March 17, 2006
Top 5 Green Things
... Or, Please Lord, don't bring back the Shamrock Shake!
St. Patrick's day is a tricky thing for me to celebrate. Don't get me wrong, I love Irish stuff (U2, corned beef and cabbage, good whiskey, etc). I even like the color green. What I can't stand, however, is when people feel compelled to turn food and other random things, that are not NATURALLY green, into instant St. Patty's day props by way of green paint or food coloring. I love green vegetables but I HATE food that is made to look bright green, just because it's March 17th. The mere site of these items literally makes my skin crawl… green cookies, beer and the infamous Shamrock Shake? YUCK!
So anyway - here are some (naturally occurring) green things I do like:
1. Broccoli
2. Olives
3. My herb garden
4. The Green Hornet (well, actually I was more of a Kato fan)
5. Cash
Bonus: Kermit the Frog
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December 20, 2005
KMCC (Kitty’s Modern Christmas Classics)
Top ten holiday movies:
1 Scrooged
2 Trading Places
3 Die Hard
4 The Ref
5 The Nightmare Before Christmas
6 Metropolitan
7 Hannah and Her Sisters
8 Crimes and Misdemeanors
9 Bridget Jones’ Diary
10 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Plus an old favorite: Pocket Full of Miracles – watch for a terrific (and totally cross-eyed) performance by Peter Falk
OK, OK, so most of these are not traditional Christmas movies and I’m probably the only person on the planet who considers Hannah and Her Sisters a holiday classic. What can I say? Major scenes in all these movies take place at holiday time! And what could be funnier than seeing Dan Ackroyd in a dirty Santa suit, stealing a smoked salmon from the Duke's Christmas party, or (normally) suave Colin Firth wearing that ridiculous reindeer sweater, or that moment in Die Hard when Argyle turns on the car radio and we hear Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis"? These movies make me laugh. A lot. And as far as Woody is concerned, the themes of reassessing your life, and realizing the importance of family and friends that runs through Hannah and Crimes make this one of my favorite holiday double features. Call me crazy, but I think Woody makes excellent holiday movies.
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December 05, 2005
Top 5 funny Holiday Songs:
Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass!
1. Christmas in Hollis (Run DMC)
2. The Chanukah Song Part I (Adam Sandler)
3. The Chanukah Song Part II (Actually, this part is funnier. 1⁄2 Lenny Kravits + 1⁄2 Courtney Love= A Fucking Bad-Ass Jew, indeed!)
4. The Chipmunk Christmas Song (Alvin & the gang)
5. That “Heat Miser” song from “Year Without a Santa Clause”. (“I'm Mister Green Christmas, I'm Mister Sun, I'm Mister Heat Blister, I'm Mister Hundred and One. – Now that’s a great lyric!)
Last week it seemed like everyone I knew was jetting off to Miami for the art fairs but being as I am officially two stops past broke, I was home trying to finish up a project. Over the course of the week I also managed to get appointed Christmas Foreman (Forewoman?). Basically this meant that since I made some off-hand remark about how B did the X-Mas decorations LAST year, I have to do them all THIS year. Actually, it turned out to be pretty fun. I spent all day yesterday pulling boxes out of storage, assembling our artificial (but very tasteful ☺) tree, and arranging various Santas, snow people and putting together a tableau of Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer figurines. My cuz just has scads of this stuff! B left for his weekend job so it was just us cousins for most of the afternoon. She typed away on the computer and played a stunning variety of holiday songs on her itunes while I put up the tree. Fun!
Unfortunately yesterday’s fun has turned into this morning’s nightmare. My back is killing me! I guess I have been too sedentary this fall. Crawling around in storage, and hauling and lifting the stuff for the tree, now feels like the equivalent of completing a triathlon. But at least the house looks nice.
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September 24, 2005
Bonus word for September
POTUS, illustrated by the master, G.B. Trudeau. see it larger
Subliminababble (my definition) - words and phrases, fermented in the mind and spouted unabashedly from the mouth of the current POTUS!*
I ran across the word "subliminababble" this morning while reading a back issue of X-TRA. Micol Hebron's terrific Artspeak column is (of course) the first thing I turn to when I pick up X-TRA. I love the words, Girl! I jus love 'em!
If you liked "subliminabable", you'll L-O-V-E these Bushisms:
politicalhumor.about.com
slate.msn.com
dslextreme.com
*POTUS - this always sounds kind of dirty to me but it's really not.
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Top 5 words for September
1. Kittening – The process of doing my blog, not to be confused with KITTEN BLOGGING (although I am very glad these two are out of harm's way).
2. Sream (brought to us by Felicity’s Sean Blumberg)- A cube that consists of both sugar and cream. This product doesn’t exist but it would be kind of cool if it did.
3. Prosumer - A blend of producer and consumer or professional and consumer. Both Marshall McLuhan and Alvin Toffler get in on this one. There are two definitions:
1. A type of consumer involved in the design and manufacture of products, so they could be made to individual specification.
2. A purchaser of tech equipment who wants to obtain goods of better quality than consumer items, but can’t afford professional items (older terms like semi-professional and industrial quality mean the same but don’t sound as sexy). These folks are known for their (geeky?) enthusiasm for new products, tolerance of flaws and, from the marketing point of view, have much in common with early adopters. I think I know a few folks who fall into this category…
4. Ghettro - Ghetto meets retro. This made me laugh. A lot. When I googled it I got this.
But really, when I think of ghettro footwear I picture Air Jordans or old school Pumas.
5. Goombario – I saw this on the Internet though I can’t remember the site. Defined as Goomba meets Mario, he is a friendly variation of the goomba, and is a playable character in Paper Mario. But when I first saw the word I read it as GOOMBARRIO – you know, a goomba barrio, or the neighborhood where the pizza parlor and the Bada Bing are located on The Spopranos. I like my definition better.
Satin Dolls, the real club that doubles for the Bada Bing on The Sopranos. Satin Dolls is a gentleman's club located in Lodi, NJ. Apparently, some of the real Satin Doll Dancers have also performed in the club scenes on the show. Hmmmm, I wonder what's on the new lunch menu...
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September 02, 2005
RON for Katrina
OK, just in case anyone still cares or still listens to “Kevin & Bean” (other than me), KROQ is doing a RON or “Rock of the Nineties” theme for Labor Day weekend. What this means is that we, the loyal – slightly – bored - listeners, are at the start of … wait for it… “A Flashback Weekend”. This as everyone in LA knows, will involve pretty much the exact same play list they use DAILY and just about every weekend to boot! Don’t get me wrong, I like listening to music that’s between 5 and 10 years old (hell, I still listen to Motown) but I think the owners of the station are in denial – they should open their eyes and declare themselves an oldies station – you know, like K-earth for the Gen X ers. Yea, I’m rambling. I need coffee. Topic? Right. So, while their play list is a big surprise to, uh, no one, this morning at least KROQ is doing ‘90s requests/donations for Katrina Relief, which is cool.
Top 5 songs on the first day of RON
1. No Doubt – Sunday Morning
2. Nirvana – didn’t really get the title, waiting for coffee to be brewed …
3. Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
4. The Offspring – Bad Habit
5. The Beastie Boys – Sabotage (oh yea! Great song and kick-a** video)
*Bonus: U2 – Even Better Than the Real Thing (from the U2 album that all my friends hate, but which I LOVE.. so angsty)
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August 27, 2005
Some words for August
Walt Disney Concert Hall, the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Starchitect – the prime example being this guy.
Marmoleum - a type of flooring made primarily of natural materials (yet it sounds totally fake!)
Woot (and also w00t) – origins of this infectious exclamation can be found here. Personally, I like how my cousin breaks it down; woot stands for “Woohoo Loot!”. It's part Homer Simpson, part half-yearly sale at Nordstrom. Then she introduced me to this.
Chillax - a.k.a. my summer montra. When I find myself getting anxious over all the roomers I take a deep cleansing breadth and say, "Chillax, Lisa. MV will be back for all of season 5... Chillax, Lisa. MV will be back for ALL of season 5!
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August 25, 2005
Bonus tracks
two additions to Mondays list:
Songha alone, from Winter In America (2005) by Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi
Hank Willis Thomas will have work in Frequency, at the SMH. Oh, and try not to think of this show as Freestyle II (even though that's what it is).
Got a Crush on you, Butter Gun. Our own Rebecca Campbell emerges from the studio for her solo show at Louver. Yay! Yay!
Berto, profile (from Winter in America)
I meant to include Frequency on my list the other day but I thought I would hold off until I knew which artists would be included. I still don't have a whole lot of background on this show but I just found out that Hank Willis Thomas would probably have video and photographic work on view. Photography has never been that central to Thelma Golden's exhibition program at the SMH but I'm glad to see that Thomas' work will be a part of this show.
I have been looking at, and thinking about, Thomas' images since I got back from SF last month. "Winter in America" (2005), the stop-motion animation video and photographs he created in collaboration with artist and curator Kambui Olujimi, is a searing commentary on gun violence. Thomas created the work in response to his cousin Songha's murder in 2000. To dramatize the night of the shooting, Thomas uses the same action figures that he and his cousin played with as children. Simply put: it's one of the most haunting works I've seen this year.
"Winter" premiered at the "Bay Area Now 4" triennial, presented by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (on view till Nov 6th). A large blow up of Thomas' iconic color photograph "Priceless", hangs over the Mission Street entrance to the Yerba Buena Center and serves as a kind of banner announcing the exhibition. Carla has an interesting post on the lack of context for this piece and the reaction that it's getting on the street. You can read about it here.
Thomas is a skilled image-maker. All of his works are technically polished and often blend slick style with social commentary. Ironic appropriation of corporate symbols and strong graphic design are combined to create pointed responses to consumer culture. His photographs and prints provoke discussion of the myriad forces at work in determining black male identity in America. I saw some of this work at Artist Space last year in a group show called “Salad Days”. For this show, Thomas created photographs, silk-screened T-shirts and baseball caps and curator Isolde Brielmaier presented this work in a section of the gallery made to look something like a corporate lobby mixed with a gift shop. The combination of corporate iconography with slave era images of ships and lynching resulted in eye catching, if familiar political statement.
Technically, these works were well executed, clearly presented and easily understood. But it's the works that are more closely tied to the loss of his cousin that have stayed with me, playing again and again in my mind. The video along with his observant color photographs of family members morning their loss are at once an indictment of our violent culture and a deeply felt memorial. The balance of social statement and human emotion is pitch perfect and the echo of those moments still reverberates in my mind's eye.
I look forward to seeing more of Thomas' work in this vein.
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August 22, 2005
top 5 shows
Cardiff and Central Park, perfect together...
Top 5 shows I want to see this fall:
1. Directions-Janet Cardiff, Words drawn in water - at the Hirshhorn
I experienced Cardiff’s “Her Long Black Hair” last summer and it was amazing. Loved it. Made me think A LOT. Plus her “tour” gave me a perspective on Central Park that I had never had before. And here I thought I knew the west side like the back of my hand. I guess others liked it too because they brought it back this summer. So check it out if you’re in NYC or if you make it to DC and do this new walk, please email me!
2. MASTERS of American Comics - The Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art (oh, and Phoebe Washburn’s lobby installation sounds like fun, too)
Maybe it’s just the phantom pain from not going to ComiCon this year but I think this could be fun.
3. Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee – At the G.
Come on! It’s WEEGEE. Do I even need to say more?
4. Mavericks of Color Photography from the Collection – In Philly
My love affair with 70s photography continues. Yeah, I know this show isn’t all about Eggleston but it’s the main reason I’d go to see it.
5. Robert Adams: Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration – SFMOMA
Rephotographics meets New Topographics, I’m in. This show also happens to be located in the city that’s fast becoming my second home. I might even get to go to Aziza this time. BTW, Happy Birthday K!)
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July 08, 2005
Top five words of the Wasabi Dumpling Gang
OK so some of the friends I visited last week are members of "The Wasabi Dumpling Gang" or "The Wasabi Sisterhood" (depending on when you joined). The name really doesn't stand for anything except maybe for the fact that we all like Japanese food, and are all, well, let's just say we are women of a certain age (i.e. we remember the movie "The Apple Dumpling Gang" and also stuff like when MTV was NEW and actually showed videos). Anyway, this week we came up with a short list of words a few of which were popular in the 70s and 80s but have now fallen out of fashion with the kids. Let's see if we can revive them.
1. Solid - big ups to Ashford and Simpson for their lyrics (and also their fab hair)
2. Dynamite (pronounced DY-N0-MITE) - Remember J.J. and the magazine?! Dude!
3. Film - although it is now becoming obsolete, Film is still real. You can hold it in your hands or up to the light, where as digital ... kind of hard to put your finger on. This word should be used whenever one would say "that's for real" or "that's so true"
4. Trust - ok, so this isn't really an old word. It's something Roberts said quite recently on the show (S4.16) but I thought it was a cool way of saying "trust me, you can take that to the bank, Film, etc".
5. Word - see also "Wordy McWord". For mad wicked emphasis you can also use "Wordy McWord to the third"!
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June 13, 2005
Top 10 words for those who love the portmanteau!
"The Cos" back in the day
I am so glad that the stress and drama of last week are behind me! Back to the blog… This week I promise some ArtTalk, some TVTalk and a bit of Tea and Toast. But first some funny words:
1. Retcon (Retroactive continuity) – Refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. Also known as JJ’s favorite pastime (see Wittenberg, and “My name is not Michael Vaughn” GAH!).
2. Fresherized (from a package of guacamole my cousin purchased at Ralph’s)
On the drive home from Ralph’s with the aforementioned guacamole, my cuz contributes:
3. Celebutant (think Paris Hilton)
And I counter with:
5. Fauxlebrity (think Ryan Seacrest)
6. Cinderellabration
4. Afristocracy – Rich Black “haves” (see Bill Cosby), as opposed to the poor “Ghettocracy,” who are working class poor Blacks who can’t break through the glass ceiling. I spotted this word while flipping through Michael Eric Dyson’s new book. As soon as I can check this out from my library I’m sure I’ll have many more interesting words to comment on.
7. *Affluenza - An illness characterized by a desire for wealth.
8. *Cell Yell - The tendency of cell phone users to speak loudly so that everyone else can be a part of their conversation.
9. *Telephilia – apparently this was coined by NYT critic Frank Rich to describe the “pathological longing of Americans, no matter how talentless, to be on television”.
10.*Cyberbloggeriaadicta - an affliction of those who can’t stay away from blogs
* From Encyclopedia Neurotica
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June 05, 2005
I’m still kind of in shock over the season finale. While I don’t feel ready to fully comment on what Jabrams did to me during the last 15 seconds of S4, I will share some thoughts on the top 5 names for Vartan’s character on Alias.
1. Not!Vaughn (courtesy of TWoP)
2. Faughn (Faux Vaughn)
3. Bastard (because now you are a lame plot twist and you’ve killed my imaginary boyfriend!)
4. Braughn (or Brother of Vaughn, because the only way this makes sense is if he is Michaels Vaughn’s Brother. Yeah, I know, I’m grasping at straws.)
5. Rambaldi
bonus
6. ϕ (Like Prince did with the glyph. Remember that?)
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May 07, 2005
top 5 words
Found most of these while doing my daily reading from the blogosphere and I have been meaning to post them for about 2 weeks:
1. Grafedia
2. Wolphin
3. Nerdgasm - Found this on The beat as I was doing some research on this year's Comicon. Their blogroll caste system really made me laugh. The Nergasm blogs are at the bitter end and include -not surprisingly- this and also this but not THIS?
4. Angeleno museocracy - This from Tyler's piece, On the Tate & LA, from May 2nd. (In this system I am a serf. No doubt.)
5. Portmanteau - This is obviously one of my favorite kinds of words
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April 30, 2005
top 5 names
top 5 names for Mr. Arvin Sloane:
1. Homegrown Sloane
2. Sloane, Original Recipe
3. Uncle Inappropriate
4. Sloane 1.0
5. Capt. Crackers
top 5 names for the "Other" Mr. Sloane:
1. Arvin Clone
2. The Unbeknown Sloane
3. Flyblown Sloane
4. Sloane 2.0
5. Sly of The Family Sloane (thanks, NK)
More on "A Clean Conscience" later ...
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April 20, 2005
top 5 debates of the week:
Been kind of a busy week. These were some of the things that I (needlessly) spent time debating with myself and others:
1. Dogs vs. Cats
2. New York vs. LA
3. Art vs. Photography
4. Bus vs. Car
5. 24 vs. Air Force One
* Bonus time waster- Alien vs. Predator (just kidding)
Just in case you wanted to know the outcome of any of these:
1. OK, duh! Despite the cover of this month's issue of Los Angeles Magazine... CATS. ARE. BETTER!
2. I can't tell you how many times in the last week I have either been corralled into discussing the ny/la thing, or have read about it in a blog, in the paper, or overheard some random fool discussing it on the bus (more on the bus later). LORD. All I can say is that for me, there is no contest. I am proud to be FROM New York but there is no other city in the U.S that I want to live IN more than LA. San Francisco - tried it, cute but too small. Chicago - tried that, too. Big enough but too cold! Philly - it's good for a weekend, but to live, nope. D.C - not interested. Miami - visited but too humid (and please, with the hurricanes already!). I could go on but I'm sure you would prefer that I didn't...
LA is the place for me because there is plenty of great art and artists aroun. Plus, I can go to movies at a bargain matinee price, I can see the sky and palm trees and the beach without having to organize a field trip, AND because I'm not forced to ride the subway or to pay an exorbitant amount of money for the privilege of living in a shoe box, in a five floor walk up! NYC is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter and too, too, too stressful! I ain't movin' back unless Galassi calls direct from MoMA and offers me the dream job (with dream apt and clothing allowance to match)! And since that's probably never going to happen, I will continue to carve out my little piece right here. LA is fun and also funny. I have great friends here AND the weather is by and large wonderful when compared to anywhere else!
So that's it - finis- I'm done ranting. Let's hope this debate doesn't crop up again for at least another week...
Moving on
3. It's true. People are still puzzled by the idea that photography and art are not necessarily two different things. A lot of people think that there is a grave distinction between "real" art and photograph, Even some people who work at museums think this (as I found out earlier this week). For these people, art (or more accurately, painting and sculpture) wins the debate. For me, there is no debate. Some photos (like the ones entrusted to their museum) are art - and some (like the ones in the shoe box under my bed) are not. Needless to say, I was appalled at the fact that I actually had to argue with someone about a photo in their collection being art and that we couldn't just reprint it and crop it in order for it to fit the concept of the project better. The issue was resolved but only after a lot of discussion. UGGGG, Kitty is so mad just thinking about it, she can't even put together a coherent post. Let's just say in the interest of my continuing to work (and get paid), I'll just leave it at that...
4. Bus wins for now because I can't afford anything else and, well, just maybe it also gets me some good karma points with the environment.
5. Right. Back to my other obsessions: tv and movies... As much as I like Jack Bauer - Harrison Ford and "Air Force One" win on this one. For the last few weeks 24 has been really silly, and even more implausible than usual. As a result, a good friend of mine from up north has been sending me weekly emails as to why - EVEN when he suspends disbelief - the movie is more credible and enjoyable than the show. All I can say in response is: WHERE IS PALMER???!
... and Alien vs. Predator? Can't really answer that because I never saw the original Predator, or the match up last summer. I just threw it in cuz I liked the way it sounded.
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April 05, 2005
top 5 blogs
I'm pretty new to the blogosphere but I have determined that the following blogs: RULE! They all make me think, laugh, sometimes cringe, and always add to my ever growing "do/see/read/listen to" lists. Check em out!
In no particular order:
1. insurgent.muse
2. Negro Please
3. Butter Gun
4. Cinematical
5. MAN
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top 5 blogs
I'm pretty new to the blogosphere but I have determined that the following blogs: RULE! They all make me think, laugh, sometimes cringe, and always add to my ever growing "do/see/read/listen to" lists. Check em out!
In no particular order:
1. insurgent.muse
2. Negro Please
3. Butter Gun
4. Cinematical
5. MAN
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March 21, 2005
Top 5 Words for March
1. Glamazon - I read about the "glamazon look" in the New Yorker last week. It refers to pleats, brazen bare legs, toga-style draping, laced sandals and all those silly clothes inspired by recent Hollywood movies like "Gladiator" and "Troy".
2. Finko's - Shipping/copy shops once known as either Fed Ex or Kinko's. Now that the companies have merged, the name has changed but the copy machines still don't work.
3. Compeauty - To upgrade your computer or give it a computer "day of beauty ", ie this Saturday I am finally going to buy OSX and then proceed to have a compeauty.
4. Palias - Any time after 9pm on Wednesday night (or Post-Alias).
5. Sucklyn - The home city of things that suck, ie that broken down heap of a car of yours - It's straight outa Sucklyn! See also, Sucklyn Heights - residents mistakenly believe they are a respectable distance from Downtown Sucklyn and Sucklyn Adjacent ... well, you get the idea.
*Many thanks to my muses-you know who you are- for teaching me that language is a living thing that changes everyday.
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March 16, 2005
Top 5 Favorite Songs (c. 1995)
I was listening to the radio this morning while catching up on my email. I'm not sure if this happens to other people, but it seems that whenever I tune into KROQ they're always playing some song from 10 years ago! It always turns into a flashback lunch for me - even if it's not lunchtime. I mean jeeze-louise, when will they ever have time to play more than two new songs in a row if they're always throwing on "Give It Away" and " and "All Mixed Up"? ... But today listening to these tunes put me in kind of a wistful mood. Then I started thinking about what I was doing 10 years ago ... the ways in which my life was so different but how in some cases it's exactly the same... 1995 was the year I moved to LA from New York (without a car but with a sickening amount of hope). Back then I shared an apt with my cousin, lived mostly on coffee and Campbell's soup and commuted to the South Bay everyday on the bus to this crazy job at Nash Editions. It's almost inexplicable how I managed to meet some of the most interesting people in the world, right here, while simultaneously spending 40hrs a week doing the most mindless job (i.e. checking ink jet prints for flaws)! 1995, a time when being able to listen to the radio (loud) at work was arguably the best part of my professional life.
5 Faves c. 1995:
Interstate Love Song (STP)
Self Esteem (Offspring)
Give Me one Reason (Tracy Chapman)
1979 (Smashing Pumpkins)
Brain Stew (Green Day)
Bonus: The Sweater Song (Weezer)
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March 10, 2005
Top 5 Exhibitions I Would See If I Could Afford Airfare ...
1. Thomas Demand, at MoMA
Organized by Roxana Marcoci, Assistant Curator, Department of Photography. While there was a time (not too long ago) when I HATED big, color, German photography, I have to admit that I have grown to really like Demand’s work. Kind of seductive and sad, too. Saw "Clearing" last year at 303 and had to rethink my grumpiness towards the Germans.
2. Ellen Gallagher: DeLuxe, at The Whitney
I saw her last show at Gagosian and it was a knockout. So intricate and kind of hypnotic. Serialization, variation and kind of fun with all those wonderful repros of women from Jet and Sepia (but with yellow hair). I spent long moments looking at the individual faces. After about an hour I realized that a part of me was hoping to spot a picture of my mom.
3. Uta Barth: nowhere near, …and of time, white blind (bright red), 1999-2002,
Site Santa Fe Organized by SITE Santa Fe. Quiet pictures about light and looking/seeing. Have liked Barth's photos for a long time but have mostly seen them in reproduction.
4. African Queen, Studio Museum in Harlem
Organized by the Studio Museum in Harlem Curatorial Team; Rashida Bumbray, Ali Evans, Sandra D. Jackson and Christine Y. Kim. As stated on the SMH website, “With works by twenty contemporary artists working in painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media, African Queen will present numerous images and notions of blackness as defined through the influence of women”. Right. Whatever.
Kind of vague. Granted, shows at the Studio Museum are mixed, but with work by Dawood Bey, Mark Bradford, Chakaia Booker, Rico Gaston, Wangechi Mutu, Kori Newkirk, Tracey Rose, Lorna Simpson, Malick Sidibe, Carrie Mae Weems and my friend Deborah Willis, this would qualify as a must see (if I had the cash).
5. Turner, Whistler and Monet, Tate Britain
Love Monet. Love Whistler. Turner is overwhelming! Amazing painters and beautiful landscapes. Plus, I think it's cool to see paintings of a city when you are in that city - all 3 did such great paintings of London.
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