Archives for October 2009
Print(s) of the month for November, 2009
Not one, not two, but three prints for November! continue reading
Cézanne and the apple
recently picked up the book Proust Was a Neuroscientist, written by Jonah Lehrer, and I am enjoying it quite a bit. On a basic level, the book is about the intersection of art and science, which happen to be two of my favorite subjects. Specifically, Lehrer makes the case that artists over the years have predicted certain things about the nature of human perception that have later proven to be startlingly accurate. continue reading
Vintage vacation movies
These vintage 16mm Kodachrome movies of a family vacation to California are beautiful and completely charming. I recommend clicking through and watching them in full-screen HD, if your computer can support it.
A Review of the Photography in my Gynecologist’s Office
Looks Like Portugal is undoubtedly the central piece in the collection, in which the viewer sees a brightly painted door left slightly ajar, revealing a vestibule adorned with colorful and “ethnic-looking” ceramic tiles. The piece leaves the viewer to ponder: “Where was this taken? Looks like Portugal.”
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A collection of items about Simon Roberts
1: This is the last week to see the small but compelling show of Roberts’ new work We English at Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn. I liked it so much I went back twice.