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Happy Birthday Franz K!

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:19:05 +0000

Otto Dix @ Neue Galerie

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:05:50 +0000

Although there were some few major paintings missing that I really would have liked to have seen (or seen again), this is an excellent exhibit. It is worth it alone for the chance to see a full set of the 50 etchings of his “Der Krieg” portfolio of 1924.

Otto Dix
Neue Galerie
March 11-August 30, 2010

http://www.neuegalerie.org/exhibitions/otto-dix

“This spring, Neue Galerie New York presents “Otto Dix,” the first solo museum exhibition of works by this major German artist ever held in North America… More than almost any other German painter, Otto Dix (1891-1969) and his works have profoundly influenced the popular notion of the Weimar Republic. His paintings were among the most graphic visual representatives of?that period, exposing with unsparing and wicked wit the instability and contradictions of the time.”

Sigmar Polke (1941-2010)

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:49:43 +0000

“Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick, chaos-provoking painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades of contemporary painting, died (June 10) in Cologne, Germany.”

Tobias Wong (1974-2010)

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:34:22 +0000

“Tobias Wong, a designer whose outrageous sendups of luxury goods and witty expropriation of work by other designers blurred the line between conceptual art and design, died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 35. The office of the chief medical examiner in Manhattan ruled the death a suicide.”

Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

Mon, 31 May 2010 18:10:27 +0000

“Louise Bourgeois, the French-born American artist who gained fame only late in a long career, when her psychologically charged abstract sculptures, drawings and prints had a galvanizing effect on the work of younger artists, particularly women, died on Monday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 98.”

Frida Kahlo at the Martin-Gropius-Bau

Mon, 17 May 2010 21:56:27 +0000

While on vacation in Berlin, I was delighted to have a chance to see the Frida Kahlo retrospective.

Our beginnings never know our ends

Tue, 11 May 2010 02:46:29 +0000

Our Beginnings Never Know Our Ends is a mixed media book illustrating re-sequenced excerpts of various poems by T.S. Eliot.

My self-possession flares up for a second
This is as I had reckoned

We must leave it now to fate
You will write at any rate

Our beginnings never know our ends

The Descent from the Classic Spirit

Fri, 07 May 2010 04:32:38 +0000

Another book. This one collages together text and images from an early twentieth century art history book.

Six Sebastians

Wed, 05 May 2010 04:43:44 +0000

It was 20 years ago today…

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:27:27 +0000

…okay, not really, but here are some photos I took in Boston in 1989-1990.