his debut Berlin show can be found in last years Art News.

Indeed there was - it was a good article.

I hope my tone has not been to harsh, but you will understand I have an interest in making sure artist that I work with are not misrepresented in the public domain.

Similarly I hope my tone has not been too harsh. But the problem remains, and is clear in the second part of this last sentence. You work with the artist - I'm guessing you represent him as part of the Kolektiv Berlin. As such, you have to be very careful with what you write about someone as there is a conflict of interest in your editing of this article. Grutness...wha? 01:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

PS - it would be useful if you could remember to log in when you edit - it saves having to reply on one of several anon IP tralk pages!