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A Not Particularly Illuminating Review of the Quay Bros. Show
ShareThere’s something unnerving about the Brothers Quay. Not their work so much, but them. But their work is tied so closely to their work some of that inscrutability might transfer. Ron Magliozzi, Associate Curator at the MoMA where “Quay Brothers: … Continue reading
Happy Returns
ShareAn Independence Day promise to send last year’s Christmas “card” prompted me to rustle up the returns. After diligent cross checking of the mailing list there weren’t too many. We made a film and used a piece of original production … Continue reading
Strange Fates
ShareLast week Brent Green invited me to a sneak peak of his show, To Many Men Strange Fates Are Given, at the Andrew Edlin Gallery before it opened this week. I didn’t read the press release he sent, so I didn’t … Continue reading
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Cole
Share Doing some more research and found this nice little film on Thomas Cole on the website for his landmarked home in Catskill.
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Collaging A Collage
ShareWe’ve been contracted to do the graphic for the NEH/PBS initiative “Picturing America”. This has mostly been the title sequence and typesetting with a couple other things here and there. That’s in addition to the handful of full subjects we’ve … Continue reading
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Things You See
ShareLast night I went to Hine Mizushima’s opening at Gallery Hanahou in the Cable Building. It’s actually a group show, four craftsy felt artists. Hine did an updated version of “Why Does The Sun Shine?” for They Might Be Giants … Continue reading
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New Yorkers Love Art
ShareAcross from the Metropolitan Museum. Up close and personal.
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New York Dolls
ShareI hadn’t been to the Museum of the Moving Image since its renovation. That was a few years back. I remember it being more friendly, less airport-y. I also remember the permanent exhibition to be more interesting, less Hard Rock … Continue reading
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George Grosz Photographs, Part 2 of 2
ShareHere are the remaining five images from the 1977 monograph of George Grosz’ photography. These are all images of New York from the eyes of an immigrant in 1932. The first set were his passage. Even a guy fresh off … Continue reading
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First Landing – George Grosz Photographs
ShareWe all know George Grosz as a great cartoonist. One of the greatest in history, actually. He was also a top notch paint, of course, applying many of his skills as a caricaturist to his portraiture. As a painter, he’s … Continue reading
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