When I did my weekend events list earlier, I can’t believe I forgot to mention this weekend’s South Of the Navy Yard Artists Studio Stroll.
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SONYA Studio Stroll
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Olafur Eliasson at Tanya Bonakdar
The show is up through May 27th.
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Village Independent Democrats endorse Hilary’s primary rival
The Villager has an article on the endorsement of Jonathan Tasini, who is running against Hilary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for New York Senator. I bolded one of the things of interest in the paragraph below.
Turned off by Hillary Clinton’s position on the Iraq war, plus the recent news that archconservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch will be hosting a fundraiser for her, the Village Independent Democrats last week threw their support behind one of Clinton’s rivals, Jonathan Tasini, in the September Democratic primary.
The New York GOP is in such disarray that they are unlikely to field a viable candidate. Now is a good time to let her know we don’t like her support of the Iraq War and the PATRIOT ACT, or her views on gay marriage. She is also starting to move rightward on abortion.
Related: Joseph Lieberman is probably more vulnerable that Hilary Clinton to getting kicked out in the primary.
[image from Jonathan Tasini’s website]
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Revolocity: The Bicycle Ball
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Weekend events
I don’t have a good system set up for these one-time events on ArtCal yet, so here are some pointers for the weekend.
- Tom Moody will have a performance tomorrow night (Friday) as part of his show at artMoving. He says, “The event starts at 8 pm. I’ve adapted some music pieces for live playing, and I’ll be showing bigscreen versions of some of my videos. In between pieces I’ll be talking about drum machines and ‘visual artists invading music.’”
- Flux Factory is having a works on paper benefit on Saturday, 6-10pm.
- Shoshana Dentz will give a talk at Triple Candie at 3pm on her mural on the building’s facade on Sunday at 3pm.
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Manhattan User’s Guide recommends ArtCal
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Jack Pierson at Cheim and Read
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Hotel Chelsea Blog on May Wilson
May Wilson
Check out Hotel Chelsea Blog on May Wilson’s work in a group show at Pavel Zoubok. Here is an excerpt to whet your appetite.
Leaving her home, her husband, and her children in the suburbs of Maryland, May Wilson moved to New York in middle age to become an artist. She checked into the Chelsea (later living next door at the Carteret) and became a real American success story, teaching us by her heroic example that you’re never too old chuck it all and start over again; you’re never too old to live your dream.
We can now see May Wilson’s art for what it is: a radical rejection of the leave-it-to-Beaver motherhood and the manicured-lawn, two-car-garage, All American suburban nightmare. Babydolls and teddybears and toasters, knives and forks, keys and zippers: these are the objects that enslave you. And May Wilson enslaves them right back!
May Wilson was a woman ahead of her time, capturing the Zeitgeist of the present era in New York history. As the city becomes increasingly gentrified, she says to these parents and dogs owners: not everyone shares your devotion to these creatures and the way of life they represent. And for those of us who dissent from your dubious received wisdom, those of us who prefer art and books to dogs and babies, remember that New York is where we have come to escape.
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Awesome meal
Switching to more of a personal blog here…
James made an amazing meal for me last night:
Pasta With Smoked Salmon and Yogurt accompanied by a great white wine from a valley near Verona.
The recipe came from the New York Times Magazine, and was accompanied by an interesting article on smoked salmon. Did you know that almost all of the smoked salmon sold on the East Coast, plus some other areas of the US and Puerto Rico, all comes from one place in Greenpoint, Brooklyn?
Yes, I realize I’ve linked to the New York Times quite a lot in the last 24 hours, especially for someone who regularly criticizes them. James and I increasingly enjoy the arts and feature articles more than the news. I tend to read the news more as a media critic than as a trusting consumer. I find much of the news coverage appalling.
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Anish Kapoor at Rockefeller Center
I learn from the New York Times that the Public Art Fund is sponsoring a new work by him at Rockefeller Center.
A mirror nearly three stories tall, fashioned from polished stainless steel, will stand at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Channel Gardens in Rockefeller Center this fall.
Unlike most of the art that has adorned Rockefeller Center, it will not be placed where visitors are used to seeing the giant tree at Christmastime. “Sky Mirror,” the work of the Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, will be facing Fifth Avenue.
“Sky Mirror,” to be on view from Sept. 19 to Oct. 27, is a 23-ton circular sculpture, shaped like a satellite dish, its concave side angled upward facing 30 Rockefeller Plaza, its convex side facing Fifth Avenue, reflecting pedestrians and the cityscape. The work is Mr. Kapoor’s first public art project in New York City.
The online version doesn’t have an image, but the paper does.
Let’s hope he and Rockefeller Center manage photography a bit better than it was managed for Chicago’s Millenium Park, or they’re going to have some very angry tourists.
