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Monthly Archives: January 2009
R.I.P Andrew Wyeth
January 18, 2009 – 11:42 am
American realist painter Andrew Wyeth passed away Friday morning. The youngest son of artist N.C. Wyeth’s five children, Andrew was a loner whose melancholic landscapes and portraits provoked a radical separation in his following. In 1977, he was nominated as the most underrated, and overrated, artists of his century. Such a division in popularity is [...]
Silent Light
January 18, 2009 – 8:00 am
The beauty of the opening shot of Silent Light, the latest film from Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas (Battle in Heaven, Japón), is matched only by its closing shot. These two shots neatly enclose Silent Light’s universe, which focuses on a family in a Mennonite community in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The first film [...]
Man Dressed As Bat: Peter Doig at Gavin Brown and Michael Werner
January 17, 2009 – 2:49 pm
So far in the new year I haven’t ventured out at night once: the result of a combination of bitter temperatures and resolutions to work more and play less. However, tonight I plan on changing my hermetic ways to attend Peter Doig’s first solo show in the US in 10 years. His atmospheric paintings are [...]
The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
January 16, 2009 – 7:19 pm
Sophie Fiennes’ The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, starring Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, is basically a three-part introductory lecture to Zizek’s thought on film, filled with clips from contemporary and classic cinema. Zizek is perhaps the world’s most famous contemporary philosopher, widely known for his method of elucidating and making relatively accessible the works of theorists [...]
Free Sundance Film Shorts
January 16, 2009 – 6:46 pm
If you can’t make it to Sundance this week, you can at the least watch these ten minute shorts on iTunes for free. It’s not as fun as skiing and rubbing elbows with Mr. Redford…but almost.
Bluegrass and Cat Power at Union Pool
January 15, 2009 – 7:31 pm
Photos by Nicholas Lorden Last Friday was the release for William van Meeter’s first book Bluegrass (Simon and Schuster). The party was at Union Pool, with music provided by Cat Power, which, coupled with the very personal shows of support from the writer’s friends and family, provided a fashionable, warm and refreshingly atypical literary event. [...]
Oh where are the cacti of yesteryear?
January 15, 2009 – 6:15 pm
The first thing you notice when you come into Marlo Pascual’s little room at the Swiss Institute is a chicken that won’t come out of its coup. Pascual has built a ramp that comes down an exaggeratedly long distance from the fowl’s portrait, which then crosses the room and runs right up the wall. As [...]
Under The Influence at Gallery 1988: LA
January 14, 2009 – 1:12 pm
Last Thursday night, Gallery 1988: Los Angeles proved once again that it has its finger square on the pulse of the contemporary pop-art scene with the opening of “Under The Influence: The Official Tribute to Beastie Boys.” The group show is a vibrant mix of original works inspired by the music of Beastie Boys, and [...]
