June 30, 2004
does this sound familiar?
The story appeared in The City section of the NYTimes on Sunday. It was part of an article describing the history of the World Trade Center site. As I read it I felt that its outline seemed very familiar....
June 29, 2004
Summer in the Long Island City
PS1 and the members of Young Architects Program, responsible for the beautiful courtyard installation, should be delighted to know that the visitor pictured above, relaxing in one of their outdoor spaces, had made the art very much his own...
defining Manhattan as island
untitled (from Wagner Park railing) But this is not the only thing which separates us from the rest of the country....
June 28, 2004
for TAG Projects art is the personal and the political
Peter Corrie untitled (2004) 11" x 14" Barry and I actually stopped by twice on Saturday at the Dumbo space of the TAG Projects show, "Death to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people." We...
disorder in the court and confusion in the newsroom
the United States Supreme Court, showing nothing upstairs More on today's ruling from the Supreme Court. The news stories which first appeared this morning have already been rewritten a number of times (the AP story I linked to in...
Supreme Court confirms Bush as dictator
Chaplin in "The Dictator" We have no freedom. I'm looking for the nearest door. [image from DVDMaXX]...
June 25, 2004
Cheney tells senator, "Fuck Yourself"
Big Time Could this be the same newspaper whose editors have been major cheerleaders for the Bush administration for three and a half years? Starting even with their site headline, "Cheney Uses Major-League Expletive," this delicious story from the...
June 21, 2004
from Chelsea to Williamsburg
A few quick shots of four shows enjoyed very recently, the first two in high Chelsea, the last two in lower Williamsburg: Ryan Humphrey installation view, including (top to bottom, left to right, BMX for Japanese Hipster (Aztec Orange), BMX...
June 20, 2004
June 18, 2004
loving the hibiscus
I have a certain awe and respect for the hibiscus, although I've never lived with one. My fascination began long ago in Oshkosh on my Aunt Lillian's veranda and it was renewed soon after I first discovered the formal...
visiting the "Playpen" at the Drawing Center
We dropped ourselves off inside the Drawing Center's "Playpen" Wednesday evening, where we bumped into some old playmates and made some new ones. We had a great time and left only after promising ourselves we'd be back another day -...
June 17, 2004
"The Forbiden Pictures," still forbidden
live "dancers, whores, merrymakers, and priests" outside powerHouse Books (the few "corpulent Weimar German types" to be seen last night were inside by the snacks and bubbly, but since they were there, they were obviously on the side of...
June 15, 2004
UFPJ, going up 8th Avenue to the park
the press conference across from Madison Sqare Garden ended, some participants still linger [NY1's Michael Scotto in front, Donna Lieberman of the NYCLU in the center, and from UFPJ, Bill Dobbs, back to camera, tall on the far left...
June 14, 2004
maximally minimal Tony Smith
Tony Smith The Elevens Are Up (1963) steel, painted black, two units, each 96" x 24" x 96" and overall 96" x 96" x 96" This stuff thrilled me in the 60's, even before Kubrick, and it still does....
Tony Feher makes me smile
CORRECTION: I was wrong in my original posting; Tony Feher's show continues until Friday, July 2. Also, I've just added descriptions of the two works shown below which were not identified earlier I was wrong. Tony Feher's really wonderful show...
June 13, 2004
of gardens and the High Line
I was in the garden most of the afternoon. No, not the wonderful wild tundra of the High Line represented above, in a picture taken Saturday afternoon, but the 12' x 16' roof which lies outside our apartment. New...
June 12, 2004
Sommer in the city
Eliezar Sonnenschein Emet (2003) acrylic on wood, 15.25" x 26.75" Barry and I began the evening on Thursday [see the two posts below] with a stop at the opening of the invitational exhibition, "Sommer Show," at Lehman Maupin on...
More on the Smack Mellon Studios
A number of the workspaces tempted us during our visit to Smack Mellon's Open Studios Thursday evening, in adition to that of Valerie Hegarty. We were especially intrigued by the work of Shin il Kim, Andrea Loefke and Austin Thomas....
June 11, 2004
Valerie Hegarty creates worlds
Valerie Hegerty Renovation (2002) paper, cardboard, paste, paint, 8' x 14' x 14' As soon as I walked into Valerie Hegarty's studio I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. My reaction may have been rather singular, because even...
June 10, 2004
June 6, 2004
way cool photo-in captures New York MTA
Grand Central Station waiting for the Lex express on board, somewhere above Union Square, er . . . actually, below transferring to the L I saw the message captioned, "Photographer's Rights Protest," and I told myself, "I'm in!" The...
New York Times erases AIDS
The NYTimes begins its obituary of Ronald Reagan today with a three-column headline on the front page and it continues inside for a total of four more full-page sheets uninterrrupted by advertising. The size of this death notice may be...
