Painting Russian Royals in the Eighteenth Century
Tags/ Posted by Stephen PainWhat season is it, Cy, when all the birds get dragged backcontinue reading this poem
Undoubtedly, the court, which delighted in what we call “bling” today, would prefer the portrait by van Loo, who fulfilled everything required of him. He kowtowed to convention in style and beauty, and painted what a princess should look like.
de Kooning’s Women
Tags/ Posted by Linnea WestYour body is more like a gesture than a thing. More like a song than a gesture.continue reading this poem
Here we have this Modern Master take a seated woman and transform her, again and again, taking her and painting her with more violence, as more monstrous, as less and less human until she merges with the picture plane itself.
Aaron Curry & Richard Hawkins: “CORNFABULATION”
Tags/ Posted by Portia IversenI was ready to open: dew hung from my leaves. I was like all the otherscontinue reading this poem
“Cornfabulation” by Aaron Curry and Richard Hawkins’ collaborative exhibition is currently showing at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles. Should you also happen to delight in the look of Japanese grocery packaging and gravitate toward colors like watermelon pink and citron green, look no further, simply enter the amusement park of neon-colored, wood-grain patterned walls whose surface literally changes state before your unbelieving eyes….
Mika Rottenberg / Jon Kessler: Seven
Tags/ Posted by Portia IversenThe mud has frozen, so all beasts go on their paths without leaving prints among the stones.continue reading this poem
Employing live performance, sculptural installation and video to manipulate time and space according to the editing format of commercial movies the artists create a sense of reality we immediately accept – being here now while at the same time there, all at once.
