Posts Tagged: MOMA
Two Palaces at Four A.M.
Duncan, a Bottom-headed monarch, writes an autobiography. Regret wells. An underling composes a letter to the king’s former lover, who is a bogle.1 In the letter, pomp and reminiscence alternate until, finally, desperate entreaty breaks through. Reading the epistle, we
Two Palaces at Four A.M.
Duncan, a Bottom-headed monarch, writes an autobiography. Regret wells. An underling composes a letter to the king’s former lover, who is a bogle.1 In the letter, pomp and reminiscence alternate until, finally, desperate entreaty breaks through. Reading the epistle, we
Reflections on Johns’ “Regrets”
The series of images from Jasper Johns’ “Regrets” show at MoMA derive from a photograph of Lucian Freud taken by John Deakin around 1964. The photograph was commissioned by Francis Bacon for his Three Studies of Lucian Freud—the triptych that
Reflections on Johns’ “Regrets”
The series of images from Jasper Johns’ “Regrets” show at MoMA derive from a photograph of Lucian Freud taken by John Deakin around 1964. The photograph was commissioned by Francis Bacon for his Three Studies of Lucian Freud—the triptych that
Delineation v. Eating
If you didn’t see Richard Serra’s Delineator at MoMA, sorry: for the time being, you seem to have missed your chance. I caught the work back in the fall but, stopping in again the other day, was told it had
Delineation v. Eating
If you didn’t see Richard Serra’s Delineator at MoMA, sorry: for the time being, you seem to have missed your chance. I caught the work back in the fall but, stopping in again the other day, was told it had
Plasticke, Neo-Plastic, Plastic
The OED’s first listing for “plastic,” sense A. 1a, reads: “the art of modelling or sculpting figures, esp. in clay or wax.” Richard Haydocke furnishes the first and second instances of the word’s usage in his 1598 translation of G.P.
Plasticke, Neo-Plastic, Plastic
The OED’s first listing for “plastic,” sense A. 1a, reads: “the art of modelling or sculpting figures, esp. in clay or wax.” Richard Haydocke furnishes the first and second instances of the word’s usage in his 1598 translation of G.P.
“Reinventing (Provisional Painting) [as] ‘Impure {Abstraction'” Out of Bounds}
Art critic and poet Raphael Rubinstein has curated an exhibit, “Reinventing Abstraction: New York Painting in the 1980s,” which is up through the end of August at Cheim & Read (547 25th st. NY). In his exhibition catalog essay,*
“Reinventing (Provisional Painting) [as] ‘Impure {Abstraction'” Out of Bounds}
Art critic and poet Raphael Rubinstein has curated an exhibit, “Reinventing Abstraction: New York Painting in the 1980s,” which is up through the end of August at Cheim & Read (547 25th st. NY). In his exhibition catalog essay,*
Experiens Sillemans
While visiting New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) this past Saturday, I stumbled on a piece of anachronism in the form of two early 17th-Century Dutch pen paintings (penschilderingen) authored by the Dutch draughtsman and engraver, Experiens Sillemans. The
Experiens Sillemans
While visiting New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) this past Saturday, I stumbled on a piece of anachronism in the form of two early 17th-Century Dutch pen paintings (penschilderingen) authored by the Dutch draughtsman and engraver, Experiens Sillemans. The
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